Meath GAA discussion thread

Hammer Archer · 03-11-2021 10:31AM

https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2021/1103/1257554-dublin-gaa-legend-des-snitchy-ferguson-dies-aged-91/

RIP Snitchy Ferguson. Won All Irelands with Dublin before moving to Kells, winning two Keegan Cups with Gaeil Colmcille and managing the Meath footballers and hurlers. His son, Terry, was obviously a big part of Boylan's team in the late 80s/early 90s, winning three All Irelands and one All Star.

Hammer Archer · 03-11-2021 04:34PM

https://twitter.com/BrendanBoylan/status/1455571932376612871?s=20

Jesus Christ!

Hammer Archer · 05-11-2021 09:57PM

Dunshaughlin down to intermediate with a whimper. NOM survive with a 1-13 to 4 points win. Dunshaughlin were only 1 point down when they went down to 14 after 15 minutes. It's the second game in a row they've had to play a man down for at least a full half. This red card was thanks to two yellows within a couple of minutes.

rpurfield · 05-11-2021 10:44PM

I listened to it on the We Are Meath commentary, they didn't raise a gallop. Its a strange one as they have some really talented footballers coming through.

Littlehorny · 05-11-2021 11:13PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118113843#Comment_118113843

As someone born and raised in Athboy near the Westmeath border and now has lived for 20 years in Ashbourne near the Dublin border that sign is a disgrace.

If anything people living near the border are even more committed to their county in my opinion as they would have a friendly rivalry and slagging going on with friends, relatives, workmates and classmates. You would never hear the end of it if you lost.

How would Wolf Tones feel if someone said lets beat those Cavan boys?

Hammer Archer · 06-11-2021 06:44PM

Trim finally come good, easily winning the Intermediate football championship against Oldcastle, 3-12 to 0-7.

Vincent's win the Junior championship in what sounded like a dire contest against Dunsany, 1-4 to 0-6. Dunsany have now played in 6 junior finals since the turn of the century. Thought they would have had enough having lost in almost identical circumstances to Vincent's last season.

dixiefly · 07-11-2021 03:41PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118128770#Comment_118128770

Super win from Trim. They certainly look a more complete outfit compared to the last two years. They were much the better team on the day but had to rely on a double save from the goalie early on to stop Oldcastle from getting the start that they needed. Trim shot selection not the best at times and it could have cost them in a closer game. All in all Trim should be competitive at senior and be competitive in most games.

Hammer Archer · 07-11-2021 04:35PM

And Tones defy the odds again to win their first Keegan Cup since 2006. Tones' goal early on was always going to be massive as Dunboyne could never get ahead afterwards. They drew level a couple of times in the first half and got back to within a point with 20 minutes left but then didn't score again until injury time. You'd have to question Dunboyne with all their quality how they could only manage 9 points in both the semi final and the final.

Tones now play the winners of the Dublin Senior final, Kilmacud Croke or St. Judes in the Leinster championship.

Dunboyne did manage to coast to the Ladies' senior title so a little consolation for them.

rpurfield · 07-11-2021 04:42PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118132062#Comment_118132062

The official man of the match went to Shane Glynn and the lads on the stream gave it to Saran O'Fionnaghain but I thought Cian Ward was the stand out. He was everywhere and his experience really came into play, you could see him slowing things down to burn out the black card for ten minutes and the same at the end when they needed a cool head.

2018na · 07-11-2021 06:55PM

Absolutely delighted for cian ward. What a player so under rated. A really special talent

dobman88 · 07-11-2021 07:05PM

Grand day out in Navan. Vikki Wall the pick of the bunch. You could throw her into some mens games and she wouldn't look out of place. Some fine goals scored in that game too.

Bit disappointed with the mens final. Wolfe Tones full value for the win imo and once they got the goal it never really looked in any doubt. Dunboyne more like athletes and tacticians while Tones played all the football. Cian Ward and Thomas O Reilly the stand out players for me.

Cavan_King · 08-11-2021 09:50PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118125778#Comment_118125778

You’re taking what is a bit of banter a bit serious there. I also don’t think you’ll see too many Cavan jerseys round Gibbstown but you’ll see plenty of Dublin jerseys around Dunboyne.

Great win for Mick McDermott from Cavan managing the Tones. At one stage in Cavan, he was managing Ramor at Senior & Butlersbridge at intermediate at the one time!

celt262 · 08-11-2021 10:15PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118138706#Comment_118138706

Yep and he got ran out of the Bridge ridiculous carry on just to get a few euro.

Hammer Archer · 09-11-2021 07:08AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118138706#Comment_118138706

To be fair, that's more than just "banter". It is insulting to any Meath GAA person who comes from near the border with Dublin. And it's utterly moronic given where Meath's most successful manager comes from.

Cavan_King · 09-11-2021 03:57PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118139522#Comment_118139522

There's a big difference between the Dunboyne that Sean Boylan was born into and Dunboyne now. Wasn't it Ashbourne Credit Union that congratulated Dublin on winning Sam last year?

Hammer Archer · 11-11-2021 11:16AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118141979#Comment_118141979

And? It hasn't moved anywhere. It's still a Meath town with proud Meath people (including Seán Boylan) living there. Resorting to calling Dunboyne "Dubs" is moronic, and that's being kind. Teams near the border with Dublin (e.g. Ratoath, Dunboyne, Ashbourne, Colmcilles, Curraha) account for a huge chunk of the Meath panel over the last few years. And Meath

Yes, Ashbourne credit union did come out with that muck a couple of years back. And I still remember the uproar from it, especially from their own Brian Menton who was captaining the Meath team at the time.

Hammer Archer · 14-11-2021 09:12AM

Vikki Wall awarded player of the year. And Meath end up with 8 All Stars which caps an extraordinary 12 months for the ladies.

Kiltale surprisingly comfortable in making it to the senior hurling final, beating Ratoath by 15. Think the efforts of the last 2 years has finally caught up with Ratoath. The effort that's gone into making the latter stages of the senior football and hurling championships in each of the last 3 seasons has taken its toll with 9 of yesterday's hurling team also featuring with the senior footballers.

Hammer Archer · 14-11-2021 06:21PM

St. Colmcille's are minor football champions again after beating Donaghmore/Ashbourne 2-12 to 1-8. This was Cille's 6th minor final in the last 8 years and their third championship in that time. They'll surely be a force in Senior in the next 5-10 years.

Kildalkey gained revenge on Trim for last year's smash and grab in the semi final, winning by 8.

Lemlin · 17-11-2021 12:38PM

Luke Dempsey takes the vacant Gaeil Colmcille job. For a club that allegedly are struggling with funds, I can't see him being cheap.

Hammer Archer · 21-11-2021 10:59AM

Boardsmill win the Intermediate Hurling championship after coming back from the dead to force extra time against Drumree and then taking over in extra time.

St. Vincent's were soundly beaten by the Louth Junior Champions Glen Emmets in the Leinster Junior championship.

Trim will be up against St. Fechins of Louth in Ashbourne on Wednesday evening in the Leinster Intermediate championship.

Hammer Archer · 21-11-2021 07:14PM

Kildalkey senior hurling champions again. Game was probably a lot closer than it should have been. Kiltale only managed 2 points in the first half and their two second half goals kept the margin respectable.

Ratoath finally got over the line in the minor hurling final beating the Kells/Kilskyre amalgamation Loughcrew Gaels by 6 in the final. It's Ratoath's first minor hurling title since 1969.

Cavan_King · 23-11-2021 08:27PM

Any truth in the Jordan Morris to Kingscourt rumours?

Hammer Archer · 27-11-2021 05:01PM

https://twitter.com/MeathSports/status/1464639276499484677?t=MbX5qSgXuQVDjIbz-po3Jw&s=19

As far as I know, this is the first Meath championship settled by penalties. Drumconrath win the Premier Championship Division 3 title.

We'll play the winners of Laois and Wicklow in next year's Leinster quarter final.

rpurfield · 28-11-2021 09:11PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118213112#Comment_118213112

It was mentioned on We Are Meath last week. The lads seemed to have it from both sides of the border now. Big blow to Nobber if its true

Cavan_King · 05-12-2021 08:55AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118237243#Comment_118237243

The We Are Cavan lads did their power rankings this week and talked as if it was a done deal discussing Morris' impact when evaluating Kingscourt so appears they are happy its a done deal.

rpurfield · 05-12-2021 07:19PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118271074#Comment_118271074

Did they say anything about him transferring to Cavan for inter county. The Meath lads seemed to think he'd still be in the Meath set up

Hammer Archer · 05-12-2021 08:31PM

Dunboyne ladies are Leinster champions, beating 6 in a row Leinster champions Foxrock Cabinteely by 3 points. Incredible 12 months for ladies football in Meath.

Trim are the only other Meath team remaining, they'll be up against Crossabeg Ballymurn of Wexford in the Intermediate semi final. Tones were beaten by Kilmacud Crokes today with Kildalkey and Boardsmill going down in the hurling.

Littlehorny · 06-12-2021 09:29AM

My father watched the Wolf Tones game and said the ref was very hard on the Tones, in fairness he said Crokes were slightly the better team anyway but gave out stink about the ref.

Didn't see the game but did anyone else see it like that?

Hammer Archer · 08-12-2021 01:07PM

Heard that the red card was very harsh (or at least one of the yellows was).

Overall, our senior champions' performances in the Leinster championship has been awful over the last 10-20 years. Since Dunshaughlin won Leinster in 2002, our senior champions have only reached the final once (Skryne in 2004) and have only won a total of 3 games in the last 10 Leinster championships (1 v Louth champions, 2 v Wexford champions). I'm honestly not sure if it's a case of teams prioritizing the county championship and not taking the provincial championship as seriously once it's won but it's a very alarming statistic.

Hammer Archer · 11-12-2021 08:36AM

Ballinabrackey/Clonard into the U20 football final after beating Donaghmore/Ashbourne by 2 points. I'm assuming that this is the first time either side has made it to the final in the top grade. Dunshaughlin beat Summerhill by 2 in the other semi final.

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