Tag: Mick O’Dwyer
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‘Twas Micko’s world – we were just there too
It would be ventured that if you found anybody else on Point Nemo – scientifically recognised as the most remote place on Earth – and they had heard of Gaelic football, chances are ‘Micko’ would be the first words uttered. Likewise that island which Donald Trump imposed a tariff on last week, even though only…
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If the mighty hadn’t fallen ten Hag would be unemployed by now
Throughout my lifetime to date, I have been fortunate to see some of the greatest managers to ever practice their trade across several sporting codes. From Sean Boylan, Mick O’Dwyer and Jim Gavin, to Brian Cody, Liam Sheedy and John Kiely in hurling, or Six Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho in soccer. Then…
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Oh Hurling, don’t ever change!
David Dunne, Gareth Ghee, Mickey Cunniffe, Eamon Devlin and Gerry Keegan all share a common bond. Yet few outside of their realm will have even heard of them. They either are, or have been, the most recognisable hurlers in Louth, Longford, Roscommon, Tyrone and Kildare respectively throughout my lifetime. They undoubtedly have contemporaries in every…
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Get the tiers in quick to avoid more tears
At some point during Pat Comer’s excellent video diary of Galway’s 1998 All Ireland SFC win – A Year ‘Til Sunday, then Tribesman wing forward Shay Walsh said that the season was going “A whole lot better than being beaten by crap teams in Tuam”. Now read on… A few people who were very dear…
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Selections for The Curragh – Apr. 10th 2022
1.20: MEDITATE (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 1.55: LITTLE BIG BEAR (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 2.30: NEW YORK DREAMS – EW – (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 3.05: LAYFAYETTE – EW – (OISIN ORR/NOEL MEADE) 3.40: MARKAZ PANAME (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 4.12: BLAIRMAYNE – EW – (GAVIN RYAN/NATALIA LUPINI) 4.45: WATERVILLE (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 5.20: MISSEMMA – EW – (COLIN…
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O’Connor comes home to steer The Kingdom again
Irish sport’s worst kept secret is out. Jack O’Connor has returned for a third stint as Kerry senior football manager. Once again, the Dromad Pearses clubman has brought Diarmuid Murphy and Mike Quirke as part of his backroom team. O’Connor recently left Kildare in the lurch, heading for where the pale moon was rising even…
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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
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Frailties ruthlessly exposed by evolving Kildare
Kildare…1-14 Meath… 0-14 Sometimes it is as simple as it looks. Gaelic football, like everything in life, constantly changing. Evolution, though, often means things have been known to end up back where they once were. Now read on… If you were to look at footage if the Dublin-Kerry games from the 1970s – lauded as…
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ROLLING DOWN MEMORY LANE – EP. 13
No team is unbeatable. Even the current Dublin crop will eventually be toppled. The euphoria and aura around Micko and his players ensured it was nearly a given that things would get wild and whirling as they stood on the brink sporting immortality, bidding to hold onto Sam for a fifth winter in a row.