Tag: Rathnew
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Denis Kealy R.I.P.
I can’t believe I’m writing this. It shouldn’t be happening. You shouldn’t outlive those of your own vintage. You shouldn’t have to be paying heartbroken tribute to two of them in the space of six months. Absolutely not two from the same family. The two youngest out of such a large, respected and revered family.…
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Talking out of both sides of the mouth
This corner would love to know how the genii who came up with the split season in GAA came arrived at their final product? Was it don a blindfold, peg a dart at a board and just roll with wherever it landed? Because whoever thought it was to the benefit of clubs and club players…
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One day a year dreaming of living somewhere else
O’Donovan Rossa from Cork against the great Eire Og team representing Carlow is the first All Ireland Club SFC Final this corner can remember. If the memory box serves me correctly, the hurling final that day was between Galway side Sarsfields and Dunloy Cuchulainns from Antrim. That football final in particular is now recalled with…