Tag: Portlaoise
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Cup football still has its value
Mention has been made previously on these pages of how the idea of bucket lists doesn’t sit at all well here. If only because it makes a body think about, well, the journey around this big auld ball. And that’s challenging enough without bringing a stopwatch into the equation. That’s not to say, that there…
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Keeping it in the parish for date with Na Deise
Daithi McGowan replaces his stricken Ratoath colleague Jack Flynn in the only change to the Meath team from last weekend ahead of tomorrow’s Tailteann Cup Round 2 encounter against Waterford in Fraher Field, Dungarvan. The same switch was necessitated at half time against Tipperary when the luckless half forward aggravated an ankle ailment which has…
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Return of three jewels boost hopes of holding onto the crown
Meath… 0-15 Laois… 0-05 Take Kevin De Bruyne, Ruben Dias and Erling Haaland out of the Manchester City team, they don’t win their fifth Premier League title in six years. Send Limerick out shorn of Declan Hannon, Gearoid Hegarty and Aaron Gillane and they wouldn’t know Liam Mac Carthy as well as they do. Now…
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A shining example of what could be on an otherwise dark day
When sport is as intrinsic a part of life as it is in my case, there will always be moments which stand out. In this case, reference is being made to happenings outside of the action itself. Now read on… For example, Liam Harnan turning hay on the morning of the fourth game between Meath…
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Laois grab the momentum and the win as Meath crash to earth
Meath… 1-07 Laois… 1-12 There are some lessons in life one simply has to learn the hard way. In all the years I’ve been doing match reports – either on the club’s behalf or my own – have I noted down a score before a shot was taken. Don’t do it, it’s a total jinx.…
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Selections for Thurles – Feb. 10th 2022
1.45: GENTLEMAN DE MEE (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.20: NELLY’S MONEY (JACK FOLEY (5)/ROBERT TYNER) 2.55: ADAMANTLY CHOSEN (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.30: ASH TREE MEADOW (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.00: RAJSALAD – EW – (CHARLIE O’DWYER (7)/CONOR O’DWYER) 4.30: SOMETHING SWEET – EW – (IAN POWER/ROGER MCGRATH) 5.00: O’MOORE PARK (CHARLIE MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)
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Wall’s strike a winner as Royals roll on
Meath.. 1-18 Tipperary… 0-07 Vikki Wall’s second half goal sealed a comfortable victory for the Royal County as they continued their ascent through the ranks of Ladies Football continued. Their victory was a measure of compensation for the defeat by the Premier County in the All Ireland IFC final a couple of years back and,…
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Sometimes cliches are unavoidable
A couple of months ago, I was contacted regarding a developing story relating to club football in Kildare. Facts were reported as they were presented, but, when one of the parties to whom the matter related got in touch voicing their unhappiness with some of the material contained therein, the ‘offending’ information was willingly and…