Strange thoughts of happy days and sporting dreams
Country Living with Francis Farragher
It’s that time of the year again for those letters that might be aspirational for the New Year or reminders of good/bad times in 2021. In these strange days, we’re inclined to say that the coming year surely has to be better than the last one but that’s not a given anymore.
A is for all for those people out there – and that’s pretty much everyone – who are fed up of hearing what seems to be the same Covid news, week-in, week-out; day-in, day-out and on the hour every time we switch on a news bulletin. I’m not a ‘denier’ or an ‘anti-vaxer’ but I think that only for Marty Whelan in the morning and our local mainly music radio stations, I would have truly lost it at this stage.
B is for Boris, Brits, Brexiteers and all the bastions of our old foes who like to party through the Christmas periods while the rest of us must follow every rule and regulation. Somehow, I have the feeling that the parties will have been very scarce around Downing Street this Festive Season. Bumbling Boris just has to have a little bit of cop-on. And apparently some of our lot were at it as well!
C can only be for one thing, well two really – Covid and confusion – and I promise that this will be the last mention of the dreaded C word for the rest of this column. I’m so confused about what I should be doing and not doing that I have to visit the local for an early hour visit and a quick shot of refreshements. The only problem with this early closing is that I’m wakening up at 4 in the morning, thinking that it’s time to get up and go to work.
D is for daring to dream that all my sporting dreams will one day miraculously come through. Galway will pull off the football and hurling All-Ireland double; Leeds United will win the Premier League (now that’s pushing it – they’ll have to stay in it first!); Pádraig Harrington will win just one more Major; I’ll be in the Crucible once more to see Ken Doherty win the World Snooker Title; Galway United will win a second FAI Cup; and Connacht will take the Heineken Cup. Some dream . . . maybe even an hallucination!
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