Tag: Niall Kelly
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Martin I. Kelly – Dunboyne and Dunshaughlin – RIP
It can probably be fairly safely assumed that it was a parent or a similar leadership figure who first planted the love of sport within. It certainly was with yours truly, and while that initially manifested as da bringing me to internal matches involving my own class mates in primary school. That then evolved to…
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Frayne strain a pain as Royals get ready to rumble
Regardless of the sport, once it’s a team pursuit, the loss of one significant component thereof can have catastrophic consequences for the ambitions and prospects thereof. Whether that be Willie Mullins seeing the services of State Man defenestrated for the season, just as Sir Gino – ironically also in the ownership of Joe and Marie…
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Drowned sorrows and a half pallet from the chipper
It has probably been mentioned in this space over the years that the 2001 All Ireland Football Final between Galway and Meath was one of two occasions during which tears were shed in Croke Park. The other being 6 years prior to that when Dublin well and truly stuffed us in the Leinster Final. The…
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Running to stand still… at best
Meath… 0-08 Kildare… 0-13 Before a ball was kicked in Div. 2 of this year’s Allianz NFL, the opinion was expressed in this space that survival therein might represent an achievement in itself. Now however, with the campaign concluded, that feels like an underachievement. If only due to the highly encouraging start achieved in defeating…
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Talking out of both sides of the mouth
This corner would love to know how the genii who came up with the split season in GAA came arrived at their final product? Was it don a blindfold, peg a dart at a board and just roll with wherever it landed? Because whoever thought it was to the benefit of clubs and club players…