Dublin should probably have more All-Irelands given our population, I'll have to take your word for it that it should be 5,000 or whatever you said.
Is one All-Ireland really good enough for 127 years of sole concentration of Gaelic football? Kilkenny have ignored football just as Donegal have ignored hurling. The difference being Kilkenny have compensated for that by being good at hurling.
At least Kilkenny have the decency to actually be any good at the one sport they concentrate on. Donegal on the other hand.......not so good.
Lifford, If you're trying to be funny, then all you're doing is demening Kilkenny football people and ladies footballers. They are two different sports, yet you're suggesting that the worst of one, could compete with the other.
If you're being serious, then I would suggest that you are completely neglecting the physical dimension of football in your analysis. The women are obviously just as skilled as the men. However, would they be able to use those skills to compete with oponants who are faster, heaveier, taller and stronger than them? Could they win 50/50 ball, dirty ball etc? Not a hope. As lacking as KK might be in the skills dept, they'd still more than make up for that with 80- 90% possession.
I think that there is a far bigger problem facing the gaa than the standard of killkenny football, and that is the amount of clubs that play hurling in the weaker counties. For example last year killkenny had 188 youth football teams and 31 adult teams. Although their county team has performed poorly, at least roughly 2/3s of clubs give kids the chance to play the big ball game. The same cannot be said about weaker hurling counties, even half decent hurling counties I might add. For example look at the amount of hurling teams there are in: