Tag: St Peter’s
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Irish eyes smiling with longing happiness!
It’s almost impossible to quantify the magnitude of what Meath undertook in 1968 when – as ‘outgoing’ All Ireland Champions – the headed for Australia. To be honest, not a whole lot is known about the expedition but – and if the following is incorrect please advise – what is known (I think!) is that…
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New places, old faces and not at the races
Another weekend, another illustration of the sheer lunacy the split season in GAA. No, it is not being offered as an excuse for Dunboyne’s defeat on Sunday. We have nobody to blame for that but ourselves and Na Fianna were deserving winners. But a system that sees club players – at all levels – idle…
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Lenihan revives Dunboyne Riverside connection
Republic Of Ireland defender Darragh Lenihan has completed his transfer from Blackburn Rovers to fellow Championship hopefuls Middlesbrough. While the 28-year-old’s decision to leave Ewood Park – where he had been club Captain – might raise a few eyebrows, it’s clear Rovers didn’t appreciate the asset they had on their books. Plenty of others did,…
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Newman calls time on Royal service
Kilmainham’s Mickey Newman tonight announced his retirement from inter county football. The languid, accurate forward previously stepped away in 2020 in an effort to recover from a succession of injuries which blighted his career but returned to the fold last season. Very similar to Brian Stafford in style of play and place-kicking, Newman was part…
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Meath appoint impressive lineup to oversee bid for more Minor glory
Current All Ireland Minor Football Champions Meath have appointed an entirely new management team to oversee their bid to retain the Tom Markham Cup. 2020 Leinster MFC winning boss John McCarthy will shortly take charge of the Royal County U-20 outfit while the man who masterminded that glorious day last August, Cathal O’Bric, is slated…
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Icy class keeps the Snake in the long grass
Sometimes it really is as simple as it looks. For example, in the arena nearest and dearest to yours truly, we in Dunboyne are currently in the blessed position of being able to call the two best lady footballers in the country – Vikki Wall and Emma Duggan – our own. The fact that around…
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Boylan Talks Podcast – A good week for wearing of the green
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DriveThru Sports Show – Ep. 22
A fairly packed episode tonight recounting what has been a busy week’s sport in Rugby, Soccer, GAA and Horse Racing. Stay tuned to all our platforms for upcoming developments in Soccer F1 and Darts.
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Inspired by the best to emulate them
Dunboyne……3-23 Seneschalstown……1-09 During the early part of the summer of 1990, myself, ma, da and my eldest brother Des were on holiday in Co Kerry. It was the ideal time for a break, wheels carrying yours truly had just started rocking up at GAA matches. Meath had just won the National Football League – defeating…
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County Finals Weekend In Meath
Just trying something different, no visual footage but my thoughts on the first part of the biggest weekend of Gaelic football in Meath football for the year. Part two after the couple of small matters in Pairc Tailteann tomorrow are taken care of!