looking at it again, its very like thurles BEFORE it was redeveloped

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 17/06/2009 18:26:33    315102

bacon factory end ..................... snuf. not bacon end.

wasnt unusual for a pig to escape the chop and be seen chased around the park.

voiceofreason (Mayo) - Posts: 588 - 18/06/2009 13:10:50    315865

wasnt unusual for a pig to escape the chop and be seen chased around the park.
voiceofreason , 18/06/2009 at 13:10
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Only to be fatally felled by a flying spoon ............

Dubinmeath (Dublin) - Posts: 1123 - 18/06/2009 13:52:24    315910

i'm sure Mayo people will get to see great displays there... I hear Elton Johns pencilled in for next year...

HokeyPokey (Tyrone) - Posts: 1744 - 18/06/2009 16:28:55    316111

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316111 i'm sure Mayo people will get to see great displays there... I hear Elton Johns pencilled in for next year...

Really? thats Brilliant, cant wait for that he is a very good entertainer

paddyogall (Mayo) - Posts: 5110 - 18/06/2009 16:40:28    316140

Hopefully the flood lights are in good nick - we'll need for many a party in September when Trevor Mort carries Sam west of the Shannon. I kid you not....

Rickyknowsbest (Mayo) - Posts: 54 - 18/06/2009 16:40:50    316141

think youre right there ricky. at 25 - 28/1 mayo seem like the best way out of the recession.

voiceofreason (Mayo) - Posts: 588 - 19/06/2009 13:44:29    317011

Mc Hale park is a bit of a kip

John_3__7 (Meath) - Posts: 546 - 19/06/2009 17:11:04    317279

Whats done looks great anyhow!

keep_the_faith (Meath) - Posts: 400 - 20/06/2009 22:39:55    318019

Missing a few seats, I heard the hardybucks stole them..

Galway11 (Galway) - Posts: 570 - 20/06/2009 22:51:21    318032

Well whether its 38,000 or 44,000 capacity its far too much. A paltry crowd there today - looked embarrassing on TV. Mayo - the self-titled best fans in the country and only 16,000 at a Connaught semi. Ye wouldn't build much with those receipts... thank God for the Dubs and the money they bring to the GAA! Ye wouldn't even support your county in your back yard - let me never hear a Mayo fan slag the Dubs again. Ye will need to play the Dubs down there to get a crowd to do justice to Dub McHale!

Dubinmeath (Dublin) - Posts: 1123 - 20/06/2009 23:28:25    318052

nah it wasnt them Galway 11, Twas the viper!

The stand in Portlaoise looks better than Castlebar and that was built 8 years ago

JuanVeron (Westmeath) - Posts: 1866 - 20/06/2009 23:48:00    318060

well the pitch was a disgrace

brett favre (Sligo) - Posts: 659 - 21/06/2009 01:24:37    318084

How is mchale park a kip?? Excellent vantage point from wherever your SEATED!!!! The new stand will be top notch when its fully completed!!!!

Would it be the 4th largest GAA ground in Ireland???.....after croker,thurles and Kilarney???

clubstar09 (Mayo) - Posts: 463 - 21/06/2009 02:55:56    318099

well i hope the lights are of a high standard watching some of those games on a saturday on setanta would leave ya with a pain in your head squinting trying to see the ball. but i have my doubts and wil b as poor

totalfootball (Mayo) - Posts: 27 - 21/06/2009 08:10:29    318115

Mc Hale Park looks very good apart from the Press Stand !! It looks like one of those watch towers from Portlaoise Prison !!

Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 21/06/2009 10:24:12    318127

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318052 Well whether its 38,000 or 44,000 capacity its far too much. A paltry crowd there today - looked embarrassing on TV. Mayo - the self-titled best fans in the country and only 16,000 at a Connaught semi. Ye wouldn't build much with those receipts... thank God for the Dubs and the money they bring to the GAA! Ye wouldn't even support your county in your back yard - let me never hear a Mayo fan slag the Dubs again. Ye will need to play the Dubs down there to get a crowd to do justice to Dub McHale!


The fine folk of Mayo are getting worried after the paltry attendance at the Dublin WestMeath game. What will this mean for dubMchale park? Will our plans to have 8 inch tv screens on the back of every chair be affected. Dubinmeath i hope yopu can reassure us some how

paddyogall (Mayo) - Posts: 5110 - 29/06/2009 10:09:36    326054

The fine folk of Mayo are getting worried after the paltry attendance at the Dublin WestMeath game. What will this mean for dubMchale park? Will our plans to have 8 inch tv screens on the back of every chair be affected. Dubinmeath i hope yopu can reassure us some how
paddyogall , 29/06/2009 at 10:09

Well paddy despite what the good burghers of Croke Park think - the Dubs are not, indeed, recession proof as was proved yesterday. The good news for DubMcHale however is that I am hearing that a lot of fans, with kids etc. who have decided to cut their recessionary cloth to make sure they get Dub Kilkenny and Dub Kildare - so ye will still get a lot of our hurling money.

Dubinmeath (Dublin) - Posts: 1123 - 29/06/2009 11:13:17    326132

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Well paddy despite what the good burghers of Croke Park think - the Dubs are not, indeed, recession proof as was proved yesterday. The good news for DubMcHale however is that I am hearing that a lot of fans, with kids etc. who have decided to cut their recessionary cloth to make sure they get Dub Kilkenny and Dub Kildare - so ye will still get a lot of our hurling money

Well thank God for that. I'll be honest i was getting worried there. Well i hope both your teams go far in the Championship. We need a new car park

paddyogall (Mayo) - Posts: 5110 - 29/06/2009 11:46:43    326184

jealousy knows no bounds- mayo py for their own stadium- dublin get the taxpayer to pay for it- nothing new in that and the dubs still complaining.... :)

liathroidboy (Mayo) - Posts: 4921 - 29/06/2009 17:58:17    326815