tomsmith here
I ask the question where/what is the largest/biggest towns with just one gaa club
Cavan town has just Cavan Gaels with drumalee outside the town
I understand that up in Donegal you have only one club in the biggest town

tomsmith (Cavan) - Posts: 4027 - 01/12/2015 09:59:38    1810734

Portlaoise?

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 01/12/2015 11:32:43    1810757

Tullamore has only 1 club in the town.

uibhfhaili1986 (Offaly) - Posts: 1296 - 01/12/2015 12:30:18    1810773

biggest travesty for me is Tallaght - 5 clubs (Croi Ro Naofa, Kevins/Killians, Marks, Thomas Davis and Annes) None of them a very strong contender across either code for the senior leagues. Real shame for a place with a population of nearly 100k.

Clondalkin only has the 1 club and is a quite a large area approx 50k.

AthCliath87 (Dublin) - Posts: 345 - 01/12/2015 12:31:51    1810775

Tom Smith, there are two clubs in Letterkenny, St Eunans and Letterkenny Gaels

mhaith_fear (Donegal) - Posts: 75 - 01/12/2015 12:51:21    1810780

AthCliath87 you think Annes and Davis could ever merge :):):):):)

Jesus I would pay to be at the reunion proposing that!!!

Even Fury would be scared to set foot in it.

Anne's were always Bohernabreena!!! Never Tallaght

witnof (Dublin) - Posts: 1604 - 01/12/2015 13:10:31    1810788

Ballymena possibly? ~30k people (although its predominantly unionist) only All Saints club represents the town. There are other clubs like Ahoghill and Portglenone in the Ballymena council area then.

Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4516 - 01/12/2015 13:22:52    1810790

Are we including Dublin suburbs?

Finglas has a bigger population then most towns and 1 club Erins Isle. Clondalkin and Lucan the same with Round Towers and Sarsfields

Brianmac78 (Dublin) - Posts: 1168 - 01/12/2015 13:25:46    1810793

Balbriggan. Declared a gaa blackspot by Dublin GAA, along with tallaght and (I think) clondalkin, which for me, is the worst

flack (Dublin) - Posts: 1054 - 01/12/2015 13:26:02    1810795

North Belfast only has two clubs, Ardoyne and Pearses, which is a sad state of affairs. Soccer is the No.1 sport amongst young Catholics by a long distance in North Belfast.

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9816 - 01/12/2015 13:28:46    1810799

Eoghan Rua Cuil Raithin spans Coleraine, Portstewart & Portrush approx. 40,000 people.
3/4 of that are from a protestant/ unionist background with little interest in the GAA, with few exceptions.

bosch (Derry) - Posts: 873 - 01/12/2015 13:52:08    1810810

mexico city would have to be up there.

s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5520 - 01/12/2015 14:22:58    1810825

Lucan now has three clubs I believe. Sarsfields obviously.

Westmanstown Gaels on the Northside of the river and Na Gaeil Óga have started an underage structure based in Lucan now.

Clondalkin only has the one club though.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13796 - 01/12/2015 14:26:02    1810828

ha witnof, that would be akin to Meath joining Dublin at inter-county level!!

Ha go away out of that, Anne's are Tallaght ;)

AthCliath87 (Dublin) - Posts: 345 - 01/12/2015 14:29:34    1810831

yea Balbriggan is a huge disappointment. 20K plus living there but very little interest in GAA

pretender (Meath) - Posts: 358 - 01/12/2015 14:32:31    1810834

Brianmac78
County: Dublin
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Is St Feargals not in Finglas too or have they folded? They were a tough enough bunch.

rcarragh (Dublin) - Posts: 305 - 01/12/2015 14:42:14    1810843

Yes it is disappointing how poor GAA participation is in quite a lot of Dublin.Tallaght is weak.Clondalkin is weak.City centre,both sides of the Liffey,very weak to non-existent.The large rugby strongholds of south Dublin,forget about it.We are riding the crest of a wave at the minute,but there is so much work to be done to make sure we don't fall away.
To answer OP's post,Portlaoise would be a good call.

cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 01/12/2015 14:53:50    1810851

UlsterMan, there are plenty of really good footballers and hurlers from North Belfast playing, unfortunately not for either of the 2 clubs mentioned. St Endas and to an extent St Johns have a lot of their players from antrim road/ New Lodge area.

the_watcher (Antrim) - Posts: 128 - 01/12/2015 15:08:45    1810857

Sligo town?
St Mary's

valley84 (Westmeath) - Posts: 1903 - 01/12/2015 16:47:06    1810881

Drogheda and Dundalk in Louth, there are no GAA clubs there. All soccer

pretender (Meath) - Posts: 358 - 01/12/2015 16:47:46    1810883