Tag: Rep. Of Ireland
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Come on Ireland – must do better
If you were to stick to the rudiments of teams and individuals representing the nation in major sporting events, with the exceptions of Katie Taylor, Kellie Harrington, Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry and the horse racing set, the above headline remains wholly applicable. Admittedly, the idea of sports persons being ‘role models’ has always been hogwash…
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What a difference a day makes… If your name is Josh Keeley
Did you ever notice how one occurrence in life can often lead your thoughts to somewhere else entirely? Recently, the mind here was drawn to when my sister had a set of football goals in her garden when her ‘kids’ were, well… Kids. You know the type, plastic, collapsable, built in such a way that…
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O’Shea ends up with the job seemingly nobody wanted
In an ideal world – whatever that is – the intention would have been to begin this piece by musing that at least the circus pertaining to the Republic Of Ireland manager job appeared to have the curtain drawn on it. But it appears it may still only be the interval therein as John O’Shea…
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Local apprehension likely following Kenny departure – 2/12/23
Viewed through a certain lens, anybody winning 13 caps at international level, garnering multiple Heineken Cup souvenirs and rearing offspring who also went on to perform on the biggest stage would have had what would constitute a glorious career in rugby. Yet I often wonder does Trevor Brennan ponder what might have been. Warren Gatland’s…
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Na bfhaca tu mo Sheamasin?
The above line, delivered ruefully by Micheal O’Muircheartagh lamenting the unavailability of Jimmy Keaveney after the 1979 Leinster Final due to suspension, at the beginning of the Decade Of The Dubs video, translates as “Has anyone seen my Jimmy”? You suspect it’s a phrase Irish soccer fans will have to get used to uttering. Now…
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Could it be, the FAI actually doing something right?
Google had to be consulted when Jonathan Hill’s name was seen trending on X. Even though he’s the head honcho of the Football Association of Ireland, his is not a name you’d see popping up too often. Certainly not an accusation you could level at the individual who held the position before him. With plenty…
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As Captain Katie was entitled to express an opinion – which was all she did
There’s a story which has now been granted admission to the annals of Meath GAA which goes along the following lines: a very senior player is earmarked for substitution, but is not of a mind to row in with the idea and in the end it was a youngster in his debut season who succumbed…
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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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In Kenny I am beginning to trust
Rep. Of Ireland… 2 Belgium… 2 It’s probably a fairly safe wager that when Jack Charlton was appointed manager of the Irish soccer team, his was a selection very much from the left of field. Firstly because the big Geordie hadn’t much of a managerial profile at the time. Moreover, the Irish job wasn’t exactly…
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Give youth a chance
Rep. Of Ireland…3 Azerbaijan…0 Saturday would have been John Lennon’s birthday. No, I wouldn’t have known either only it was spotted trending on Twitter. In the days leading up to it, his great festive anthem Happy Christmas/War Is Over on a television commercial. Yes, in the first week of October. Nauseating. Having watched Ireland’s victory…