Tag: Northern Sound FM
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Selections for Sligo – Aug. 6th 2025
4.50: TARTARAGHAN (KEITHEN KENNEDY (5)/JOHN MCCONNELL) 5.20: THATWILLDOSO (RORY CLEARY/KEVIN COLEMAN) 5.50: RAPHELLO (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 6.25: AWARD CEREMONY – EW – (JACK CLEARY (5)/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 7.00: ANNIE LAVINIA (CHRIS HAYES/EDDIE LYNAM) 7.35: TRUBSHAW (GABRIELLA HILL (10)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 8.10: CHOPSTICKS (CHRIS HAYES/JOHN MCCONNELL)
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A lot done, a lot more to do, glass half full
MEATH… 1-20 MONAGHAN… 1-29 Let’s get the ugly business out of the way first. The four game unbeaten run has come to an end. In all honesty, that such is the case wouldn’t be that big of a shock. Now read on… It is beyond question that Meath have made significant progress thus far this…
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Selections for Sligo – Oct. 25th 2024
2.00: SOLNESS (DANNY MULLINS/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.35: CHATTERBOX – EW – (SAM EWING/JOHN MURPHY) 3.10: NEWTOWN RAMBLER – EW – (JOSH WILLIAMSON/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.45: MALBAS – EW – (BEN HARVEY/JOHN MCCONNELL) 4.20: MACHISMO – EW – (SAM EWING/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.50: CROSSING THE BAR (JORDAN GAINFORD/CIAN COLLINS) 5.20: CORAL RIVER (CHARLIE MULLINS/TOM MULLINS)
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Three changes as O’Rourke era breaks new ground
The Meath team to take on Louth in the first round of the All Ireland SFC Series at the home of Inniskeen Grattans GAA (Monaghan) on Saturday evening shows three changes from that which lost to Dublin on April 14th. All the alterations are believed to be enforced, with Ross Ryan, Daithi McGowan and Jordan…
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Selections for Leopardstown – Oct. 22nd 2023
1.35: ARCH ENEMY – EW – (CONOR STONE-WALSH (7)/PADDY MAGEE) 2.10: CAIRO (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 2.45: SAN AER – EW – (JAMES RYAN (5)/TOM MULLINS) 3.20: LAYFAYETTE (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 3.55: SPY – EW – (ADAM CAFFREY (5)/CHARLES BYRNES) 4.30: THETYS – EW – (BEN COEN/TONY MARTIN) 5.05: BROGUE – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD)
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Selections for Sligo – Aug. 9th 2023
5.05: DARKENED – EW – (SEAN BOWEN (7)/DENIS HOGAN) 5.40: WATER MINT – EW – (GARY CARROLL/JOE MURPHY) 6.10: YOKKELL (RONAN WHELAN/JARLATH FAHEY) 6.40: MCTENNET (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 7.10: LIA FAIL (GARY CARROLL/MICK MULVANY) 7.40: TIC TAC TOE – EW – (BILLY LEE/RAY HACKETT) 8.10: NOTTURNO (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE)
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Cavan are the template others must follow – SIDELINE CUTS (26)
For some reason which has never quite been figured out, this corner has always had something of a hidden soft spot for the Cavan Senior Football team. The nearest to an explanation which can be arrived at is that – for a while – during my school years, our jerseys were blue and white replicas…
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He frustrated us, he broke our hearts, but you’d still love to have him on your side
When Meath football was at its zenith between 1986 and 1991, some wisecrack came up with a ‘Quiz Question’ as follows – What footballer played in and refereed the same All Ireland Final? With the answer being the newly appointed Meath manager being the answer! As far as the writer knows, the jibe related to…
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History repeated as Lake County claim landmark win
Westmeath… 2-14 Cavan… 1-13 There have been numerous examples in GAA of matches being turned on their head by moments of greatness. Anyone who has been kind enough to frequent this space for long enough will know my favourite exhibits of same. There is another one, mind you, which never got the acclaim it deserved.…
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Selections for Sligo – July 10th 2022
1.35: EDGE OF MY SEAT (MARK MCDONAGH (5)/AIDAN HOWARD) 2.10: DAISY DUFRESNE (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.45: MIND YOUR MONEY (HARRY SWAN (7)/TIM HYDE) 3.20: ENA BAIE (CHARLIE O’DWYER (4)*/CONOR O’DWYER) 3.55: ZACCARELLA – EW – (NIALL MOORE (7)/PHILIP FENTON) 4.30: SILVER PLANEUR – EW – (COREY MCGIVERN (7)/ERIC MCNAMARA) 5.05: ATTABOYARCHIE – EW – (EMMA…