Tag: Semple Stadium
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Gaffney goal gives gutsy Royals another Croker date
Meath…1-11 Westmeath…0-10 Amy Gaffney’s late goal put the seal on another terrific Thurles day for the Camogie stars of Meath as they saw off the gritty challenge presented by neighbours Westmeath in this GlenDimplex All Ireland Intermediate Camogie semi final at FBD Semple Stadium. Brendan Skehan’s side have already had a rollercoaster season, cruelly missing…
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Aoife’s busy summer to roll on as Meath stun Rebels
Meath…3-11 Cork…1-11 It was difficult not to feel the camogie players of Antrim and Tipperary missed a trick by rowing back on stated protest plans prior to Saturday’s All Ireland SCC quarter final at Croke Park. As Ursula Jacob said on The Saturday Game Live That was the day to go all out. In the…
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Things can always be worse
One would almost feel guilty writing anything about actual sport at the moment considering the unspeakable tragedy and grief which has befallen Clonoulty/Rossmore, Tipperary and the GAA community at large following the passing of 24-year-old Dillon Quirke during a Tipperary SHC encounter at Semple Stadium on Friday evening. Only weeks ago, the young defender was…
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One precocious talent, but Clare are no one-trick ponies
“Less than a minute remains on the clock, as I tighten my boot lace, and turn down my sock/Is that the crowd I hear, or is it the ghosts, of men who before me had faced the same test, and never once failed to give of their best? “ This corner would never claim to…
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Things going to script is a one way street
It’s strangely apt to be writing the following just as the Tailteann Cup semi finals are down for decision. The point was made not so long ago on these pages that hurling was ahead of football in coming up with a tiered championship. Because of the inception of the McDonagh, Ring, Rackard and Meagher Cup…
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The GAA’s poor relations
When a ‘Back Door’ system was first introduced to hurling in 1997, aside from the usual and expected negative, entrenched, old-fashioned mindsets declaring it the ruination of hurling as we knew it, the other fascinating factor was the fixtures it threw up. In that sense, the meeting of Tipperary and Down. As a contest, of…
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Blow for Tipp as magnificent Maher bows out
Every team has standout performers. Just as individual sports are usually possessed of competitors who assume more elevated status than that of their contemporaries. For Exhibit A of that, look no further than the Dublin football half back line of the mid 1990s, comprising Paul Curran, Keith Barr and Eamon Heery. If you’re looking for…
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A whole new strange, confusing world
At some point in every year, these pages generally get hit with a flurry of G. A. A. related material within a very short space of time. Either at the end of the National Leagues, towards the conclusion of the All Ireland Championship or as the local club competitions. Now read on… In keeping with…
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Tipp tops in Monday night thriller as bizarre season rumbles on
As the sense of foreboding about what Taoiseach Micheal Martin would deliver in his latest media appearance dishing out more bad news on the Covid-19 situation, there was something ironically reassuring in being able to watch the Munster U-20 HC clash between defending All Ireland Champions Tipperary and Clare in Thurles. Yes, such a sitpoint…