Tag: Offaly
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Tailteann Cup opening round jousts
The draw for the opening round of matches in the 2026 Tailteann Cup was made on Monday lunchtime and have thrown up some potentially interesting clashes to look forward to. Foremost among them the clash of Clare and Offaly. The most surprising nugget pertaining to that forthcoming fixture being that it will mark the Banner …
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Dunboyne Camogs make history on home soil
St Peter’s, Dunboyne (Meath)…4-12 St Cillian’s (Offaly)…1-01 To be the first to achieve something in life is extremely special. Stating the blindingly obvious, it’s historic. Which is an amazing feeling at the time, naturally, but, of even greater significance is that in the weeks, months, years and generations ahead, when people look back, they will…
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Blow or blessing?
Every sport has its curious idioms. In GAA for example, the quirk by which, even though they may be getting hockeyed all over s pitch, a corner forward will nearly always be the first to be hauled ashore. If a horse runs a bad race or two, either the jockey gets dropped or the animal…
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Not every picture tells a true story
MEATH… 0-15 DONEGAL… 3-24 A picture might be worth a thousand words but that’s damn all good if the majority of the words are bullsh** which completely distort the reality of a given situation. There is no way Donegal are 20 points a better team than Meath. They’re not that far ahead of anybody. Indeed,…
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Sideline Cuts – 36
Anton is the ladies new man One of the finest Meath hurlers I have seen in my lifetime, Kilmessan’s Anton O’Neill has been confirmed as the new manager of the county Intermediate camogie team. Our top adult team in other words. O’Neill takes over from Gary Cole and Tom Moloney after they themselves stepped in…
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Mixed emotion wintry Sundays
Adam Screeney and Rory Beggan were probably never mentioned in the same sentence previously, but such is the magic woven by the AIB All Ireland Club Championships that here we are. Now read on… There are 10,000 reasons why hurling is the greatest sport in the world, but among the most basic is it really…
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Meath Board To Appeal Leinster Decision
BREAKING NEWS The furore surrounding the concluding stages of the Meath SFC took another twist this evening when it emerged that the Meath Co Board are reportedly about to appeal Leinster Council ruling which decreed that the clash of Donaghmore/Ashbourne and Na Fianna be re-fixed. The complications regarding the conclusion of the race for the…
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Luck of the Irish was unfortunately a two way street
Rep. Of Ireland… 1 Canada… 2 Scoring very early in a match is quite often a poisoned chalice. There are occasions when such is not the case of course. Such as Ray Houghton’s goal against the US in 1994 or Colm O’Rourke doing something similar for Meath against Dublin in 1990 or Graham Geraghty doing…
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Selections for Fairyhouse – June 1st 2023
4.25: WESTERN CAPE (JOEY SHERIDAN/DENIS HOGAN) 4.55: GRACESOLUTION – EW – (JACK KEARNEY (4*)/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 5.30: MATT CONNOR (BILLY LEE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 6.00: ECLAT DU LUMIERE (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 6.30: MIMOSA PARK – EW – (BILLY LEE/MICHAEL GRASSICK) 7.00: ONE FOR MUM (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 7.35: JUNO BEACH – EW – (WAYNE LORDAN/CHARLES O’BRIEN) 8.05:…
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Strange Sundays – Part II
“Somewhere far away a lonely bell is ringing, and it echoes through the canyon like the disappearing dreams of yesterday. On a Sunday morning sidewalk…” Over the last decade or so, enduring and getting used to scenarios which at one stage would’ve been utterly unthinkable has become an unfortunate addendum to supporting and/or writing on…