With the nastiness surrounding recent fixtures and the cute hoor'ness that permeates through hoganstand, I was wondering about 3 GAA myths that each county supporter encounters on here/in boozers the length and breath of the country.

The only RULE is the myths can only be about your own county!!! Try not explain them!

1) Dublin get more funding from the GAA than anyone else

2) Referees favour Dublin

3) Dublin play in the weakest Province

JayP (Dublin) - Posts: 1772 - 14/08/2015 14:50:37    1770226

1. Mugsy has ginger hair

2. Mickey runs a dark arts academy in Garvaghey for Under 12s

3. Ricey.....well Ricey.... nah sorry that's all true

redhanddefender (Tyrone) - Posts: 913 - 14/08/2015 14:56:27    1770230

1) Cavan have no forwards (despite one of our own being 2nd top scorer in 2013 when we only reached the 1/4 finals)

2) Cavan play a blanket defence


3) Cavan people are mean. . I'll bet you my communion money you can't prove that one!

cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5012 - 14/08/2015 14:57:04    1770231

1 - JP McManus put in an audacious bid for Tipperary GAA
2 - Liam from Walkinstown once sang 'Slievenamon' in a well known city centre pub famed for bare knuckle boxing
3 - 1994 All-Ireland hurling champions

slayer (Limerick) - Posts: 6480 - 14/08/2015 15:07:26    1770244

1. Monaghan only have one decent footballer

2. Monaghan ALWAYS play defensive football be it in McKenna Cup, League or Championship

3. Ciaran McManus plays for Monaghan

turkeyplucker (UK) - Posts: 137 - 14/08/2015 15:10:01    1770250

The only RULE is the myths can only be about your own county!!! Try not explain them!

1) Dublin get more funding from the GAA than anyone else - They do aren't there 60 coaches for underage kids in Dublin and 2 in Cork

2) Referees favour Dublin - Referees don't. Joe McQuillan does and he referees most of Dublins matches (and their training matches too)

3) Dublin play in the weakest Province - Unfortunately (as I Meath man this hurts) leinster is by far and away the weakest province

brian (Meath) - Posts: 1954 - 14/08/2015 15:11:31    1770251

1. Meath were a dirty team = no we were tough :-)

2. Joe scored a try = he didn't actually, it was a knock on.

3. Ollie Murphy had no hair = he had grand curly locks he just shaved it off.

Htaem (Meath) - Posts: 8657 - 14/08/2015 15:14:23    1770254

Brian.....only about your county ya numpty

JayP (Dublin) - Posts: 1772 - 14/08/2015 15:16:16    1770255

cavanman47

3) Cavan people are mean. . I'll bet you my communion money you can't prove that one!

Haha, I know a lad from Cavan who told me he follows bus eireann buses around for the free wifi :-)

Htaem (Meath) - Posts: 8657 - 14/08/2015 15:17:25    1770256

Derry

1. No one in the city plays or even watches football or hurling

2. We can only play defensive football

3. We are big and strong with no technical ability

DoireCityFC (Derry) - Posts: 1580 - 14/08/2015 15:19:03    1770257

1. Everyone in Kerry is GAA mad to the exclusion of all else (in a place like Castleisland, rugby gets a look in, as does basketball)
2. Every Kerry primary school has a pitch nearby (a four by four would do better on the field we played on)
3. Nobody in Kerry has mind for anything else but football during the summer (cows no longer need milking and harvests no longer need saving as they did... but... people do have lives to lead)


It's a game. Great craic for a while BUT life goes on. The captain of the Munster team to beat the All Blacks in the 70s didn't stay for the celebrations: his father died during the match. Perspective!

plike (Kerry) - Posts: 569 - 14/08/2015 15:39:46    1770281

Slayer....it was The Rose of Tralee....and it was in a pub well known for bestiality in the smoking area.....

Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8166 - 14/08/2015 15:49:32    1770288

1) No Kerryman has ever seen a hurley

2) We all have an All Ireland medal... :(

3) Paul Galvin invented the skinny jeans

TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 14/08/2015 15:56:03    1770297

Limerick is a hurling county........

Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8166 - 14/08/2015 16:02:41    1770304

1) Snufalufagus loves all things Kerry
2) DelBoyPolecat loves all things Kerry
3) I once knew a Cavan man that dropped a 1 cent coin on the floor and it hit the back of his head as he bent to pick it up

KerryLondoner (Kerry) - Posts: 41 - 14/08/2015 16:13:47    1770315

1) Snufalufagus loves all things Kerry
2) DelBoyPolecat loves all things Kerry
3) I once knew a Cavan man that dropped a 1 cent coin on the floor and it hit the back of his head as he bent to pick it up

KerryLondoner (Kerry) - Posts: 41 - 14/08/2015 16:13:55    1770316

1). Louth is a Soccer County. Its not. It just has it's fair share of bar stool supporters which every county has them.
2). Drogheda and Dundalk don't get on. They do. They are just like a married couple who have their ups and downs.
3). Louth hate Meath. Wee dont. Wee love the Royals when they spend their hard earn cash in our pubs, clubs, shops and restaurants. Plus wee also look after them with houses, schools, jobs and women if they are badly stuck. Welcome to the Land of the Legends!

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 14/08/2015 16:37:15    1770328

1 Jim mc Guinness was brought onto this planet with the sole aim of trying to destroy Gaelic football. ( I will admit it was awful to watch THAT semi final.

2 Martin mc Hugh is a good pundit.

3 we all farm sheep and have cottages by the sea. Real salt of the earth people.

Bain (Donegal) - Posts: 470 - 14/08/2015 16:51:26    1770344

Roscommon or monaghan can win an all ireland.

sceptical (Cavan) - Posts: 544 - 14/08/2015 17:23:46    1770366

Htaem
County: Meath
Posts: 6645

1770254 1. Meath were a dirty team = no we were tough :-)

2. Joe scored a try = he didn't actually, it was a knock on.

3. Ollie Murphy had no hair = he had grand curly locks he just shaved it off.

Cant add much more. Apart from myth Meath have progressed under mod :: they haven't

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 14/08/2015 17:45:12    1770373