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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…
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‘Banty’ back in for trip to Breffni
It’s a case of ‘I finished so I’ll start’ with regard to the Meath team announced for tomorrow’s National Football League Round 2 joust with Cavan at Breffni Park. Having been his usual inspiring influence when introduced against Derry, James ‘Banty’ Conlon will start on the edge of the square as Robbie Brennan’s side aim…
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The Mighty Flynn gets Meath off to a flyer
MEATH…0-19 DERRY…1-13 Little fish are sweet. A bit of history being made into the bargain never hurts either. The latter being applicable on two fronts. Firstly, on a personal level, as it was the first time yours truly was at a match (that finished) under the bulbs in GAA HQ. And secondly, in the first…
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Five NHL Newcomers For Afternoon With The Exiles
Manager Johnny Greville has handed out five National Hurling League debuts among the Meath ensemble revealed for Saturday’s afternoon tea (12.30pm) appointment with London in St Loman’s Park, Trim. The handful of newcomers are Gavin King in goal, brothers Conor Leavy and Mark Leavy, Darragh Heffernan and Eoin Donegan. All of whom took their chances…
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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…
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A Lifetime in The Pairc – Part 2
In the opening instalment of this sojourn down memory lane, no secret was made of the fact that my ‘relationship’ with Pairc Tailteann got off to the most disastrous start possible. Between ‘Gate gate’ in 1991, my own personal flag disaster of county final day of 1990 and my initial viewing of a Meath match…