Ladies Football 1/4 Finals Round Up

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THE Bord Gáis Energy National Ladies Football League Division 1 semi-finalists were revealed over the weekend as defending champions Cork, Dublin, Mayo and Laois advanced to the last four of this year’s competition. On Sunday, Leinster kingpins Dublin continued in their rich vein of recent form as they secured a 1-7 to 0-6 victory against [...]

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In Regione Caecorum Rex est Luscus?

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In Regione Caecorum Rex est Luscus?

Despite the smart-hole comments, the Cats doing their bit to pursue football Last week Leitrim hammered the shite out of Kilkenny in a National League match. And, far from having any sympathy for the vanquished Cats with the big balls, Leitrim selector Martin McGowan has said it could have been more. Fair play to him [...]

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Worse than Playing on The Ploughed Field

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Worse than Playing on The Ploughed Field

Outstanding in their own field. When John B Keane wrote The Field in 1967 he apparently based the plot on the murder of Moss Moore by Dan Foley, a charge denied by the Foley family. Keane, a well known supporter of Listowel Emmets used the tale to inspire the story of the Bull McCabe et [...]

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Not with a Bang, but a Whimper

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Not with a Bang, but a Whimper

The long awaited return of Resident Expert, Ger Manas, back after exile, suspension, illness, terminal torpitude, haemorrhoids and now, the Grout as he calls it. Back, grumpier and a bigger expert on everything than ever. He hasn’t gone away you know and wasn’t sleeping, just resting. It’s a while now since I was talkin’ to [...]

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Mickey Harte – Refs under pressure to review decisions

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By Mickey Harte (Reproduced from the Irish News 3 April 2007) IT’S wonderful to see that inconsistency is alive and well within the discipline domain of the GAA. With the SSCC (Setanta Selective Control Committee) allied to, and reinforced by, the PMSC (Print Media Selective Committee), it was hardly surprising to find out officially, after [...]

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Shock as Harte takes Old Trafford Position

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Shock as Harte takes Old Trafford Position

No Fooling Around – Treble Winners United GAA followers in Tyrone have been stunned by the announcement that All Ireland Gaelic football winning manager Mickey Harte has been appointed to Sir Alex Ferguson’s coaching staff at Old Trafford. The inspirational Tyrone boss will take up the new post of Performance Director at Manchester United with [...]

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