Dublin have won six All-Ireland senior hurling titles throughout their history but, remarkably, only one true Blue Dub featured in any of those successes.

He was Jim Byrne, who lined out at left half back when the Liam MacCarthy Cup last came to the capital in 1938. All of Dublin's previous All-Ireland winning teams were made up exclusively of players from other parts of the country who came to work and live in the capital at a time when a trip down the country took much longer than it does nowadays.

Legendary goalkeeper Jimmy Grey, who was one of the Dublin-born players who played in the 1961 All-Ireland final defeat to Tipperary, is keeping his fingers crossed that the class of 2013 - which features just three players from outside the capital - can rewrite the history books.

He told RTE recently: "The attitude in Dublin would have been largely football whether soccer, rugby or Gaelic football and hurling was seen as kind of a culchie game. To some extent, way back. And as a consequence only one Dublin born player, as you probably know, ever won an All-Ireland medal."

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Jesus that's some fact isn't it ?

waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13656 - 08/08/2013 16:23:30    1456763

Sure up until 1958, the Dubs teams who won football All Irelands were made up almost entirely of culchies. Dublin was and is a soccer town,

KeyserSoze (Cork) - Posts: 363 - 08/08/2013 16:40:21    1456783

Getting in before the wum's,
nice tactical move there wayno,
I'd say you're a whizz at chess! ;)

TheGateKeeper (Tyrone) - Posts: 2843 - 08/08/2013 16:41:23    1456785

OK so 75 years later, nothing has changed!!

I think they should take those All-Irelands back off the Dubs if so ;)

Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 08/08/2013 16:46:30    1456791

If they win it this year, how many will there be?

3?

TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 08/08/2013 17:04:37    1456813

2 outsiders on The starting 15 unlike Mayo who have 4 outsiders on there starting 15.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 08/08/2013 17:09:02    1456815

Well lets just say then....no other county has come on so much and is needed as much as Dublin nowadays....so from what people call a soccer county born and lives the saviour of the GAA!

Regards,

Snufalufagus....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 08/08/2013 17:13:36    1456821

Who says hurling 'needs' Dublin? Hurling has been doing fine for the last 3,000 years with only one single Dublinman ever winning an All Ireland in that time. If the money Dublin are getting was divided up between other Leinster countiest such as Wexford, Offaly, Laois, Carlow and Westmeath I bet at least one of them would be doing just as well as Dublin are now. And for all the millions pumped in, Dublin have yet to deliver a single All Ireland between senior, U21 or minor in hurling.

KeyserSoze (Cork) - Posts: 363 - 08/08/2013 17:22:12    1456842

Would you stop it needs Dublin badly the same 3 three teams have been winning it since the get go it's been boring as hell and so predictable ffs, it took the Dubs this year to give other team belief that Kilkenny were beatable. Only for us the hurling championship would be a borefest.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 08/08/2013 17:35:14    1456860

There is a" Big 3", there will never be a "Big 4" unless the likes of Galway or Limerick are the ones joining it. Dublin has no tradition to speak of in hurling, even counties like Offaly had a great tradition in hurling even before they won their first All Ireland in 1981. Kilkenny were on their last legs, it was Cork who finished them. All this rubbish about hurling "needing" Dublin is a sham to justify the financial doping they have been doing for the last decade.

KeyserSoze (Cork) - Posts: 363 - 08/08/2013 17:46:24    1456877

These topics really hurt the jacks, they always run into defensive mode.

Clondalkin, what four players are you on about?

Andy Moran plays his club football since he started at u-10 with Ballaghaderreen who are the current Mayo senior club champions. This is a gaa related topic surely, Ballagh is Mayo for GAA always was and always will be.

51longago (Mayo) - Posts: 2981 - 08/08/2013 17:52:02    1456881

How's Mayo hurling these days lads, is there still 15 Henrys on the team?

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8819 - 08/08/2013 18:12:11    1456911

Waynol, you're a day late , I ve already pointed this out to clondalkin and co yesterday on National - Greatest performance ever thread.......
Clondalkin jackeen………are all your hurlers' birth certs in order this year? Traditionally your county hurlers resemble the League of Nations Gen Assembly. Dublin claim to have won six senior hurling All-Irelands .In fact only only one Dublin- born hurlers (Jim Byrne) ever won an All Ireland, the rest of the "Dublin" players were from real hurling counties…..
Mayo identity cannot be bought or sold by redrawing a line on a map. Andy moran and his family know that. Trying to explain such loyalty to union jack waving dubs is probably an exercise in futility.
See other thread for more........ esp double hops contribution

beal (Mayo) - Posts: 1388 - 08/08/2013 18:33:54    1456931

realdub
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How's Mayo hurling these days lads, is there still 15 Henrys on the team?


We don't care about hurling, we are not a hurling county. It really riles ya that by nature ye just don't have it in either codes but the culchie settler in the big smoke has brought ya on leaps and bounds. Sshhh, you know its the truth.

51longago (Mayo) - Posts: 2981 - 08/08/2013 18:48:29    1456935

Well done 51, great come back in fairness to you!

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8819 - 08/08/2013 19:12:45    1456961

its amazing maybe that was the problem all along having country guys didnt win anything,now they developed hurelers from a young age in dublin and we win a leinster title and are in an all ireland semi final,if only we could rid the club scene of these pesky individuals haha in all seriousness a real blight is country guys running the gaa clubs in dublin just look at parnells as a case in point its no surprise a laois man is chairman when you see the influx there.

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 08/08/2013 19:16:07    1456964

Jaysus the turf curters are in really bitchy form today lol....Dublin must be doing well this season in both codes so, even people with no interest in hurling are having a pop at Dublin on a hurling thread....bring it on I say :-)

Dubsfan28 (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 08/08/2013 19:20:18    1456966

if they dont care about hurling in mayo why are lads from there so keen to talk about dublin hurling

Stmunnsriver (Wexford) - Posts: 3008 - 08/08/2013 19:21:12    1456967

51; Donal Vaughan Cork born player moved to Mayo in his teens, Andy Moran born and bred in Roscommon , the O Shea's were born in Westmeath then moved to Galway then ended up in Mayo in there teens. I couldn't careless to be honest cause every county is the same but Mayo poster are always going about where players are born so I like to remind them of there players birthplace.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 08/08/2013 19:26:53    1456973

Only for them 4 outsiders Mayo wouldn't be near a semi final.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 08/08/2013 19:28:17    1456977