Tag: Richie Hogan
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Two sparkling stars in a glittering galaxy
Their journeys were always intertwined. Joy for one generally meant despair for the other. Never more than when a very harsh dose of red mist for one denied him and his colleagues hurling immortality. To the greatest benefit of the adversary with whom the stage will be divided for the remainder of what you take…
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Selections for Gowran – Sept. 6th 2023
2.20: OLD FAITHFUL (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 2.55: ALABAMA PEARL (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 3.30: LIVIO MILO (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 4.05: YOU OWE ME MONEY (DYLAN CURRAN (7)/DARREN BUNYAN) 4.40: DANESFORT – EW – (SIOBHAN RUTLEDGE/JOHN MURPHY) 5.15: LADY ARWEN – EW – (JAKE COEN (5)/CONOR O’DWYER) 5.50: NIKINI (ADAM CAFFREY (5)/WILLIE MULLINS)
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Trim gladiators depose Cats under their own tin roof
Trim… 0-16 Danesfort… 0-15 ‘Into the valley of death they charged, canons to the left of them, canons to the right of them, canons in front of them/Boldly they rode and well’. The above is a quote from The Charge Of The Light Brigade and, to this writer, nothing could summarise the magnificent achievement by…
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The baseball cap finally retires to the peg
There are things in life which, even though you know they are coming, you are never quite ready for it. In Meath, that day arrived in September 2005 when Sean Boylan announced he wasn’t going forward for a 24th season as senior football manager. Hindsight, of course, has proven that it should never have come…
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Cool hand Richie wins the day as Cats spring back to life
Kilkenny……2-20 Galway……0-24 Sometimes it is as simple as it looks. The old gunslinger sidles into town, draws his pistol and quietens the annoying upstart. Again. For The Waco Kid and Sheriff Bart, see T,J, Reid and Richie Hogan. Galway will have to consult Hedley Lamarr regarding the best treatments for familiar yet unquenchable debilitating attacks.…