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Given the amount of money spent on Abbotstown training facilities and Croke park stadium by the GAA, where is the similar investment in the West of Ireland? galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2522 - 18/04/2016 13:54:52 1846804 Link 0 |
Eh, pretty sure there's a Centre of Excellence in Connacht/The West? CroiGorm (Dublin) - Posts: 1547 - 18/04/2016 14:02:49 1846809 Link 0 |
http://connachtgaa.ie/connacht-gaa-centre/ fast_forward (Louth) - Posts: 45 - 18/04/2016 14:05:19 1846811 Link 0 |
MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13725 - 18/04/2016 14:08:42 1846812 Link 0 |
I've been there & it's an impressive facility in Bekan just outside Ballyhaunis, centrally located within the province. keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 18/04/2016 14:10:54 1846817 Link 0 |
A free centre for Mayo GAA and far from centrally located for Connacht or Mayo (if only the full story could be told). overinthewest (Sligo) - Posts: 119 - 18/04/2016 14:17:54 1846828 Link 0 |
Facility in Bekan is not used by the Mayo county team..... I know for a fact a Mayo club were refused to train there in January because they could not stump up the cash...150 EUR to play there....money would have been better off divided up between all counties. A vanity project for Connacht GAA. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11249 - 18/04/2016 15:02:58 1846864 Link 0 |
Galway and the West need investment. When was the last time a Connacht team won an All Ireland? or even a Senior league title? galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2522 - 18/04/2016 15:41:22 1846894 Link 0 |
The biggest capital project error was upgrading Pearse Stadium. Its basically at the mercy of the atlantic. If theres one thing that ruins a game, its wind and Galway has plenty of it. I see that Pat Lam is looking for a new stadium. The sportsground needs upgrading. Its rarely full. I think the GAA could make some money and really show some sporting spirit if they brought foward a motion to open up Pearse stadium for rugby. Its coming down the tracks anyway bloodyban (Limerick) - Posts: 1710 - 18/04/2016 15:49:21 1846898 Link 0 |
"Galway and the West need investment. When was the last time a Connacht team won an All Ireland? or even a Senior league title? keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 18/04/2016 15:57:43 1846906 Link 0 |
In fairness Galwayford, Connacht has been responsible for only 14 All-Ireland senior football championship wins in the entire history of the game, and we already have a Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence. What would you have the GAA do? It's hardly their fault that the centre of excellence for Galway hurling went down the swannee, or that Mayo and Roscommon have built up debts at various stages in the last couple of decades. Counties need to take responsibilities for their own state of affairs rather than playing the poor mouth all the time. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 18/04/2016 15:58:38 1846907 Link 0 |
Bekan, abbotstown and the supposed national hurling centre of excellence are all waste of money, like spending 70m poor designed 45k stadium in cork, when a 25k stadium would have been more then enough. Don't know what Galway co board were thinking building a stadium between a city and the sea or indeed building 2 separate centre of excellence for the footballers and the hurlers. The crowds connaught rugby gets would be lost in a big ground like salthill. Connaught rugby could do with building a 12k stadium maybe on the rugby grounds on the tuam road. ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 18/04/2016 16:04:42 1846912 Link 0 |
You mean Corinthians ground? GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7390 - 18/04/2016 16:30:30 1846924 Link 0 |
Galway and the West need investment. When was the last time a Connacht team won an All Ireland? or even a Senior league title? the_walls (Mayo) - Posts: 496 - 18/04/2016 19:53:10 1846998 Link 0 |
Galwayford .. put a small bit of thought into your posts before you start rambling! Belclare1 (Galway) - Posts: 1626 - 19/04/2016 08:14:58 1847045 Link 0 |
Nonsense in fairness. Connacht has a centre of excellence and it is located in a very central area in the province. What more do you want? TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 19/04/2016 10:10:22 1847078 Link 0 |
Tuam is an awful stadium g&r. Was down at it for the league game on Easter Sunday. Players had to walk in through the crowd to get to the changing rooms, view blocked from stand (shed). Although i do agree that with a bit of investment it has the potential to be a great stadium. It's in a great location and getting into it isn't to bad either. gotmilk (Fermanagh) - Posts: 4971 - 19/04/2016 10:33:40 1847095 Link 0 |
Nonsense in fairness. Connacht has a centre of excellence and it is located in a very central area in the province. What more do you want? Jaden (Dublin) - Posts: 139 - 19/04/2016 10:37:19 1847097 Link 0 |
Competitions are essentially inter county and not inter provincial and Galway is possibly the biggest county in Ireland that has poor facilities. We have 2 good teams unlike most other counties and the players and mgmt are saying that grounds are sub standard. You have to go with their word. suckvalleypaddy (Galway) - Posts: 1677 - 19/04/2016 10:45:14 1847103 Link 0 |
Nonsense in fairness. Connacht has a centre of excellence and it is located in a very central area in the province. What more do you want? Belclare1 (Galway) - Posts: 1626 - 19/04/2016 11:17:53 1847126 Link 0 |