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League is League and Championship is Championship but Rathvilly put down a marker in the league final last night with a comfortable win against Eire Og. Both teams had strong sides out.

Rathvilly looking like favourites at the moment.

ACarlowGael (Carlow) - Posts: 44 - 15/06/2026 09:34:03    2679733

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Cracking weather to kick off the hurling championships.

Are there any links to football draws at all? Completely forgot there was a change in format and there's only the first rounds for hurling up so far

CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 185 - 20/06/2026 13:12:47    2680697

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Don't know if they have been published but got sent the below senior fixtures:

Round 1:
Old Leighlin v Fenagh
Rathvilly v Grange
Pal v MLR
Bagenalstown v Eire Og

Round 2:
Old Leighlin v Pal
Rathvilly v Bagenalstown
Eire Og v MLR
Fenagh v Grange

Round 3:
Old Leighlin v Eire Og
Rathvilly v Pal
Bagenalstown v Grange
Fenagh v MLR

Don't think last two rounds have been drawn yet.

ACarlowGael (Carlow) - Posts: 44 - 20/06/2026 21:07:49    2680757

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Replying To ACarlowGael:  "League is League and Championship is Championship but Rathvilly put down a marker in the league final last night with a comfortable win against Eire Og. Both teams had strong sides out.

Rathvilly looking like favourites at the moment."
Some victory by Wickliw today. Their meltdown in their promotion bid now well forgotten. Great to see them go all the way in the competition. I don't think that a D4 team has won it

Jack L (None) - Posts: 3225 - 20/06/2026 21:26:13    2680758

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Replying To Jack L:  "Some victory by Wickliw today. Their meltdown in their promotion bid now well forgotten. Great to see them go all the way in the competition. I don't think that a D4 team has won it"
Happy to see Wicklow go well, mcconville has them flying and the buy in from league to Leinster to Wicklow should really be brought into the Carlow mentality. Last year they made the semi final and final this year, getting a winning mentality like that is huge and given what I've heard about the players losing interest in the season after the league it's incredibly disappointing.

CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 185 - 21/06/2026 13:58:22    2680848

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Offaly dodged a bullet last weekend by not having to come to Carlow for all Ireland Prelim Q/F. Shame on our county board for voting to change the original McDonagh qualifier system . No interest in promoting hurling with a big day out in NCP.

Carlowtothecore1 (Carlow) - Posts: 158 - 22/06/2026 09:13:33    2681112

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Senior hurling championship starting this weekend. MLR probably favourites after last year's win and they had a strong Bolger Cup campaign without their county players.

Anywhere here how teams are going? Be interesting to see how Naomh Brid get on back up senior, no doubt they'll be targeting a scalp against Naomh Eoin, Bagenalstown and Ballinkillen.

hurlingguru (Carlow) - Posts: 1864 - 23/06/2026 23:22:17    2681627

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Replying To CarlowJuniorB:  "Happy to see Wicklow go well, mcconville has them flying and the buy in from league to Leinster to Wicklow should really be brought into the Carlow mentality. Last year they made the semi final and final this year, getting a winning mentality like that is huge and given what I've heard about the players losing interest in the season after the league it's incredibly disappointing."
Disappointing if true that players lost interest, however I wonder if the resilience is there in the group yet to have a run in both campaigns ? Having reflected on it since, the way we faltered near the end of the league and perhaps the pressure to get over the line points to this -when the championship and T/C started it wasn't in the tank. Hopefully, they will come back stronger from this and players and management will have learned a few things from this year.

Looking to next season it has to be all about survival in Div 3 in the first instance. I don't know where Murphy is going to 'unearth' these new players some mention from, we will see. However, he might need to revisit the 'nativist' backroom ticket, if there is someone with expertise out there who can help, bring them in. Counties more successful than ours and with greater know-how do it.

Anyway, tumbleweed on this forum for the next few months ....

Bainisteoir (National) - Posts: 621 - 24/06/2026 09:29:25    2681643

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