Royals rebound but don’t yet dare to dream

The Tailteann Games were funeral games and festivities to entertain, associated with the semi-legendary history of Pre-Christian Ireland.

Páirc Tailteann on Saturday evening certainly had a subdued funereal atmosphere, but unfortunately, there was no football to truly entertain us. I suppose I should have known what was about to unfold in front of me if I had bothered to study my €3 programme.

The Round 2A qualifier booklet gave us information on all four games taking place on Saturday. The last time Meath won in the qualifiers was at home against Galway in 2011.