Tag: Supermac’s
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Geezer eventually gets to rock the establishment with deliverence day
Maybe I do know what I’m at after all. At the outset here, a shameless confession – outside of Meath, obviously, I’ve a fondness for Armagh greater than any other county. Perhaps for no particular reason, but broadly based upon: their people, their back-story, their song, Geezer, Francie, Jarlath Burns, Crossmaglen Rangers and the way…
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Three out of four might go with form but there’s always the one…
There are always little signs. If you go back to one of the greatest GAA occurrences ever seen 33 years ago this week – Kevin Foley’s goal for Meath in the fourth game against Dublin – it’s hardly coincidence that they spent two hours rehearsing the move on a soccer pitch in Scotland seven days…
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Please weather, don’t be a spoilsport
In possibly the greatest, yet simplest, endorsement of the fact that incremental progress is being made across many fronts in Meath GAA, both Colm O’Rourke and Shane McCormack have, once again, opted to reward consistency and named unchanged starting 15s ahead of crucial NFL assignments for their respective sides this weekend. Though with the former,…
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Selections for Galway – July 31st 2023
5.10: MYSTICAL POWER (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.40: AHEAD OF THE POSSE – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 6.10: SEA THE POLARIS (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 6.40: COUGAR – EW – (DEREK O’CONNOR/PADRAIG ROCHE) 7.15: RIO LARGO – EW – (DECLAN MCDONOGH/LUKE COMER) 7.50: VOICE OF REASON (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 8.20: SHOOT CHAMPAGNE (RAY BARRON (7)/CHARLES BYRNES)
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The green moon rising eventually takes off
Kerry…0-20 Galway…0-16 If you’ve been frequenting this space for long enough, it will surely have cropped up in your perusals that musical tastes in this seat are many and varied. To put it very mildly. From The Dubliners to Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash to The Irish Tenors, you wouldn’t just know what would rock up…