The Shadows Remain ; Gaa: But Dublin and Meath Now Try to Relive Past

Daily MailJune 03, 2007

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DEMOCRACY is not always better. While the last decade has allowed for romantic tales to flourish in Leinster football, we have missed the old serial epic.

True, the re-emergence of Kildare, and more recently the breakthrough achieved by Laois and Westmeath, has ensured that the Leinster championship can make a case for itself that it is always interesting. But, compared to the old days, when two giants bestrode the land, casting a shadow over everyone else, it simply has not been compelling.

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The Shadows Remain ; Gaa: But Dublin and Meath Now Try to Relive Past

Dublin and Meath in their pomp were Gaelic football's great selling point of the 80s and 90s, and the break-up of that partnership has left Leinster, arguably, a duller place.

Sean Boylan threw almost a quarter of a century of his life into moulding Meath footballers and admits that since the Royals' decline - they h...

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