Meath vote on Banty.

"A prophet is never appreciated in his own land."Never was this spake more applicable than last night where the Meath Clubs  snubbed for the second time the services of the man who has given a lifetime of service to the GAA in the services of Dunboyne ,Meath ,Leinster and Ireland.Sean Boylan is the most successful Manager ever produced by Meath,in terms of All Irelands .Leinsters ,production of All Stars and the respectability brought to Meath football,which is now at an all time low.
That the services of Banty ,who remains in place on a vote of 43 to 31 against,because of the two thirds rule,when everybody knows that if he was defeated Sean would take over is reminiscent of the heave orchestrated against him a number of years ago by certain Clubs in the County.
And we see where that got Meath Football.Sean is some decent man to overlook this first snub and again put his head on the line when his County needed him.
The vote was by secret ballot and one can only hope that those Clubs whose members he made into household names  had the decency to vote for him.We in Dunderry don't forget and place huge importance on loyalty and hard work.
Rumour has it that the vote was not really about Banty and Sean but was an attempt to get at the County Board by certain individuals and clubs who have various axes to grind.Personally I have always found Barney Allen,Cyril Craven and indeed Fintan Ginnity to be thoroughly  honourable and totally dedicated G.A. A.men and those other members of the executive I know are also fierce sound.Not to mention that they have devoted a huge part of their lives to the Association for its advancement.
Very few Counties have the equivalent of  Dunganny for example and Parc Tailteann is not a bad asset to have.
Admittedly there are some worrying developments afoot,including the inability of such areas of population density as Ashbourne and Dunboyne to field an under 16 hurling teams, I was told by our mentors when Dunderry defeated their combined team lately.But this is hardly Barney's fault and the forum to address this is the AGM each year when all voluntary officers put their jobs on the line,not in  a confidence vote on the future of the current Meath Football Manager.
Already Barry Callaghan and Liam Harnan resigned from Banty's management team shortly after joining it.I don't know the reasons why.
Maybe their Chrystal balls showed a probable future in Division 3 of the League.Who knows.
One thing is certain is that It is long past backs to the wall time for Banty and his team.
Now is the time to shit or get off the pot.