Life And Sport From An Armchair View
Meath...1-14 Dublin...1-27 Regardless of what transpired between the lines, what you are about to read hereafter was always going to be a story of two halves. However, even if there was a semblance a script in mind it could be torn up before the chariot conveying yours truly had docked on the fourth floor of... Continue Reading →
1.55: GOOD AS HELL (BRIAN HAYES/PHILIP FENTON) 2.30: IMPERIAL RULER (KEITH DONOGHUE/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) Imperial Ruler was an impressive winner at Fairyhouse 3.05: ALLEZ GEORG - EW - (DONAGH MEYLER/JIMMY BARCOE) 3.40: SO SCOTTISH (BRIAN HAYES/EMMET MULLINS) 4.15: GENOIS (MARK WALSH/ENDA BOLGER) 4.50: ROCK OF TUSKAR - EW - (SEAN O'KEEFFE/PAUL NOLAN) 5.25: HOPEFORARUN - EW... Continue Reading →
My mind often fluctuates in thought regarding how Meath's greatest ever team - that at their zenith between 1986 and 1991 - would fair out in the Gaelic football of today. Part of me thinks they wouldn't last jig time owing to a combination of snowflakes having the game sanitised to a point of no... Continue Reading →
At some point during Pat Comer's excellent video diary of Galway's 1998 All Ireland SFC win - A Year 'Til Sunday, then Tribesman wing forward Shay Walsh said that the season was going "A whole lot better than being beaten by crap teams in Tuam". Now read on... A few people who were very dear... Continue Reading →
A well travelled sage of the inter county football scene once dubbed a certain team 'Kings of the challenge match"! The meaning was clear, and franked by the fact they once beat a team by 2-16 to 0-00 at a pitch opening. A few months later, those who had been whitewashed sat atop the pile.... Continue Reading →
1.15: PRINCESS RAJ - EW - (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 1.45: COMFORT ZONE (SHANE CROSSE/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 2.20: SUNSET SHIRAZ (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.55: EVERGREEN AND RED (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) Noel Meade has had a remarkable season with his Flat runners 3.30: DROMBEG DUKE - EW - (A. N. OTHER/EOIN MCCARTHY) 4.05: ESSENTIAL PART (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS)... Continue Reading →
2.05: DARK NOTE (SHANE CROSSE/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 2.35: ESSENTIAL PART (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 3.05: IN FROM THE COLD - EW - (BEN COEN/MICK MULVANY) 3.35: CARRYTHEONE (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 4.05: PLUNKET - EW - (BILLY LEE/PAUL FLYNN) 4.35: HOT BELL - EW - (JAKE COEN (10)/ANDY SLATTERY) 5.05: JON RIGGINS (SHANE CROSSE/EDDIE LYNAM) Fast Eddie: The... Continue Reading →
1.00: ANNIE G (AIDAN COLEMAN/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 1.30: JASON THE MILLITANT - W/O FAV - (HUGH MORGAN/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.05: HALLOWED STAR (JODY MCGARVEY/JOHN HANLON) 2.40: ARCTIC LIGHT - EW - (MARK WALSH/TOM MULLINS) R`obbie Power is back in action after a long injury layoff 3.15: GLENQUIN CASTLE (MARK WALSH/MARTIN BRASSIL) 3.45: GIN ON LIME... Continue Reading →
4.15: SHAHAADA (CHRIS HAYES/KEVIN PRENDERGAST) 4.45: YESTER (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/DAVID NAGLE) 5.15: BEN SIEGEL (CHRIS HAYES/NOEL MEADE) Ben Siegel (centre) winning at Ballinrobe 5.45: ANNEXATION (CHRIS HAYES/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 6.15: DRUMMER - EW - (JOE DOYLE/DENIS HOGAN) 6.45: HARVEST BOW (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 7.15: MACHINE LEARNER (NIAMH HENNESSEY (2)/JOHNNY LEVINS)
4.15: ARDLUASA (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) Ben Coen pictured with his boss Johnny Murtagh 4.50: HISTORY (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O'BRIEN) 5.25: NEBO (BEN COEN/TOM HOGAN) 6.00: PEARLS GALORE (BILLY LEE/PADDY TOOMEY) 6.30: MASTER MATT - EW - (SAM EWING/MATTHEW SMITH) 7.00: SHAZZA (LUKE MCATEER/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 7.30: DHA LEATH (DYLAN B MCMONAGLE/GARVAN DONNELLY) 8.00: IVY AVENUE (KEVIN MANNING... Continue Reading →