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Hurling, a national game?

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To prove the point i was making:

Football Quarter Finals 2017
Dublin,Monaghan,Kerry,Galway,Tyrone,Armagh,Roscommon,Mayo

Football Quarter Finals 2007
Sligo,Cork,Tyrone,Meath,Dublin,Derry,Kerry,Monaghan

Only 4 teams played in the quarter finals this year as 10 years ago

Hurling

Last 8 2017
Tipp,Dublin,Waterford,Kilkenny,Cork,Galway,Wexford,Clare

Last 8 2007

Wexford,Tipp,Kilkenny,Galway,Limerick,Clare,Waterford,Cork

7 of the 8 teams are the same from 10 years ago.

Go back another 10 years foor both codes and it will be something similar.

uibhfhaili1986 (Offaly) - Posts: 1296 - 07/08/2017 12:29:47    2030182

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Replying To uibhfhaili1986:  "To prove the point i was making:

Football Quarter Finals 2017
Dublin,Monaghan,Kerry,Galway,Tyrone,Armagh,Roscommon,Mayo

Football Quarter Finals 2007
Sligo,Cork,Tyrone,Meath,Dublin,Derry,Kerry,Monaghan

Only 4 teams played in the quarter finals this year as 10 years ago

Hurling

Last 8 2017
Tipp,Dublin,Waterford,Kilkenny,Cork,Galway,Wexford,Clare

Last 8 2007

Wexford,Tipp,Kilkenny,Galway,Limerick,Clare,Waterford,Cork

7 of the 8 teams are the same from 10 years ago.

Go back another 10 years foor both codes and it will be something similar."
As I said earlier, the Galway v Tipp thread has already gone off the top of the list here and it was the best entertainment of the weekend by a county mile.
So using this forum to determine the popularity of hurling is ridiculous as is this thread.

ZUL10 (Clare) - Posts: 693 - 07/08/2017 19:28:42    2030537

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Replying To bloodyban:  "Good thread. Another issue is that the traditional hurling counties are nearly all big big population counties. So that puts the bar even higher for small counties who push hurling.
There's alot of hurling only clubs in Munster.. east Clare has alot. Sixmilebridge being Sixmilebridge hurling club. Patrickswell, Glen Rovers ect.. (maybe not so many after all)"
Patrickswell play football from time to time

cityman73 (Limerick) - Posts: 779 - 07/08/2017 19:35:21    2030543

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Replying To ZUL10:  "
Replying To uibhfhaili1986:  "To prove the point i was making:

Football Quarter Finals 2017
Dublin,Monaghan,Kerry,Galway,Tyrone,Armagh,Roscommon,Mayo

Football Quarter Finals 2007
Sligo,Cork,Tyrone,Meath,Dublin,Derry,Kerry,Monaghan

Only 4 teams played in the quarter finals this year as 10 years ago

Hurling

Last 8 2017
Tipp,Dublin,Waterford,Kilkenny,Cork,Galway,Wexford,Clare

Last 8 2007

Wexford,Tipp,Kilkenny,Galway,Limerick,Clare,Waterford,Cork

7 of the 8 teams are the same from 10 years ago.

Go back another 10 years foor both codes and it will be something similar."
As I said earlier, the Galway v Tipp thread has already gone off the top of the list here and it was the best entertainment of the weekend by a county mile.
So using this forum to determine the popularity of hurling is ridiculous as is this thread."
But it isn't really that popular unfortunately.If it was it would be played more widely across the country and more counties would be good at it.

uibhfhaili1986 (Offaly) - Posts: 1296 - 07/08/2017 19:38:43    2030546

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Replying To PaudieSull1:  "
Replying To bloodyban:  "[quote=Cockney_Cat:  "Another issue is that the traditional hurling counties are nearly all big big population counties.

bloodyban (Limerick) - Posts:639 - 02/08/2017 18:28:21 2028033


Big big population counties? Below is a list of the top ten counties by population (data from census 2016 in the Republic of Ireland and 2011 in Northern Ireland)


1 Dublin 1,345,402
2 Antrim 618,108
3 Cork 542,196
4 Down 531,665
- Fingal 296,214
- South Dublin 278,749
5 Galway 258,552
6 Derry 247,132
7 Kildare 222,130
- Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown 217,274
8 Limerick 195,175
9 Meath 194,942
10 Tyrone 179,000"
Cork, Galway, limerick Dublin are all big populations.. the likes of Tipp ect are 150, 000. Forget the northern counties are half protestant so that rules out half their populations. They neither want to or would be welcomed to play GAA by those northern backwoodsmen republicans"
Good man bloodyban........you should come up and try promote hurling before you throw insults at those that do.........your right over half the population in Down and Antrim don't want to play Gaelic games but it's nothing to do with the GAA not being welcoming and all to do with their own mentality."]As a Limerick man I apologized for bloodyban comment,believe me we don't think like him/her down here.

cityman73 (Limerick) - Posts: 779 - 07/08/2017 19:51:16    2030555

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Replying To seanfinn:  "and they dont compete in the leinster football championship or the league..."
Could be wrong,but are they still incompleting in the English championship

cityman73 (Limerick) - Posts: 779 - 07/08/2017 19:55:08    2030561

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Replying To bloodyban:  "I'd agree wholeheartedly with the posters who propose a break with the GAA. Unfortunately the GAA hasn't delivered for hurling. People all over Ireland but in the Hurling heartlands in particular do talk about the need for separation. It doesn't have to be an acrimonious split if it was done now. There could still be links but in all honesty hurling needs new leadership. The game is great. Gaelic football isn't yet look at how it dominates hurling mainly because of poor leadership over the years. The linking it with the Gaelic language and Nationalism doesn't help either..its real makey uppy carry on."
Gaa founded by Irish nationalists to promote Irish culture, 4 of the 8 founding members were IRB men.

cityman73 (Limerick) - Posts: 779 - 07/08/2017 20:01:46    2030564

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