Tag: Pairc Tailteann
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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…
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A studious performance in patches but lessons to be learned
ST PATRICK’S CS NAVAN… 1-16 COLAISTE EOIN… 4-03 First off, the best bits: inclinations that Clann Na nGael’s Cormac Smith is one of the brightest emerging talents in the county apparently are gloriously true. Secondly, the blistering attacking potential which was so apparent against St Joseph’s of Rochfordbridge was once again there in all its…
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Meath’s NFL and NHL fixtures confirmed in full
To look at Meath’s finalised fixture last in both football and hurling ahead of the commencement of the 2026 National Leagues is to endorse long held suspicions that upper echelons of the GAA couldn’t give a toss about fans. Aside from their hard earned readies, that is. The following may not go down well in…
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History for An Tuascairt on day veiled in poignance
AN TUASCAIRT…0-17 MOYFENRAGH…2-09 Perhaps the following is down to the innate superstition which tends to shape a lot of the road yours truly travels in life, but, there’s still a part of me which fears that interest in and commitment to the Brady’s Skoda Regional Football Championship will wain and that it will be let…
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Dunboyne complete notable U-19 double
St Peters, Dunboyne 1:14St Patrick’s 0:09 Dunboyne’s U19 Footballers took home the 2025 Div1 championship cup this afternoon in front of a good crowd in Pairc Tailteann. This talented group of footballers almost had the clean sweep of Div 1 titles through their underage career with the U13, U17 and now U19 wins. The one…
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Genoa or Pairc Tailteann or Kilbride – it’s all the same
KILBRIDE…0-20 CASTLETOWN…1-16 “David O’Leary of Arsenal…This kick could decide it all…Yes! We’re there.” George Hamilton’s immortal utterance on the midweek afternoon during which the nation did indeed hold its breath in the midst of the penalty shootout between Ireland and Romania at the 1990 World Cup in Genoa, Italy. . Even the haymaking stopped. It…
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Seconds bring some cheer on rollercoaster day
St Peter’s, Dunboyne…2-10 Summerhill…0-14 As was the case in the first stanza of the club football championships, Dunboyne’s Intermediate side lifted the spirits in the camp after the seniors had suffered another disappointing reversal earlier in the day against the same opposition, also at Pairc Tailteann. In keeping with the two matches which preceded it…
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Hill 16 is Dublin only… Some of the time!
Steady on, lads and la ssies, tongue is very much planted in cheek. You might have heard mention in recent weeks in this space of truly having frequent battles with the consuming scourge that is Cellulitus. Now read on… When it does rear its ugly head, it knocks me for 16, never mind six. Between…
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Try a little Tender(ness)!
For once, at the moment within Meath GAA, breaking news off the field will quite possibly and rightly overshadow anything going on between the lines this week. The Ladies’ qualification for another All Ireland SFC Final obviously excepted. With signs that, at long last, things may be moving towards a physical manifestation of the redevelopment…
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McCormack maintains consistency of selections
Shane McCormack has once against kept the faith with those who got much closer to winning the Leinster SFC last month than most people expected. Indeed, they may have actually achieved the feat were it not for the fact that certain Meath players couldn’t get a free off Amazon, never mind the referee. Still, they…