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Football Championship 2026 - 4 Like(s)
Good omen that the betting troll who couldn't pick his nose reckons Kerry will trounce Mayo. Could be our year.
TheFlaker (National) - 22/07/2026 11:31:03
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Non-Gaa Forum - 4 Like(s)
Replying To Seanfan: "All history over 100 years ago." It's a case of " I'm all right Jack" for some.
Saynothing (National) - 22/07/2026 14:09:25
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Cork Chairman Pitches New AI SHC Revamp - 1 Like(s)
Replying To DuhallowRed: "I dont think a 7 team leinster would go down well playing two extra games then their munster counterparts" Yeah, that crossed my mind too.
For a 4-game, 7-team Lein - one way could be to split the 'seeded' prov into a trio, pair & pair - with the trio playing both pairs, and each pair playing each other. Maybe messy, but it works.
omahant (National) - 22/07/2026 11:52:03
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To jam83: "I think.Anthony Cunningham could be a good manager. But would need a good backroom of modern coaches and a shrewd tactician as well. A Paul Kinnerk type." Anthony's days of managing are behind him, He would have stayed on with St Brigids this year if he was able to commit.
If Joyce does go will Graham, Galligan and Lynda Duffy go with him?
sourmilk93 (National) - 22/07/2026 11:52:54
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Sligo GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To manfromthewest: "I will never understand why Coolera v Drumcliff is not in Kent Park local derby, John Mc v Aido. It is the only place it should have been the only venue considered as floodlights not a consideration at this stage of the year. Despite eoinog saying it isn't being made available, I attended the Div 3 final there on Friday last and I see it is down for games in rounds 1 and 2. Molaise on the other hand is not being made available nor has it ever been. Calry and Ransboro not suitable venues and Oxfield limited with parking and accessibility issues as a community ground.
Give the CCC a break for now, while they were slow issuing times and venues for the first 2 rounds, there is a lot to manage with a lot of clubs having 2 if not 3 teams so avoiding clashes with hosting games on top of everything else is not easy." Not many clubs have 1 right team ,and most that put in second teams like the league will be w/o
Timmy86 (National) - 22/07/2026 12:39:38
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Cork Chairman Pitches New AI SHC Revamp - 1 Like(s)
Replying To logger: "Come on now lads. Give them the championship the Munster counties want.
Keep current format for both Leinster and Munster but instead have 5 qualify out of Munster and 3 from Leinster.
2 primarily quarter finals - 4th place team in Munster plays 3rd place team in Leinster and 5th place team in Munster plays runner up in Leinster. These games have to be fixed for Thurlus... its important that Munster counties get the advantage here.
2 Quarter finals - winners of the primarily quarter finals will play 3rd and 2nd in Munster - Again these games have to be fixed for Thurles.
Semi finals Croke Park - Leinster winner v Quarter final 1 winner
Semi finals Croke Park- Munster winner v Quarter final 2 winner
Final Croke Park Winner of Semi final 1 v Winner of Semi final 2 *
*If Cork qualify for the All Ireland final they get home advantage
This should keep the Munster lads happy." All Munster teams at home in those quarters, playing with the wind for the hour.
All that was left was for him to suggest two relegations from the 7-team Leinster and the Joe McDonagh finalists both get promoted.
StoreysTash (National) - 22/07/2026 14:05:54
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Best Team Of This Century 2000-2026 - 1 Like(s)
1- Rory Beggan - Freetaking, kickouts and all round game
2- Marc o se
3- Michael Fitzsimons - 9 all irelands an ever present on the greatest team in the modern era
4- Karl Lacey
5- Lee Keegan - Mr consistent for mayo
6- James mc Cathy- Rolls Royce
7- Jack Mc Caffery
8- Brian Fenton- Nailed on
9- Sean Kavanagh
10- Paul Galvin
11- Diarmuid connolly- Too good to leave out most skillful player ever
12- Michael Murphy
13- Conor Mc manus - His numbers speak for themselves
14- David Clifford- Best player to play the game
15- Gooch
Thats my opinion- Karl Lacey and Paul Galvin are the two i was unsure of
Farneyarmy2013 (National) - 22/07/2026 15:43:38
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To StoreysTash: "As somebody born in 1996 who unfortunately only sees a video of our last All-Ireland I can tell you if you look back at that game, there was plenty of Limerick players who were no shrinking violets either and knew what a ash was for.
John O'Connor by all accounts was a typical corner back. But George was a fantastic hurler by all accounts, as was Larry O'Gorman, neither of those were dirty players.
Liam Dunne was a small man and unlike now when a referee might look after you back then you had to look after yourself. Kill or be killed was how the game was played.
But every county had these players by all accounts, the game is so different now and is better for it." I refer you to the original post that I replied to. That wexford man would have you believe that Limerick are the first to play on the edge and the first not to be refereed to the book. Nothing could be further from the truth.
As for Larry and George, they were both great hurlers and George, in particular, was a great athlete. The both were indiscriminate in how they pulled though and that Wexford team were a particularly physical bunch. Pretty much what your fellow county man is accusing Limerick of. That Wexford team didnt invent it either. Hurling had always been that way and probably always will. I just find it amusing how he chooses to forget both his own counties history and the history and evolution of the game in general.
The other thing that bemuses me is this. Who is he talking about when he says that limerick are selecting athletes over hurlers? Again George comes to mind. Id never call him an athlete first and hurler second though. He excelled at both.
Tadhg2020 (National) - 22/07/2026 15:46:47
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Seanfan: "All history over 100 years ago." It is not all history. The fact that the country is almost and increasingly completely dependent on overseas companies and workers and is no closer to reviving our language than 100 years ago is directly due to not securing full independence in 1921.
Of course there was no M50 and iPhones in 1921 so we should should up and be grateful :-)
BarneyGrant (National) - 22/07/2026 15:52:35
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Carlow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Carlowtothecore1: "It is for Carps as we got hammered in football when team got their best teams on the pitch, as you should do for championship.
Much more potential in Carlow for hurling but the board is controlled by footballers unfortunately.
Lets rank the two codes based on championship which is the real form, hurlers top 12, and fbailer top 30 based on the hoganstand 2026 rankings forum, https://hoganstand.com/Forum/Details/113649?Latest=1, only ahead of New York, London, Waterford.
That's the outside neutral view unfortunately." Those "rankings" are nonsense. Wicklow, who came third in Division Four, 16th best in the country? Come off it.
And the whole problem with this year's Tailteann was that Carlow didn't have their best team on the pitch. And the same applied to many others. You do realiise that not every county has fully bought into the Tailteann? There are real question marks over how well some prepare and how strong their panels are.
The fact is that the hurlers are something like 14th or 15th of roughly 20, on this years overall form, and the footballers are something like 25th or 26th of 31. But whereas there is a considerable gap between 10th and 20th in hurling (Wexford would destroy Donegal or Wicklow), there isn't a huge gap between 20th and 30th in football.
These are just the facts, sorry. I prefer hurling to football, but pretending they are exactly the same in terms of competitiveness is ridiculous.
I actually agree hurling has more potential, but there is no point in even talking about that when he have 20 football clubs and only 10 hurling. To realise that potential, you would need the likes of Eire Og, Rathvilly, Tullow and Palatine to become dual clubs, and you'd also need to see people in Clonmore, Grange, Tinryland etc picking up their hurls in some capacity.
If we had a full county hurling program, yes, we could possibly win a Leinster inside the next 20 or 30 years. But we don't, and it's not going to happen when there's not a single county hurler from Carlow town (which is half the population of the county) or Tullow involved in the senior panel.
I wish this were not true. But it is.
CARPS (National) - 22/07/2026 16:18:36
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Carlow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To CARPS: "Those "rankings" are nonsense. Wicklow, who came third in Division Four, 16th best in the country? Come off it.
And the whole problem with this year's Tailteann was that Carlow didn't have their best team on the pitch. And the same applied to many others. You do realiise that not every county has fully bought into the Tailteann? There are real question marks over how well some prepare and how strong their panels are.
The fact is that the hurlers are something like 14th or 15th of roughly 20, on this years overall form, and the footballers are something like 25th or 26th of 31. But whereas there is a considerable gap between 10th and 20th in hurling (Wexford would destroy Donegal or Wicklow), there isn't a huge gap between 20th and 30th in football.
These are just the facts, sorry. I prefer hurling to football, but pretending they are exactly the same in terms of competitiveness is ridiculous.
I actually agree hurling has more potential in hurling, but there is no point in even talking about that when he have 20 football clubs and only 10 hurling. To realise that potential, you would need the likes of Eire Og, Rathvilly, Tullow and Palatine to become dual clubs, and you'd also need to see people in Clonmore, Grange, Tinryland etc picking up their hurls in some capacity.
If we had a full county hurling program, yes, we could possibly win a Leinster inside the next 20 or 30 years. But we don't, and it's not going to happen when there's not a single county hurler from Carlow town (which is half the population of the county).
I wish this were not true, but I am not going to live in La La Land, like some of the hurling folk in Carlow." There's a fair gap between your hurlers and Donegal or Wicklows in fairness.
You made the Joe Mac final which would put you as 13th best team in hurling. And this year there wasnt much of a gap between yourselves, ourselves and Kildare. You wouldve been much closer to us than Wicklow or Donegal in hurling.
Your Footballers went well in div 4 of the League, but you still lost twice in it. The only group match your hurlers lost in Championship was when they fielded a second team in Antrim.
Carlow hurlers beat every other Joe Mac team in a Championship game this year.
Viking66 (National) - 22/07/2026 16:55:55
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Football All Stars - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Farneyarmy2013: "How does Rory Beggan not get an all star. Best keeper in the country by a mile. Best keeper ever in my opinion. People will say cluxton but that's not true, put Beggan in that all time dublin team they only get better, Cluxton wouldn't have the same affect with Monaghan.
Moanghan don't have any big men yet our kickout retention is one of the best out there. Ruthless with any free within 60 yards. Moanghan are a pub team without him.
Wouldn't begrudge Livingston either. He has been some find, countless amount of saves at big moments for mayo this year." You called it right, Moanaghan.
Saynothing (National) - 22/07/2026 19:28:44
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Best Team Of This Century 2000-2026 - 1 Like(s)
Shane Murphy
Dylan Casey
Jason Foley
Tom O'Sullivan
Brian O'Beaglaoich
Mike Breen
Gavin White
Mark O'Shea
Diarmuid O'Connor
Joe O'Connor
Paudie Clifford
Sean O'Shea
David Clifford
Paul Geaney
Dylan Geaney
TommyBermingham (National) - 22/07/2026 20:14:22
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Best Team Of This Century 2000-2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "Peter Canavan?" He only played a few years in the 2000s. However still probably should be in there. Peter the great
Farneyarmy2013 (National) - 22/07/2026 21:16:24
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Cork Chairman Pitches New AI SHC Revamp - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "Sure why did we play Provincial Football Championship games this year then? All the Football counties played in the tier 1 or tier 2 All Ireland competitions that followed." The football provincials were played to determine whether those teams would be in the AI tier 1 or tier 2.
Under this proposal the hurling provincials would serve no such purpose as all 12 teams are in the AI tier 1 no matter how well or badly they do in the province.
CastleBravo (National) - 23/07/2026 09:36:12
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