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Football Championship 2026 - 3 Like(s)
Replying To ColmFlaherty: "All the bellyaching about Kerry vs Donegal when the obvious was missed when both teams breached the 3 back rule. ; )" Not true, Kerry fans starting shouting at officials that Donegal had breached the 2 up rule, because they only seen two Donegal players, but they failed to see Oisin Gallen was over getting water at the side of the pitch.
Commodore (National) - 27/05/2026 08:46:06
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To cavanman47: "Nope. But I can see the results of the by-election.
There were plenty shouting loudly during the fuel protests, claiming to represent the vast majority. They got their answer over the weekend!" I think the vast majority of vehicle owners agreed that Government action should have been taken earlier for temporary tax relief on fuel, but I'm was never convinced that the vast majority of people in Ireland supported the Fuel protestors clogging up roads, as most drivers I spoke to who were not involved in Haulage, buses or Agriculture, were ****** off at these "Go Slow" protests clogging up roads all over the Country.
Commodore (National) - 27/05/2026 08:39:59
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Seanfan: "The voters elected the successful candidates." Thanks for that, you learn something new every day.
tireoghainabu (National) - 27/05/2026 13:19:29
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Pikeman96: "I just browsed into this Leitrim thread for the first time this morning, on account of our upcoming Tailteann Cup match.
Let's just say something tells me this Gantric character shouldn't always be taken seriously :)" It use to be a decent thread with well informed Leitrim posters however most have departed now and you are left with the likes Gantric,ohwow, blathach who offer next to nothing to the discussion.
Gaa_lover (National) - 27/05/2026 13:46:11
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Football Championship 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "'24 was Armagh's year. Kerry responded last year. Donegal are responding this year. Kerry accepted the clear red card on Saturday. Donegal did not after the league final. A bit of heckling is par for the course after the dirty stroke in the league final. Some of the Donegal reaction to that is laughable. I thought Donegal were a sporting county like Kerry. It might be just a minority or outliers in Donegal being bad winners. Sin é." " A bit of heckling is par for the course..." I could hear it all the way here in America: constant from the first minute until the 50th minute. It did die down after 50 minutes alright, not because Murphy had been subbed, but because all the Kerry fans had left the stadium, with their tails between their legs and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
foreveryoung (National) - 26/05/2026 19:28:41
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Yellaman: "12,000 tickets already sold ?" I just browsed into this Leitrim thread for the first time this morning, on account of our upcoming Tailteann Cup match.
Let's just say something tells me this Gantric character shouldn't always be taken seriously :)
Pikeman96 (National) - 27/05/2026 11:21:03
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Kerry GAA Thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To hlynch12: "No ban for Michael Byrnes" Mícheál Burns, on the other hand, is facing a suspension.
themaddog (National) - 27/05/2026 10:42:03
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Dublin GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To gaelsboy: "I'd be peeved at that decision lads. I may have never really supported dublin football and gers suspension never cost me a thought but now I think of it, you've been done dirty, gaa afraid to come down on Star player and manager more likely to be involved at business end (no disrespect meant, nothing to stop you making at least a quarter final)" This muck about gaa not coming down on a star player is muck spread by Donegal supporters to distract from McGuinness's potential suspension. Any ref that would have given a red card to clifford over that challenge is ridiculous regardless of whatever still frame, it's a normal shoulder challenge. He doesn't go in with raised arm, it happens to make contact. That happens all the time in shoulder challenges that they hit shoulder first and then maybe hit cheek or face - those are never red cards, they are yellow cards at most.
systematic (National) - 27/05/2026 15:11:01
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6 Teams Left In A Hurling May 24Th - 2 Like(s)
Every year with this. There's only 10 serious teams. They can only play each other so many times. Any more games at this stage would get very tiresome. why are people so determined to mess witth what's already working.
Who gives a fiddlers about the world cup, a total red herring Donal og & Pat spillane have managed to out into peoples heads aabout other sports getting more airtime. People who wanted to watch the world cup are going to watch it regardless.
Overdahill (National) - 27/05/2026 15:26:49
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Dublin GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To eddieSize5Balls: "I agree with your frustrations lads but the thing is, this is a good thing really. The 12 week ban was ridiculous and likely will be changed completely for next season. I know that doesn't help you right now but imagine if Jim got 12 weeks too? When would it end." It would end by managers not running onto the field and interfering with opposition players. The fact is Brennan was banned for 12 weeks. We can all agree it was an excessive punishment but the fact McGuinness gets away Scot free makes a mockery of the Brennan ban.
This whole mess may cost Kerry and/or Donegal further down the line. For instance a player involved in a future 50/50 incident may result in red…rightly or wrongly these things can often come back to bite you.
yew_tree (National) - 26/05/2026 21:37:23
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Football Championship 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To peiledoir20: "Can you highlight to everyone who Murphy preformed 'another' closed fist tackle on and at what stage of the game? Must have missed that one myself as well as everyone else in the country because you're the first one to mention it.
To justify booing as well I must add. You Yerra boys are some craic." Oh stop with the self righteous pontificating.
This forum is reaching rugby level pretension.
Too bad were not so outraged about onfield violence,diving,feigning injury and sledging.
Seniorleague (National) - 27/05/2026 16:46:13
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pikeman96: "also @BarneyGrant -
Ah lads. Let's not delude ourselves. Fact of the matter is:
The Republic of Ireland is an independent, sovereign country.
Much as you dislike the term or the reality of it, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (of which Northern Ireland is obviously a part) is a separate independent, sovereign country.
It therefore clearly follows that people from Monaghan and people from Tyrone are from two different countries, no mater how much you or they would like to be regarded as being from the same.
If it really was all the same country, how then do you explain the two different governments, different currencies, different education systems, different healthcare systems, different policing systems, etc., etc.?" Two different states. Not too different countries.
The fact that there are two different states, currencies, education systems etc just illustrates how absurd it is.
An arbitrary line drawn on a map and now recognised even by the republican movement that refused to for three quarters of a century.
BarneyGrant (National) - 27/05/2026 15:34:28
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pikeman96: "I just browsed into this Leitrim thread for the first time this morning, on account of our upcoming Tailteann Cup match.
Let's just say something tells me this Gantric character shouldn't always be taken seriously :)" Your assumption would be correct.
gaelsboy (National) - 27/05/2026 12:21:04
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To TrueBlue35: "He's not been attacked, again its differing opinions on some of the carry on he's been at over the years. For the record I would have put it in the same light as some of the nonsense Mickey Harte went on with back in the day also. And 100% you can stick with him but in some senses I feel that standards are being sidelined by blind faith if you get me. I genuinely get the impression a lot of Donegal fans would defend him even if he had flattened O'Connor with a box in the aftermath of the brawl as opposed to a push/shove.
You would struggle to find any Dublin supporters for example defending Ger Brennan for his infraction against Galway. Most fans I know rolled their eyes and just thought ah yeah Ger is at it again. You wouldn't have seen Jim Gavin at that sort of stuff in a million years." This has to stop. What Ger did and what Jim did is so far apart and either the people online and the media that keep spouting this line have either not seen both instances or were driven by an agenda to see Jim banned.
Here's the incidents spliced together.
Now cop on
https://youtu.be/2lbIt7gw3KA
shaggykev (National) - 27/05/2026 15:46:16
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To brayballer: "Nail on head Trueblue.I work with a few Donegal lads and they cant see any wrong in him.He was a good player but as a manager he constantly thinks everyone is against him.When his players do nasty stuff then no problem but when anyone else does it awful." I think you've just described every manager that ever existed there brayballer. For the record, I have great time for ger Brennan. He got stuck in as a player and he comes across as a sound man and enjoy listening to him. I'd have him all day long over jim gavin. I can only speak for myself when i say I would stick by JmcG through thick and thin because of what he's done for our county over the years. He's always going to have legendary status here, same as MM. Jim has been through an awful lot in his younger life and he is an outstanding person to have come through it and achieved what he has. He has a genuine love of his county, beyond what a lot of people have and I do believe he is genuine when he instills in his players that they are doing it all for the people of donegal. That's maybe not easy to understand if you're not from here and only see the odd interview after a match etc.
WeGoAgain (National) - 27/05/2026 15:01:39
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To CiarraiMick: "You have some hearing Fotever because the booing never happened until the second half.Murphy was greeted with a polite clap when his name was called but the booing of Murphy started happening in second half after a closed fist tackle by him again .The booing was wrong and I waa sad to hear it.Also a few Kerry fans left but I stayed until end with loads of Kerry fans.In fact a large crowd of Donegal fans left early I presume because of the long journey home ." Thanks, Mick. We've mighty hearing aids here stateside.
According to your fellow Kerry poster, Legendxik, it was okay to boo irrespective of what Murphy may have done in last week's game. Scroll back a few posts and you'll see it.
"It's understandable many are against heckling but Saturday was a reasonable exception after the league final in incident."
There is nothing at all reasonably acceptable about the scurrilous booing of Michael Murphy by the Kerry fans in Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney, on Saturday, May 23rd in their All-Ireland SFC Round 1 game against Donegal.
And fair play for staying until the end of the game. I hope that it sets a trend for other Kerry fans to follow.
foreveryoung (National) - 27/05/2026 16:05:01
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
I'd be peeved at that decision lads. I may have never really supported dublin football and gers suspension never cost me a thought but now I think of it, you've been done dirty, gaa afraid to come down on Star player and manager more likely to be involved at business end (no disrespect meant, nothing to stop you making at least a quarter final)
gaelsboy (National) - 27/05/2026 14:45:43
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To TrueBlue35: "Sure we are more than fine in Dublin and the fortunes of our footballers while currently not great are being somewhat offset by the upturn in form of our hurlers. We are in the fortunate position of having two codes to follow.
The anti-McGuinness sentiment purely stems from not liking the way he goes about his business and I at least have held that opinion for a long time. The response to TRs question after the game the last day was just the latest instance. All of my in-laws are from Donegal and to utter a word against him in their presence is almost a case for divorce! I was pleasantly surprised to see a few posters on here call out his carry on last weekend but as always for many Saint Jim can do no wrong." Are we not entitled to stick by him or even agree with him on things you disagree with. Sounds like you don't like him so therefore he's fair game to be attacked.
Al_Maguire (National) - 27/05/2026 14:36:34
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Two-Group Leinster SHC - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pikeman96: "Starting new thread on this as I think maybe deserves separate consideration from other format discussions, and is probably a more realistic proposal than a 16-team All-Ireland SHC. Relates to Neil McManus's suggestion of a two-group Leinster Championship, with eight teams.
Take the final standings from this year's table, and then consider the top two in the McDonagh Cup (Carlow & Laois) as numbers 7 and 8. Put 1, 3, 5, 7 into Group A, and 2, 4, 6, 8 into Group B, and what you'd get is this:
Group A
Dublin, Offaly, Wexford, Carlow
Group B
Galway, Kilkenny, Kildare, Laois
Winner of Group A would play runner-up of Group B in a semi-final, and vice versa. The two bottom teams would play off in a relegation final.
Consider what that would mean for the teams that would normally be the ones expected to fluctuate between this championship and the Joe McDonagh (i.e. Carlow, Kildare, Laois. And yes, I know that in the current state of affairs, Wexford are perilously close to joining that group, but we're not there yet!)
Pro: Just one of them would make the drop in any given year. The others would get at least one more year in the higher tier.
Con: Unless they unexpectedly made a semi-final, just three games per year that they'd actually want, rather than five. They wouldn't want to be in the other type of possible fourth match (i.e. the relegation final).
Would obviously have a knock-on effect on the McDonagh Cup and other lower tier competitions too, but won't drill into that at this stage.
Anyone any thoughts?" I dont know why you would want this?
It diminishes the Leinster hurling Championship even further.
You mention Wexford not being down at joe mcdonagh cup level yet. Thats because of the insurance policy that the 6th team already gives you. This proposal is designed to protect the strong under the guise of promoting the weak.
Whats so wrong with winning the Joe McDonagh Cup and being promoted. Yes you may be relegated again but you get to go again and win another All Ireland the following year if you stick together. Whats so wrong with that? For Laois, Carlow, Kildare, Westmeath, Antrm(i note you didnt include them) and others the Joe is as good as it gets for winning a medal and an All Ireland. You may not value it in wexford but I can assure you that these counties do just as Ring, Rackard and Meagher winners do too. For many this is the pinnacle of their career and that shouldn't be dismissed.
We have a good system. Yes its flawed at the top end but it works very well in division 2, 3, 4 and 5. Everyone knows and understands the system because its a basic pyramid. Roscommon, where I live, are disappointed to be relegated back to Rackard after 1 year in Ring. The jump in standard was just too high this time as it was for kildare. Its not the end of the world though, as portrayed by most, as they get to go again next year. If they are good enough they will get back to CP, win another all ireland and have another go the following year. Thats how it should be.
Tadhg2020 (National) - 27/05/2026 14:16:12
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To WeGoAgain: "I think I'd be happier going to ballyshannon too. Pitch is excellent in both but facilities better in letterkenny. Like you say though, despite bucking the trend a bit in recent years it's been a godawful bogey ground for us. Ballyshannon got two games in the league (one in the sunshine and one in a monsoon) so I've a feeling Jim prefers it too. Does anyone know when the draw will be made?" The draw will be on morning Ireland, some media outlets say Monday morning others say Tuesday as there may be no morning Ireland programme on bank Holiday Monday
sligo joe (National) - 27/05/2026 14:10:13
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