It's this time of year again when the songsmiths deploy their talents to support their native team.

This is a personal favourite. Think it's pure class
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GWWBYlmSTM

What is your favourite GAA song???

avonali (Dublin) - Posts: 1974 - 27/08/2015 10:10:34    1776926

They are all terrible, except Dancing at the Crossroads, but only that, everything else is cringe.

TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7885 - 27/08/2015 10:36:46    1776943

Jimmy's Winnin' Matches!

Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9115 - 27/08/2015 10:41:11    1776948

Green and red of mayo!

XPAC (Westmeath) - Posts: 86 - 27/08/2015 10:44:30    1776950

Didnt know there was such a thing

DoireCityFC (Derry) - Posts: 1580 - 27/08/2015 10:58:34    1776962

I think Mayo have the monopoly on the worst GAA songs, some of the ones for the 2012 final against Donegal were truly atrocious.

There's very few good ones, Jimmy's winning matches was annoyingly catchy and dancing at the crossroads was a good laugh.

Down in Kerry, we don't go in much for the All Ireland songs thing, but a pretty poor one that springs to mind is the one for the 2000 final, 'We Want Same Maguire' by the Border Boys (sung to the tune of Billy Joel's 'We didn't start the fire')

www.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D8dqDN3m-z0I&ei=KN_eVZDvNqSp7Aa16qC4CA&usg=AFQjCNGLK4krHM7J10vXurDbeYNMKiyPPg&sig2=JuAJ4B2eB32KoZH0KoHjeQ&cad=rja

TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 27/08/2015 11:04:29    1776970

to be fair "Jimmy's Winnin Matches" is good. the rest are all sh@@@te.

I didn't realise "the green and red of Mayo" was a GAA song as such. It is a great song but I think it's a homage to the county rather than it's GAA teams.

s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 27/08/2015 11:16:16    1776983

Wexford's Purple & Gold is a good song. It's not just 'we're wexford we are great' it is about a father & son going to a match.

A good song for anyone who went to games with their Parents or is taking their kids to games these days.

slayer (Limerick) - Posts: 6480 - 27/08/2015 11:24:26    1776987

Wexford has a good few GAA songs, Cuchulainns son about nicky rackard, + bobby rackard from Killane, dancing at the crossroads, the purple and gold are all excellent.

However, "the ballad of matty forde" is a total dishonour to the human race.

Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 2625 - 27/08/2015 11:26:18    1776989

Slayer

Respect. It's a beauty to behold :)

Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 2625 - 27/08/2015 11:27:19    1776991

Slayer Respect. It's a beauty to behold :)

It is.

If you think about it most of us end up going to games with our parents. I look forward to bringing my young chap to games too. Most of the other songs tend to focus on the Geography of the situation (Limerick you're a lady - which isn't really a GAA Song) or on local activities. 'Jimmy's winnin matches' was cool as you had a man not from Ireland as far as I know who had integrated to our society and was having the craic, as it should be.

The Purple and Gold is more about history and tradition (mention of the Rackards) talks of the beauty of their county colours. The first line is 'A father and Son' so it paints a picture.

Sean Flood sang it the night of the 1996 All-Ireland final on TV and it almost broke my heart to hear it as we had lost, but all these years on, it stands out for me head & shoulders above the rest.

slayer (Limerick) - Posts: 6480 - 27/08/2015 11:34:30    1776995

To be fair they are as cheesy as Xmas songs but f your team gets to the final every county has them, Tyrone had a few good and original songs but the most cringeworthy one has to be Cav-a-nagh na na na na na na na

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ykDJ5D3w9I

Find_the_space (Tyrone) - Posts: 313 - 27/08/2015 11:51:41    1777006

Every day I'm Sheffelin did my nut in 2011.

WildPundit (Tipperary) - Posts: 1709 - 27/08/2015 12:17:37    1777028

Quality Street did an excellent cover of Bastille's Pompeii ahead of Mayo's All-Ireland final with Dublin two years ago. I'd link it, only for the fact it was taken down by You Tube (for copyright reasons, I'm guessing).

Must admit that Jimmy's Winning Matches was so catchy that I almost found myself humming it in the minutes after the 2012 All-Ireland final!

Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 27/08/2015 12:19:17    1777030

WildPundit

Shefflin probably preferred this one himself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSH10CVC014

SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2385 - 27/08/2015 13:16:06    1777055

Didn't Meath have a leinster final song recently ?

Talk about humiliating.

Not as humiliating as their teams performance on the day mind you ?

Absolute hack of it.

Mouldy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ2bQyoOqxs

waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 27/08/2015 13:16:29    1777056

GAA songs???

Time for me to do my Sideshow Bob standing on a rake impression, shudder....

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8585 - 27/08/2015 15:22:35    1777142

Who is sideshow Bob?

slayer (Limerick) - Posts: 6480 - 27/08/2015 15:32:19    1777153

Wayno1

That was embarrassing as a county to see that kind of 5h173

brian (Meath) - Posts: 1954 - 27/08/2015 16:19:23    1777179

slayer, apologies

Sideshow Bob is a Simpson's character, I'm guessing most people got that, maybe I'm wrong :(

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8585 - 27/08/2015 16:24:11    1777183