Today the Club hosted Baltinglas GAA juveniles ,under 8 and 10 I think,in football challenges prior to the Wicklow /Meath game today in Navan.
I'd say this was the first time that Baltinglass were here.They are a grand bunch of people.
One veteran Baltinglass and Wicklow player present I spoke to said that Wicklow had a great chance seeing as Meath were short six players.
One veteran Dunderry man I spoke to afterwards said "IF Meath lose to day ,then in the words of Johnny Gannon , we are b.......xed".
Meath got hard to win.And Wicklow finished with 13.
There are two Wicklow men involved with Gaelic Games in the Parish.Con O Neill is now coaching the underage footballers and Tom Byrne is Chairman of the Camogie Club.
Niall Rennic ,who played with Dunderry is a former Manager of Wicklow and Sean Kelly is a current Meath selector.
A grandson of mine Padraic,son of Evan and Aoife played his first competitive football match against Baltinglass today.Cormack Mac Donagh ,another grandson has played underage hurling also.
And Mickey ,husband of Aoife's mother, attended his first ever GAA match today to see Pauric playing.
I thought that no sixty year old could exist in Meath without attending a GAA match at some stage, but there you go.
And possibly the greatest full back of recent times Darren Fay was in the field.
He is half way through his studies to be a teacher.
I imagine there will be a huge queue to sign him on when he qualifies. And he is one nice guy to boot.
And Ted Dowd was also in the field and his sons were playing too.
All in a day's sport.
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