Tag: St Peter's Dunboyne
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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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I’d gladly clean the toilets just to feel part of it
One night what’s a long time ago now, in Brady’s of Dunboyne, which sadly is more a memory for me than the mainstay it blessedly once was, the diesel tank in this seat was a little too full. At the time, Sean Boylan’s position as Meath senior football manager was up for ratification. For so […]
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A while in Joey’s company was good for the soul
Did you ever encounter somebody in your life who, over time, ended up feeling more like family than some of those who actually are? There are many ways in which such bonds are formed and manifest themselves and there should be no need to justify how they came about to anybody. Coming at the same […]
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Dunboyne’s Keeley Premier League Bound
Just a few short years ago, Darragh Lenihan became the first Meath man to be capped by the Republic Of Ireland at Senior level. Thereafter, a bit like the scenario with the busses, quickly enough thereafter Jamie McGrath from Athboy became the second. The chances of there being a third surely improved this week after […]
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Same again for Meath
Meath have announced the same starting 15 as that which bypassed Wicklow to take on Dublin in tomorrow’s Leinster SFC semi final at Croke Park. James McEntee will wear the No.5 shirt have swapped roles with Jason Scully at the throw-in the last day in Pairc Tailteann, the switch stays in place. The only other […]
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Our Wonder Wall tops the charts again
There’s a danger when paying homage to extremely talented people – sporting or otherwise – that eventually superlatives to deploy in relation to the achievements of these gifted individuals will run out. Yet they never do… Such is the majesty of what they continually produce in their area of expertise that new ways of highlighting […]
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One day a year dreaming of living somewhere else
O’Donovan Rossa from Cork against the great Eire Og team representing Carlow is the first All Ireland Club SFC Final this corner can remember. If the memory box serves me correctly, the hurling final that day was between Galway side Sarsfields and Dunloy Cuchulainns from Antrim. That football final in particular is now recalled with […]
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Boylan Talks Podcast – Jan. 2022
In our first output in this arena of 2022,I discuss a weekend of mixed fortunes for Meath team as the GAA season got going in earnest. There were victories for the Meath and Trim footballers and reversals for the Dunboyne lady footballers and Meath hurlers. Finally for this episode, there are details of how you […]
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A bridge too far but our Champions will rise again
Dunboyne……0-05 Mourneabbey (Cork)…6-17 On the evening Dunboyne defeated Seneschalstown to retain their Meath LSFC title, the point was made here that our ladies – and many others besides them – were inspired by the Yellow Furze club to go on and emulate them. There is no apparent reason why a similar scenario cannot play out […]
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Hunger the best sauce as Royals are Queens Of Leinster
Dunboyne…2-11 Foxrock/Cabinteely (Dublin)…2-08 Don’t try and figure it out, just enjoy it. However, for clarity and context, let it be pointed out once more that it was only in 2014 St Peter’s re-affiliated an adult Ladies Football team. Now, they stand crowned as one of the four best sides in the country at the highest […]