Some Dunderry News

Some Dunderrrians both male and female are under pressure health wise.Prayer is called for.

Seana  Davey formerly of Mayo Sound,was recently on RTE accompanying Mundy as a harpist ..She is some beauty and has oodles of talent.

She had agreed  to perform at the yet again postponed Confirmation Ceremony of Dunderry kids.Another kick in the face for Catholic families all over Ireland.

Maybe if we were Indians or homosexuals we would get fair play with the added bonus of supernumary foereign jobs funded by the taxpayer thrown in.Vide ex  Minister Zappone.s new junket.

The red assassin has struck again in the heart of  Dunderry. Four innocent hens and three innocent ducks have been stolen from my henhose in the Village .leaving nothing but feathers.

Bye bye to fresh eggs for the moment.

Our Claire and her husband Owen Kelly have five daughters like steps of stairs.Three of them played togeth

er on an underage ream which Claire hepls coach.

This happened with Claire and her siblings years ago ,maybe with three of Eugenes Newmans,daughters,maybe with Noel M c C ormacvs three daughters, perhaps with three daughter of Bill Carroll,probably with Sean Mulligan's daughters and definitely with the Dalys of Comnells Cross.

In my own case six of my siblings and I  played against seven Coogan siblings in a grudge match played in Conways field decades ago.

We could field six aside now if we coild walk..Robert has died.Michael Coogan has also joined him in Heaven,

A daughter of Helen Weldon and a daughter of Teresa Rattigan have won All Irelands under 16 wi th Meath Camogie...I trained both mothers decades ago .Congrats.

Lian Coogan a son of Christies and Liam Rattigan  A son of Teresas made the Meath Minor panel in H urling..Googan played at full forward.Rattigan did not get a run.

Both Barry  Callaghan and Sean Kelly got Meath under 20.s out of a hole at short notice when Bernard Flynn and his crew resigned their posts when Andy  MC ENTEE refused to release the two best under 20 players from the Senior panel to play with the under twenties.

Dublin got hard to beat them with the two players sitting in the stasnds wathching the match.I  wasn't at it but am informed by someone who was that with the two players in question .Meath coild have won.

Meath lost both matches,both Seniers and under 20's to Dublin..There must be a lesson  to be learned.

A grandson of Tony Brennan played in goal for the under twenties.He is one for the future.Tony is the only Dunderry man to manage Dunderry  to a Senior final and win it and bne sacked for that achievement.Bizzare if you ask me.He also played with Meath for several years and won ALL iRELANDS as a player and selector.

I am predicting that Barry Callaghan will manage or be a selector with  Meath Seniors within 5 years,following in the footsteps of former Dunderrians Tony Brennan ,and Tommy Dowd junior .Niall Rennicks a Dunderrian managed Wicklow and Carlow also.And Kevin Dowd id the same for the Meath hurlers.

Lar Callaghan is a selector under Cathal O  Bric for the Meath Minor footballers.I hear that 80 minor footballers were called in for trials ,nary a one being from Dunderry..No fear of any accusation of nepotisn m there .

Some achievement manegerialwise for a small rural Club ,when you think about it

I have oodles of grandchildren playing at young ages for Dunderruy at hurling ,Fool tball,Camogie and ladies football.and Claire,Mags and Evan  are involved in coaching I am glad to say.

I have always maitained that any Club worth its salt must cater for its weakest players just as much as it does for its strongest and as a President of Both the GAA Club ansd Camogie Club wili raise this issue with both Executives if I  see it happenning or if I  see  the kids of selectors getting preferential treatment.

People new to the GAA MIGHT NOT GET THIS.

I go to a lot of matches.I f I  miss one of their matches I am et.