Tag: Na Fianna GAA
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A time of opportunity rather than a problem
Transition. Movement. Change. Difference. Essentially, they all describe the same thing. But can have seismically different meanings for different people. Indeed, they can have vastly fluctuating connotations for the same people in differing circumstances. Even for yours truly. For instance, the notion of doing Transition Year after completing the Junior Cert. appeared to be a…
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Positivity there if you want to see it
MEATH… 3-06 WICKLOW… 0-16 Matches at this time of year, and particularly hurling ones, should be legally obliged to come with a disclaimer. Accompanied by the familiar skull and cross bones label. Under no circumstances are patrons or participants to indulge in serious analysis of what transpires beyond this point. As a reference point, consider…
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Have wheels will travel… If only the opportunity was afforded
FOGRA: This writer hates repetition as much as the rest of ye. But, rather the deploying my usual line of justification about matters retaining relevance over time, with what you will read hereafter, the drum will be banged until it smashes and the stick falls out its ar** end. Now read on… There he was.…
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One brave warrior’s special day exposes GAA bluff
Early April, 1999, but it’s more like a day in November. Wind and rain sheet into the old disabled viewing area in Croke Park. The corner where the Nally Stand and Hill 16 meet. The kindly old Steward, Bobby, who da and I had got to know from years of being in and out, says…
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Dublin’s Cooper calls time on county career
Possibly the final major GAA news story of 2022 was, to this writer at least, a surprising one. It being the announcement by Dublin’s Jonny Cooper that he has taken his leave of the inter county stage. The Na Fianna clubman has been very nearly ever present since the blue wave which transformed Gaelic football…
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Scores like buses as Tara secure title tilt
Tara…2-02 An Tuaisceart…0-07 Whether Tara manager Ger Robinson and his fellow mentors have somebody like renowned statistician and analyst Ray Boyne working with them is unknown. If they have, I would love to be a fly on the wall for the de-brief after last night’s Regional Football Championship semi final against Brian Farrell’s An Tuaisceart…
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Johnny Cash was right about Sundays!
If you’re involved in GAA – or most likely any sport – it’s a fairly safe wager that you’ll experience more defeat than victory. In both 1997 and 2002, the number of finals Dunboyne teams lost hit double figures. Undoubtedly the most painful loss of the lot, however, was actually in the Junior Hurling Championship…
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An inspirational appointment for several reasons
One Monday night long ago, I rolled into Brady’s for what at the time were the regular few pints. In a scenario that was very typically me, the first night of the week was always my favourite. Purely because there tended to be very few about which meant the staff and auld Sean – God…