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Really a no brainer. Munster has four of the ten remaining teams left in the football championship. Also three of the six hurling teams left in the hurling championship. Triple H (Meath) - Posts: 551 - 23/07/2016 19:32:40 1888678 Link
Replying To Triple H: "Really a no brainer. Munster has four of the ten remaining teams left in the football championship. Also three of the six hurling teams left in the hurling championship." Handball, camogie and rounders not count anymore? DoireCityFC (Derry) - Posts: 1580 - 23/07/2016 19:37:40 1888684 Link
Like I said the true GAA province and it's not even close KYTitletown (Kerry) - Posts: 816 - 23/07/2016 19:42:41 1888689 Link
Replying To Triple H: "Really a no brainer. Munster has four of the ten remaining teams left in the football championship. Also three of the six hurling teams left in the hurling championship." I was wondering how long it would take before someone came with this thread . Congrats . You win the booby prize . Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6031 - 23/07/2016 19:44:17 1888692 Link
Provinces me arse, it's all about counties, and NOTHING else! realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8592 - 23/07/2016 19:46:13 1888696 Link
Like I said the true GAA province and it's not even close KYTitletown (Kerry) - 23/07/2016 19:42:41 Define "true"? Isn't every province a "true GAA province" or am I missing something? Dubsfan28 (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 23/07/2016 19:51:18 1888705 Link
Replying To realdub: "Provinces me arse, it's all about counties, and NOTHING else!" Exactly. Take up rugby or watch the Railway Cup if you want to follow a province. beir_bua (Kildare) - Posts: 746 - 23/07/2016 19:51:56 1888709 Link
Kerry and Dublin Region will be the only counties starting next year's leagues with the possibility of winning Division 1 in both football and hurling. On average of football league placing, Ulster is the more competitive football championship. It is made up of a lot of counties who tend to yo-yo up and down from Division 1. Tyrone are nudging into All-Ireland contention. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7844 - 23/07/2016 19:59:51 1888717 Link
Agree. At the end of September it will be a county left standing not a province Returnofthemac (Tyrone) - Posts: 5 - 23/07/2016 20:01:24 1888718 Link
Replying To Dubsfan28: "Like I said the true GAA province and it's not even close KYTitletown (Kerry) - 23/07/2016 19:42:41 Define "true"? Isn't every province a "true GAA province" or am I missing something?" True in the sense that Munster counties take both codes seriously (obviously Kerry is mainly Football and Clare - Hurling) and that it is the most successful in both codes in terms of national titles at all grades. KYTitletown (Kerry) - Posts: 816 - 23/07/2016 20:02:03 1888720 Link
It's not a level playing-field though. Put Kerry in Ulster instead of say Fermanagh and they wouldn't have half as many All-Irelands. Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 23/07/2016 20:08:02 1888723 Link
Munster is undeniably the strongest GAA province, considering its strong hurling tradition too. joncarter (Galway) - Posts: 2692 - 23/07/2016 20:14:45 1888729 Link
Replying To realdub: "Provinces me arse, it's all about counties, and NOTHING else!" Even I agree with this now. Through the National Leagues and qualifiers teams spend more time playing sides outside their own province. The days of 'our province is the strongest rhubarb, rhubarb' are gone. What I would say is that compared to Ulster sides 10 years ago the current crop of Ulster teams and players are very poor in general. Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9702 - 23/07/2016 20:19:14 1888733 Link
I think Dublin would beat any combination of the rest of leinster, maybe even the rest of the country. it should be considered it's own province and be taken out of leinster :) I would tend to slightly agree with another poster Munster have the potential to be the strongest province if Clare and Tipp consider thier surge in football over a sustained period. If it is solely viewed from a football point of view ulster is still the strongest province despite the drastic dip in class of thier teams. If it viewed solely in terms of hurling I think Leinster pips Munster because you have Kilkenny, Dublin, Galway and a resurgent Wexford. In munster Cork hurling is struggling and Waterford and Clare just make noise in munster most of time and little else barring Clare's lucky all-ireland win a few years ago. gormdubhgorm (Dublin) - Posts: 990 - 23/07/2016 20:28:59 1888739 Link
Early days yet, but I think Munster are well on their way to take Ulster's place as the best province at self praise. CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1643 - 23/07/2016 20:33:24 1888744 Link
Replying To CastleBravo: "Early days yet, but I think Munster are well on their way to take Ulster's place as the best province at self praise." I think if most Ulster Gaels are honest they would admit the province is in a bit of a football and hurling lull. The passion, fight and heart just don't seem to be there anymore; Indifference and apathy are winning out........... and soccer has won out in the battle with Gaelic Games in Belfast and Derry; most kids there don't give a monkeys about the GAA. Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9702 - 23/07/2016 20:40:05 1888752 Link
2 teams make the QF for the first time ever and now they are included in the "strongest province"?????? I just don't get what I'm missing sorry DoireCityFC (Derry) - Posts: 1580 - 23/07/2016 20:40:21 1888754 Link
Well said lads, we don't need to ask the question why Ulster counties pull together to a certain extent, it's a no brainer, and understandable but as for the other 3, means nothing, well to me anyway. realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8592 - 23/07/2016 20:40:47 1888755 Link
Replying To Triple H: "Really a no brainer. Munster has four of the ten remaining teams left in the football championship. Also three of the six hurling teams left in the hurling championship." Hello users, doubt this can be settled along provincial lines, as one province contains a large community who actively avoid the gas. Thus funding, participation, etc is greatly reduced. I am being kind not describing the situation in more detail than that. I somehow doubt this occurs much in munster, so something to bear in mind when posting?? Expertinexile (UK) - Posts: 6 - 23/07/2016 20:44:27 1888762 Link
Who gives a crap Senior All Ireland Hurling Champions 2015 Senior All Ireland Football Champions 2015 Are from where? All the rest of it is fastest losers stuff jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 23/07/2016 20:49:07 1888764 Link