Hmmmm!

I see this has been solved and the answer is Waterford!

But ol Snuffy wouldnt be so sure that Down dont have two county boards aswell!

'Down' / 'South Down'

The 'South Down' are in the Nicky Rackard while the 'Down' are in Christy Ring.
Although I think 'Down' may just be regarded as the 'Senior Team'.

Interesting set-up! Must investigate further.


Regards,

Snufalufagus....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 16/05/2008 12:52:03    19893

niamh its barry gillis and also he was an outfield derry player a few years back. think he might have been on the forty against bellaghy last week

Baker the glen (None) - Posts: 371 - 16/05/2008 12:52:46    19894

Limerick has 2 county boards, hurling and football... as does Galway... Waterford dont... the reference to West and East Waterford as county boards is just a mistake, those are simply divisional boards...

S Man (Limerick) - Posts: 229 - 16/05/2008 13:10:58    19905

surely there is more county goalkeepers who play outfield for their clubs. know benny tierney used to play corner forward for mullabawn during league games anyway

samin10 (Armagh) - Posts: 2434 - 16/05/2008 13:20:28    19913

In fairness its not that uncommon for an IC keeper to play out the field for their club. John Madden used to play half forward for Ballycastle, used to be great at long range frees from the ground. I think John Healy was playing out the field for Ballina last year (though probably only the league to be fair).

essexile (Mayo) - Posts: 429 - 16/05/2008 13:23:29    19915

Who played and won an All-Ireland in 1992 but never kicked a ball?

dabackofbeyond (Donegal) - Posts: 77 - 16/05/2008 13:32:13    19919

how many counties have never lost an all ireland football senior final?

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 16/05/2008 13:35:06    19923

Well the last table quiz I was at were all over the shop so! Does Waterford have a "Waterford County" board as well then?

Flanders (Galway) - Posts: 604 - 16/05/2008 14:24:47    19952

Niamh....clash of da ash is dead on...its Brian Murray from Limerick. Also, James McGarry plays centre forward for his club

tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 16/05/2008 14:51:54    19969

dabackofbeyond
County: Donegal
Posts: 15

Who played and won an All-Ireland in 1992 but never kicked a ball?

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Donegal full back whose name escapes me now! Hand passed every possession!

Bald Eagle (None) - Posts: 1009 - 16/05/2008 14:53:13    19970

Ollie , if you mean counties that have actually been in an All Ireland final (which I suspect you do) then the only county I can think of to NEVER lose in a final are Down.

dubupnorth (Dublin) - Posts: 1897 - 16/05/2008 15:04:58    19978

The Donegal full back that day was Matt Gallagher. Gave a great display (unfortunatley for us Dubs).

dubupnorth (Dublin) - Posts: 1897 - 16/05/2008 15:08:56    19982

I think Donegal never lost a final. Played 1,won 1.

Real Kerry Fan (None) - Posts: 2957 - 16/05/2008 15:13:34    19985

Think your right RKF. Forgot about Donegal. Have checked out Down and they haven't lost a final either. S

dubupnorth (Dublin) - Posts: 1897 - 16/05/2008 15:19:09    19989

Flanders in the same article it also says this:

"In the meantime, Mr Hanrahan, who was also a member of the executive committee of the Waterford county board, resigned from his positions with the GAA."

Surely this means the other two boards come under the umbrella of this executive county board.

Snuffy

Down have this problem were a part (a small part) is a good distance from the rest of the GAA community in the county this area is the ards pininsula it has three clubs Ballycran, Ballygalget and Portaferry they play in the antrim leagues and bar maybe 5/6 players make up the entire down hurling panel. For this reason the Down county board requested that they be allowed to enter another team to help promote hurling in the rest of the county.

ps I take it jayoc is off today either that or sacked for spending to much time on HS.

NSG...................Just A Gael

North Side Gael (None) - Posts: 1076 - 16/05/2008 15:24:29    19990

Just another one. What county has lost most All Ireland senior football finals?

Real Kerry Fan (None) - Posts: 2957 - 16/05/2008 15:27:20    19993

how many counties have never lost an all ireland football senior final?

Down played 6 won 6
Donegal played 1 won 1
Limerick played 2 won 2

I think thats all the counties that have been in an all ireland and never lost.

DAVIE (Dublin) - Posts: 26 - 16/05/2008 15:27:40    19994

Kerry have won the most all ireland football titles but also lost the most football finals.
I think they have won 36 and lost 20 or something like that.

DAVIE (Dublin) - Posts: 26 - 16/05/2008 15:34:37    20000

davie. think down are 5 from 5

RKF. Will take a guess at mayo?

samin10 (Armagh) - Posts: 2434 - 16/05/2008 15:39:40    20005

Yes it was Matt Gallagher! I only became aware of that a numbers of years after the game, was probably because of a quiz. Must be an unique achievment apart from subs coming on at the end. Anyone know of any other similar stories?

dabackofbeyond (Donegal) - Posts: 77 - 16/05/2008 15:43:43    20008