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by The Magpie
Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:48 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Shane Dooley Retirement
Replies: 9
Views: 12171

Re: Shane Dooley Retirement

Surprised to see no mention of this. Such a central figure in Offaly hurling for so long. I agree. A great servant to Offaly through a prolonged period of difficulty for hurling in the County. Perhaps his retirement has been coming for some time and with a sense of expectation, people are less quic...
by The Magpie
Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:11 am
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Club Football Championship 2022
Replies: 171
Views: 96726

Re: Club Football Championship 2022

In pretty close to perfect weather conditions (Ok, it was a little bit windy), this was a County Final low on quality. Tullamore entered the game as warm favorites, but after watching the first 15 minutes of the game, it became clear that it was going to be a difficult afternoon for them. The Tullam...
by The Magpie
Mon Feb 28, 2022 5:04 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: National Foothall league Div 2 predictions
Replies: 200
Views: 109972

Re: National Foothall league Div 2 predictions

Lone Shark has touched on something that is evident on this board, but also across the county. The expectations that people have on the U20 footballers to progress and carry Offaly forward are extraordinary. Last year was a real fairy-tale for Offaly. It felt great to be back in Croke Pk winning a f...
by The Magpie
Wed Dec 01, 2021 5:37 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Sigerson/Fitzgibbon 2020
Replies: 33
Views: 51044

Re: Sigerson/Fitzgibbon 2020

I'm pretty sure Keith O'Neill from Clonbullogue is in Maynooth?
by The Magpie
Fri Nov 19, 2021 5:45 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Senior Football Championship 2021
Replies: 89
Views: 70234

Re: Offaly Senior Football Championship 2021

There's always a greater sense of an era ending when a long established team gets the run-around from an emerging, young and energetic team. This is a key point. Unless there is a significant change, any flavour of a Rhode team should be top 4 material for some time. And if you’re top 4 material un...
by The Magpie
Fri Nov 12, 2021 6:00 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Senior Football Championship 2021
Replies: 89
Views: 70234

Re: Offaly Senior Football Championship 2021

Having attended an enjoyable County Final, I thought this was worth a post. In no particular order: 1. Niall McNamee is doing what Ronaldo is doing. At times against Tullamore, he was triple-marked. We all know how the game ended. He put the ball in just about the only place he could squeeze it in a...
by The Magpie
Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:25 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Niall McNamee Retires
Replies: 7
Views: 10871

Re: Niall McNamee Retires

I haven't posted here in a while for a number of reasons, but Niall McNamee deserves the respect of a short message. An exceptional forward who was good enough to make any of the finest Offaly Football teams - for sure, in another generation, he would be a Winner of Leinster, All-Ireland medals and ...
by The Magpie
Mon Sep 26, 2016 8:54 am
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Advancement from Group Stages Football
Replies: 41
Views: 64289

Re: Advancement from Group Stages Football

Big weekends for Bracknagh and Ferbane in the Football championships. Bracknagh will go to Senior B next year having beaten Shannonbridge in the Intermediate Final, while Ferbane's victory over Tullamore will see them contest their first County Final since that most controversial of defeats to Edend...
by The Magpie
Tue Sep 13, 2016 8:27 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Club Hurling C'ship 2016
Replies: 341
Views: 359605

Re: Offaly Club Hurling C'ship 2016

I know it's difficult to understand Frank, but you've missed one vital point.

Offaly compete in both Hurling and Football and getting the fixtures right to suit both is not easy.

Tipp only have to worry about Hurling.
by The Magpie
Wed Dec 09, 2015 4:00 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Paddy Hanamy RIP
Replies: 27
Views: 48567

Re: Paddy Hanamy RIP

I'm pretty sure Artie Pyke also passed away recently. Given his contribution to local GAA, he too should be remembered.
by The Magpie
Wed Oct 14, 2015 4:52 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: 2015 SFC Final - Edenderry vs. Rhode 11/10/15
Replies: 37
Views: 59057

Re: 2015 SFC Final - Edenderry vs. Rhode 11/10/15

In the depths of Winter early in the afternoon, when shadows grow long and tilt slightly, does the small village of Rhode cast a north-easterly shadow over the town of Edenderry? It would be almost impossible, wouldn’t it, for a satellite to relegate a larger gravitational body to darkness? In the w...
by The Magpie
Sun Dec 14, 2014 12:14 am
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Rhode in Leinster - 2014
Replies: 138
Views: 136486

Re: Rhode in Leinster - 2014

There is no doubt that Rhode have grown into this Leinster campaign. It's hard to know whether or not we should be surprised. Having won a memorable three-in-a-row between 2004-2006, Rhode have returned to collect the Dowling Cup every second year since. While that makes them the envy of other clubs...
by The Magpie
Tue Sep 09, 2014 11:11 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Senior Football Management 2015
Replies: 72
Views: 130327

Re: Offaly Senior Football Management 2015

He was a whisker away from winning the All-Ireland with Garrycastle that year, as they drew with Cross in the final. I'm surprised you omitted the fact that he won a Connacht (football) club title too - with your newly adopted club. Anyway, if he meets with the expected opposition from Brendan Lynsk...
by The Magpie
Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:44 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Leinster Under 21 Football
Replies: 59
Views: 42687

Re: Leinster Under 21 Football

This is a group of footballers to be taken seriously. At least 8 of those named figured strongly in the wave that has swept through the schools in Ferbane (Darragh Corbett, Aaron McDonagh & Joe Maher) and Edenderry (Sean Moriarty, Sean Doyle, Philip Foy, Conor & Ruairi McNamee) with other fi...
by The Magpie
Wed Oct 16, 2013 2:00 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: senior football final Rhode vs Tullamore 15.30 sunday 13th
Replies: 32
Views: 39196

Re: senior football final Rhode vs Tullamore 15.30 sunday 13

The League Final Replay is yet to be played.
Lone Shark wrote:(1) On the one hand, it's hard to condemn Dingle Daly too much for a season in which they won the league