Before she sat her Leaving Certificate, Cork legend Rena Buckley had won two All-Ireland medals and an All-Star.

Veteran Meath forward Stephen Bray has admitted that prolonging his inter-county career has required him to be “very selfish” and put a significant strain on his family.

GAA fans have been asked to think twice before making hard hitting personal criticisms of players as the football and hurling championships gravitate towards Croke Park and the levels of expectation increase.

There was a time that, once out of Leinster, Championship life finally began for Meath.

Meath captain Kevin Reilly hopes the expertise of Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s ankle doctor will finally give him a clean bill of health.

Emmett Óg Killoe (Longford) 2-13 Navan O’Mahony’s (Meath) 0-8

WHEN Gerry McEntee strides out to patrol the Páirc Táilteann sideline tomorrow it will be a homecoming in more ways than one.

A LETHAL cocktail of the very best and worst of Meath football left local supporters punch drunk as they swelled the Páirc Tailteann exits on Saturday evening.

Meath 5-9 Dublin 0-13

KEVIN REILLY will miss the remainders of Meath’s NFL campaign and there are fears about the defender’s championship participation.

IT’S A measure of the impact one family has had on the club that Seneschalstown has gained the affectionate moniker Sheridanstown.

PLAYER power has prevailed in Meath and brought an end to the row between SFC holders Navan O’Mahony’s and Wolfe Tones.

FORMER Louth defender Peter Fitzpatrick has been dramatically chosen to manage the county football team, a week after ruling himself out of the running.

WHEN the red mist descended on Stephen Bray in Portlaoise a few weeks back, the Meath attacker immediately feared the worst. His football season, which had been sizzling with promise, looked to have ground to a premature halt.

Meath boss Eamonn O’Brien has confirmed defender Kevin Reilly will not feature in Sunday week’s All-Ireland SFC semi-final against Kerry.

MEATH boss Eamonn O’Brien has confirmed defender Kevin Reilly will not feature in Sunday week’s All-Ireland SFC semi-final against Kerry.

GAA President Christy Cooney has been singing the praises of the All-Ireland qualifiers this past few weeks and, whatever your opinion on it, here again was evidence of the back door’s deep, redemptive waters.

Meath 2-12 Roscommon 0-11

LIFE, as an unlikely American philosopher once told us, is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.