GAA is still top dog in the hearts and minds of the Irish and Northern Irish public. The All Ireland football and hurling finals received the top viewing figures with the two all ireland football semi finals also in the top ten.


http://www.balls.ie/2012/01/13/ireland-tunes-out-trap-and-the-boys-in-green/

paddyogall (Mayo) - Posts: 5110 - 13/01/2012 21:56:16    1093460

Absolutely no surprise there

b.mullins (Dublin) - Posts: 1413 - 13/01/2012 21:59:37    1093466

Same thread,different title.We have been discussing this now since the start of the rugby world cup.

TheRoad (Galway) - Posts: 1339 - 14/01/2012 11:18:37    1093493

THE LOVE OF THE SPORT WILL NEVER DIE....................

dubbydave. (Dublin) - Posts: 3927 - 14/01/2012 16:38:43    1093565

Of course the GAA is still top. But it makes you wonder why RTE/TG4/TV3/Setanta wouldn't cover games like Meath v Louth tomorrow or Dublin v Kildare/Ofally in the O'Byrne cup semi if they end up meeting eachother. I presume TG4 will at least cover the O'Byrne cup final?

BettystownRoyal (Meath) - Posts: 3353 - 14/01/2012 17:23:39    1093583

bettystown i dont think tg4 will..i dont remember the o byrne cup final last year been covered there was only kildare tv camera's at conleths..( open for correction)for the kildare v louth final..

lilywhitemagic (Kildare) - Posts: 1693 - 14/01/2012 17:49:33    1093608

I'm sure we'll have ormondbannerman on tis at some stage claiming the figures actually show that rugby is top dog.

CheFinny (UK) - Posts: 1358 - 14/01/2012 17:50:02    1093609

They should be top viewed they are out national games and will always be top. Great Entertianment and 2012 will be a great season in both hurling and Football

declan30 (Limerick) - Posts: 652 - 14/01/2012 18:16:10    1093624

lilywhitemagic
You're correct that the O'Byrne Cup final last year between Kildare and Louth was not shown live but the game between Kildare and Westmeath- semi final I think- was shown live by TG4.

lilywhite1 (Kildare) - Posts: 3027 - 14/01/2012 18:36:02    1093628

The Irish public's number one sport is and always has been G.A.A. games !! The Irish people and even the ones west of the Shannon love it !!

Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 14/01/2012 18:39:59    1093631

lilywhitemagic
County: Kildare
Posts: 290

1093608
bettystown i dont think tg4 will..i dont remember the o byrne cup final last year been covered there was only kildare tv camera's at conleths..( open for correction)for the kildare v louth final..

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Yeah I remember watching it on Kildare TV. Fair play to them for making the effort. Was a good and entertaining game for January.

BettystownRoyal (Meath) - Posts: 3353 - 15/01/2012 10:56:03    1093739

CheFinny
County: UK
Posts: 1309

1093609
I'm sure we'll have ormondbannerman on tis at some stage claiming the figures actually show that rugby is top dog.

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He reminds me a lot of Ballboy..... hmmmmm....

BettystownRoyal (Meath) - Posts: 3353 - 15/01/2012 10:56:37    1093740

In fairness Bettystown,Ormond is infinitely preferable to ballboy.To be fair to him ormond never slags off the gaa,he just defends rugby when it is attacked on this forum.Nothing wrong with that.If someone had a go at the gaelic games on the soccer forum Id defend our games.

TheRoad (Galway) - Posts: 1339 - 15/01/2012 13:51:43    1093807

15/01/2012 10:56:37
BettystownRoyal
County: Meath
Posts: 1630

1093740 CheFinny
County: UK
Posts: 1309

1093609
I'm sure we'll have ormondbannerman on tis at some stage claiming the figures actually show that rugby is top dog.

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He reminds me a lot of Ballboy..... hmmmmm....
15/01/2012 13:51:43
TheRoad
County: Galway
Posts: 551

1093807 In fairness Bettystown,Ormond is infinitely preferable to ballboy.To be fair to him ormond never slags off the gaa,he just defends rugby when it is attacked on this forum.Nothing wrong with that.If someone had a go at the gaelic games on the soccer forum Id defend our games.

Im not that clown, dont insult me by trying to claim any link to him.
Che, ive never really claimed rugby is top dog, only defended it when posters like you and many more post stupid things about the sport and how some posters dont admit that rugby is more popular than they like(want) it to be

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 15/01/2012 14:16:27    1093812

Kildare 0-10 Offally 0-0 half time. Enough about rugby.

danpaddyandy (Kildare) - Posts: 260 - 15/01/2012 14:41:45    1093819

Irish........and Northern Irish? What, are people from the Northern part of the island a different sort of Irish than the rest? In your revisionist, partitionist FG mind maybe galling. The rest of us know what we are!

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9817 - 15/01/2012 16:19:17    1093854

Haha ormand I was joking with you lad I know you never slag off the GAA and to say I dislike rugby is a joke, I can bet my house I've played at a far higher level than you (at rugby), so why would I not dislike rugby? There are things about the sport I dislike such as the amount of media coverage it gets compared to the GAA and the way some of it's members go on but the sport itself I've nothing against.

BettystownRoyal (Meath) - Posts: 3353 - 15/01/2012 17:02:29    1093896

15/01/2012 17:02:29
BettystownRoyal
County: Meath
Posts: 1634

1093896 Haha ormand I was joking with you lad I know you never slag off the GAA and to say I dislike rugby is a joke, I can bet my house I've played at a far higher level than you (at rugby), so why would I not dislike rugby? There are things about the sport I dislike such as the amount of media coverage it gets compared to the GAA and the way some of it's members go on but the sport itself I've nothing against.

What level you played at and with who, if you dont mind me asking?
Some aspects of rugby get a disproportionate amount of media attention but others get very very little. I imagine you are talking about the schools set in leinster/ulster but they are so stuck up theyd laugh at e and others from limerick, tipp etc who play rugby.

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 15/01/2012 17:24:35    1093913

Yes I respect rugby folk from down your way but unfortunately I had the displeasure of playing on a few teams with those more upper class rugby lads. I would be all for them giving club rugby a bit more of the spot light but the amount of attention some aspects get all year round is a joke and an insult to the larger GAA community.

BettystownRoyal (Meath) - Posts: 3353 - 15/01/2012 20:17:59    1094084

15/01/2012 20:17:59
BettystownRoyal
County: Meath
Posts: 1642

1094084 Yes I respect rugby folk from down your way but unfortunately I had the displeasure of playing on a few teams with those more upper class rugby lads. I would be all for them giving club rugby a bit more of the spot light but the amount of attention some aspects get all year round is a joke and an insult to the larger GAA community.

If you and many others here think that rugby gets too much attention in newspapers etc, write to them asking why GAA doesnt get more coverage and for what reason rugby gets the attention it does. Newspapers publish what their readers want and what makes them money and clearly judging by the amount of attention that goes on the schools cups etc they are a big money spinner for newspapers etc

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 15/01/2012 20:35:24    1094116