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Westmeath Football thread - 3 Like(s)
comprehensive win today against a team that i thought would be a lot better . sizeable westmeath crowd present .
from an early stage we looked a lot better than longford . great movement passing and a huge score . danny scahill very strong in full back line , another massive performance from mattie whittaker midfield solid and some great score and particularly goals . mchugh will be happy to get back on track and have a free shot at meath next weekend . im led to believe its in tullamore on sunday but im open to correction on that , well done to all
mickcunningham (National) - 12/04/2026 19:07:45
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Leitrim GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Well I'll come back for my humble pie. The long run is over and to be fair it would have been a robbery if we did have someone with the balls to take the last shot and score it. Leitrim managed the game very well in the last 7/8 minutes between players going down to kill our momentum and holding the ball for close to 3 minutes. Sligo management have a huge amount to answer for and it's one of our most embarrassing results in recent years but that's for the Sligo forum! Well done.
Sligoman1234 (National) - 12/04/2026 17:16:25
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Leitrim GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Real Madrid 0 - Walsall 1
ohwow (National) - 12/04/2026 16:52:40
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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Job done in the Bronx. 5-22 scored and 24 points winners is a good going regardless of opposition. Only black spot was the straight red given to Daire Cregg if that red is allowed to stand after appeal then the game is gone.
Safe travel home to all rossies.
The_analyser (National) - 12/04/2026 22:02:02
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Gaa_lover: "Good 1st half for Leitrim Seniors Half-time Sligo 0-7 Leitrim 2-7" Great win … delighted from a Galway man
Blackcoatsoffthefield (National) - 12/04/2026 17:17:48
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Sligo GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
The arrogance of some of the Sligo posts here is a sight to behold
ohwow (National) - 12/04/2026 21:33:19
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To gaelsboy: "I always said Poacher made the best of the hand he is dealt and no manager would get a better trick out of us, it's finally showing some promise." Let's see after Galway. If they can back up this game with a decent performance against Galway, then I'll agree with you on Poacher. The biggest problem with this Leitrim team is consistency. We can all see there are good footballers there, but at times it's the very basics that let us down. Take the Longford game, one of the best games I seen Leitrim play in years, and the week after we were shocking against Carlow.
Unreal result today, first win on Irish soil in Connacht championship in like 15 years - I still expect Galway to win comfortably in 2 weeks, but it's up to Leitrim to make them work for it. Abit of consistency is really all you can ask and then head into the tailteann with our heads up
You have to laugh and shows the difference in Money between the counties - other counties go abroad on their training camps to the heat, our lads get a trip to Louth.
Leitrim_12 (National) - 12/04/2026 21:23:18
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Westmeath Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Leinster council have made a total mess of this years minor championship. Yesterday was a huge game as ourselves and Offaly faced the situation that the loser was out of the Leinster MHC after playing 2 matches whilst the winner is guaranteed three more. On their site they have Kerry beating us 2-20 to 3-16 when we actually won 3-26 to 2-10.
So according to their own website Kerry should have played Offaly yesterday. Unbelievable!!!
It is seriously worrying the lack of interest Leinster have in the their own MHC. No wonder Munster is dominating.
jobber (National) - 12/04/2026 13:52:09
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To cavanman47: "I didn't want to use specific place names in my argument, but seeing as you have chosen to name Tallaght and Ballymun, let's run with those.
Ballymun is connected to Dublin city centre via frequent bus services, and is a 45 minute walk (11 minute cycle) to DCU.
Tallaght is connected to the city centre by bus and Luas and has it's own University (or at least part of a university).
The 'system' you claim is under-serving the people of these areas is surely the same system that built the universities and infrastructure mentioned above??" Ive been following this conversation closely.
As someone who spent 10 years working with the people in an area of Dublin comically and socially very similar to the areas that are being referenced and working closely in and with the schools and services in that area( both primary and secondary) i think I have a working knowledge of the challenges faced.
It is my experience that many are lost in primary school. As they go through the years they engage less and less both in terms of attendance and engagement when they are there. Some only attend to be fed. Thats the sad reality.
Most of these kids are disruptive when there and are one by the end of 2nd year in secondary school. They never stood a chance unfortunately.
Then there are the kids thst get a small bit more support from home. However they are heavily influenced by the first batch of kids. They hang around with them outside school and many of them are similarly difficult in school. They tend to follow them out the door after the junior cert/ TY.
The kids that make it to senior cycle were generally identified by the teachers/system in first year and probably primary school as being the ones to make it. Even then they are vulnerable to the influence of the community they come from. They see their former classmates in designer gear and passengers in flashy cars with plenty of money in the pocket. Sime will fall for the life and some for the product that finances the life.
The ones that avoid all that get the reward of the daunting prospect that is the CAO and grant application process. Bare in mind that these kids have no role models/ culture to look up to follow in this regard. Their parents are either on social welfare or in low paid jobs. Their peers are all of the kids lost along the way. They enter a university like UCD or Trinity or Maynooth and everyone around them looks and sounds different and feel like they belong.
The ones that make it do so against all the odds . They deserve great credit for that.
Tadhg2020 (National) - 12/04/2026 14:24:32
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Well done leitrim
mickcunningham (National) - 12/04/2026 20:11:55
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Well done to Leitrim
A very solid win and one that should bring plenty of belief and more importantly plenty of enjoyment to the fans
Beelzedub (National) - 12/04/2026 18:39:46
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Leitrim with the result of the day. Colm O'Rourke was right just to predict provincial winners and let the provincials play out before any more predictions. Wasn't surprised by Tyrone putting it up to Armagh. They squandered late chances in extra time.
Wicklow with a good win. Frustrating for them to have missed out on promotion.
legendzxix (National) - 12/04/2026 19:31:41
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Sligo GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To SligoScot: "Well done Leitrim and credit where its due. From a Sligo point of view, its Shameful. We are supposed to be further down the road in our development than the liked of Leitrim and today showed us up and is as far as I'm concerned an all time low for Sligo senior football.
Listening on the radio seemed like there was no Sligo support. Can anyone give us a run down on team selection ?
Evan Lyons missing? Paul Kilcoyne starting and Niall Murphy getting hooked." Why do you want to know a run down on the team selection. I can understand that you might not be able to get to the game but there are loads of apps and twitter that will give you all the information you want. You are obviously not really a supporter
Taypot (National) - 12/04/2026 19:43:33
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Sligo GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Sligoman1234: "My original post didn't make it I see. This is an embarrassment. Leitrim fully deserved their win, were mentally hungrier and managed the game very well when it was in the melting pot.
This is the one time the management stuck with the starting 15 players and we reaped the rewards. It's totally unfair to take lads off at half time and expect lads who got damn all league time to rescue it when we were 9/10 points down. It's demoralising for the lad coming off and also expecting a lot from a more experienced player/s who performed in bigger games in previous years.
Our kickouts were a major issue again but that's always been the case this year when certain people are playing.
It would have been a robbery had we scored one of the two frees at the end, but an attempt at it was better than what actually happened.
We all, players and supporters deserve better. Beating Leitrim at home should be a cert given the run they've had the last two years. They worked their socks off and we were still only a point off having played so poorly…but a moral victory of the likes of Leitrim is not acceptable." Tbf, Leitrim always had their sights on Connaught this year, Handy enough side of the draw with Sligo as a good warm up before the Galway test at home.
fundamunda (National) - 12/04/2026 19:44:13
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Great win and performance today-you can only beat whats in front of you and 5.25 is a huge score to put up no matter what the opposition is like.Our transitional play today was excellant and everytime we broke we looked like scoring.Every chance against Meath next sunday and agree we had very good travelling support today.
Bruno@1 (National) - 12/04/2026 20:00:20
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To eddieSize5Balls: "Tyrone were unlucky. Looks like we will once again have to face off with Armagh. I don't think they are as good as they have been other years and we are definitely better but as Pacino said "any given Sunday".
Have to get through a solid Down team first." I thought the best team lost with the phenomenal Con Fitzpatrick driving them on. It'll take some effort to top that performance for a losing side this year. The Tyrone shooting and shot selection really let them down but the goal gave them a brilliant opportunity in extra time with an extra man but their wastefulness continued to cost them. Hats off to Armagh to come through with a man down but I felt they played much of the game with an extra man with the ref. A repeat of today's performance against Donegal (if as I expect we beat Down) won't be good enough looking forward.
panamasam (National) - 12/04/2026 22:27:59
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To brayballer: "Cork have much more All ireland than Donegal although that would nt be hard.
Armagh will win Ulster and yous might draw the Dubs later.Hopefully yous wont be whinging again about the venue." And your Wicklow have never won a provincial title, never mind and AI.
peiledoir20 (National) - 12/04/2026 21:58:02
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Carlow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Onion Breath: "I was fearful of a flat performance today and so it came to pass although to be honest I didn't expect we'd be quite as poor as we were today. Some shocking misses, especially goal chances spurned which is a real ongoing problem. Saying that even if we took our chances I done think we'd have beaten Wicklow who were just a lot hungrier than us today, which doesn't surprise me either after the way their last league game went. They also had their homework done on us and knew they had to shore up the space for Mikey to exploit which they blocked up successfully by getting bodies into the centre of defence. They also had that same area blocked up with bodies which prevented Colm H doing his trade mark drop of the shoulder and acceleration into space. They restricted our ability to set up two pointers also which limited Conor Doyle's influence and after that we were floundering. For me we should have moved Mikey out of that position and possibly put him back into the half back line so he could do damage to them coming out of defence rather than in the forwards. Also we needed choo choo to be brought in as we were crying out for some one to break tackles and burst through that wall of players Wicklow assembled to stop Mikey and Hulton. I can only assume he was injured otherwise I cannot understand how he wasn't brought in.
Anyway, the main thing for this season is we're up in Div 3 next year and now we have a month to recharge and prepare for the Tailteann Cup. For the same reason Wicklow got a bounce today hopefully we'll be wounded after that performance today and will come back stronger for TC. Inconsistency is the hallmark of teams at our level. One week we put in a great performance and look like we've cracked it and look ready to step up, then the next game we fall flat. Leitrim were simply atrocious in their last league game against us and today went out and beat Sligo which looked impossible when we saw them." Our record in Leinster over last 3 years is… 2026 lost first rd to Wicklow by 11pt, 2025 lost first rd to Meath by 14pt, 2024 lost first rd to Wexford by 23pt.
Some years ago Turlough went on national TV demanding our right to play in the Leinster championship. Surely at this stage that's pointless as based on the application today and preparation and our recent results and based on the previous comments here it is no longer our priority. There's no point in entering a championship if we do not target it to try produce our best and see where we sit against the best the opposition has to offer. Championship is sacred in GAA whether it be club or inter county level, that's where you Are truly judged and ranked.
Is it time to bring in a Graded championship like the hurling or as similar to club competitions, 12 senior, 12 inter, 10 junior which could include carlow, Longford, Waterford, London , New York, Kilkenny, possibly Leitrim, Antrim, Sligo, Tipperary or one of the other exile teams like Barcelona (if highest ranked). At least have a chance to win a championship. Des Cahill suggested this on rte radio sport the day after our league success after playing Joe Murphy's interview from croke park.
There can be no argument for us to be included in the Leinster championship at this stage.
Carlowtothecore1 (National) - 12/04/2026 22:02:59
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To galway19: "Pretty harmless u20 game in Kildare, at least no injuries and plenty of lads got game time that weren't on the 24 last week. Won by 13 in the end. Could probably do with getting Conor Gilligan, Colm Burke and Cullen Killeen on the field for the Kilkenny game on Wednesday week. Rabbitte, Niland and Sean Murphy weren't involved today at all. Murphy out a few weeks with injury." Yeah it was a pretty tedious watch, just a game to get out of the way really, win and no injuries. Not really a day to be handing out flowers though Campbell and Burke stood out among a sea of average, though in defence of the others they only needed to be at their average due to the gulf in quality.
Watched WX v KK and KK were mediocre, WX were much better for long stages and it's telling that KK couldn't hang onto a 4 point lead after netting on 57 mins. O'Donovan is a certain starter on April 22 as he has pace they are sorely lacking upfront.
I would fancy us without Niland and Rabbitte next day out: with them it's difficult to make a case for Kilkenny based on their current form as they just look so ordinary
Stool Pigeon (National) - 12/04/2026 11:19:49
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Sligo GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Eamon O Hara should be thanked for his time and let Dessie take over as outright manager for the Tailteann Cup. Serious regression from the Sligo team than was so close to beating Galway under McEntee two years ago.
Drax_the_destroyer (National) - 12/04/2026 18:14:24
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