Tag: Noel And Valerie Moran

  • Jack The Lad Strikes To Keep Title Tilt On Track

    Jack The Lad Strikes To Keep Title Tilt On Track

    MEATH… 1-22 CORK… 2-17 Simplistic headline, yes. But doesn’t it say it all? Well no, it doesn’t. It doesn’t tell half the story, of the day, never mind the campaign. To date. A five star display from Ruairi Kinsella, whom it was feared at one stage would miss the entire league. Jack O’Connor cementing his…

  • An impressive tally in no-win situation

    An impressive tally in no-win situation

    MEATH… 5-19 CARLOW… 2-09 Cathal O’Bric’s Meath U-20 footballers got the county’s quest for a third consecutive provincial final appearance with a 19 point win at Netwatch Dr Cullen Park on Wednesday night. With the greatest respect to the host county, no matter what way the evening went for the young Royals, they were on…

  • A giant step on a journey still in its early stages

    A giant step on a journey still in its early stages

    MEATH…2-22 OFFALY…0-18 This day seven years ago was obviously Easter Sunday. The day Meath defeated Fermanagh in Pairc Tailteann to seal a return to Div. 1 of the National Football League. The reason I know it had to be the chocolate holiday is because I was in Fairyhouse getting updates via WhatsApp as Andy McEntee…

  • Going out the same way they came in?

    Going out the same way they came in?

    Hardly surprisingly, the Meath senior football management have decided to stick with the winning formula which sees them within touching distance of getting out of Div. 2 of the National Football League for the first time since 2019. So, in a manner of speaking, you could say they’re hoping to go out the same way…

  • Isabel installs crucial ‘major’ as Royals complete Oak Leaf hat trick

    Isabel installs crucial ‘major’ as Royals complete Oak Leaf hat trick

    MEATH… 2-12 DERRY… 1-11 There was a time, which doesn’t feel like as long ago as it is actually is, when Derry teams were very much of the bogey variety for all manner of Royal County ensembles. Now, any representatives of the Oak Leaf County will always be worthy of and afforded the utmost respect.…

  • Believe half of what you see and a lower percentage of what you hear

    Believe half of what you see and a lower percentage of what you hear

    On paper at least, Meath have made only one change ahead of Sunday’s NFL Div. 2 Round 4 meeting with Cork at Pairc Ui Rinn. But it would be no shock whatsoever if there’s at least one more to go along with it. For what it’s worth, as per what has been published, the one…

  • Goals make major difference as Shiel secures a winning start

    Goals make major difference as Shiel secures a winning start

    MEATH…2-09 WESTMEATH…1-06 New Meath Intermediate camogie manager Stephen Shiel saw his reign get off to a winning start when his charges produced a stirring second half to gain the upper hand on the neighbours in the opening round of the Very Ireland National Camogie League in Mullingar on Saturday afternoon. The locals opened the brighter,…

  • Meath’s Leinster MFC Fixtures 2026

    Meath’s Leinster MFC Fixtures 2026

    Meath Minor football manager Trevor Giles and his young charges now know what the road ahead holds for them with the announcement of the Leinster underage championship fixtures for the forthcoming months. They will have home advantage in their opening two fixtures against Louth – winners of the Gerry Reilly Memorial Cup at U-16 level…

  • It only takes a minute lads!

    It only takes a minute lads!

    MEATH…2-17 CAVAN…1-18 My obsession with and love for farming and machinery, particularly classic or vintage or classic iterations thereof, is something which I hope is still in me even when the pulse is gone. That said, February 1st in a darkening Breffni Park might seem a curious time to be musing on such things, but…

  • Meath go with strongest team available

    Meath go with strongest team available

    If National League team announcements are worth the paper or screens they are written on, Meath have gone with the strongest combination available to them for Saturday’s National League opener against Derry in Croke Park. That means, despite missing Summerhill’s Leinster Club SFC encounter with Athy nearly three months ago, Eoghan Frayne captains the side…