Person: Trevor Giles

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Spurned three times, Colm O’Rourke fears he’ll never get to manage Meath

Colm O'Rourke has revealed that he tried to become Meath manager on three occasions but was knocked back each time and now believes his chance has gone for good.

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So, who will you be shouting for on Sunday?

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Bealin and Magee: ‘Splitting Dublin would be toxic. It would create a Celtic v Rangers’

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Donal Keogan believes Meath can resist the Blue wave

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Inspired by a Meath legend, Eric Lowndes is very much committed to the Dubs

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Watch a couple of GAA legends try to kick a ball into a washing machine

Conor Nash: Aussie Rules gamble a ‘massive call’

Teen prodigy Conor Nash has admitted that turning his back on Meath GAA and Leinster rugby to forge an Aussie Rules career was a ‘massive call’ for him.

Tue, 01 Nov, 2016

Thursday morning briefing: Parents facing weeks of chaos as strikes hit. Catch up on all the headlines

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Thu, 27 Oct, 2016

Trevor Giles: Passion won’t bridge the talent gap in Meath

Meath legend Trevor Giles reckons the Royal County lack stellar senior talent and has rejected the idea new boss Andy McEntee can bridge that deficit with an injection of pride and passion alone.

Thu, 27 Oct, 2016

Jason Sherlock: Volunteers, not cash, driving Dublin's success

Dublin forwards coach Jason Sherlock insists that the majority of the All-Ireland champions’ backroom team are volunteers and that much of the county’s success has nothing to do with “resources”.

Thu, 20 Oct, 2016

Paddy Kelly: The second coming of the thinking man’s footballer

What has happened to Cork? When the last time you could actually trust the county’s footballers to deliver on the big day? Paddy Kelly knows the issues. “We haven’t had a big scalp in the championship the last few years. Even saying that, we sound like of the smaller counties, but this is a huge opportunity to put that right.”

Sat, 30 Jul, 2016

Will Dublin bring right mentality to Croke Park?

Trevor Giles tells an interesting story about taking on Dublin in the 2014 Leinster football final.

Sun, 26 Jun, 2016

Philly McMahon ‘disappointed’ at grumbles over Dublin’s dominance

Dublin defender Philly McMahon has hit back at the suggestion their current dominance of Gaelic football is a “problem for the game”, describing Trevor Giles’ comments as “disappointing”.

Wed, 27 Apr, 2016

Dublin dominance could be a turn-off for neutrals, claims Trevor Giles

Meath football icon Trevor Giles believes that Dublin’s dominance of Gaelic football is becoming a problem and has predicted that neutrals will become bored and switch off their televisions.

Tue, 26 Apr, 2016

Trevor Giles recalls 1999 All-Ireland penalty pain

Trevor Giles feared he would be remembered for all the wrong reasons when missing a penalty in the second-half of the 1999 All-Ireland final.

Tue, 05 Apr, 2016

Trevor Giles issues warning to Dublin

Meath football legend Trevor Giles has suggested Dublin’s dominance won’t continue forever, pointing out they could easily suffer a dip in standards, like the Leinster rugby team has.

Wed, 17 Feb, 2016

League must get shot in the arm

Tue, 29 Sep, 2015

Mick O’Dowd to remain as Meath manager for two years

Meath clubs have rowed in behind football boss Mick O’Dowd and reappointed him for a further two-years.

Tue, 11 Aug, 2015

Meathness not enough to derail Dublin

Of all the commodities Meath need to bring to the game in Croke Park tomorrow, their Meathness is by far the most important.

Sat, 19 Jul, 2014

Dubs remain defining model

Dublin manager Jim Gavin will have all bases covered ahead of tomorrow’s Leinster semi-final

Sat, 28 Jun, 2014

Divilly relies on degree of common sense at UCD

UCD’s footballers congregated under the Belfield lights on Wednesday night, the finishing touches applied ahead of today’s sojourn north.

Fri, 21 Feb, 2014

O’Dowd ready for next step

When Seamus McEnaney resigned from the hot seat of Meath football last August, Mick O’Dowd had a gut reaction.

Thu, 11 Jul, 2013

Old school rules okay with Reilly and Royals

Graham Reilly believes Meath can punch a hole deep into the All-Ireland championship by playing a traditional brand of open football at odds with the massed defences increasingly favoured in the modern game.

Tue, 02 Jul, 2013

Hold fire on the applause — it’s early yet for Dubs

Someone once said that defence is not just for defenders, just like attacking is not just for forwards.

Mon, 01 Jul, 2013

Evans hits out at ‘terrible’ decisions

Roscommon 0-12 Meath 2-11

Mon, 11 Mar, 2013

Rumblings as Royal fortunes continue to slide

Cavan 0-15 Meath 1-6

Mon, 04 Mar, 2013

Carr to Dubs’ defence

Former Dublin manager Tommy Carr criticised the current lack of involvement of players from Meath’s glory era of the 1980s and ’90s and said other counties’ weakness should not be an excuse to split Dublin.

Mon, 04 Mar, 2013

Farewell to a Rebel hero

Nicholas Murphy brought the curtain down on his distinguished inter-county career with his usual unfussy style, writes Michael Moynihan

Fri, 16 Nov, 2012

Rebels facing Capital start

Cork will begin the defence of their Division 1 title with a visit to Dublin next February but, at the other end of the scale, Kilkenny have elected to pull out of the competition.

Wed, 10 Oct, 2012

O'Dowd ratified as Meath boss

The ratification of Mick O’Dowd as Meath’s new senior football manager took place at a County Board meeting in Navan last night.

Tue, 09 Oct, 2012

Horan considering his position as Mayo boss

It is being reported that Mayo manager James Horan is considering his position due to a number of logistical issues.

Tue, 09 Oct, 2012

O’Dowd takes up reins in Royal county

Mick O’Dowd of the Skryne club was ratified as the new Meath senior football manager in succession to Seamus McEnaney at last night’s county board meeting in Navan.

Tue, 09 Oct, 2012

Gavin proves popular heir to Gilroy

Dublin football fans got their wish last night with confirmation that highly rated underage guru Jim Gavin will take charge of the senior team.

Tue, 02 Oct, 2012

Four remain in Royals' managerial race

Andy McEntee has declined to be interviewed for the vacant Meath senior football manager's role, leaving four candidates left out of an initial list of 10.

Fri, 28 Sep, 2012

Dublin set to grasp shot at redemption

IT’S 20 years since Meath last won an All-Ireland minor football title but denizens of the county may find greater solace in their last final appearance, in 2002, when they were well beaten by a superb Derry team.

Sat, 22 Sep, 2012

Still a work in progress

Will Galway bate Mayo?

Sat, 04 Aug, 2012

Champions can halt Meath’s resurgence

By the time Meath take to the field tomorrow afternoon, it’ll be 95 days since the county executive failed in their attempt to oust Seamus McEnaney as manager.

Sat, 21 Jul, 2012

Forward thinking a winner for resurgent Royals

He may have been one of the best players of his generation but Trevor Giles was always an understated superstar and that penchant for modesty is alive and well these days as he works on the minds and bodies of those following in his footsteps.

Fri, 20 Jul, 2012

Burke feels pressure lift following Royals’ revival

Kildare beaten, convincingly.

Wed, 18 Jul, 2012

Times changed as underdogs rally to Royals standard

County boundaries have always provided the most fertile of grounds for deep-seated rivalries in the GAA but some enmities are bred by means other than geography.

Fri, 06 Jul, 2012

Geraghty: Hoodoo was hurting players

Graham Geraghty revealed Meath’s victory in Sunday’s Leinster semi-final was more for the players than anybody else.

Tue, 03 Jul, 2012

Will Dubs find the hunger?

“The old year’s gone away to nothingness and night,” wrote John Clare many years ago and much of the focus ahead of Dublin’s championship bow at Croke Park tomorrow centres on how much they have committed the pleasant memories of the old year to nothingness and night.

Sat, 02 Jun, 2012