The post by Jimmy k puts a lot of things in perspective. One thing is for sure ,us G.A.A people never forget our own.R.I.P.Aidan.

Brinsley Swartz (Mayo) - Posts: 2225 - 15/10/2012 18:15:47    1283542

royaldunne
County: Meath
Posts: 2700

Crokedwood in Westmeath, known as the wood or wood, so when a club draws them the always say we got wood :)

JimLally
County: Meath
Posts: 1

Longwood from Co. Meath

Longwood in Muff would be a good game.

If Longwood ended up playing Muff too many times in a short space of time there could be quite a few players looking to transfer to Crookedwood...

if_in_doubt (Kildare) - Posts: 3691 - 15/10/2012 18:35:16    1283558

Years and years ago St. Lomans Mullingar were simply called 'Mental Hospital'.

square_ball_69 (Westmeath) - Posts: 826 - 15/10/2012 18:38:06    1283560

Modeligo in Waterford

deisebhoy (Waterford) - Posts: 416 - 15/10/2012 19:00:28    1283585

I have always liked the club name Oulart The Ballagh, it sounds like a declaration of war when shouted out loud. Could one of our Wexford friends enlighten me on the origins of the name?

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9818 - 15/10/2012 19:11:36    1283594

Oulart is the parish village, The Ballagh is the curacy, just like many other clubs. The Ballagh real name is "Ballaghkeen", but the irish translation on the sign entering the village is "An Bealach" which is I suppose where it became commonly known as The Ballagh.

Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 15/10/2012 19:41:16    1283620

Its very simple Ulsterman... Oulart and The Ballagh are just two villages in the same parish.. They combined the names of the two villages to make the name of the club..simples. I rather your war story though

gaafarmer (Wexford) - Posts: 280 - 15/10/2012 19:46:02    1283625

Cheers folks I do have a fondness for that name for no particular reason, what's their record like in Wexford, are they a Championship winning club? I know Antrim have good relations with Wexford clubs and I remember Belfast's Rossa losing to Buffers Alley in the All Ireland Club final about 20 years ago. There was a fella playing for Buffers who I think was the oldest ever to play in a club final, what was his name?

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9818 - 15/10/2012 19:51:51    1283631

Ulsterman, they are the pace-setters in Wexford hurling at present and would always be known as Oulart rather than Oulart-The-Ballagh.

They won their first county title in 1994 after years of being close but could never beat Buffers Alley or Rathnure who were the pace setters at the time. Since then they have won 9-10 I think. They had a great underage team containing Keith Rossiter, The Jacobs, Darren Stamp etc and as a club they set the bar high with their hard-work and effort. Clubs are now learning off them but they still set the pace.

There is a story always told where one year Oulart were sure they were going to win the co. final and they had a load of tyres ready for a bonfire. They lost and a member of the winning team rang the pub in Oulart saying that if they didnt need those tyres, they would take them off their hands!!!

It must have been Tony Doran playing in that club final was it? He would have been 43-44 at that stage so I would guess it was him?

Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 16/10/2012 10:30:22    1283805

I've lost more than a match to Muff.

BettystownRoyal (Meath) - Posts: 3353 - 16/10/2012 19:27:36    1284165

When you consider that loads of their players come from all different parts of County Galway,as well as beyond in some cases,the name Salthill/Knocknacarra is pretty strange to be honest.

joncarter (Galway) - Posts: 2692 - 16/10/2012 20:27:20    1284191

There is a an estate in Nobber called Muff cresent, swear to God

An_Oifigeach (Meath) - Posts: 220 - 17/10/2012 10:46:08    1284291

Muff are in danger of going viral with the amount of attention they're getting here...

if_in_doubt (Kildare) - Posts: 3691 - 17/10/2012 12:11:04    1284324

cant wait for the headlines when monasterevin play fighting cocks. Rhodes kellaghan takes on cocks!!

burgandy1 (Offaly) - Posts: 213 - 17/10/2012 18:10:53    1284582

Years ago we used to go on bicycles to play Rhode (Offaly) .... how did you get there? the mother would ask afterwards ... and we'd answer 'we rode on the road to Rhode"

jfd (Westmeath) - Posts: 255 - 17/10/2012 18:11:23    1284583

what about effin in limerick against muff?

effin muff

beaver (Limerick) - Posts: 108 - 17/10/2012 18:23:36    1284589

Few more Dublin ones:
Stars of Erin
Erin go Bragh
Fingal Ravens
Erin's Hope

arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4953 - 18/10/2012 21:45:04    1285314

Played against a couple of rare ones in Dublin. St Bernard gaels used to be a team made up of Dunnes stores workers. We used to joke that their jersies were numbered 1.99 to 15.99. And of course Paveh gaels..don't know if they're still going

dubupnorth (Dublin) - Posts: 1897 - 18/10/2012 21:58:33    1285321

dubupnorth
County: Dublin
Posts: 1817

Yeah Paveh Gaels are still alive and kicking!!

arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4953 - 20/10/2012 18:51:51    1285973

kicking who!!

valley84 (Westmeath) - Posts: 1903 - 20/10/2012 19:00:14    1285976