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@BrendanBoylan

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Writer, Chair. local IFA. Author, Columnist - Meath Chronicle. The moving finger writes and having writ, moves on.

Co Meath Ireland
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
I wasn't going to comment on this but I can't take anymore - some of the comments on Brian Cowen have been beyond disgusting. The man is a husband, father, brother, relative, colleague, and, in my case I am very proud to say, friend. Politicians (and former ones) are humans too.
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
2 years
Came home from our match last night dejected and a little angry, but, there will be other days. Tipp hurler Dillon Quirke passed away tonight after taking ill playing for his club Clonulty/Rossmore. It's only a game. Tomorrow is promised to none of us
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
@JoeBrolly1993 They'll miss you before you miss them Joe. You were a bit of life in a pile of sleeping tablets
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
It's not very often I'm lost for words, but all I can say is thank you @MeathGAA players and management. Yes it's only one result and there are more steps to go but (a) it feels huge and (b) I can't tell you how much of a lift it has given me personally!
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
Right now I'm lost for words. All I can say is thank you @MeathGAA lads a thousand times. So emotional, so very proud, especially of the @DunboyneGAA contribution. Tears streaming, I don't know why, nor do I care. When I can pull my emotions together I'll record another VLog
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
2 years
Absolutely stunned and devastated to have just learned of the passing of Maria Kealy. What an amazingly positive person. I truly cannot contemplate what Micky, Pat, Ead and their family are going through, let alone how @DunshaughlinGAA went out and played a match
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
6 years
Absolutely heartbroken after yesterday for many reasons. Most personally because it's the end of an era for @DunboyneGAA It's been some journey and an honour to be able to share it so closely with the great man and his family. Thanks Big Lad. #Friend #Hero #No8
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
Ladies and gentlemen, 11,954 words later the book is a wrap! Yes, in a way the real work starts now, but feeling rather proud tonight
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
I know it was a semi final and I absolutely know the magnitude of what lies ahead. However, that feels like a huge result for @MeathGAA If you'd told me at the start of the year we'd get promoted and make a Leinster Final I'd have given you my one working arm.
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
3 years
I'm not crying, you are. Green and Gold till I die πŸ’šπŸ’›
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
3 years
I've cried more in the last few months than I care to remember or admit but today I don't care. What a day, what a week. These are the days that make life worth living πŸ’šπŸ’›πŸ–€πŸ’›πŸ’™πŸ’“
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
6 years
Hard to know what to feel today. Yes, our Everest awaits, but what a day yesterday was. Thank you lads a thousand times. One of the truly great days.
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
9 months
Remembering Cllr. Damien
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
6 years
I write this Tweet every year and do so unashamedly again - the Munster SHC Final is the greatest sporting occasion in the world. End of.
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
1 year
@bernardflynn15 Thanks for highlighting Bernard, the guy is losing the run of himself. Turning into Graeme Souness only way
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
Never let anyone tell you it's only a game. Absolutely distraught after that. Why? Because my heart, soul and spirit kick every ball. It's what makes life worth living. That has always been the case regardless of who's in charge of @MeathGAA teams but it hurts so much more now
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
3 years
My late father always longed for the day Cathal O'Bric would get a chance with a county team. Alas, he didn't live to see it, but you were right da πŸ’šπŸ’›
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
Well now - look what I got my hands on last night. Proud, very emotional and a little bit overwhelmed. Thank you to all who made it possible. It'll be on shop shelves asap.
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
I said last week it was so much more than a game and, ya know what, on days like today it's even more so. I don't mind admitting that in a personal sense that @MeathGAA win means so very much. For my own mental state, but also for Andy, his fellow mentors and players. That
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
6 years
#MotoringForSean at #RunForSean @coxynwa Honoured and very proud to support a wonderful event for a very special person this morning. We are very lucky to have a wonderful community spirit in Dunboyne - especially when it is needed most. Overwhelming numbers from far and wide.
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
Bursting with pride and excitement after another gutsy @MeathGAA performance. Straining myself not to let the mind get too far ahead - it's not done yet, but... #Keepingthedreamalive
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
A birthday present with a difference for mother dear tomorrow. Manufactured at #RehabCare #Dunboyne @susie_yaps
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
6 years
So yesterday this happened #NewWheels #TractorWheelchair Thanks to all who made it possible. #Grateful
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
4 years
What an absolute load of scour from Tommy Conlon in today's Indo. Jealous begrudgery knows no bounds #seanboylan
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
3 years
We all love the banter and craic surrounding GAA, it's a huge part of it but as with anything, there's a line you don't cross, @DunboyneGAA is a very proud Meath club, and for anyone to suggest otherwise - publicly - is not only hurtful but insulting to those gone before us β—ΌοΈπŸŸ¨
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
4 years
β€œHEROICS AND HEARTACHE AN ARMCHAIR VIEW OF AN UNFORGETTABLE YEAR” My book charts the journey of the 2018 season, the most successful in the history of St Peters GAA Club,as well as shedding light on some of my own personal battles. To purchase click below
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
2 years
Ah here, how in the name of Jazus has Vikki not got an All Star? Or Orlagh Lally? Or Niamh O'Sullivan? Or Mary Kate? #Fraud #Robbery #Nobodylikesuswedontcare Whoever picked that should hang their heads in shame
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
Hard Luck to the @MeathGAA players and mentors tonight. On the journey I am with my mental health you learn to hold onto whatever positives there are. Tonight, the performance of Darragh Campion seemed to be just that. Great to see potential coming to fruition
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
If you can dream and not make dreams your master. Can we dare to dream @MeathGAA Thank you Andy, fellow mentors and players. Sometimes it means so much more than the result on the field
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
6 years
The old home today is well used to being in the news but today a dark cloud envelopes the place. Thoughts and prayers with our former Chairman Sean and his family at this time #YNWA
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
Overjoyed for and very proud of the @MeathGAA players and management. Earning a win like that is absolutely huge for so many reasons. Strength of character and no little skill - not only in recovering from the last day but negotiating their way through today also.
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
Drum roll please! The day is finally here - hoping to have the first batch of copies of "Heroics And Heartache - An Armchair View Of An Unforgettable Year" tomorrow evening. Details of sale and Launch Night to follow asap. Relieved, proud, emotional and a little overwhelmed.
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
I'm sure you are all sick hearing me talking about and waiting for the book to be ready. Well, after 12 long months, 13,513 words and a lot of patience from a lot of people, the FINAL draft has gone back to the printer tonight
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
4 years
ln his 91st yr watching the mart online last week
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
Drumroll please...Got to see the first draft of the book this evening. Overjoyed and a bit overwhelmed. Now all I need do is stop beating myself up with "Could/should I have done this or that better" and just be proud of doing it
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
8 years
Delighted for and proud of my neighbour & friend Andy McEntee. Proud night for the family @DunboyneGAA and indeed Nobber. Excitement awaits!
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
4 years
A hero who has become a cherished friend. Hang in there fella, nobody knows how to engineer a comeback better than you. Thoughts and prayers with Graham, Amanda and family tonight
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
4 years
My girlfriend hasn't stopped staring through the window since the storm started, i suppose i should let her in #StormBrendan #mynamesake
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
6 years
Thank you to the hurlers of Limerick and Clare for a magnificent days entertainment
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
8 years
Can't help but think of the late,great Brian Smyth today,Mr @HurlingMeath for so long.They did it for you Brian, no doubt you were out there
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
Hard luck to the @MeathGAA lads tonight. Thank you for a great season. On a very personal level I can't thank Andy, his fellow mentors and players enough. Your efforts have kept these wheels turning when the will was in short supply. Yes, the Super 8s have been a steep learning
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
7 years
Setbacks demand a response, yet again @MeathGAA delivered. Delighted for all players and mentors. A huge two points. Hopefully a beginning
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
7 years
Heartbroken for but immensely proud of @MeathGAA tonight, the hope that we'll have a day some day again is what keeps the wheels turning
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
Before the 1999 All Ireland Final, the late, great Sean Nealon of Brady's Dunboyne got @nialloloughlin to do this and mounted it in a part of the pub he christened 'Boylan's Bar'. My Nigerian carer was in the pub on his lunchbreak a few months back and got a framed copy for me!
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
Regardless of where you're from, what a wonderful story it is to see 41-year-old Johnny Doyle with the Kildare Juniors tonight. What a player.
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
1 year
Match Report this evening #meathgaa
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
1 year
What a b****x this nobody is. Himself, McGregor, Gemma O'Doherty and Enoch Burke should be chained together and canon fired into the Atlantic Ocean
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
6 years
Genuinely stunned and very deeply saddened to learn of the untimely passing of @KiltaleGAA 's Ronan Kelly. We often shared sidelines and swapped notes together. My deepest sympathy to the Kelly family, the Kiltale club and all who knew this inspirational Gael.
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
6 years
Particularly delighted for this wonderful man tonight. He does so much for so many yet nothing, I suspect, is closer to his heart than Limerick GAA. Think of some of the horse names - Joe Mac - named after Joe McKenna, Grimes - which honoured the great Eamonn. Or the colours
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
8 years
Heartbroken this morning at the passing of @DunboyneGAA stalwart Brian Reilly,ex Meath minor selector & mentor in our Keegan Cup wins'98 &05
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
Well done to the @MeathGAA players and management last night. A good win, seemingly an improved performance and that we are Croker bound for the second time this season is probably the best indicator of all that things are going the right way.
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
#Believe Nothing is impossible. Nothing. I hit every ball with @MeathHurling today and will kick every ball with @MeathGAA tomorrow. There's always hope. Always.
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
She seems rather pleased anyway!! And himself is happy out too
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
was the best Meath performance in a long time and no more than they deserve. Maybe, just maybe, we can start to look up rather than down. Yes it's only one result but it feels huge. Thanks lads.
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
3 years
Just watched Laochra Gael with @bernardflynn15 moving and inspiring. I for one will be eternally grateful for the days those lads gave us. But only time has revealed at what cost to themselves
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
6 years
Today was a good day for the soul. Bossman - two weeks shy of 88 - hard at it!
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
8 months
I could get used to this πŸ–€πŸ’›
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
Well done to the @MeathGAA players and management on an encouraging and important win. A long way to go of course but good to get the first two points on the board. On a personal note, thanks lads, and to the @DunboyneGAA lads for giving the spirits a much needed lift
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
2 years
Shocked and deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Ray Coyle. A giant of the local business community and most generous benefactor to local sport
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
7 years
Just discovered I had an article published in last week's @irelandsown1902 - first time I've ever had anything published nationally! #Proud
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
6 years
One of the greatest days of my life and never, ever more needed. Thanks lads - sometimes dreams do come true.
@MeathDaily
Meath Daily TV
6 years
Congrats to @DunboyneGAA on winning this years @MeathGAA senior football championship!! This Stuart Lowndes goal in the 55th minute was the decisive score in the match!!
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
3 years
Annnnnd one is jabbed! #covid19 #vaccinationdone βœ”οΈ @ Simonstown Gaels
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
7 years
Days like today the heartache of not being there really hurts, but, what an effort and what spirit from @MeathGAA Well done all involved
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
1 year
I can confirm that Pairc Tailteann is as baltic as ever
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
6 years
Best wishes to Andy, Seamus, Shane, most especially Gavin and all the @MeathGAA lads this evening. When you're fighting the battle I am, at this point in time, the O'Byrne Cup is the most important competition in the world. Go get it lads.
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
3 years
Hard luck to the players and mentors involved with the @MeathGAA Minor footballers following a valiant effort and great campaign. On a personal level, your journey has been a shining light through the darkest period of my life and, in the bigger picture, shoots of hope for Meath
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
Ladies and gentlemen my new website is live!! Thanks in no small way to my amazing girlfriend @susie_yaps without whom none of what you see before you would've been possible. Thank you for your patience and understanding. Please stay tuned.
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
Gutted. There's not a lot anyone can say on a night like tonight. My greatest upset is for the @MeathGAA players and management. Nobody will be hurting more than them right now. Things can go wrong for anybody, nobody goes out to make mistakes but they happen. A lot of things and
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
4 years
I've never made any secret of the fact I can be slow to adapt to new technology. So far this year I've mastered smartphone, digital camera and next up will be the Tablet/iPad. Today, I had my first go at Netflix, a whole new world
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
3 years
Great to be reunited with Ultan and Liam in 'The Shed' two weeks ago for the first round of the @MeathGAA Club Championships, looking forward to being in @SkryneGFC tomorrow night for Round 2 and meeting some old friends from @SeneschalstownG
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
2 years
5.30am, insomnia and being under the black cloud that is depression, not the best mix. However, reading @truefergallynch first interview with the great man has brought the faintest of hopeful smiles
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
Copies of my book are on sale in Dunboyne Sports & Leisure, Mackens Butchers and Brady's Pub in the town and will be in @DunboyneGAA clubhouse by the weekend. Orders can also be placed by DM
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
7 years
I may not agree with everything this man says but he's spot on here
@lukeming
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
7 years
Askin why public didn't speak out on church abuse is like asking why hostages dont speak out when they've a loaded gun shoved in their mouth
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
3 years
I'll openly admit I found it very hard to visit @HSmeath in recent months as thinking of what wasn't on was too upsetting. Today that changed. Seeing the @MeathGAA hurling team announced for the weekend's game confirmed that a beloved and needed form of therapy is back
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
Heartbroken to learn of the passing of former @MeathGAA Chairman Fintan Ginnity. For so long the Godfather of GAA in this county. Under his stewardship came unprecedented success. More personally, he became a valued friend and guiding influence over the years. RIP my friend
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
3 years
Well done to @MeathGAA footballers, a gutsy effort, particularly good to see the bench having a big impact
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
Thoughts now turn to tomorrow when the Meath ladies are on the biggest stage, where they belong. Best wishes to Eamonn Murray and his charges, especially the @DunboyneGAA Magnificent Seven. Let the hurt of last year drive ye over the line.
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
Two brilliant men who mean so much to me when I can't be there. Thank you @bcumminslmfm and Mattie
@LMFMRADIO
LMFM RADIO
5 years
We're getting A LOT of love for @bcumminslmfm 's commentary today. If you missed it, here's the dramatic finale to @MeathGAA vs @KildareGAA . #AllianzLeagues
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
2 years
You don't mind pulling an all-nighter when you've an All Ireland title to write about πŸ’šπŸ’›
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
3 years
Four months above today πŸ–€πŸ’›
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
curve, but Meath football is moving the right way again and there's much to be hopeful about going forward. Thank you again lads. #Proud #Grateful
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
The first 'proper' article on the new site. I hope it reads alright and people enjoy. RT's very welcome.
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
4 years
Keeping up to speed with a busy evening's action...
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
Long read: A piece I wrote in tribute to a man who shaped my life, and those of generations of @DunboyneGAA and @MeathGAA players.
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
7 years
Congratulations Andy McEntee& @MeathGAA footballers.Every journey starts somewhereAlways with ye in spirit,will somehow make it back in body
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
THREAD: @DamienPOReilly I experienced the best and absolute worst of @IrishRail en route home from @MeathGAA game on Saturday evening. Lifts out of order in both Clonsilla and Dunboyne - despite getting three days notice of my intention to travel (ridiculous and degrading in 2019)
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
Hard luck to the @MeathGAA Junior footballers and mentors. A very, very tough one to take but winning a provincial title is always commendable and it'd be no surprise to see many of the players involved go on to make their mark at the next level in future
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
6 years
Utterly sunk. It's not going well and there's no way of disguising that. But - and this is important - players, and mentors, have families and people close to them. This is no one person's fault and not for the want of effort. The lads won't give up, nobody should
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
Depression and a dodgy wheelchair are making life very difficult at the minute and on days like today it really wallops. In this case the result isn't the main thing, it's missing out on seeing familiar faces but I'll be back. Somehow. Someday. Soon.
@DunshaughlinGAA
Dunshaughlin & Royal Gaels
5 years
AFL Div 1 Dunboyne 1-19 (22) Dunsh 2-14 (20)
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
1 year
@AdamMoynihan Unbelievable conservative resistance to it in some places still but the tide is turning
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
4 years
Shocked and very saddened to hear of the passing of @blackhallgaels stalwart and a great friend of mine for many years, Christy McNulty. My deepest sympathy to his wife Anna, sons Paul and Barney, daughters and all in the Blackhall club. May he rest in peace.
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
5 years
Absolutely disgusting to hear a former Meath player had a large part of his medal collection stolen over the weekend.
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@BrendanBoylan
Brendan Boylan
4 years
Self isolating due to #COVID γƒΌ19 buying cattle not an option, for now, no sport and it was too good a day to be in the office typing so myself, @susie_yaps and the heading for 91-year-old young lad took to tilling and sowing some vegetable ground.
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