Saw this on another GAA website I use (shock horror I know) and thought I would open the debate to the fine followers of HS. What in your view was the greatest GAA shock or upset? Personally I would go for Antrim v Offaly in the 1989 Hurling Semi Final.

Rio Bingo (Tyrone) - Posts: 788 - 03/09/2009 11:49:09    414162

The 2004 All Ireland final. What a comeback from Kerry

paddyogall (Mayo) - Posts: 5110 - 03/09/2009 12:14:39    414193

This year, Cavan losing to Antrim AND Wicklow, jaysus my head is still reeling !!

Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 03/09/2009 12:19:50    414206

Antrim had beaten Offlay earlier that year in the league and indeed were a divison 1 team that year so not really a big of upset as some people may think. In fact a few years before Cork beat Antrim by a couple of points in the semi final and went on to beat ?? by about 10. In 91 Kilkenny beat Antrim in the Semi Final by 2 points.

Cmills Fan. (Antrim) - Posts: 508 - 03/09/2009 12:23:44    414210

Losing to DONEGAL

Orlaith (Derry) - Posts: 4282 - 03/09/2009 12:25:14    414214

Wexford beating kk few yrs back?

beer baron (Cavan) - Posts: 3916 - 03/09/2009 12:28:40    414217

The Cork boys clamping the Kerry' players cars in Mallow. €120.00 a pop. Very upsetting.

Real Kerry Fan (None) - Posts: 2957 - 03/09/2009 12:34:35    414231

Biggest upsets were both involving Kerry and Waterford. 1957? in Football for Waterford and 1993 in Hurling for Kerry. Fermanagh beating Armagh in 2004 was a huge surprise. I suppose Monaghan v Armagh in 2003 was a huge shock for most people but I wasn't that surprised. I think Laois beating Antrim in Hurling this year was a bit of a shock for the suits in Croke Park!

The Face (Monaghan) - Posts: 890 - 03/09/2009 12:47:12    414250

1993 Kerry hurlers winning vs Waterford. 1992 Clare Footballers v Kerry.

WildPundit (Tipperary) - Posts: 1709 - 03/09/2009 13:24:08    414290

louth beating kildare in the leinster quarter finals at drogheda in 1991.

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 03/09/2009 13:25:13    414293

Have to go for the 1980 Leinster final Offaly 3-17 Kilkenny 5-10.

People in Offaly were slaggin off their neighbours for travelling to the final and the attendance was small enough. Nobody gave Offaly a chance, but they took it and a year later were all-Ireland champions. Fairytale stuff considering most people nowadays remember Offaly winning the title in 94 or 98. For a county to make the same breakthrough now, it would have to be by someone like Laois, Carlow or Westmeath.

slayer (Limerick) - Posts: 6480 - 03/09/2009 15:23:03    414443

Steady on there Slasher lad Cavan have been languising in the footballing doldrums for years now and Antrim beat them in Ulster in about 2003 so I dont see this year`s win as a big upset. On the other hand Antrims victory over Donegal was a major shock.

gaelantrim (Antrim) - Posts: 1616 - 03/09/2009 15:44:45    414471

Gaelantrim, yes i agree to a point but also Wicklow !! In the same year !!

Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 03/09/2009 16:01:56    414506

Sligo beating National league champions Tyrone in 2002 and nearly disposing of Armagh in the next round.

mugsys_barber (Tyrone) - Posts: 2160 - 03/09/2009 16:23:07    414536

kerry waterford hurling in 93
kerry clare munster final in 92

kerryhurling (Kerry) - Posts: 274 - 03/09/2009 16:42:42    414557

1994 when Down dumped us on our ***** in the first round of Ulster. In our own back yard too. UPSET!!! I cried for a week after.

kingpuck71 (Derry) - Posts: 691 - 03/09/2009 19:36:55    414754

Antrim beating Kilkenny in the all Ireland hurling semi-final.

After that the two Kerry games with Waterford, losing at football in 1957, and winning at hurling in 93 or whatever.

But think about the first one. Antrim, totally isolated from the strongholds, beating Kilkenny in the all Ireland semi?

I thought we would beat Offaly in 89. But the Kilkenny win? Got to be the biggest upset.

patrique (Antrim) - Posts: 13709 - 03/09/2009 21:56:06    414900

offaly beating kerry , tyrone winning in 2003

hipster (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 03/09/2009 22:09:49    414919

2OO4 Fermanagh upseting the odds to beat quality teams such as Cork and Armagh to reach the All Ireland semi final....really should have won that 2

eejit85 (Fermanagh) - Posts: 106 - 03/09/2009 23:48:41    415047

Clare beating Kerry in the '92 Munster final was the biggest football upset I've seen. There has been nothing comparable in hurling. Antrim had came close to shocking Cork in '86 and Kilkenny in '87, so I was not too surprised when they made the breakthrough against Offaly in '89. Also, Waterford were a division 3 team when they lost to Kerry in '93, so the result was nowhere near as noteworthy as it would be nowadays. I'd pick Waterford beating Cork in '89 and Clare beating Cork in '93 as the biggest hurling upsets of the last 30 years. Both winning teams went into those games at a fairly low ebb and Cork were raging-hot favourites.

Gaillimh_Abu (Galway) - Posts: 1035 - 04/09/2009 06:20:27    415123