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Santa Claus - 11 Like(s)
I'd forego the player if the GAA would provide each club in Co Wicklow with a full time paid coach like Dublin have..... Now that would level the playing field and would be worth far more than 1 player
Wicklowman (National) - 13/12/2020 09:06:31
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GAA Should Campaign For A United Ireland. - 5 Like(s)
Some of the comments on here reflect how many literally have turned their back on the North. Some early comments even suggest the North of Ireland statelet is an actual country and therefore should try its hand at full independence as "Northern Ireland." I'm not saying the GAA as a, now, sporting organisation (yes I am aware of its' cultural and political leanings) should get involved in a campaign for a United Ireland. The GAA should remain as an organisation, a lever for the inclusion of all on this island, but we as individual Gaels must be so flippant to say sure they are "Northern Irish"' and should set up their own little country up there. Gaels up North are more acutely aware of their Irishness than most than South because they must fight for it. A United Ireland looks inevitable within the next 20 years so apathetic Southerns will have to get used to it just as much as Unionists and loyalists.
Wicklowman (National) - 09/03/2019 20:18:01
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Is the current GAA product worth the bother??? - 4 Like(s)
Many people will be able to relate to my circumstances. I was raised in a GAA family, primarily hurling, but with a keen interest in football too. We followed our clubs in both codes in every grade, followed our county champions into Leinster. I briefly played underage and minor for my county. I grew up following the greats of the game nationally, the Jack O'Shea's, the Anton O'Toole's, the Plunkett Donaghy's, the Liam McHale's. These were greatest artists of the game - the high fielders. Though Wicklow never made the breakthrough, we always had excellent midfielders in Pat O'Byrne and Fergus Daly. With current 'tactics' in GAA this incredible art, the art that made the crowd roar and made people rise from their seats is near extinction. Growing up I would always look forward to the midfeld battle. Everyone knew the midfielders on all teams. Does anyone know who is in midfield anymore - they are so irrelevant these days - Sean Kavanagh maybe, Rory Kavanagh is another, Michael Murphy occasionally plays a half at midfield. The product in terms of what I have seen this year in championship has been pitiful. Wexford Kildare 0-7 to 0-9. Dublin v Meath in the last 20 minutes was really sad to watch. The hurling today and throughout this championship has been poor fare with this defensive structure they are rigidly adhering to. This isn't the game I grew up with. The future is not bright if this continues. I'm sure like many others I want to see rise off the seat moments. Moments of sheer brilliance, good football, but apparently that's naive football these days. I'm now a retired club player with a wife and 2 children. Pressure is on for Sundays to be family time. My wife isn't the world's biggest GAA fan. I stand my ground because I love the games. I want my son and daughter to play the games when they are old enough. However, the product on show in both Gaelic Football and in more recent times hurling has made that argument harder to justify. Call a spade a spade. the product is poor and getting poorer and it kills me to say it. We are going to lose people in the droves if the games are not watchable and entertaining. Who wants to watch a form of glorified field Basketball and a game where a goalkeeper who has the ability to strike a ball 100 yards hits a short one to his corner back who cannot hit it that far. Is that worth the argument with the missus about Sunday being family time?
Wicklowman (National) - 24/07/2016 20:54:57
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Cavan - 4 Like(s)
Wicklow won this game without their captain, Dean Healy. Even with him factoring in as playing Cavan were 1/10 favourites. This result means so much to us. We have some really fine young footballers coming through. Remember the names, Eoin Darcy and Matthew Ging, The Tinahely Terrors
Wicklowman (National) - 12/06/2021 22:12:43
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Ulster Team Allege Sectarian Abuse. - 3 Like(s)
Replying To PaudieSull1: "Really............sorry to burst your bubble but Down didn't play in the All Ireland minor B until very recently ..........what I do know is that Down senior hurlers had a number of incidents with Wicklow players referring to them as Brits etc as recently as last year, interestingly some of the same Wicklow players ran to players in the past 12 months claiming they received 'verbal abuse' in a separate game
Would be amazed if any Down team in the 90s was at that behaviour as vast majority of lads then would have been from the Ards and from mixed marriages, communities mixed with other side of community etc so your story doesn't hold up and to be honest seems like a deflection tactic given behaviour of your senior players in recent years....." It most certainly did happen. It may have been an under 16 match. You're getting bogged down in semantics and small detail. I'm 39 now so it may have been 1994 not 1996. I didn't hurl past Minor for the county so I can't speak of senior level. I worked for Bank of Ireland from 200-2002 and I had a work colleague call me a Free State bastard when Rathnew won the Leinster Club Championship v Na Fianna in 2001. He wasn't best pleased that a small Wicklow village beat Glasnevin, their Armagh contingent (the McGeeney's, Dessie Macken, there was another one too) and the rest of their League of Nations team.
Wicklowman (National) - 18/06/2018 18:29:38
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Do you know your club scene?? - 3 Like(s)
I run a small GAA page on facebook called GAA - For Club and County. It does what it says on the tin, covers matters of national and local importance and general matter pertaining to GAA. I am looking for persons with good local GAA knowledge of their counties club scenes in both football and hurling. We will attempt then to pool our collective knowledge and you never know, win a quid or two. I have had a great response so far. Just need a few more hurling men. Not much of a response from the midlands, parts of Munster and Connacht. If you think you may be interested, private message the page GAA - For Club and County. Thanks
Wicklowman (National) - 20/04/2017 15:55:18
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Meath V Wicklow. - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Htaem: "I think some are confident others like myself are more apprehensive but I wouldn't misinterpret confidence as cockiness or arrogance. Given our different league positions and historical championship dominance I can understand where they're coming from even if I disagree myself.
For what it's worth I view this as a very tricky fixture, I think if we perform well then we can come away with the win but Wicklow will quite rightly feel the same way and if we don't perform well then our season is over, simple as that.
Anyway, may the best team win." Just about to tuck into my half time "humble pie" I can only apologise, I really thought we'd give you a match. Embarrassing. Really awful. Meath look polished so far. Leagues apart.
Wicklowman (Meath) - 08/11/2020 14:09:22
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Cavan - 3 Like(s)
Up the Garden. We won that's what happened.
Wicklowman (National) - 12/06/2021 19:50:04
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Who Needs Aughrim! - 3 Like(s)
That is a good Wicklow minor team. Hopefully we can now go on and beat Meath to qualify from the group. With our Minors beating Dublin and Rathnew toppling St Vincents surely it's high time to double Dublin's coaching funding to €20 million, halve Wicklow's to circa €200,000 or less and split the county in two while you're at it!
Wicklowman (National) - 28/06/2018 00:09:48
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Div 4 - 2 Like(s)
Well done to Limerick and Wicklow on their respective promotion. Delighted for our lads. Yes Limerick did beat us, but it's a bit mad that Wicklow finish with a score difference of +39 and Limerick finish with a score difference of Zero, yet Limerick finish Champions of the Division.
Wicklowman (National) - 24/10/2020 19:41:35
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Division 4 - National League - 2 Like(s)
Well done Leitrim. I dare say that was the game of the weekend across the Division. It was a really good game in tough conditions. A minute from the end I thought Wicklow had it. The soft goal decided the match. Hope you get the promotion you deserve. You never know Wicklow might yet do you a favour. We have definitely improved since last year.
Wicklowman (Leitrim) - 03/02/2019 20:23:53
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Meath V Wicklow. - 2 Like(s)
First off well done Meath. Wicklow appalling today no other words for it, but once the dust settles promotion has been achieved. After today we are under no illusions for lies in store if we do not prepare for what lies ahead in Division 3. I'll forget about today and take solace in the fact that we do actually have some good minor teams etc coming through. Minors beat Dublin and Meath in recent years. Today was a freak result, usually only 4-6 points between Meath and Wicklow. Sit tight in Division 3, let our talented youth, D'Arcy, Ging etc find their feet in the higher division. I'd be more disappointed if we were staring down the barrel of another year of Division 4 football.
Wicklowman (Meath) - 08/11/2020 16:24:04
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Is the current GAA product worth the bother??? - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Brolly: "Find a sport you enjoy or embrace the GAA. Simples." Brolly - think like that if you want. Smart arse response. I love the GAA I am entitled to express an opinion that I don't like where the games are going. I have spoken to many people about this. I'm far from on my own. The product must entertain. That's a simple concept. That or people will stay away especially people who are time poor. Tell me Brolly, have you been entertained by this years championships??
Wicklowman (National) - 24/07/2016 21:39:08
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The Dubs In Aughrim - 2 Like(s)
Dublin won by exactly what they were expected to win by. There is a massive gulf in class. Wicklow did well to score 1-11 in fact. No need for the snide comments. The lads tried hard. No doubt it would have been better to have had the game in Aughrim. Yes the scoreline would have been roughly the same, but are entitled to home advantage as was stated last October and which would have been given to Offaly. Our home ground holds 10,500... there were only 12,000 there today, so could Aughrim have held the match. Certainly it could. If Manchester United draw Bury Town in the FA Cup we dont switch the game to Anfield.
Wicklowman (National) - 27/05/2018 18:26:45
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We all know where this is headed.... - 2 Like(s)
Sky deals, ground naming rights, multi-million county team expenditure budgets, sponsorship deals, boot deals, cars for players, payments and expenses for club and county managers, now Super 8s...
I looked at the Dublin GAA website, between main sponsors and affiliate sponsors they must have 15 - from clothing companies to Aer Lingus. Wicklow have just one - secured personally by manager Johnny Magee. Joule Heating have agreed to sponsor the team for 2017. One year deal.
With all of the above in mind I think we will see some form of professionalism in Gaelic Football in a decade from now. The price of this will be the merger of unviable weaker counties. The professional era will probably see 14-16 teams.
Laois/Offaly (Midland Marauders) versus Wicklow/Wexford (Eastern Wolves) in KPMG Park, Portlaoise is not that far away.
Wicklowman (National) - 26/02/2017 11:25:37
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Meath V Wicklow. - 2 Like(s)
Some very cocky comments on here. Full of we should be beating the likes of Wicklow and the cliched (no disrespect) to Wicklow..... Look I think you'll win by 5 points after a battle. I really think we have one of the best managers in the country at the helm. Unless there's a sending off or a complete flop this game will be in the balance until 50-55 minutes. We've one really talented footballer in Eoin Darcy at 13. He'll either be quiet as a mouse or be on absolute fire.
Wicklowman (Meath) - 07/11/2020 00:13:57
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Dublin v Carlow - 2 Like(s)
Would anyone on here have good knowledge of the Dublin club scene, hurling and football?? I run a small tipping group - well-run, organised, a bit of a craic, we win a few bob too. If you are interested send a message to GAA - For Club and County on Facebook and I'll add you to my group. Thanks and good luck v Galway and Carlow.
Wicklowman (Dublin) - 23/05/2017 15:04:22
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Ulster Team Allege Sectarian Abuse. - 2 Like(s)
Any language of that nature towards young kids especially is not on. Having said that I got the same as a kid in reverse up north. We played Down in All Ireland Minor Hurling B Championship around 1996-1997. We were called Free State this that and the other. I remember not knowing how to react to it especially as I have a lot of relations up North and would have been especially sympathetic to the lot of Northern Nationalists. I don't think many of our team even replied much to what we were called, we didn't really know what to say in return. We would have considered the Down players as Irish as we were.
Wicklowman (National) - 17/06/2018 04:19:27
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Christy Ring 2017 - 1 Like(s)
Up the Garden!!! What a great group of players we have! Terrific win. Christy Ring Semi Final under the radar. Everyone underestimates us and we don't care.
Wicklowman (National) - 29/04/2017 18:33:11
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Funny game. At 1-9 to 0-9 I thought Leitrim would kick on. There's a bit more steel in this Wicklow team. Some good footballers there, Eoin Darcy who kicked 6 points and Kevin Quinn, nephew of the great Kevin O'Brien. Fair effort to score the last 6 points to win it. Disappointing for the large Leitrim crowd. I've a feeling we'll be pipped for promotion by Sligo and Laois... unless of course Leitrim can do us two mighty favours.
Wicklowman (National) - 05/03/2023 15:46:44
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