This hugely popular American horse gets it's name from being incredibly fast over short distances: there are very few horses able to beat a Quarter Horse in races shorter than a quarter of a mile. *This roundup first appeared in the August 24 edition of the weekly Irish Voice newspaper, sister publication to IrishCentral.SSO's Fact File: "There are more than 3 million Quarter Horses in the world, making them the largest horse breed in the world by population. GAA: Legendary Kerry footballer Tomas O Se is set to be named as manager of the Kingdom’s under-20 side. HURLING: New Kilkenny boss Derek Lyng has added Michael Rice and Peter Barry to his coaching staff alongside Peter O’Donovan and Conor Phelan. GAA: Former Offaly boss Pat Flanagan is the favorite to take on the vacant manager’s job with the Roscommon footballers while Liam Kearns is the new Offaly football team boss. Former county star and Roscommon manager McStay has appointed one-time Mayo boss Stephen Rochford, Donie Buckley, Liam MacHale and Damien Mulligan to his backroom staff. GAA: Kevin McStay is the new manager of the Mayo senior football team on a four year deal after finally landing the job at the third time of asking. A statement from the County Board read, “Dublin GAA County Committee are pleased to announce that Dessie Farrell will continue as Dublin Senior Football manager for a further two years.”ĭublin GAA are delighted to announce the appointment of Micheál Donoghue as senior hurling manager for a three-year term
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We wish him and the panel all the very best and look forward to working with Micheál and his team over the coming years.”įarrell, meanwhile, will remain in charge of the Dublin footballers until 2024.
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“Micheal brings a wealth of experience to the role.
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“We’re delighted to announce the appointment of Micheal and his backroom team,” Dublin County Board chairman Mick Seavers said. Noel Larkin and Francis Forde have followed Donoghue from Galway as selectors along with former Westmeath boss Shane O’Brien who will also manage the Dublin Under 20 side. He ended the column by saying, "Tipperary have lost a good man and a good hurler, and we are lucky to have the culture of Gaelic games we have in this county that we can rally for each other, but we will all be hoping that such a loss doesn’t befall us again anytime soon.”ĬOLUMN: Touch of class from Cork GAA family with gift to Quirke family ĭublin County Board has appointed All-Ireland winner Micheál Donoghue as the new coach to their senior hurlers and agreed a two-year contract extension with football team boss Dessie Farrell.ĭonoghue’s appointment on a three-year deal is seen as a major coup for the Blues with a CV that includes an All-Ireland win and Leinster and National League titles during his time with the Tribesmen. "The two men had marked each other in the game and traded jerseys at the final whistle, and it was a touch of real class from Kingston to travel all that way to pay his respects, and it really showed the quality of the Cork hurling family,” Treacy said in his column. It has been revealed by journalist Enda Treacy that Kingston gave a jersey Quirke wore against Cork in his final game for Tipperary in May to his family.