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Galway Hurling thread - 3 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." I think you're wrong there. You're overrating Galway's capacity perhaps. In hindsight, there was flimsy enough evidence that they'd have enough to 'show up' against Limerick. What I can't fathom is how Cork managed to get hammered by us.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 19/07/2026 21:11:11
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Nothing to be gained from that experience at all.
A closer final would have stood to the younger players but a hammering like that?
As well off trying to forget about it.
Seniorleague (National) - 19/07/2026 17:41:55
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Limerick Senior Hurling 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To ColmFlaherty: "Fair play lads, probably a year or 2 early for us, but the experience of it will do the lads some good." It could go one of two ways for Galway now, the realisation that the tactics they implemented yesterday will never work against a top tier side, as they will shut down the long ball in or the attempts to run it through the middle, Had Galway met Clare yesterday, the levels of physicality would have been similar. Game plan has to be varied. Limerick were setting traps for Galway i thought in that they generally allowed the first player receive the puckout in space but then exerted enormous levels of pressure on the second ball. Lack of battles in Leinster did them no favours, but it will be interesting to see how they rebound and change next year.
Congrats to Limerick and all involved they absolutely cemented their legacy by coming back to win another one and do a clean sweep across the board this year. So many great performances but just to name a few that stood out when watching, Barry Nash, Kyle Hayes and WOD had fantastic games, Cian was back to his usual level of brilliance and could easily have picked up motm also, CON was fantastic throughout and deserved the motm and great to see Gillane get back to himself on the biggest day. Legends the lot of them. Thank you for the days,,,,
Fitzy01 (National) - 20/07/2026 11:56:30
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Galway it wasn't your day yesterday
I have to say Galway fans are a class act, great craic and banter all day even in defeat, stayed until the end and never got nasty or bitter. Cork and Clare fans could learn a lot from you.
Class city, beauty county and even better people.
Going forward if it not going to be Limerick us, I hope its Galway all the way
LimerickandProud (National) - 20/07/2026 09:16:08
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Seniorleague: "Hurling has seen some bizarre games the last few seasons.
Hopefully todays game was another one of those amd not an accurate indication of the gap between the two." I dont think there is a big difference in terms of hurling ability or athleticism. Galway have put up huge scores throughout this championship and you dont achieve scores like that if you dont have hurling and athleticism. Today they experienced Munster Championship intensity and physicality. Limerick are used to and excel in that environment. It waa new to Galway , at least it was at that level. It was the difference because we were only a 7 out of 10 today hurling wise but won all the battles or as good as.
Tadhg2020 (National) - 19/07/2026 22:25:46
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To katser: "There will be another great day in Croke Park.....
Galway will beat (limrik)" 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.
Tiger1 (National) - 19/07/2026 20:02:53
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Limerick Senior Hurling 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Poor final. Galway dreadful.
TommyBermingham (National) - 19/07/2026 17:32:21
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Limerick are class but how many Galway players actually had good games. We kept carrying the ball around the middle and they were swarming us. Cathal Mannion alone must have been turned over 5 times.
smallfrank (National) - 19/07/2026 18:05:41
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To sligo joe: "Surely Limerick were not class on the day, yes they are a class team but won easy today with an average performance" Limerick did the basic right and never needed to reach any great heights to win comfortably as Galway was so poor on the day.
Drax_the_destroyer (National) - 19/07/2026 19:31:41
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Seniorleague: "Thats my original question though.
Will you continue to stick up for one another in a 32 county republic or will you lose that and consider yourselves unconditionally as one with Irish people south of the border." We already are at one with our neighbours in Donegal Monaghan and Cavan and look forward to the day when we are a 32 county republic. By the way I take great joy in seeing Armagh and sometimes Derry take a beating.
tireoghainabu (National) - 19/07/2026 19:31:25
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Great occasion, but not a great game. Limericks big players all stood up, Lynch, Gillane, Hayes, Hegarty, Byrnes, all of them really, most of Galways didnt. Rabbitte did well on Casey, but found Finn hard to deal with. Whelan looked a little off from the start, Cathal Mannion didnt get on as much ball either.
Pints in Gills and Kennedys after were great though!
Viking66 (National) - 20/07/2026 09:01:16
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 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 - 1 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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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Tyrone nudged out Mayo in a 50-50 game. Kerry nudged out Tyrone in a 50-50 game. The only direct linear line that anyone can reasonably draw between the progress of both finalists.
legendzxix (National) - 20/07/2026 14:13:29
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To REDANDBLACK30: "They are a nation that still occupies part of the Irish national territory in 2026. Their occupation is a practical every day reality for Northern Nationalists. There should be a much greater determination on behalf of the Irish Government and the Irish population to put pressure on the British Government to set a date for a border poll which the British show no appetite to do.
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael voted down a Sinn Fein bill on Irish unity in recent weeks for a green paper and a citizens assembly in a disgraceful move that finally ended any lasting claims of Fianna Fáil as "the Republican party". Look at how important the Malvinas are to Argentina and contrast the almost apathy there is in the Republic towards reclaiming the North.
In sporting terms an English World Cup triumph would be awful because they are a gloating nation full of own self importance. They are not ashamed of their evil colonial history, in fact they are proud of it. An English win would make them feel that the clock has been reset to a time when they were the preeminent World power. Additionally they don't deserve to win on sporting ability as their level of performances in so many games is absolutely dire over many international tournaments." Hardly surprising, as Fine Gael is the modern day remnant of the 1922 pro-Treaty voting TDs that legitimized partition and in more modern times have been the party of choice for block voting of ROI based people of unionist background.
I can't see any self-respecting Nationalist/Republican wanting to remain part of an archaic monarchist Union, which has been directly and indirectly responsible for the deaths of over 2 million Irish people and the departure of millions of other Irish people from these shores, not to mention the oppression of native people who remained.
No tax percentage or amount of money would change my mind on Irish Unity, its time to end this stain on Irish History for good and open a new chapter in Irish history.
Commodore (National) - 20/07/2026 14:10:33
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Shane Moran two year term as Roscommon U17 manager has come to an end as he has decided not to opt a further year or two. Under his watch as manager we won back to back Connacht titles played 10 and won 10 in the province. And should we get a handful of those players going on to represent Roscommon Seniors in the years ahead it will be the true measure of success.
Best wishes to Shane, an excellent young coach and manager and total gentleman.
The_analyser (National) - 20/07/2026 13:42:54
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To 2maroonjerseys: "MD showed up with the same system that had us trailing both Wexford and Kildare by double figures until he made changes and got the win. Did he think the same system would overcome limerick the best team in Ireland for the last 8 yrs. He'd no plan B or even try a different format to start to confuse limerick. Clare have pushed limerick to the limit for the last 6/7 yrs and yet he mustn't have watch any tape of how they confuse and drive limerick to their limit. I wonder was there any Galway men involved with Clare he could have asked for any tactical tips on how to play them? Having one in 17 they hard questions won't be asked for now.
That's my tuppence worth after enduring another final loss in croke park." Hurlers win matches, coaches lose them.
One thing Clare have, that Galway don't have, is a couple of high ball contesting forwards in Duggan and O'Donnell, that they often station in the half forward line as the need may arise. Galway have Rabbitte, but don't gameplan him as a half-forward target. Duggan was a major factor in Clare's semi final success for 50mins as a ball contesting half forward. Galway didn't have that all season (haven't had it in 9 years versus this Limerick side in actual fact), especially when Rory Burke went down. The only options were Rabbitte and Whelan. Rabbitte was adhering to a gameplan, posted inside, and Whelan just got out the wrong side of the bed yesterday, and didn't look very capable of any task on the day.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 20/07/2026 12:24:42
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To tireoghainabu: "We already are at one with our neighbours in Donegal Monaghan and Cavan and look forward to the day when we are a 32 county republic. By the way I take great joy in seeing Armagh and sometimes Derry take a beating." I had a good friend from Gortin and one of the sure ways to turn him into a raving loon was to say anything at all good about Derry.
BarneyGrant (National) - 20/07/2026 11:46:48
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To giveitlong: "Limerick even at 4/9 looks generous. Everything Galway touched turned to Gold the last day, and their work rate was off the charts. It will be very hard if not impossible to repeat that. It is not possible to state how poor Cork were, and the room Galway shooters were afforded. Limerick played poorly but still won, a sign of a very good team. Only hope I see for Galway is if Limerick feel they have enough done in the first half and slacken a bit." Well there you have it and it was predictable I am sorry to say. Galway hurlers have not been able to give it everything in 2 consecutive games since the 1980s. It is a mystery, but their would not have been enough yesterday anyway against that Limerick effort.
giveitlong (National) - 20/07/2026 10:44:05
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "2 of the best teams of all time without a doubt.
This Limerick era have won 6 All Ireland's in 9 years including a 4 in a row.
Dubs won 8 All Ireland's in 10 years, 9 in 13 years, including 6 in a row.
As for today, it was men against boys and Limerick were a different class altogether. As you say, they could easily have won by 20pts if they wanted to.
Kiely is some manager.
Limerick had 10 different scorers and but for the Galway goalie they could have had 3 goals. Out of their 1-29 all but 5pts were from play. Outstanding.
Galway only scored 8pts from play.
I thought Galway would put up more of a challenge tbh but it just goes to show how good Limerick were today.
Fully deserved and they are a credit to the GAA.
Congrats and enjoy the celebrations.
The other counties have a hell of a lot of work to do to reach the level on show today. Limerick are the standard bearer once again." Surely time to address the elephant in the room Fionn and start the serious conversation of splitting Limerick in two?? ;)
TrueBlue35 (National) - 20/07/2026 10:10:07
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