Tom, work is about to commence on Donegal's COE. Looking forward to your donation to that too!

RMDrive (Donegal) - Posts: 2202 - 13/01/2010 12:47:12    531780

RMDrive, I heard about that alright and i will be most certainly donating towards it after all Donegal is the best county in Ireland. I'm sure a friend of mine from Ballyshannon will be knocking on my door.

Tom1916 (Armagh) - Posts: 2001 - 13/01/2010 13:00:42    531793

As a "peace dividend" the least the uk can do is give some funding which they done via the sports council and invest ni. GAA in ulster was held down for years in the 70s and 80s, hence the revitalisation it is going thru right now.

If the ulster counties had the freedom the rest of ireland had then there is no doubt armagh and tyrone etc would have been successful alot earlier on the national stage. Again that is only my opinion but one based on reality.

Northern teams had a lot of catching up to do becuase of this and if they can get the funding from anywhere, then fair play.

gottabetrue (Tyrone) - Posts: 300 - 13/01/2010 13:41:45    531847

RMDrive
County: Donegal
Posts: 1996

531780 Tom, work is about to commence on Donegal's COE. Looking forward to your donation to that too!

Maybe your County Board should go cap in hand to Dail Eireann.........................

paddyogall (Mayo) - Posts: 5110 - 13/01/2010 13:58:03    531864

gottabetrue
County: Tyrone
Posts: 293

531847
As a "peace dividend" the least the uk can do is give some funding which they done via the sports council and invest ni. GAA in ulster was held down for years in the 70s and 80s, hence the revitalisation it is going thru right now.

If the ulster counties had the freedom the rest of ireland had then there is no doubt armagh and tyrone etc would have been successful alot earlier on the national stage. Again that is only my opinion but one based on reality.

Northern teams had a lot of catching up to do becuase of this and if they can get the funding from anywhere, then fair play.


Cross/Rangers are testament to that fact there Ground being taken over as a Heliport and Barracks many Club All Ireland's would they have if that hadn't happened?

williewentwell (Tyrone) - Posts: 1712 - 13/01/2010 14:04:44    531874

Paddy, I don't see what your problem is. The people of Tyrone pay their taxes and therefore are entitled to seek assistance from government bodies that have been set up specifically to distribute monies that have been made available for projects such as this. The point being made is, not so much "on our own" but that if the money is not forthcoming then the centre will be built in any case. As a result of our membership fees paid to Croke Park, we are also entitled to assistance from Croke Park. The fact that your government does not have these schemes is your problem. Maybe if ye all hadn't bought houses, cars and holidays that you could ill afford or if your gvernment were not so corrupt then you would have the ability to fund such schemes. I read that the McHale Park development is costing Coiste Comtae Maigh Eo 730,000 euro a year and that the development draw is only bringing in 200,000 a year. The season ticket scheme may or may not work, but if the sales of the GAA season ticket in Mayo is anything to go by then you may be in trouble. What will happen if no-one wants to buy the naming rights of the new stand or the round. What is the county boards contingency for that? After all, you are talking about one championship game a year maybe so it may not be that inviting for potential buyers.

omaghredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 3656 - 13/01/2010 14:52:14    531920

quite true willie, when the 26 county government was pumping millions into stadia within the 26 counties the 6 counties were being disenfranchised and relied solely on community fundraising etc. Time to get back on a level playing field.

Tom1916 (Armagh) - Posts: 2001 - 13/01/2010 15:01:51    531934

13/01/2010 13:58:03
paddyogall
County: Mayo
Posts: 2162

531864 RMDrive
County: Donegal
Posts: 1996

531780 Tom, work is about to commence on Donegal's COE. Looking forward to your donation to that too!

Maybe your County Board should go cap in hand to Dail Eireann.........................

Please refrain from using my county in the game of bigotry that you play on here every day.

RMDrive (Donegal) - Posts: 2202 - 13/01/2010 15:09:39    531947

omaghredhand County: Tyrone Posts: 1092 531920 Paddy, I don't see what your problem is. The people of Tyrone pay their taxes and therefore are entitled to seek assistance from government bodies that have been set up specifically to distribute monies that have been made available for projects such as this. The point being made is, not so much "on our own" but that if the money is not forthcoming then the centre will be built in any case. As a result of our membership fees paid to Croke Park, we are also entitled to assistance from Croke Park. The fact that your government does not have these schemes is your problem. Maybe if ye all hadn't bought houses, cars and holidays that you could ill afford or if your gvernment were not so corrupt then you would have the ability to fund such schemes. I read that the McHale Park development is costing Coiste Comtae Maigh Eo 730,000 euro a year and that the development draw is only bringing in 200,000 a year. The season ticket scheme may or may not work, but if the sales of the GAA season ticket in Mayo is anything to go by then you may be in trouble. What will happen if no-one wants to buy the naming rights of the new stand or the round. What is the county boards contingency for that? After all, you are talking about one championship game a year maybe so it may not be that inviting for potential buyers. As usual a very valid post omagh.But the point ogall makes is the same one Shane Curran made in his column for the Roscommon Champion.That is that British Money helped fund Tyrone Gaa the same way it does the other 6 counties.This is a fact that can't be denied.The rights and wrongs of it are almost irrelevant.However club Tyrone are to be commended for their great work and are an example to every other county about what your County team means to you.

fredrickwood (Roscommon) - Posts: 2871 - 13/01/2010 15:29:10    531975

Paddy Ó Gall...."Funding from the British exchequer, how unfair"....................... Erm.................................. living under British rule, how unfair is that?! Man.......... :/

Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1456 - 13/01/2010 15:32:06    531981

RMDrive or Donegal_abroad keep us posted on any developments with your Centre of Excellence, great to see all this development going on around the country and especially in counties like Donegal.

Tom1916 (Armagh) - Posts: 2001 - 13/01/2010 15:58:14    532018

The main point is Tyrone are leaders of development in recent years and this has been done on tyrone's back...

HokeyPokey (Tyrone) - Posts: 1744 - 13/01/2010 21:41:13    532445

Tyrone gaa poeple pay there taxes but all or most of there money comes through club tyrone .

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 13/01/2010 21:55:47    532470

And sure the connaught rangers were the best regiment ever in the british army.

seanie_boy (Tyrone) - Posts: 4235 - 14/01/2010 08:03:38    532492

seanie_boy County: Tyrone Posts: 173 532492 And sure the connaught rangers were the best regiment ever in the british army. Well after this comment maybe i should change my views a bit. I have castigated Tyrone and indeed Northern Ireland for quite some time, but you have replied with a compliment. Brave men in Connacht. Did you know that during When news of War of Independence reached the Connacht rangers stationed in India they staged a mutiny, declaring that they would not serve until the British forces left Ireland, they even replaced the British flag with the tri colour . many were then executed. You can read it all in the following link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connaught_Rangers Many thanks for your kind words, but you as a true nationalist republican should know that the Spelling of Connaught is the anglo version, and the correct spelling is Connacht.

paddyogall (Mayo) - Posts: 5110 - 14/01/2010 10:35:06    532543

Imagine your man having a go at someone else about spelling, hilarious. By the way Tyrone is the anglo spelling the proper name for the county is Tír Eoghain.

Tom1916 (Armagh) - Posts: 2001 - 14/01/2010 11:25:36    532595

fredrickwood
County: Roscommon
Posts: 1694

531975 omaghredhand
County: Tyrone
Posts: 1092


As usual a very valid post omagh.But the point ogall makes is the same one Shane Curran made in his column for the Roscommon Champion.That is that British Money helped fund Tyrone Gaa the same way it does the other 6 counties.This is a fact that can't be denied.The rights and wrongs of it are almost irrelevant.However club Tyrone are to be commended for their great work and are an example to every other county about what your County team means to you.

Fred, I understand that he is parroting Shane Curran, but he then states that this is unfair!! What I would like him to explain is why he thinks it is unfair. As usual he makes a statement and fails to reply whenever a properly constructed reply is made to refute his drivel. Instead he would rather explain the intricacies of the Connacht Rangers.

omaghredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 3656 - 14/01/2010 13:48:55    532761

"Stormont funding sought for Tyrone Training Centre" says the Hogan stand headline.

But all the money comes from Club Tyrone, according to some posters.

As I suspected the Stormont Government and club Tyrone may well be the same people.

patrique (Antrim) - Posts: 13709 - 14/01/2010 18:54:10    533250

patrique
County: Antrim
Posts: 6591

533250 "Stormont funding sought for Tyrone Training Centre" says the Hogan stand headline.

But all the money comes from Club Tyrone, according to some posters.

As I suspected the Stormont Government and club Tyrone may well be the same people.
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And sure wont the North be better off for it too patrique!

brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 14/01/2010 19:57:40    533321

As usual Tyrone GAA showing us how it's done.

I just hope my own county follow up on the proposed COE with a complete restrucuring of our development programme, God knows football in Donegal is at the dogs at the moment.

Antifa (Donegal) - Posts: 143 - 14/01/2010 20:20:43    533347