I don’t usually watch Laochra Gael on Tg4 but I watched it yesterday evening because it was about Tony Hanahoe. Hanahoe was a hero of mine when I was a young lad and he was the bane of my life being part of a Dublin football team that dominated Leinster, and thrashed Kildare regularly, when… Continue reading Tony Hanahoe-they say nobody has everything
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I walked into a bar in Kilkenny
I walked into a bar in Kilkenny yesterday, on High Street, and I asked the guy “are you showing the match?” He said “what match?” I said the All-Ireland football semi-final. He said “who’s playing?” I explained it was Kerry v Armagh today and Galway v Donegal tomorrow. In fairness to him he said he… Continue reading I walked into a bar in Kilkenny
GAA Go forced me to Croke Park yesterday
Gaa Go forced me to Croke Park yesterday. And it was great. As a young lad I spend my summer weekends in Croke Park watching every match that took place. But over the last few years it has become so convenient to watch the matches on the telly that I have got out of the… Continue reading GAA Go forced me to Croke Park yesterday
Great to see this hurling match abandoned
I read this morning of a hurling match between Wexford and Tipperary being abandoned yesterday as a result of racist abuse aimed at Wexford player and captain, Lee Chin. The match, a charity match, was in Tipperaray, in Carrick on Suir, and an investigation is to be carried out with both county boards ad idem… Continue reading Great to see this hurling match abandoned
Another embarrassment for the GAA
It’s happened again. When Galway and Armagh commenced to batter the heads off each other on live television earlier this year at the end of their match in Croke Park I wrote something to the effect that I was embarrassed to be a GAA man. It is now reported widely in the media, and a… Continue reading Another embarrassment for the GAA
A player can grow old overnight
Jim McGuinness’s analysis of Gaelic football is always worth a read on a Saturday morning in the Irish Times. He is incredibly perceptive and attuned to the modern game, man management and particularly the tactical battles to be fought between teams. He is looking at the Dublin v Kerry All-Ireland semi-final this weekend in today’s… Continue reading A player can grow old overnight
Why I’m embarrassed to be a GAA man
It’s now 48 hours after that brawl and gouging incident at the end of the Galway/Armagh championship match in Croke Park. And I fear a step that is being suggested as a consequence of what occurred is going to leave me embarrassed as a GAA man. I’ve been a GAA man for over 50 years.… Continue reading Why I’m embarrassed to be a GAA man
Measuring Out My Life in Championships-The Appalling Vista of No GAA Championships in 2020
J. Alfred Prufrock may have measured out his life in coffee spoons. I have measured out mine in championships. Gaelic football and hurling championships, to be specific. And the most appalling vista is looming large in my mind-that is, that there will be no championship this year as a consequence of the coronavirus/covid-19 catastrophe. I… Continue reading Measuring Out My Life in Championships-The Appalling Vista of No GAA Championships in 2020
Words Meaning More Than Their Ordinary Meaning
I was watching the championship hurling match between Kilkenny and Cork a few weeks ago and the true meaning of words and language hit me. The game was on RTE and, if my memory is accurate, the hurling pundits were Henry Shefflin, Anthony Daly, and Ken McGrath from Waterford. McGrath was a great hurler, one… Continue reading Words Meaning More Than Their Ordinary Meaning