Tag: Mick Lyons
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Rivalries parked once the whistle goes
Rivalries are a huge part of how sport becomes such an intrinsic part of many of our lives. As I begin to write this, I’m not long home from the latest coming together between Dunboyne and Dunshaughlin in the Meath Adult Football League. These wheels may not park up at as many matches as was…
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Hello Mary Kate goodbye Donegal!
Meath…1-07 Donegal…0-05 Summerhill players are a unique breed. Mattie Kerrigan was regarded as one of if not the finest player of his generation. Mick Lyons is still probably the most feared full back in the game, more than three decades after his retirement, Mark O’Reilly was Man Of The Match in an All Ireland Final…
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Bertie Cunningham – R.I.P.
Just weeks after his team Captain Peter Darby, Bertie Cunningham has sadly become the latest one of Meath’s 1967 All Ireland heroes to be called ashore to the great stadium above. He was 81. Right from the off here it will be admitted that I am not in the best position to put proper tribute…
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Efficiency with and without the ball sees Dunboyne through
Dunboyne… 1-13 Summerhill…0-06 Dunboyne’s superior efficiency with possession and alacrity at depriving their opponents of same made this Group D closer at Pairc Tailteann surprisingly one-sided. With both sides already qualified for the knockout stages, the not inconsiderable carrot on offer was avoidance of treble chasing Ratoath at the third last hurdle. However, while the…
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Boylan Talks Sport Weekly Brain Workout – No. 19 (Meath/Dublin Special)
Recalling the best, worst and funniest of one of the GAA’s greatest rivalries