Tag: Tadhg Kennelly
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Eating cake and having it do not compute
“You can’t stop young people having the opportunity to have a career in sport because there’s not many as sports here in Ireland where there’s that chance as there are in Australia”. Cora Staunton And there you have it. Somebody finally puts it in black and white. Even if the person in question loves talking out…
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Two sides to every story? You don’t always hear both
So Aoibhin Cleary is the latest Royal County star to be recruited to play Austalian Football League or AFLW, as it’s known in the Ladies sphere. Following Conor Nash, Cian McBride, Vikki Wall, Orlagh Lally and Eamonn Armstrong. Of those, only Cian and Vikki – temporarily – have returned to give something back. Granted, Eamonn…
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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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Selections for Listowel – Sept. 20th 2022
1.25: TIVERTON (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 2.00: SUPER CUB – EW – (DAN KING (7)/DENIS HOGAN) 2.35: TRANSITION – EW – (GAVIN RYAN/TRACEY COLLINS) 3.10: GAMBE VELOCI (SHANE CROSSE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.45: CLEAR QUARTZ – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/MARK FAHEY) 4.20: SELF BELIEF (BILLY LEE/WILLIE MCCREERY) 4.55: MALBAY MADNESS (JAMIE POWELL (7)/EDDIE LINEHAN) 5.30: NEEBO – EW…
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No victory for Vikki but it’s only just begun
If you subtract the fact that, as I write this, Manchester United have just beaten Arsenal, recording their fourth consecutive victory after their abomination of a beginning to the season, in sporting terms, the last few days have been pretty horrendous for yours truly. At the outset here, it is imperative to state that, obviously,…