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452299 crossman.i worked on the roads in dublin with a gang of lads from ahoghill.i havent heard of the town since,a blast from the past for me.there was about 6 of them.catholics and protestants .one of them i think played minor hurling for antrim,rudy i think was his first name
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Yeah but could you understand what they were saying, thats the question?

brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 12/10/2009 21:20:03    452359

They have a horrible accents, a cross between Portglenone and Ballymena.

Niamh (Derry) - Posts: 2397 - 12/10/2009 21:45:23    452392

The final was played at Creggan, on the outskirts of randalstown, despite a county by law stating that ALL finals will be at Casement Park.

They have had a good season, but I think they could struggle at senior level.

patrique (Antrim) - Posts: 13709 - 12/10/2009 22:01:33    452417

Patrique your as bad as that crowd at Windsor. Nothing to go outside Belfast

omaghredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 3656 - 12/10/2009 23:01:46    452511

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Patrique your as bad as that crowd at Windsor. Nothing to go outside Belfast


Ahoghill are NEIGHBOURS of mine in the South West of the County. Had many a battle with them in my early 40s at the hurling when I was reduced to playing for Antrim.

patrique (Antrim) - Posts: 13709 - 13/10/2009 00:51:27    452628

It made sense to play the game at Creggan, as the game was between 2 South West teams there was a lot of local interest. there was a great crowd at the match, couldnt get over the number of cars! i honestly dont think there would have been the same crowd had it been in Casement.

saff (Antrim) - Posts: 35 - 13/10/2009 13:02:06    452913

Of course it should have been in creggan, or indeed cargin for that matter. What is the point of briniging it up to belfast??? Has happened regularly where country folk are asked to travel to the city to see two country teams playing.....where is the sense in that??

frankbhoy77 (Antrim) - Posts: 1300 - 13/10/2009 15:10:00    453079

interesting to note earlier that someone mentioned that catholicas and protestants pronounce ahoghill and maghera differently. Im led to believe that one side pronounces the letter h as aitch and the other as haitch

its a crazy world!!

stranmillis29 (Antrim) - Posts: 788 - 13/10/2009 17:49:25    453298

despite a county by law stating that ALL finals will be at Casement Park.



That is what I wrote earlier. I did not say the final should have been at Casement, the rule book says that.

Ignore the county rules on one issue, ignore them on lots of issues, and soon enough you are a laughing stock and no-one wants to play for the county and such.

Sound familiar?

patrique (Antrim) - Posts: 13709 - 13/10/2009 19:49:22    453462

Hi, just though i'd respond to the whole pronunciation thing. I actually live in Cloney - near the pitch, which is home to St.Marys Ahoghill/Cloney gaels, and am a Catholic, and i say A-Hock-ill. So, the previous comments on how to say it are wrong. Just thought i'd clear that up.
Great achievement by the lads also. If only we could get an intermediate hurling trophy under the belt too!!

hardysaffron (Antrim) - Posts: 12 - 14/10/2009 16:06:08    454392

At this rate maybe we should just go with the original Irish Achadh Eochaille! :) Field of the yew forest.

Sionnach (Kerry) - Posts: 77 - 14/10/2009 17:46:38    454533

Sionnach, i am really impressed that you know what Ahoghill is in Irish. Someone has their weetabix in the morning!

hardysaffron (Antrim) - Posts: 12 - 15/10/2009 08:53:48    455041

Did anyone notice that a contestant from the TV show 'Gladiators' last year came from Ahoghill andplayed hurling for Clooney Gaels?? They even took the cameras down to traiinng there one day to show the lads pucking about.

In the end, the Clooney lad got beat in his heat but he put up a good fight!

stranmillis29 (Antrim) - Posts: 788 - 15/10/2009 09:48:30    455073

Hardysaffron that was me that said about the a-hock-hill/ a-haw-hill protestant/catholic thing so i stand corrected if thats the way you pronounce it.
Its still something i have noticed though, a friend from Portadown, protestant, says Mon-ack-en for Monaghan.....

bosch (Derry) - Posts: 873 - 15/10/2009 10:00:54    455085

As per my earlier post about the different pronounciation of the letter H, loyalist paramilitaries once invaded a technical college in east belfast and lined everyone up and asked them to pronounce the letter H. All who said 'haitch' instead of 'aitch' were classified as catholics and told to stand to one side, most of these students would have come from the small nationalist short strand enclave in east belfast. Now, there was no violence invloved and it was some years ago, it only served to intimidate and probably to remind the students they were in a loyalsit area, but what a bizarre method of selection!

stranmillis29 (Antrim) - Posts: 788 - 15/10/2009 10:20:50    455102

ah, well i would say mon-ah-han, no 'ack' in there. i suppose it just depends. just wanted to straighten that out incase you test people to see how they pronounce ahoghil! :-) as it isn't foolproof.
yes, there was a boy from Cloney on Gladiators last yr. he did well.

hardysaffron (Antrim) - Posts: 12 - 15/10/2009 10:25:56    455109

stranmillis, yes there are differences in the pronunciation of the letter 'h', but i was just saying to bosch that just because you say a-hock-ill versus a-haw-hill it doesn't necessarily make you a protestant. not that it matters obviously, but it was a bit of a sweeping statement. i just felt obliged to comment as i actually live in Cloney, and it's what i say. it's not a hard and fast rule like. to-may-toe/ to-ma-toe. anyway - who cares - well done to the footballers, see you in Loughguile for the Q/F's.

hardysaffron (Antrim) - Posts: 12 - 15/10/2009 10:35:29    455117

So whats happening at Loughguile then - im lost?

stranmillis29 (Antrim) - Posts: 788 - 15/10/2009 11:33:16    455191

No problem hardysaffron, no offence was meant.

bosch (Derry) - Posts: 873 - 15/10/2009 11:37:17    455196

is that not where the quarter finals are? whoops, maybe i've got it wrong. it was on the ulster gaa website. i'll blame them!

hardysaffron (Antrim) - Posts: 12 - 15/10/2009 11:44:13    455206