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Cleverest / wittiest GAA flags - 6 Like(s)
Luke Dempsey was managing Westmeath versus Meath under Sean Boylan in those epic matches back in 2001. The Meath Banner read; Luke is warm but Sean is Boylan.
Jack_Sparrow (National) - 16/08/2017 16:57:27
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Support Rant - 6 Like(s)
Replying To gormdubhgorm: "Yeah there are definitely layers of GAA supporter
People who can only name the well known players at county level and wander along when there is a glamour tie.
People who know the main stay of the county team and others can name fellas who are liable to break into the starting eleven in the county panel.
Others can rattle of the minor county team big names, or better still name them all and the fellas they think should be playing instead.
After that you are down to real hardcore fellas who are broken into the subsets of supporter as the country
I think the majority of GAA supporters only know of new county players when the championship comes around and just know the mainstays of the team.
Each to thier own. But it is annoying if you go to all the games and are struggling to get tickets for a semi-final/AI final" The starting eleven ?
Jack_Sparrow (National) - 24/06/2017 21:06:22
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B Flynn's comments on A O'Shea - 3 Like(s)
Replying To royaldunne: "You do realise Bernard has zero links to Meath anymore? He lives works owns businesses coaches club all in Westmeath, add to that all of his children wear Westmeath jerseys and support Westmeath along with Bernard and his wife. Just thought id throw that in their, as your comment was nonsense and based on 1980s and nothing to do with present day." He did however spill sweat and blood and win All Ireland medals with Meath so that will always trump over a keyboard supporters CV no matter what year it is.
Jack_Sparrow (National) - 18/05/2017 22:35:47
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Meath Clubs In Leinster - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Ashrules: "Ratoath were far and away the best team . Unfortunately for them conceding 2 goals. But would still have beat them easily only for the ridiculously one sided referee. Gave very soft frees to the downs and ignored hard fouls on Ratoath players. Even gave a free the wrong way to save them in extra time. And was leaving a player with 2 yellow cards on the field until it was pointed out." I would say your comment is ridiculously one sided
Jack_Sparrow (Meath) - 20/11/2022 07:29:25
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Cork should lodge complaint - 3 Like(s)
Replying To KK1926: "WUM of the new millenium.... And the winner is.. you've guessed it!! And we're delighted to announce that the prize is a one way trip to inner Mongolia in a location where there is absolutely no internet connection!" You will feel better overall if you relax a bit on here, like your "brother" from Laois.
Jack_Sparrow (National) - 23/07/2017 14:34:03
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Tipperary V Westmeath - 3 Like(s)
Im from Westmeath but you can't have it every way. The smaller counties complain about being treated differently from the big guns then they want special treatment. They were drawn away,tough luck. The Westmeath chairman is letting himself down making this public. By all means chance your arm in private if you really want to but don't make Tipp look like bad guys because they are only claiming what they are entitled to. Take it as a sign of respect. You are being treated as an equal not a special case.
Jack_Sparrow (National) - 28/06/2017 14:54:48
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Cork should lodge complaint - 3 Like(s)
Replying To KK1926: "I suppose it's not unusual for brothers to speak/write alike. Anyway you're using it as a deflection from criticism of another of your wonderful threads. Trying to bring in the Master with you? Can't fight your own battles? Why wouldn't i be interested in a Mayo thread on a national forum? I played as much gaelic football as hurling.
Jack Sparrow, i suggest you go back to your nest, you left it too soon." Good man Arnie..or are you Danny DeVito.
Jack_Sparrow (National) - 23/07/2017 15:30:25
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Longford GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Parentage rule. The same reason that Jack Duggan is now playing football for Roscommon.
Jack_Sparrow (National) - 10/03/2024 12:35:30
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Bordering Counties Who Dont Have Much Of A Rivalry - 2 Like(s)
Replying To royaldunne: "Dickie your wrong there, trust me, kinnegad Ballinabrackey, clonard hill of down, there is pure hatred, I mean it gets ver nasty, Sam in Mullingar, give a prime example, well known shop in centre of town with huge banner across window with score and under it Meath me arse after our defeat in lsf. To quote a man heavily involved in wm gaa, he would rather have seen big Ian paisley lift Sam singing gstq than any Meath man. I have never seen or heard of many Westmeath people shout for Meath. Even this year after they beat Kildare it was all for dubs in second match. Now the Louth thing isn't as big neither believe it or not is dubs thing as there is grudgingly respect, bit Westmeath? Nahh thats bitter and at sometimes unsavoury" Pure exaggeration It's Westmeath not Millwall you are on about. It's a wonder it's safe for you to coach in Westmeath when people hear you are from the dreaded Meath. Do you get police protection or what ?
Jack_Sparrow (National) - 01/01/2017 16:22:36
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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
The old "go to the games" chestnut. That's grand I used to go to every Westmeath game from Pomeroy to Pairc Ui Rinn but I'm not in a position to do it right now. I would agree that many but not all other counties are covering the matches better online and it's something that can be learned from. It's nothing to be circling the wagons about.
Jack_Sparrow (National) - 04/03/2024 22:20:45
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Junior Football Championship - 2 Like(s)
Replying To culmor: "Will any of their players make an impact at county level? I know Ronan Wallace was full back for the 21s last year so he will be involved.
Off the top of my head in the past 5 years or so players of the calibre of Darren O'Sullivan, Ciaran Kilkenny, Peter Kelly have won the all Ireland Junior club and are all-stars, so it really is a high standard of football to get to this level. I hope they enjoy the day out and go and finish the job, as the previous poster said its been a tough run and they are there on merit. Fairplay." I would say Anthony McGivney has serious potential.
Jack_Sparrow (Westmeath) - 22/01/2018 13:28:56
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Westmeath hurling - 2 Like(s)
Serious win tonight in Leinster u21 hurling championship
Westmeath 1-11 Kilkenny 0-12
Jack_Sparrow (National) - 25/05/2016 21:06:33
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Mapping Hurling strongholds throughout Ireland - 2 Like(s)
Replying To JXV: "Here's a rough map I made... The darker the blue the more hurling is played in that area - might not be 100% accurate but I hope it helps :)
link" Jack_Sparrow (National) - 08/01/2017 12:30:19
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Old Roscommon Song - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Oldtourman: "Calling Rossie fans
'Ownsie Hoare was to the fore, Bill Jackson on the right
and McQuillan shone above the throng, like electric light'
The above is a snippet of an old song (or poem) praising the great Rossie team of the forties.
Any chance of any one having all or indeed just anymore of it." Googled and found this:
Under Captain Jimmy Murray's lead, a
skipper born and bred,
Proudly around Croke Park they
marched, erect with stread tread,
Resolved to show to every Gael at
home and far away,
Once Roscommon's valiant sons
would nobly win the day
Serene they looked, so cool and calm,
in colours gold and blue,
Circling around the mighty ground of
bright and dazzling hue.
Owensie Hoare was to the fore, Bill
Jackson to his right,
McQuillan shone before the throng
with undiminished light.
Maddening shouts of wild delight for
Murray rent the air,
Oh! Proud were we when every call
found gallant Jimmy there.
Nerney small, Gilmartin tall, Casserly
at left back.
Elusive Phelim Murray and young
Doctor Derry Mac.
Verily brave, "Doc" Callaghan saved
in that eventful game.
Enough will never written be of Donal
Keenan's fame.
Review of news must also sing of gallant
Brendan Lynch,
Young Carlos played at center half
and never budged and inch.
Time must ever cherish Kinlough's and
Boland's play,
Ingenious Dr. Gibbons, who was
always in the fray.
Jack_Sparrow (Roscommon) - 16/02/2019 12:51:10
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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Claretandblue: "Surely this is unacceptable to enter a team in a competition and then send out an underage team while the actual team trains." Except u20 isn't underage and they are all eligible to play senior football. No different than Dublin fielding a team of unfamiliar players today. Where was the Dublin first team today? Anyway a 2 point defeat was a decent showing. Nothing to get too excited about either way. Someone might make the league panel because of it. Even if we won the OByrne Cup it means nothing. Look at Longford last year.
Jack_Sparrow (National) - 06/01/2024 19:22:13
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GAA and ethnic minorities - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Gleebo: "My mother teaches at an Educate Together school in north county Dublin and tells me that the local GAA community are highly active in scouting for non-Irish talent.
Further afield, there is growing interest in Gaelic games from people from non-Irish backgrounds. For example, there are leagues in Galicia in northwest Spain and Brittany in Northwest France which boast two dozen clubs between them, with hardly any Irish people involved. There are several German hurling clubs and Italian Gaelic football clubs composed entirely of local players. So, even given that it's a different context, there is a greater interest in GAA games
among non-Irish people than many realize." The Hurling Club in Buenos Aires which since world war 2 has played rugby and hockey because the supply of hurls dried up and the link with Ireland was lost is now actively coaching underage Hurling and Gaelic football again.
Jack_Sparrow (National) - 02/01/2017 21:47:43
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Meath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Young_gael: "To answer the original poster; Meath has declined in GAA (particularly senior men's football) for a lot of reasons, and most of the footballing reasons have been outlined already. However the primary reasons for the decline are non-football. Ill do my best to touch on them.
(1) Demographics: Meath now has 220,000 people. In my youth in the 1990s it had tens of thousands less. Traditionally it was one of the least dense counties by population. Of the new arrivals, many are foreign settlers, or people who originated from other counties in Ireland particularly Dublin, so there isnt the same attachment to the county as previous generations. The stories are true; you will see Dublin jerseys and Navy/Blue flags out in every town in Meath come July/August every season. I know kids and young adults who have lived in Meath all their lives but support Dublin and are embarrassed by their county of residence. The county also produces great soccer players and rugby players these days and many of the best prospects choose other sports including AFL.
(2) Changing face of the county: Pre-2000 there wasnt a motorway in Ireland, now there are loads and 4 of them dissect Meath. The towns of the county have become stop-over towns housing commuters. The heart and soul, in my opinion, has therefore declined in urban Meath and the strength of the GAA as a community based organisation has declined. Another argument, albeit hard to prove but widely believed is that the Celtic Tiger and the modern day has simply produced a more middle class cosmopolitan youth population in Meath who just arent the same "breed" as the past and havent the same interest or attachment to the game.
(3) Bad P.R.: Some Meath posters might not like it, but its a fact. Our PR is crap. Its a county that had strong presence and success for decades and that has dried up post-millenium and the slew of managers coming and going and the news that comes out of the county (with the exception of the AI winning minors and the womens team) is usually negative news which paints a picture for kids in the county that Meath GAA isnt a successful or "cool" brand to follow.
(4) Loss of Identity: Meath was the county that was left behind in the early days of blanket defences and mass defensive styles. They simply didnt change their approach to the game and mentally were very, very slow to react to the changing game. As of 2023, Meath football teams have no tangible identity on the field which differentiates them from anyone. In the past they were aggresive, physical, often played on the edge or over the edge and played with manic intensity in the 15 on 15 game. Those days are over. Meath's "role" in the game was taken largely by Tyrone or by other Ulster teams as a collective." I remember playing Meath in the early 2000s and they had only Graham Geraghty and Ollie Murphy on the edge of the square and the rest were way out the field. Not a blanket but it was a withdrawn style definitely not 15 on 15 in a traditional style.
Jack_Sparrow (National) - 31/03/2023 16:29:17
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Meath Clubs In Leinster - 2 Like(s)
Replying To royaldunne: "Ahh they are jack certainly around castledaly area. And Mullingar clubs wouldn't have much liking for them either." Can understand a rivalry with Castledaly but it's a big jump to think anyone will want them to lose against the Meath champions. For starters Dessie is a bit of a legend. Think it it will be a good match.
Jack_Sparrow (Meath) - 08/11/2019 21:13:23
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Hurlers - 2 Like(s)
Well there's a thread with 50 posts on it since the Offaly game
Jack_Sparrow (Westmeath) - 24/05/2016 10:29:58
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Westmeath v Laois Leinster final 1995. Three game epic - 2 Like(s)
Yeah they were epic. The first game was in Croke Park. I remember sitting beside Brian Mullins.The other two went to extra time I think ? Certainly the first replay.
Luke Dempsey was a great underage manager for Westmeath. 1 Leinster minor , 1 All Ireland Minor, then 2 Leinster U21 and 1 All Ireland under 21 with mostly different players. He built the team that won the Leinster under the great late Paidi O'Se.
Jack_Sparrow (National) - 18/10/2017 08:30:00
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