Tag: Shaun Patton
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Neither of them have gone away, you know
Some of the Provincial Championships are alive and well. Praise the Lord. In fact, looking at Jimmy winning matches again made one very grateful that Donegal didn’t produce their swashbuckling seismic performance against Meath a few weeks earlier. They say that immitation is the greatest form of flattery. And, by God, all and sundry in…
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Armagh – saving Gaelic football one long ball at a time
When Meath broke through to the big time in Gaelic football circa 1986, I was five. Not a jot is recalled of the wet day Dublin were eventually usurped, but once this corner was properly attuned to the goings on of such matters – which in truth was the following year – the importance of…
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Being old fashioned might become the norm!
Fr Dougal is trapped on the explosive milk float, Ted has the lads from the neighbouring island over to help come up with a plan to rescue the dimwitted Curate. After all sorts of tomfoolery, it finally dawned on some of them to put a brick on the accelarator. Enabling Dougal to get off the…