birdhurler
County: Galway
Posts: 34

Thats not a good lineup. Greg Bohan at No. 14 and Shane Maughan at no 11?Maughan is one of the best fll forwards in Galway and bohan is more suited to half back or half forward. Also why would you put Fiach O'Bearra,Galway minor in 2009,an out and out forward and superb creative player..at No.7??? and put Christian Lomboto a back who has only basic skills in the game (mainly defending) in midfield??? Also John doran in midfield sums it up. I cant see ye getting far this year!

Salthillboy (Galway) - Posts: 85 - 22/11/2009 00:21:45    490621

Cucullainn makes 2 very valid points about Mary's , (1) no longer being a boarding school and (2) lads going to their local catchment school.

As a boarder, when I played in the dim and distant past , the training was ferocious with total dedication by team and training staff..... so much so that we all did lousy in our Leaving Cert in fateful year in 1960 when we could/ should have won the AllIreland colleges ! One of our coaches , Fr Christy Walshe RIP - a respected Rahoon man - had a motto for us : " pray hard , study hard, play hard"..... I guess we only applied the latter to our character building process.

Mary's was a good school and it was a privilege to spent 5 yerars there and get into the hurling team.

setanta1 (Clare) - Posts: 2 - 22/11/2009 12:14:22    490741

apologies ff. i accept that ye have a wider variety of sports but you can only prosper at one. your school has contributed an awful lot to galway football and im not bothered about what they do in other sports because this is a gaa website for gaa people. bradshaw etc-the latest generation of galway footballers are an outstanding achievement for your school but as regards the gaa development there is a huge gap and if its a mixed sports school marys wish to have then they are very good at that because it is not easy to combine many sports with education but if success is wanted then a more intense approach is needed to one sport. it is clear to see that both of our schools have fallen from our perches somewhat in the last few years with the loss of the boarding tradition and this in parallel to our counties demise. with regards the succes of clubs in marys cathcment area. st.michaels and james have had some fantastic minor teams backboned by marys players. but i do not accept salthills succes as marys credit, donnellan and sheridan not from salthill and armstrong an ex sjc man. best of luck this year ff

midfieldmaster (Galway) - Posts: 88 - 22/11/2009 16:17:02    490893

armstrong went to marys before he was poached by jarleths

dualstar (Galway) - Posts: 18 - 22/11/2009 20:13:20    491153

Nobody gets poached in secondary school, it's decision Armestong and his family made. And most importantly look at him now, his time in Jarlaths only made him a better footballer.

footballman22 (Galway) - Posts: 134 - 22/11/2009 23:30:27    491366

maughan plays at 11 nd greg bohan at 5

marys09 (Galway) - Posts: 5 - 23/11/2009 19:43:59    492165

I was at St. Mary's in 1988 when the school won senior A Connacht titles in Football, hurling, soccer, basketball, cross-country running, and I think badminton. The soccer team went on to win the all-Ireland, even though most of the players were primarily hurlers and footballers who were just playing soccer for the crack. They also won all of the other connacht A football titles that year - first-year, juvenille and junior. It was a great school for sports, but not at the expense of academics - most of the teachers were excellent. I'm glad to hear Enda Mulrooney is teaching there now -I played alongside him on football teams from first year up. Best of luck to this year's teams. I would love to see Mary's win a hogan cup.

Gaillimh_Abu (Galway) - Posts: 1035 - 27/11/2009 19:51:32    496423

jarleths are butmen

marys09 (Galway) - Posts: 5 - 01/12/2009 22:43:04    500086

Heard rumblings today from a teacher in school that a student from Cliften cc and two st pats students in Ouhgteard are joining mary's to help them win the Hogan Cup for next year. Can anyone from either school confirm this? Are they good players

marysboy09 (Galway) - Posts: 34 - 02/12/2009 22:39:20    501421

marys are not great at gaelic... there goin for the all ireland in soccer this year

.marysboy09 (Galway) - Posts: 10 - 02/03/2010 10:18:12    576693

ah indeed marys123. I was talking to a prominent footballer and soccer players of the school, says i to him 'Would you rather win the Soccer Irish Cup or the Holy Grail of Irish College Football 'old Hogan himself' and says he to me, 'The soccer'! This really sums up Marys in the last few years with the 'towny boys' bringin a wealth of soccer ability to the school. Long gone are the days when the borders were the backbone of the football.

oSullivan (Galway) - Posts: 79 - 08/03/2010 12:36:37    581886

Yes I believe Tony Lyons ad Mary Kilgariff are the managers or gaffers on that team ..Soccer team of course ..The only way Marys will win a hogan next year is if their playing on their Playstations ..

galwayc (Galway) - Posts: 66 - 08/03/2010 17:25:35    582329

marys junior team makes up most of the senior but u left out the backbone of the team the real no 9 , the young talented passionat sean murphy hu tears teams like jarleths apart

martyyy10 (Galway) - Posts: 86 - 08/03/2010 17:47:10    582353

Yet another All Ireland Senior title today for St. Marys, the premier sporting institution in the West...well done to all involved

Brendan Bowens (Galway) - Posts: 164 - 11/03/2010 18:13:39    585677

congrats to saint mary's yesterday, a credit to galway! many GAA lads involved, 4 of last years Tedd Webb panel and 1 of last years minor football panelists in the first 11. well done to all involved!

galway2010 (Galway) - Posts: 43 - 12/03/2010 12:25:38    586230

how did marys get against colmans?

tomhunt (Mayo) - Posts: 81 - 17/03/2010 13:07:02    590470