Tag: St Colmcille’s GAA
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Net cast wider in Royal star search
The Meath team to play Longford in tonight’s Dioralyte O’Byrne Cup semi final in Ashbourne (7.30) shows 13 changes from that which overcame Louth at the same venue six days ago. Only Michael Flood at full back – who captains the side – and Jack O’Connor retain their places as management give several members of…
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Herald the young heroes writing their own history
Dunboyne… 2-13 St Colmcille’s… 2-12 AFTER EXTRA TIME Life is indeed like a box of chocolates. You never do know what’s coming next. And if been wheeling around this big old ball for four and a bit decades has taught me anything, it’s that such being the case is one of life’s simplest yet greatest…
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Reilly shoots the lights out as ‘Moores march on
If I was a member or supporter of Donaghmore/Asbourne I’d be doing the Lotto immediately. Having lost their opening two games in the Meath SFC, there seemed to be more chance of a statue of Enoch Burke being erected outside the High Court than that of the green and white making the knockout stages. Though…
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One Board backs the other
Meath Co Board were last night successful in their appeal to the GAA’s Central Hearings Committee which contested the earlier decision of the Leinster Council to mandate the Royal County’s governing body to replay the third round ‘regulation’ game between Donaghmore/Ashbourne and Na Fianna. Now read on… The furore erupted after the two aforementioned clubs…
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Keegan Cup race hits choppy waters in battle of the calculators
BREAKING NEWS The closing stages of the Meath Senior Football Championship appear to have hit choppy waters after the Leinster Council upheld a case taken by Na Fianna regarding the methodology used to determine placings in their group. With three teams – Donaghmore/Ashbourne, Na Fianna and Curraha – all tied on two points each, the…
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McCarthy’s men ready for trip into the midlands
Meath manager John McCarthy has announced his starting 15 and panel for tomorrow night’s Leinster U-20 FC opening round encounter against Longford at Clonguish. Unsurprisingly, the group is a mixture of the players who won the Leinster MFC in 2020 and those who retained that title the following year and added the Tom Markham Cup…
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ST PETER’S GAA FOOTBALL BULLETIN – 17/3/23
With it being the first weekend of club hurling action in the county, it’s a quiet one on the football front, though our two Minor teams do belatedly get their seasons underway and there’s also the small matter of a certain local derby in the National Football League in which our club will be very…
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St Peter’s GAA Club Football Bulletin 8/3/23 – Minor Fixtures
In addition to our post earlier in the week, we now have the first round of fixtures for our two Minor Football teams who begin their season over St Patrick’s Weekend. Also, a reminder that our U-15 Footballers take on Simonstown Gaels in their 2022 Championship Final tomorrow (Thursday) night in Navan O’Mahonys at 7.00pm
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Boylan Talks Sport Brain Workout – No. 22
As usual, a little bit of everything but this time with a focus on the recent upturn in fortunes for Meath GAA teams
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Royal County Continuing To Put Best Foot Forward
Meath…2-14 Sligo…2-09 For the third week in a row, it is a wonderful position to be in, writing about a Meath team in an All Ireland Final. Following on from the U-20 hurlers – for whom two James Murray goals got them over the line against Derry – and the almost unfathomable manner in which…