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Football Championship 2026 - 3 Like(s)
Kerry like Limerick won games playing poor. Like limerick they will peak for final. Kerry could win by 15-20 with lads hitting form. Madness put €100 for turkey shoot out.
hlynch12 (National) - 20/07/2026 16:53:16
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To REDANDBLACK30: "Well said it is a terrible historical wrong and injustice. It should be the number one priority for all Irish people and any Irish government. It needs to be made much more of a priority so the momentum for a border poll increases. If Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael remain in Government and refuse to plan for unity, it will stall for generations." It certainly isn't "number one priority for all Irish people".
Seanfan (National) - 20/07/2026 16:39:37
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Limerick Senior Hurling 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Some crowds around Limerick city last night , the amount of kids in Perry square for the teams homecoming was unreal , every pub in the city was wedged with a great athmosphere. The best homecoming night since the one in 2018 at the Gaelic grounds .
OpenStand (National) - 21/07/2026 11:29:28
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Kerry 2022-Current Team Better Than 04-09 Team? - 2 Like(s)
Replying To ulsterrules: "I forgot how strong the 04-09 team was.
but in my opinion only Sean O'Shea and David Clifford make the 04-09 team at the expense of Declan O'Sullivan and Kieran Donaghy" Shane Ryan gets in, Gavin White in for Fitzmaurice and Moynihan to CHB. Joe O Connor would squeeze in at midfield and Paudie takes Darren O Sullivans place, Also Dylan Geaney on his form this year has hit a higher peak than OCinneide was capable of, hard to leave Jason Foley off too.
Two brilliant teams and I dont think Paudie or Joe O Connor are necessarily better footballers than their counterparts but perhaps better suited to the modern game. More depth in the current squad too.
I would say though the 04-09 team were probably one of the most, if not the most, silky eye catching teams ever seen when they were in full flow.
JimB1991 (National) - 21/07/2026 01:03:37
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Tiger1: "Got that one wrong Katser unfortunely old Galway habit of not turning up came back once again i really hoped ye would win it but went out without any great fight." We weren't allowed hurl. I think thats more the reason we were bet as to not showing up. Limerick didnt give us an inch. Very easy go back to the old galway not showing up and maybe to an extent we didnt but from someone who had a good view up there in croke park, limerick dominated every area and battle. Well deserved victors.
Galway456 (National) - 20/07/2026 23:33:22
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Limerick Senior Hurling 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "Just out of interest what is a true Cork performance these days? They look as inconsistent as Galway and Wexford would more traditionally look." After Evey game cork played in Munster including the final they were still alive if they lost. They beat a very poor Offaly team. The one knockout game they played where they was no tomorrow if they lost. they lost big
Newyorkkat (National) - 21/07/2026 14:07:42
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Tadhg2020: "I think you are being harsh there on MD. Its not for me to defend him but sometimes things just are what they are.
I discussed game with 2 friends in the Cusack before throw in and we were in full agreement that if we got our intensity and physicality up to the levels we know they can reach and hold our defensive shape that it would be a comfortable game for us. I don't think that MD could do anything about that. We won all the battles and that sorted the game. Nothing I've seen from Galway this season indicates that the personnel were available to MD to reverse that. Sometimes it is that simple." Limerick are miles ahead physically at the moment it's the tactical decisions made on the sideline that baffles. He went into an all Ireland welded to his system he didn't try and pull a magic trick to try and confuse limerick's players. Ye had the physical battle won and once ye got to grips with the Galway play twas all over after 20 mins ye had a lot of wides fahy made a few great saves and Lyons was helpful to say the least ye should have been 10 points up at half time. The younger players on the squad now know the levels needed to win an all Ireland it'll stand to them. Tactically MD needs to evolve to at least move forward. Clare have caused ye the most problems over the years, obviously he must think he knows more than lohan.
Limerick dominated and swarmed all over the pitch yesterday fair play to ye. Ye have a great team and players and ye deserve every success.
2maroonjerseys (National) - 20/07/2026 16:28:23
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To slayer: "Why would JP McManus being on the Croke Park pitch make you feel uncomfortable? This man gave your county board money to spend as they saw fit. Has anyone else done that?" Also JP McManus is the Honorary Life President of Limerick GAA, of course he should be on the pitch when we win
LimerickandProud (National) - 21/07/2026 10:47:00
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BigBàsMan: "Donoghue needs some scrutiny here lads. No plan B. No shrewd subs at HT when hegarty and lynch were cleaning up. More of the same from 2018 instead of Johnny Glynn it's jason rabbitte. One of the worst all Irelands I've ever seen it was completely one sided affair. That red card should've never happened, he should've been whipped off at HT." MD was like a Fox caught in the headlights on Sunday. We were totally hammered in the middle third and persisted with trying to run the ball thorough the lines. When the odd time we decided to let the ball in it was slow and cut out.
Both wing backs, midfield and the half forward line were eaten up and Whelan was out of it.
Are our so call big names beyond been taken off? On the other hand John Kiely had no problem taking his big names during the year and look at the result. Everyone will need to look in the mirror if we progress from here which has now become a bigger task.
Watchthepost (National) - 21/07/2026 09:57:36
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To wexford2012: "It absolutely will end you are right BUT the structural issues with the game remain.
In over 130 years the GAA hasn't really spread the game, its still largely strong where it was strong when the organisation was founded.
I'm sure everyone here agrees its a fantastic game but its hard to stand up the contention that its our 'national game' when large swathes don't play it all and that saddens me. Is there sufficient investment into the game? (Maybe it was just me but seeing JP McManus on the pitch yesterday with the team was uncomfortable, is the benefactor driven model, healthy, equitable, sustainable?). I question clubs and counties who choose to ignore one code, either of them to be fair, yet gain grants etc on the same basis of clubs and counties who promote a dual ethos.
It could be me but this years championship felt less vital, less important, Munster felt overhyped and while in past has astounded us, felt very ordinary, big Cork driven crowds aside. From a parochial perspective, a weak Dublin suits us in Wexford BUT from a big picture health of the game we really need to see Cork, Dublin and Antrim - out 3 urban centres really flying - I think hurling translates better into an urban environment than football but not as well as soccer.
We love that in hurling you can't 'park the bus' and that it never fell foul of the 'blanket' defence BUT is it too free scoring? Should it be routine for scores to come from 70 meters out? I miss the electric corner forward play of DJ, Lar Corbet, Eddie Brennan, where has this gone? Basketball is a similarly high scoring game who had concerns and they sought to tackle this through a number of ways, not all GAA relevant, but their 'luxury tax' that punishes teams who breech spending rules, while a revenue sharing model reditriutuied income away from stronger/wealthier clubs. I don't want to punish excellence, but stop success and resources becoming so concentrated that competitions become predictable and one-sided.
Yesterday it looked like the Leinster championship ill prepared Galway for the intensity they experience in the final, would Galway who had emerged from a Munster campaign have done better - I think so. Munster can pull up the ladder, say 'not our problem' but eventually it will be. Sitting on our laurels does not seem like an option, with a rejuvenated football championship and a more and more competitive sporting landscape, where we I expect we'll see more state investment into other sports (soccer is pushing hard as a soft power vehicle and 'integration' tool) to gain massive state subsidies for their academies. The GAA as an antidote to an increasingly homogenised, globalised, vanilla world into which we should incentivize," Why would JP McManus being on the Croke Park pitch make you feel uncomfortable? This man gave your county board money to spend as they saw fit. Has anyone else done that?
slayer (National) - 21/07/2026 08:56:56
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To endgame: "Yes I agree with that. The Galway result v Cork was a strange one. Limerick only scraped by Clare in the semi final. I wonder would Galway have fared better against Clare if that was the final." Its hard to be confident about how any game between 7/8 might go.
Limerick definitely the most consistent and best but others can look brilliant or abysmal from one day ro next.
Limerick would most likely have done same to any team yesterday.
BarneyGrant (National) - 21/07/2026 00:46:00
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Seanfan: "Hopefully keep the continuity going.
Is Shane taking time out ....or is his native County calling....?" Roscommon gaels calling from what i am hearing
Tarismelting22 (National) - 20/07/2026 20:35:42
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Some of the things I'm seeing/reading online etc would make me question if some of our supporters are true supporters/turning their backs or starting to turn on us.
ColmFlaherty (National) - 20/07/2026 18:54:44
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Andrew Moran lost 6/6 finals as player. Going for 100% record as gaffer too.
hlynch12 (National) - 20/07/2026 17:05:36
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
I see a big night planned in Dingle and Venrtry? Sam Maguire guest of honour.
hlynch12 (National) - 20/07/2026 16:57:59
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Limerick & Kerry For The Double - 1 Like(s)
Would Mayo losing by 10 be a good result for them?
hlynch12 (National) - 20/07/2026 16:56:56
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "Dublin had the rub of the green in the quarter final. It went against them then in semi final. That's the way the cookie crumbles. More often than not decisions seem to favour Dublin in their home league ground. Usually a double whammy on top of drawing Dublin in their home league ground at the business end of the championship.
Dublin actually got a flavour on Sunday of what it is like to be the away team. Tyrone have set the blueprint in the 25 quarter final. All Ireland contenders have to be able to flip the script against Dublin in Croke Park. Anyone not prepared for the battle of playing Dublin in Croke Park are going to come up short. That's the reality of it. Sin é." Kerry tend to get rub of the green. IF not referees will be subjected to hate campaign from the yerra media.
hlynch12 (National) - 20/07/2026 16:55:52
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