Tag: Westmeath
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History repeated as Lake County claim landmark win
Westmeath… 2-14 Cavan… 1-13 There have been numerous examples in GAA of matches being turned on their head by moments of greatness. Anyone who has been kind enough to frequent this space for long enough will know my favourite exhibits of same. There is another one, mind you, which never got the acclaim it deserved.…
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Fear of the unknown without foundation
Somewhere recently, Meath’s defeat of Donegal in the NFL quarter final of 1990 came up in conversation. Brian McEniff’s men had been kicking our lads around Breffni Park – in more ways than one – all day before two late goals from David Beggy set the Royals on a collision course with arch nemesis of…
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Ramblings From The Seat
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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Selections for Kilbeggan – July 16th 2021
4.25: BREFFNI BRAVE (DENIS O’REGAN/DENISE FOSTER*) 5.00: WILD SHOT (SIMON TORRENS (3)/JOHN MCCONNELL) 5.30: CANFORD LIGHT (JACK FOLEY (7)/TOM MULLINS) 6.00: BLOWING DIXIE (SHANE FENELON (7)/JOHN HANLON) 6.30: CROBALLY BOY – EW – (SHANE FENELON (7)/JOHN HANLON) 7.05: TULLYBEG (JACK KENNEDY/DENISE FOSTER*) 7.40: DUNDEEDY LAD – EW – (SHANE MULCAHY (7)/DENIS HOGAN) 8.10: DEFINITE KATIE…
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Kepak queens continue upward curve
Meath… 2-16 Kerry… 1-09 Meath’s ascent through the ranks of Ladies Football’s elite continued at Croke Park this evening when Eamonn Murray’s charges booked their place at the top table in the Lidl National Football League. At the end of the week which marked the 30th anniversary of the first occasion on whhich a team…
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Selections for Kilbeggan – May 14th 2021
4.10: FAMA ET GLORIA (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.40: TRIXIE MC (KEVIN BROUDER/TOM GIBNEY) 5.10: COASTAL SOON (JACK DOYLE/PAT DOYLE) 5.40: PALM BEACH (MARK WALSH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 6.15: FLYING COLUMN – EW – W/O FAV – (ROBBIE POWER/MOUSE MORRIS) 6.50: THE GREAT WHITE – EW – (CONOR MAXWELL/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) 7.25: BLAZER (SIMON TORRENS (3)/WILLIE MULLINS) 7.55: SONNY…
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Green hills not that far away that i’ll get back to some day soon
‘There is a green hill far away; I’m going back there one fine day’ proclaims the seminal line in Glastonbury Song by The Waterboys who of course saw the whole of the moon in their time too. The quoted lines reverberated virulently in the mind recently. For two reasons in particular. Firstly out of utter…
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Selections for Kilbeggan – Apr. 23rd 2021
4.25: THE CATHAL DONN (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.55: POWERFUL TED (SEAN FLANAGAN/NOEL MEADE) 5.25: BLOWING DIXIE – W/O FAV – (JODY MCGARVEY/JOHN HANLON) 5.55: ARDERA RU – W/O FAV – (DONAGH MEYLER/EOIN DOYLE) 6.25: THE COOL DUDE – EW – (SHANE FENELON (7)/JOHN HANLON) 6.55: FELICIDAD (JAMIE CODD/DENISE FOSTER*) 7.25: HELL ON EARTH –…
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Selections for Kilbeggan – Apr. 22nd 2021
2.45: MYLESTOWN UPPER (JAMIE CODD/DENISE FOSTER*) 3.20: NOT AVAILABLE (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.55: ANNIEGUIRE (JACK KENNEDY/DENISE FOSTER*) 4.30: HEWICK – EW – (SHANE FENELON (7)/JOHN HANLON) 5.05: PART TIME FARMER (SEAN FLANAGAN/NOEL MEADE) 5.35: JUSTBECOOL – EW – (PAUL CAWLEY (7)/CIARAN MURPHY) 6.05: YOUNG LEYA – EW – (DEREK O’CONNOR/MAGS MULLINS) 6.35: MIDNIGHT IT…
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Flynn: Moving and inspirational on and off the field
There’s 28 minutes left in April 16th as I begin tapping this post out on the tablet. 27 years ago today, I made my Confirmation. For that occasion, I wore a white shirt and maroon waist coat. Needless to say, the rigout was purchased well in advance of the big day. It’s just as well,…