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Selections for Dundalk – Oct. 28th 2026
2.00: SONORMAN (GARY CARROLL/GER LYONS) 2.30: COASTING (ROBBIE COLGAN/DAVID MARNANE) 3.00: NEVERMIND THE RAIN (JACK CLEARY (5)/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 3.30: GOLDEN IDOL (GARY CARROLL/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.00: THE BEAR TRAP – EW – (SAM COEN (5)/ADO MCGUINNESS) 4.30: LEANNESPOUR (CHRIS HAYES/EDDIE LYNAM) 5.00: CRAYONS IN THE SKY (JACK KEARNEY/STEPHEN THORNE) 5.30: GALLO DE CIELO (ROBYN DONAGHUE-LEAHY…
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The real captain was on the sidelines not in the dugout
At the half time interval of the 25th anniversary concert of The Dubliners, Paddy Reilly brought the curtain down on the first half thus: to “The rats are deserting the ship, but thankfully the captain of the ship (Barney McKenna) is still at the wheel”. Paddy is known to be a long time Manchester United…
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Selections for Galway – Oct. 27th 2026
12.50: PETTICOAT BAY (JACK CLEARY (5)/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 1.20: SAN AER – EW – (DONOGH O’CONNOR/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 1.55: NONSENSE – EW – (ROWAN SCOTT/JOHN O’DONOGHUE) 2.25: MELCHIEZDEK – EW – (SAM COEN (5)/MIKEY FOGARTY) 2.55: SALIBA (NATHAN CROSSE/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 3.25: GOD KNOWS – EW – (PADDY MCGETTIGAN (5)/PAUL SWEENEY) 3.55: GRANVILLE STREET – EW – (REESE…
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Loathe to go into the MV category but for once there’s comfort
LEINSTER…24 MUNSTER…18 With regard to certain aspects of life, often feelings wash over the occupant of this seat, ruefully regretting not being slightly older than is actually the case. Mostly around farming and not being that bit more independent and in control of my own destiny at a time when agricultural activity and other country…
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Selections for Galway – Oct. 26th 2026
1.12: KING’S BUCKS (MIKE O’CONNOR/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 1.42: SHARKEYBOY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.12: COOLISHAEL (DAN KING/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 2.45: BOYCETOWN (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 3.20: SPORTINTHEPARK – EW – (SAM EWING/NOEL MEADE) 3.55: VISION DE MAINE – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/EMMET MULLINS) 4.32: MARBLE HILL (DECLAN LAVERY/GAVIN CROMWELL)
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Selections for Wexford – Oct. 26th 2026
1.00: BRADY HARTSFIELD – EW – (ALEX HARVEY/JOHN MCCONNELL) 1.30: HEY NOW (MARK WALSH/ANDY MCNAMARA) 2.00: MCALLISTER – EW – (SEAN O’KEEFFE/PAUL NOLAN) 2.30: ARDERA RUN (MARK WALSH/EOIN DOYLE) 3.05: THE BIG WESTERNER (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.40: TIME IS A THIEF – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.05: HARTFORD (HARRY SWAN/GORDON ELLIOTT)
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Selections for Wexford – Oct. 25th 2026
12.50: CAHER ROES DEN (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.25: THE GREAT NUDIE – EW – (SEAN O’KEEFFE/COLIN BOWE) 2.00: THE TWO DEGREES (SEAN FLANAGAN/PAUL NOLAN) 2.35: SOUL ASYLUM (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.07: CATHRYNS RUBY – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (5)/PAT FOLEY) 3.40: SQUARE NECKER (DONAGH MEYLER/EMMET MULLINS) 4.10: DUNSY ROCK (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.40: PAYSLIP (DECLAN…
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Selections for Galway – Oct. 25th 2026
12.32: CHART TOPPER (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.07: JUPITER DU GITE – EW – (MICHAEL KENNEALLY (3)/TOM HOGAN) 1.42: SPRINGBOARD (MARK WALSH/MICHAEL MCDONAGH) 2.17: LIGHT UP THE DARK (HARRY COBDEN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.50: INTHENICKOFTIME (PETER SMITHERS (5)/ENDA BOLGER) 3.20: OLE OLE (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 3.56: BULGADDEN CASTLE (HARRY COBDEN/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 4.30: MOSCOVITE (DEREK O’CONNOR/GAVIN CROMWELL)
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Whatever about a storm, Andy’s arrival will certainly cause a stir in the midlands
Is it just me or are there an phalanx of former footballers after getting management jobs at inter county level. Yes, to a certain extent all managers tend to be former players at a very high level but there have been very notable exceptions too. None greater than our own Sean Boylan. Who was lest…
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Podcast Episode Oct 24th 2026: Irish Rugby Provincial Momentum
Pip: The tenth anniversary of Anthony Foley’s passing, a GAA ground in Cork hosting European rugby, and a Prendergast brother situation that requires a family seating chart — Boylan Talks Sport had a weekend. Mara: Brendan covers all of it: Munster channeling grief into a statement win, and then Leinster and Connacht both making noise…
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