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Hurling Championship 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To hlynch12: "Galway were favourities yesterday. Beating Dubs was their All Ireland." didn't you have your own county beaten before the final whistle yesterday?
Maroonatic (National) - 08/06/2026 13:51:07
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Great day up in Croker on Saturday. I did get the feeling before the game that Galway talent wise are just on another level to Dublin and that played out. Some great performances. Daithi an absolute warrior
Special mention to Whelan also. One of his finest days in a Galway jersey when you consider workrate, link play etc with 5 points on top. Delighted for him after many of his own countymen wrote him off earlier this year, including some on this forum saying he shouldn't even start!
Kinvara (National) - 08/06/2026 12:52:18
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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Captainfantastic: "Strange all the provincial champions are away in 1st draw since their completion.
WH, Rosie's, Armagh and Kerry.
Some reward for winning it.
Surely there should be some reward for winning it - home advantage in this round.
Bet ye more big counties will take the Donegal route/ attitude next year." Couldnt agree more. Fair enough provincial finalists got home draw in Round 1. But no advantage for winners. Privincial champs should be kept apart in Round 2A or 2B and given home advantage. Galway should have had no complaints if we were drawn away v Westmeath or Armagh in Round 2.
anotheralias (National) - 08/06/2026 12:35:56
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "Gutted with that result tbh.
Going in at HT 1-15 to 1-11 down after playing against the wind, I, and most of those around me on the Hill, felt that we were in a good place.
But to only score 4 points (excluding the penalty and 2 very late goals in injury time) was shocking. FT 4-29 to 4-15.
Rushe and Crummey both going off injured, early in the 2nd half were major blows to our chances but you can't expect to win a game of hurling with such a low scoring return in the 2nd half.
Galway definitely learned from our meeting a few weeks ago, but why oh why did we persist with the long high ball. Galway won most of the high balls, and most of the scraps for the loose ball.
Yes we gifted them their goal in the first half and another couple of points. We also fluffed 3 goal chances, but I did not expect us to be over powered like that in the 2nd half.
The main positive was seeing so many Dublin fans come out to cheer on the Dubs in front of an attendance of 46,463 (the Leinster rugby semi final in the Aviva only had 15,346 attendance).
On a side note - I think Brian Hayes will get an All Star this year. He is phenomenal. Although at times he tried to take on and beat the whole Galway team. ;o)
But hats off to Galway.
Next up for the Dublin Hurlers is an All Ireland 1/4 Final v Clare.
Surely we can't play that poorly again.??????" Based on the smugness of Daly and CO last night you might even turn them over.
You certainly have our support as good Leinster Hurling people.
SixtiesKid (National) - 08/06/2026 12:15:31
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To moros: "Any sign of Gantricks. He seems to have gone missing. I'm a bit worried about him. Love to all." He's probably still meeting with them " few shrewd Leitrim football men " trying to figure where all those 12,000 tickets went..... they certainly weren't in Pairc Sean on Saturday.
Yellaman (National) - 08/06/2026 16:19:36
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More Than One Anthem At Inter County Matches ! - 1 Like(s)
Replying To sourmilk93: "What's the difference between London and Fermanagh? Its the same anthem for both England and Northern Ireland.
Why mention playing God save the King for London matches and not mention Derry, Tyrone, Armagh, Fermanagh. Down or Antrim?" yawn
KeshGFC (National) - 08/06/2026 14:57:07
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More Than One Anthem At Inter County Matches ! - 1 Like(s)
Replying To yew_tree: "American anthem always played when New York play home or away. I've zero issue with it." except that it reflects our usual double standards
SixtiesKid (National) - 08/06/2026 13:27:02
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Be a sea of maroon in the stand/terraces anyways (more Wm fans you would think), i'd imagine they'll have us in the green kit and Galway will don white
Lakeman93 (National) - 08/06/2026 13:04:22
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To farneygael3: "I think a progressive step is to appoint the current minor management team to the under 20 roles next year. Maybe Buggy as manager. It's important to start to bring this current crop through be it a 2/3 year project" They'll be the next senior management ticket, the cycle starts once again.......
ConyersHill04 (National) - 08/06/2026 12:34:29
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Tailteann Cup 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To gaelsboy: "Down the standout team, though Offaly will likely have a bit to say about the business end of the cup. Weird how you can beat Donegal and still end up in a cup with Leitrim, London and Waterford makes no sense, maybe the powers that be need to re think it but I'm also sick to my teeth of them changing the format every other year so screw it, give it 5 or 10 years and see if we are still getting repeat winners" Down got embarrassed by Armagh. That's why they're in the Tailteann. They deserve to be.
eddieSize5Balls (National) - 08/06/2026 00:27:35
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "Team named for Saturday. Rushie and O'Donnell start in place of Bellew and McHugh.
Seán Currie on subs. First time out this year." Are you still trying to recover Barney.?
;o(
Fionn (National) - 08/06/2026 12:03:34
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To WonTon5: "Went is Matty Thompson back?" He is back training i believe
Galway2001 (National) - 08/06/2026 11:25:19
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Football Format Changes Discussion - 1 Like(s)
Lads still debating the pros and cons of provincial championships. I'm 10 years saying there should be no provincials and we should have one main competition that runs from Spring to August. Split into 3 tiers with promotion and relegation.
And the blooding players thing is overstated. Managers pretty much know who is good enough and who isn't based on club form, training and in house games and challenge matches. Provincials are a money racket. End of story.
TheFlaker (National) - 08/06/2026 11:12:50
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More Than One Anthem At Inter County Matches ! - 1 Like(s)
Replying To tirawleybaron: "Cleary, they should have been playing New York , New York by Frank Sinatra" enjoy God save the King at your next championship meeting with London then !
KeshGFC (National) - 08/06/2026 11:03:49
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Wicklow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Wicklow will travel to Antrim in the next round of the Tailteann Cup. Firstly, it is encouraging to see Wicklow getting to the latter stages of this competition especially as there is more talk about introducing a third tier competition. I don't understand why there is an obsession with introducing a third tier and I certainly don't want Wicklow to be in any such competition. I think this is the third consecutive year Wicklow have reached the quarter final in the Tailteann cup. Hopefully we can match last year's progress when we reached the semi-final of the competition. If Wicklow are to reach the semi-final they'll need to beat Antrim away which is something our footballers have struggled to do in recent years. Back in February of this year; we lost to Antrim by seven points. Final score Antrim 2-18 - Wicklow 1-14. Is this team in better form than in February and can this team turn around a seven-point defeat and win up there? If we are to win up there then we need Kevin Quinn, Eoin Darcy and others playing to their maximum. Watching the game on Sunday, I think three of our forwards are definite starters: Eoin Darcy, Kevin Quinn and Padraig O'Toole. I think John Carlin is also a starting forward. Based upon the game plan I think Oisin wants Christopher O'Brien to starting but I'd be tempted to start both Mark Kenny and OIsin McGraynor. I think if we are to win in Antrim then we'll need to produce a big performance and I think our forwards might be the key to such a victory. Best of luck to players and management next weekend.
wicklowsupport (National) - 08/06/2026 10:44:31
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More Than One Anthem At Inter County Matches ! - 1 Like(s)
Replying To KeshGFC: "Very strange listening to the American national anthem in Brewster park on Saturday afternoon before Amhrán na bhFiann. Was this an international match or something ? Do we do the same now when London comes to town to play. Has god save the king been played for London coming to town ? I couldn't believe my ears on Saturday
Anyone else have any thoughts on this
We are entering very strange territory playing the anthem of visiting teams" Was watching it live on gaa+ and I must agree it did sound very very strange. I had actually assumed that maybe this is always done when NY come to town but perhaps not. Wouldn't be in favour of it personally.
WeGoAgain (National) - 08/06/2026 10:34:57
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Christ the Wexford lads were out in force pre match I see.
Great to win the all Ireland quarter final. Apparently there was a cup for it!
Overdahill (National) - 08/06/2026 10:10:16
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
When all is said and done and reviewed correctly this will go down as another disappointing year at Minor level, not just in Galway but Connacht also. Both finalists well beaten in the knock out stage by their Ulster counterparts. The management team in Galway appeared to have trouble finding their best 15 this year and this was highlighted with players moved positionally on Saturday. Poor end to a very promising year but as the coach said in his interview afterwards that as this is just development and if we get players up to 20's and onto Senior then their job was done.
Dualstar22 (National) - 08/06/2026 08:49:32
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