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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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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
My point is the only difference from last year is the few young lads that have come in.
1shot (National) - 17/05/2026 15:05:18
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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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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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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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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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Westmeath Football thread - 1 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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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
What an amazing day. It's not often a team has every player contributing to a historic victory and to deservedly win by 8 points against Dublin in Croker on Leinster final day. Colossal support and the players responded to the crowd. Our fitness levels were so high and the new rules really suit our athletic, pacy players and we had them all over the field.
Claretandblue (National) - 18/05/2026 00:07:18
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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To StoreysTash: "Last post of the night.
Since Wexford won their last All-Ireland in 1996, every real hurling county has won an All-Ireland at some level. Offaly won senior and u20 All-Irelands, Waterford won minor in last couple of years, Clare have been up the Hogan stand three times since, Limerick have filled their boots, Galway have umpteen underage and a senior All-Ireland.
In those 30 years we have won correct if wrong 6 x Leinster U20/21's (and three of those were in 3 years), and one minor Leinster. And in the 2 U20 finals we were resoundly beaten, beaten by Antrim another year, and the minors were hockeyed by Galway in the semi final.
That is a diabolical record, to call a spade a spade. How can we honestly believe we should be competing for senior honours with that record? I think we are delusional as a county but the hard facts are staring us in the face.
And no All-Ireland in that time yet talk to anybody old enough to remember 1996 they'll bore you with story after story about it. Its 30 years ago, why didn't you create the next generation in the meantime?" There are plenty here with delusions of grandeur. We havent been a top top hurling county since the 1960s. The only other decade we were was the 1950s.
We have been competitive in years, but not consistently, outside of that.
If we get enough lads, especially good hurling people,to work hard at it from the bottom up we could at least become properly competitive again. But will those people bother?
Viking66 (National) - 17/05/2026 14:30:24
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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Huge disappointment. However this feels like the start of something. So what if we have injuries, bannigan and team are having huge success blooding lads. oisin mc gorman was immense. positioning was brillant. always found pockets on kickouts. Huge credit to Malone, the work on kickouts is a credit.Only negatives is bannigan and gallagher need a rest and beggan needs to speed up that kickout, amount of time o hanlon/lavelle/mc gorman and o toole were available for the mid range kickout and he didn't take it. Also too many turnovers but as this team grows this will become less of an issue
monaghanfootballfan (National) - 18/05/2026 08:48:20
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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)
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 - 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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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
The large crowd today was a big bonus to Westmeath at tight phases. Support is key to help the teams momentum.
Dublin had no kick out strategy and it cost them dearly with Westmeath winning a lot of ball in the middle by putting pressure on. Westmeath seemed to be able to win a lot of own kick outs even when going long and also played from deep so there're was good variation.
Westmeath need to convert better in future games, and we did get exposed at times in defence and might have coughed up at least 1 goal. On the other hand we had more goal chances and might and probably should have had 2 more.
A few people went off injured, they will be crucial to rehabilitate. Cavan will be waiting in the long grass. No easy game.
There will be a big demand for tickets for the next game at home. A great day all round and such a lift to the county and well deserved. Thrilled for Heslin. He soldiered for many years and when you need to have 2 point players to win tight games he's one of those.
Iveagh (National) - 17/05/2026 22:02:10
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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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