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No work in labour

Thereā€™s no work to labour Edwin McGreal Apparently I was a tough birth. My mother doesnā€™t tire of telling me that. Most men are familiar with the spiel - ā€˜you donā€™t know what I had to go through to bring you into the worldā€™. Women never tire of ...

13 Apr 2010 at 10:40

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Monster Munchinā€™ on Easter Sunday

Monster Munchinā€™ on Easter Sunday Christmas Day and Easter Sunday have always been big days in our house. And the religious connection is quite incidental. The birth and the death of Jesus Christ would be acknowledged alright. But the ...

06 Apr 2010 at 07:00

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Coming of age in Castlebar

Coming of age Edwin McGreal Sorry folks, have ye ID? Five words to send the fear of God into the heart of any 16 or 17 year-old in most places in Ireland. In Castlebar we used to think we operated the perfect form of stealth for ...

29 Mar 2010 at 19:28

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Banned from the band

Banned from the band Edwin McGreal Growing up in Breaffy in the mid nineties there were few, if any, more shameful events for a ten-year-old. Perhaps if I conceded a last minute goal against the Mitchels or set fire to Breaffy ...

23 Mar 2010 at 11:35

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Lost in translation

Lost in translation I was never a dedicated student of our native language. Despite the best efforts of teachers like Tom Higgins in Breaffy NS and MĪ”ire de Burca in Davitt College, Irish and I were never soulmates. In my ...

09 Mar 2010 at 11:17

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Home discomforts

Home discomforts At what stage do you mash the spuds? I thought it was a perfectly reasonable question to ask. My mother said she hasnā€™t laughed as much since I brought down half the stage as a transition year in Davitt ...

01 Mar 2010 at 19:37

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The end of an age

The end of an age I was asked on a few occasions in the last week why I should be so shocked at the retirement of a 71-year-old man. I tried to explain the impact that the Scottish manager of an English soccer team has ...

15 May 2013 at 16:08

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To B or not to B

To B or not to B Edwin McGreal ā€œAre you up for the sack after that defeat McGreal?ā€ That was the shout of Charlestown man Ciaran McBrien after our Junior team were beaten in the semi-finals of the Mayo GAA Junior B ...

30 Oct 2012 at 14:16

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Youā€™re nothing but a slobber

Youā€™re nothing but a slobber Edwin McGreal Slobberinā€™. Itā€™s a great Irish word. Note the lack of the g at the end. Slobbering sounds far too posh. Slobberinā€™ has a much more culchie cut to it. Slobberinā€™ - to do ...

01 Jun 2010 at 14:03

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No marks for respect

No marks for respect Edwin McGreal Weā€™re going to talk about something a small bit serious this week. Not the most important matter youā€™ll ever read but something worth discussing all the same. Those of you ...

25 May 2010 at 13:56

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To B or not to B

To B or not to B Edwin McGreal All roads led to Parke recently for the GAA clash of the year. Never mind Croke Park or even McHale Park. Donā€™t mind the inter-county championship where 80,000 people are ...

18 May 2010 at 12:01

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Landing yourself right in it

Landing yourself right in it Edwin McGreal Ask questions later. It is an admired trait in GAA circles, one that earns approving nods from the hard-pleased greats of yesterday in the stand. Go in and ...

04 May 2010 at 11:53

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