Tag: Round Towers

  • Gavin’s genius wasted behind the trees in the Park

    Gavin’s genius wasted behind the trees in the Park

    My late father seemed to have a saying and/or one liner for nearly every scenario in life, and in my mind’s ear I could almost hear him muse “It’s very easy to be a busy fool” when news emerged that Fianna Fail were considering asking former Dublin football Messiah Jim Gavin to be their nominee…

  • Not ideal but it would certainly add to the excitement

    Not ideal but it would certainly add to the excitement

    Genoa, Italy, June 1990. An utterly forgettable game of football at that summer’s World Cup is completely overshadowed by an occurance which merits accreditation as surely the most dramatic Irish sporting moment of all time. A nation did indeed hold its breath as David O’Leary of Arsenal blasted Ireland into the last eight of the…