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Both All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling finalists have a Kerryman in there ranks: Pat Joe Connelly (Ballyduff to Ballyea) and Darragh O'Connell (Abbeydorney to Cuala). legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7822 - 15/03/2017 13:52:36 1967275 Link 2 |
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Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12116 - 15/03/2017 14:11:23 1967286 Link 8 |
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Sur half of the Ballyhea team aren't even from there!!!!!! From what I hear lot of clubs in Clare raised the issue during the year but it's not Ballyheas fault. WildPundit (Tipperary) - Posts: 1709 - 15/03/2017 17:48:58 1967353 Link 1 |
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Ballyea is just outside of Ennis. There's no hurling team west of it all the way as far as Loop head as it's all football country. It's no different to any other areas around the country where there's no club of one code. A hurling club in Tralee would habe the pick of West Kerry.
legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7822 - 15/03/2017 18:05:37 1967357 Link 0 |
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I've past through it many a time!!! I've nothing against them I was only raising the point and it's great as some of the players could have been lost to football. I mean whoever knew Gary Brennan was a great hurler as well as a footballer. My concern was some of the other clubs in Clare raising the issue not realizing that one of the county's and indeed country's finest hurler Tony Kelly is from outside the parish. WildPundit (Tipperary) - Posts: 1709 - 15/03/2017 18:12:12 1967361 Link 0 |
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Hopefully the Hurling Final will be close, a lot of the finals in recent memory have been very one sided KYTotalFootball (Kerry) - Posts: 280 - 15/03/2017 18:24:22 1967365 Link 0 |
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Jaysus Ballyhea are acting like pups delighted Jack Browne got done for the goal hate to say it. Cuala doing all the hurling and soft very soft frees keeping Ballyhea in the game. WildPundit (Tipperary) - Posts: 1709 - 17/03/2017 15:31:01 1967851 Link 2 |
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Well done Cuala, what a game of hurling they played. Superb stuff. Hard luck to Ballyea. Dubsfan28 (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 17/03/2017 16:23:16 1967859 Link 1 |
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Cuala a joy to watch skill levels unbelievable. Hope this spurs on Dublin hurling to new levels. Darragh O Connell is some player for a Kerryman!! WildPundit (Tipperary) - Posts: 1709 - 17/03/2017 16:34:20 1967863 Link 2 |
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Kerry's Darragh O'Connell was named man of the match. Congratulations to him on a fine performance and his All-Ireland triumph. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7822 - 17/03/2017 16:40:58 1967865 Link 1 |
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He's a big loss for the Kingdom. It's the lure of the big smoke from rural Ireland for the centralised employment opportunities.
legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7822 - 17/03/2017 16:43:45 1967866 Link 0 |
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Congratulations to Cuala, a great day for the club and all involved . catch22 (USA) - Posts: 2148 - 18/03/2017 09:10:22 1968061 Link 1 |
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What's that supposed to mean? Just because he is from Kerry you thought he'd be a mullocker who couldn't hurl spuds to a duck? We have produced lots of very good hurlers over the years just never enough at the same time due to our to tiny pool of players. KYTotalFootball (Kerry) - Posts: 280 - 18/03/2017 10:11:22 1968073 Link 1 |
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The traditional counties are closed minded to the possibility of good hurlers coming from other counties. There's an argument in hurling for the inclusion of divisional counties in the qualifiers; Ulster: all counties. Leinster: all counties excluding existing McCarthy Cup teams. Connaught: all counties excluding Galway. Kerry to be included when not at McCarthy level. Simply hurlers from non-McCarthy counties would get to play McCarthy hurling for their divisional county. When a county would earn promotion, they would leave their divisional county e.g. Antrim's hurlers would play with Ulster this year. If Antrim won promotion through the Ring Cup, the Ulster divisional team will consist of all other Ulster counties outside of the McCarthy Cup. The divisional counties and 3rd placed team from the provincial qualifier group can be drawn against provincial quarter-final losers in Qualifier Round 1. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7822 - 18/03/2017 12:47:26 1968108 Link 0 |
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Don't take offence my friend the level Darragh O,Connell is at in terms of skill is unbelievable you wouldn't think he was from Kerry. I seen him hurl for Kerry a few times before his transfer to Dublin. For him to win an all Ireland club medal in hurling is some achievement and probably something he only dreamt of while with Kerry. I've nothing against Kerry if that's what ur getting at I have relatives down there not so far from Fitzgerald Stadium infact!!! WildPundit (Tipperary) - Posts: 1709 - 20/03/2017 17:39:46 1969217 Link 0 |
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Did Cian Waldren not win intermediate all Ireland medal with ST lachtains of Freshford in 2010 v st Gauls before he moved to Cuala, he played wing forward his brother Naoise was a sub patricks day. johnwhite12 (Kilkenny) - Posts: 306 - 20/03/2017 20:56:04 1969298 Link 0 |