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Dublin GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To brayballer: "We have lots to keep us busy like the hurlers.Its not a conxern and its not a home game.Parnell park is our home ground but if Donegal had their way Dubs would not play in Dublin at all." It's where you've played your home league games for years. It's a home venue.
Although if the fairweather fan levels dwindle much further, ye could be back in Parnell!
cavanman47 (National) - 17/05/2026 20:58:23
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Westmeath Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Gantric: "Well done, quality wise it was a poor game like the Connacht final last week but it was exciting. Westmeath are an honest hard working teams but lack that quality that will bother the big teams." Thanks for the negative comments. 2 28 is some score in a so called poor game. Many congratulations to mark mchugh and this marvellous group of young man . It was a game that we were in we went behind and could have won in normal time . But in extra time we stood tall . Great displays all over the field. The baker brothers tadgh and senan when he came on were outstanding . To a man everyone ran themselves to a standstill. John heslin justified his inclusion and I hope he remains with the group. It was great to see the heroic ronan Wallace lift the bill delaney cup . Man of the match take your pick because I can't single out any one . Iarmhi abu
mickcunningham (National) - 17/05/2026 20:20:21
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Football Championship 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Huge congratulations to Westmeath.A fantastic win and proved their victory over Meath was not a once off.Great scenes and great for Westmeath.Commiserations to Dublin who played their part is a real entertaining game.They did great to comeback in real time and a fab 2 point free by Costello but extra time was a bridge too far for them.
Today is Westmeath's day and delighted for the likes of John Heslin.Top kudos too to Mark McHugh. What he has done with Westmeath is just top drawer.
CiarraiMick (National) - 17/05/2026 16:28:20
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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Waking up this morning and yesterday still feels like a dream. What a performance from our lads. Great scenes also in Mullingar last night despite the weather. I don't know about anyone else but I was teary eyed at full time yesterday with the pride of these great men. Westmeath Abu!
45onthe52 (National) - 18/05/2026 08:36:52
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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To avonali: "Split Westmeath! They deserved their win. Enjoy the celebrations.." They already did! The other side is east-Westmeath; more commonly known as Meath.
A half dacent football team there also by all accounts.
35OLT (National) - 18/05/2026 03:43:21
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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Thank you Mark McHugh, Emmet McDonnell, Jamie Gonoud and rest of the management team, and the players from one to 35 for the commitment they gave yesterday. You gave me and the thousands in the stadium and watching at home the best of days we have ever seen. To do it in the fashion they did was incredible. To go 5 down and swing to 4 up then go behind with a minute to go. What can one say about Senan Baker the coolest of heads on the field sailed up the wing and slotted the equaliser of as if he was playing in Croke park the last 10 years. Kevin O'Sullivan was incredible transitioning the ball from half back to half forward. Matty Whittaker caused all sorts of problems and took some fantastic scores. The commitment at midfield to break ball and win it was unreal in that 3rd quarter of normal time and the whole of extra time. Tadgh Baker has some engine up and down the pitch was brilliant in lead up to Heslins 2 pointer. As for Heslin what an impact won couple of kickouts scored inspirational 2 pointer with the left so happy he got his medal. This was special and hopefully the lads can recuperate over next day or two and regroup and get geared up for Cavan. Anyone know how Danny Scahill is?
Chops (National) - 18/05/2026 10:34:39
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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Well done to our ladies on Saturday… the start of a great weekend for Westmeath.
Well done to Mark Mc Hugh and, the management team and well done to our brilliant brilliant players! Each and every player contributed when it was needed…
In front of support that outnumbered the dubs 2 to 1, at least… it was a great great day to be from WH in croker! Well done.
The dubs and WH supporters always get along and they were classy in defeat yesterday.
Westmeath player conditioning is on a par with any team and ahead of some teams, and has been for some time now. The extra time WH fitness yesterday was crazy.
Laker1500 (National) - 18/05/2026 11:05:00
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Dublin GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Well Dublin is really a hurling county so its a bonus to get into a SF Leinster final.
avonali (National) - 17/05/2026 21:30:55
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Dublin GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Dublin players tried to the end to be fair to them, Westmeath were just fitter and deserved their win.
A bigger concern for Dublin would be that they were outnumbered by Westmeath supporters in a home final.
peiledoir20 (National) - 17/05/2026 18:11:11
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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Congratulations Westmeath! I am absolutely delighted for ye. The response after Dublin went 5 points up early in the second-half was magnificent. Ye were by far the better team and ran Dublin ragged in extra-time. Senan Baker was brilliant and ye had leaders all over the field. Glad to see Heslin come on to play his part and finally win a Leinster medal.
Gaillimh_Abu (National) - 17/05/2026 16:22:02
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Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To giveitlong: "Agree, and it has reopened the question, are west board lads as committed to their clubs, county and teammates as their north board mates? I am just looking at those missing over the past 2/3 years...." Sean Kelly,Paul Conroy,John Maher are all West Board players so what is your point?
Alwaysencourage (National) - 17/05/2026 16:33:19
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "The crowd that was on Hill is pretty much the same crowd that will be there in the freezing rain in February and which travels to away games. A lot of them also support the hurlers and we had 1,000 in Salthill on Saturday.
I am concerned that the GAA is rapidly going off radar as the city becomes something unrecognisable. If there is no county team with a large following that will be further reduce the appeal." Correct Barney.
For all the talk about the great Dublin support,the truth is there is the hardcore fans and the bandwagon fans.We had olenty bandwagonsfans during the six in a row but they disappear when the boys are struggling.I met many so called fans during the six in a roe and they did nt know the names of half the players.The real fans are there for the lows also.After all the highs the team gave the fans it was sad and embarassing to be outnumbered by opposing fans in our home city for a Leinster final.
brayballer (National) - 18/05/2026 11:15:14
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Cork, Kerry, Galway and Ros to win this weekend.
bloodandbandage (National) - 18/05/2026 15:18:31
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To ElGranSenor: "I suppose the argument in his defence was that Westmeath's job was to stay up and anything beyond that was a bonus
I'd have him as an option, he wouldn't be my #1 option though and I don't see why we'd already have him lined up
Are the Hurling Advisory Committee the ones who make the decision here? Who's on that committee as well? Think Adrian Fenlon is the head?" Suppose the main point I'm making re. Fortune is that in his three years with Westmeath, they didn't show any signs of sustained improvement or competitiveness. For every one good result they'd have, such as the shocks v Wexford or the narrower defeats in the League, you could nearly bet the house that they'd follow it up with two or three bad ones.
Greatest example of all is probably that win over Wexford. On a major high and going into a last round match against an Antrim side who were shellshocked after losing their two previous games by a total 36 points, on a day where the winners would avoid relegation....and Antrim won by 14 points.
Anyway, re. an appointment of a next manager - there's normally a dedicated committee set up for senior inter-county appointments. The HAC would have a strong voice on it all right, but it wouldn't be 100% up to them.
Pikeman96 (National) - 18/05/2026 10:18:16
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To cavanman47: "It's where you've played your home league games for years. It's a home venue.
Although if the fairweather fan levels dwindle much further, ye could be back in Parnell!" The crowd that was on Hill is pretty much the same crowd that will be there in the freezing rain in February and which travels to away games. A lot of them also support the hurlers and we had 1,000 in Salthill on Saturday.
I am concerned that the GAA is rapidly going off radar as the city becomes something unrecognisable. If there is no county team with a large following that will be further reduce the appeal.
BarneyGrant (National) - 18/05/2026 10:22:07
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
A pleasure and a privilege to be in Croker yesterday to watch that Westmeath performance.
Westmeath shouldn't have needed Extra Time such was the gap between the 2 sides. A wonderful performance, well done and congratulations to all the long suffering Westmeath supporters.
Enjoy the celebrations!
MesAmis (National) - 18/05/2026 10:36:23
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Crashingwaves: "This is not a discussion, it's a rant and some of it is quite insulting. Firstly, you continuously call the Leinster Championship "our championship" and give the impressive that Galway and Antrim should be grateful to be allowed to play in it. You'll be a long time waiting if you think either county will genuflect to your silly demands. The traditional Leinster knock-out championship is gone and gone for good reasons.
You wrote, "what I do have a problem with is posters who are like the hungry neighbour you invite round for dinner, who then starts complaining about the food." This sounds like Arlene Foster and her crocodile comment! There are some understanding and decent Wexford posters on this forum and I know Wexford is a good hurling county but comments like these are unwelcome." If you're thinking of Arlene Foster and crocodiles, I'm thinking of a guy called Joe and our college days in UCD.
I was sharing a flat with three other lads from home. Joe asked at one stage if he could come stay for a while, when he was stuck for a place of his own. We let him in. For the first few nights, he was grand. Brought us for pints. Cooked the dinner and washed up afterwards. Even cleaned the jacks.
But six weeks later, he was still there. When one of the others got a bit annoyed with him one night and ended up asking "when you are moving out of our flat anyway?", he answered "what do you mean your flat? Sure I live here now too!"
Not entirely dissimilar to your view on Galway's place in "our" Leinster Championship. :D
Pikeman96 (National) - 18/05/2026 14:46:05
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Anybody remember a time when we were repeatedly told on this forum by that due to 'financial doping' and massive advantages that Dublin were going to dominate IC football until the end of time? Not a sign of these prophets around nowadays......
avonali (National) - 18/05/2026 14:11:24
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Croke Park expansion - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Square_B: "There's IS a direct route from Heuston to Drumcondra and vice versa.
A commuter train goes from Dublin Connolly via Drumcondra & Heuston to Hazelhatch and vice versa during the week. It doesn't explain why there's no service on matchdays, much like in the same way you can't get a train to the Docklands at the weekend either. The gas thing is that there would be plenty of space for a station at the back of the handball alley which, if used with Drumcondra, would be a game changer. Whether it would be financially viable to have a station is one thing as it would require a serious level of engineering to make it work but it would be possible. If the DART underground ever sees the light of day, it might be worth doing but I can't see it happening unless a bigger project gets the go ahead." There is no DIRECT train from Drumcondra railway station to Heuston railway station. See my previous post for the reasons. (Two different railways lines both ends of Croke Park).
letsgetgoing (National) - 18/05/2026 11:11:52
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To LobinstownMan: "Congrats to Westmeath, wasn't surprised at the result yesterday having watched them close up in Tullamore. I would hope that they celebrate well but reset for the AI Series as a kind draw against Cavan means they have a real chance of getting to a QF if the heads are right. Louth won Leinster in similar circumstances last year and then didn't turn up for the AI Series, hopefully Westmeath kick on." Very generous and good advice.This team has incredibile potential and with the young lads coming through great things can be achieved if we keep our feet on the ground.
jobber (National) - 18/05/2026 14:05:41
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