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Donegal GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To eddieSize5Balls: "Donegal are in a great place for the present and future. Always had a young team but now ya throw in the 5-10 great young players that have been added to the panel, we could be set for the next decade. It's sad to see Paddy go (although I think he can be coaxed back) and we may not have much longer left of Ryan and Murphy but even still, what a talented bunch of players." In a great place. We're under the radar a little bit regarding the talent coming through. The media often lazily will comment no recent success at underage as a barometer when the reality is you could put a blanket over ourselves, Derry and Tyrone. Tyrone won the AI last year but we pushed them to the very end and had them pinned but for a cheap infraction on the 3 back rule when we had a tsunami of momentum. I really hope them young lads can get their Ulster medal and see what happens after. It'll give the county great momentum. Kerry another story. They'll be very hard stopped with a fit David Clifford but that's a conundrum for another time.
panamasam (National) - 18/01/2026 22:35:06
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Non-Gaa Forum - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Tirchonaill1: "I'd say there's some lads here who wouldn't mind if the six counties stayed tied to the Britain either.
Always amazes me in this country everyone seems so worried about other countries and never seem to stop to look at our own country, still partly occupied by a colonial power." To attempt to link the issue of Greenland and Ireland together, only shows the lack of any common sense that is in your argument. In case you haven't been following events in Ireland, his majesty's government have said they have no strategic interest in the six counties and if the majority of the people of the six counties so wish they could become part of Ireland. Lads in Ireland who may wish that it didn't happen can also have their say as it also has to be approved by the people of Ireland. However there are some parts you may want to think about and that is the people of Greenland have shown that they will not be cowered at the point of a gun into becoming something they are not. Then again by your logic all the people of the six counties should be forced into being part of something they do not want to be, look how well that has work out in our history and also in other counties all over the world.
zinny (National) - 19/01/2026 16:55:22
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To foreveryoung: "There'd be very poor look out for Roscommon if they couldn't win more than Leitrim, which they can of course do, and easily do!" Haha Roscommon laughing at Leitrim is the equivalent of Burnley laughing at Derby County, Burnley will get promoted and will always get relegated the following year, Derby County aren't up to much but in the greater scheme of things both clubs are irrelevant.
3rdmidfielder (National) - 19/01/2026 08:40:25
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Donegal GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To panamasam: "In a great place. We're under the radar a little bit regarding the talent coming through. The media often lazily will comment no recent success at underage as a barometer when the reality is you could put a blanket over ourselves, Derry and Tyrone. Tyrone won the AI last year but we pushed them to the very end and had them pinned but for a cheap infraction on the 3 back rule when we had a tsunami of momentum. I really hope them young lads can get their Ulster medal and see what happens after. It'll give the county great momentum. Kerry another story. They'll be very hard stopped with a fit David Clifford but that's a conundrum for another time." I think the nature of the defeat to Kerry in the final has us written off in a lot of the national media which won't do any harm really. There was a lot of talk of the zonal defence being completely dead after Kerry's performance but in reality I think the structures are not what let us down that day.
but as I say I'm happy enough to be under the radar, even though we are back to back Ulster champions we are third behind Tyrone and Armagh in a lot of the chatter I've seen. I think both those counties are very strong too. It'll be great to see how we get on in Croke Park this weekend.
great to see the performance of some of the young lads at the weekend there, it was my first game of the year - fair weather fan only going to finals! I was very impressed with Shea Malone especially the finish for the second goal, and also thought Turlough Carr got on a lot of ball and played well. Mark Curran I thought played well too and great to see big Hughie moving so well, he is so important to us in my opinion.
Monaghan hit a lot of wides in key moments but you always felt we had another gear especially with the strength of the bench.
CCFabu (National) - 19/01/2026 09:34:12
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Donegal GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To CCFabu: "I think the nature of the defeat to Kerry in the final has us written off in a lot of the national media which won't do any harm really. There was a lot of talk of the zonal defence being completely dead after Kerry's performance but in reality I think the structures are not what let us down that day.
but as I say I'm happy enough to be under the radar, even though we are back to back Ulster champions we are third behind Tyrone and Armagh in a lot of the chatter I've seen. I think both those counties are very strong too. It'll be great to see how we get on in Croke Park this weekend.
great to see the performance of some of the young lads at the weekend there, it was my first game of the year - fair weather fan only going to finals! I was very impressed with Shea Malone especially the finish for the second goal, and also thought Turlough Carr got on a lot of ball and played well. Mark Curran I thought played well too and great to see big Hughie moving so well, he is so important to us in my opinion.
Monaghan hit a lot of wides in key moments but you always felt we had another gear especially with the strength of the bench." I best clarify. The under the radar was in reference to the young talent in the county. Not many outside the county will be aware of what's happening at Four Masters or that we've been very very close at under 20 in the last few years but when you don't get silverware those outside comment nothing coming through. I've heard it lazily banded around by one or two.
panamasam (National) - 19/01/2026 12:43:41
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Ye lads would want to get a bit of cop on, posting on a Leitrim thread about Kerry and Ros teams, get a grip. Leitrim are about to start their league campaign so lets get back on track and discuss our hope of promotion, team selections, verge players, new players, and all thing Leitrim Gaa.
blackpuddin (National) - 19/01/2026 11:45:23
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Rossielover: "Saw a video online today of a pub in vicinity of Pearses GAA of the lads in the pub celebrating wildly when Dingle scored the winning point, most of these gentleman possibly friends with lads from Brigids, was a poor showing to see them not cheering on fellow county men, thoughts on this?" Wouldn't pay much heed. There are always one or two who never want anyone but their own club doing well and begrudge any success. We had a lad in the Longford forum go over to the Westmeath forum the day we got beat in the Leinster Club Championship a few years ago, to congratulate the Westmeath club for beating us. You can't do anything about that sort of nastiness. It is always just the odd few, and rarely reflects the view of most decent football people.
Hard luck to Brigids. Fantastic game and a fantastic club. Roscommon footballing people should be proud.
LongfordgaaAbú (National) - 19/01/2026 18:41:41
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To zinny: "To attempt to link the issue of Greenland and Ireland together, only shows the lack of any common sense that is in your argument. In case you haven't been following events in Ireland, his majesty's government have said they have no strategic interest in the six counties and if the majority of the people of the six counties so wish they could become part of Ireland. Lads in Ireland who may wish that it didn't happen can also have their say as it also has to be approved by the people of Ireland. However there are some parts you may want to think about and that is the people of Greenland have shown that they will not be cowered at the point of a gun into becoming something they are not. Then again by your logic all the people of the six counties should be forced into being part of something they do not want to be, look how well that has work out in our history and also in other counties all over the world." I'd say the likes of you are very concerned about the people in the six counties alright Jack.
Tirchonaill1 (National) - 19/01/2026 17:46:08
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To WanPintWin: "He has so much natural ability and is very elusive. It's very hard to hold him on a pitch like Croke Park, as he can change direction so quickly.
But his shooting was very poor yesterday. The free he had which was just outside the arc must have fallen at least 10 yards short, which suggest as you said, that he's not striking the ball well at all. Needs to look at his technique. The one he pulled to hit the post from close-range was another poor strike and he dropped another short too.
There's only one remedy to shooting and it's practice, practice, practice. Clifford makes it look so natural, and while he does have a huge range, he's been practicing non-stop since he was young lad." Even David Clifford had a day like that in the 2023 All Ireland final, scored 2 points from play from 7 attempts!
sligo joe (National) - 19/01/2026 17:40:01
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Tacaí Liatroma: "Where was it announced that the Spring League was getting scrapped?" It was discussed at the AGM. AGM minutes should be online somewhere
Loughallenbanks (National) - 19/01/2026 16:07:53
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To PoolSturgeon: "It's clear no matter what Trump says or does you will back him to the hilt. He has been saying all along that Russia is no threat to Europe and now when it suits him he is saying Russia along with China is a threat to the US. In the same breath he will say that the US is by far the greatest military power in the world (which is true). It begs the question, why feel so insecure then that you need to annex another territory?
Trump was reported to have said prior to his first election that if he shot a person in Times Square that his supporters would stick by him no matter what and that seems to be true about a lot of them." That's me PoolSturgeon,
I have to take the MAGA cap of some days though when it's cold to pull and the old woolen Donegal cat up here in the high hills of Tír Chonaill.
I'll be a Republican till the day I die.
Tirchonaill1 (National) - 19/01/2026 15:23:46
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To dave1988: "Ben hasn't been at his best this year. He also has to work on his shooting it's very poor. He has so much ability but a corner forward has to be reliable when shooting from play or frees. It's like he doesn't connect with the ball properly" He has so much natural ability and is very elusive. It's very hard to hold him on a pitch like Croke Park, as he can change direction so quickly.
But his shooting was very poor yesterday. The free he had which was just outside the arc must have fallen at least 10 yards short, which suggest as you said, that he's not striking the ball well at all. Needs to look at his technique. The one he pulled to hit the post from close-range was another poor strike and he dropped another short too.
There's only one remedy to shooting and it's practice, practice, practice. Clifford makes it look so natural, and while he does have a huge range, he's been practicing non-stop since he was young lad.
WanPintWin (National) - 19/01/2026 14:47:47
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Club Football Championships - General Discussion - 1 Like(s)
Replying To The_analyser: "Watched it back Dingle was certainly the team with the most hand passing while Brigids tried more kick passing. And the contest was eventually won and lost in that manner. A wayward Brigids kick pass overturned and on the counter through the hands Dingle scored the winner.
Brigids had 48% shooting efficiency on their 35 shots way down on the % in previous games.
On kick outs.
Brigids won 21 of their own and lost 7
Dingle won 12 of their kick outs and lost 11
So 32 v 19 in favour of Brigids." That ties with my impression while watching it, if even more dominant by Brigid's around the middle than I thought. While Mark O'Connor had some very big moments, I thought Cunnane was the best midfielder on show across the full 80+ minutes. He had a powerful game.
I mentioned it yesterday, but the shots dropped short were the real killer. It gave posession back to An Daingean and they made hay off it. They wouldn't have got possession as easily from their own kickout, if those shots had gone wide. I think it was 7 points they got directly from shots which Brigid's dropped into the goalie.
I thought Brigid's were marginally the better team overall, in terms of winning the midfield battle and creating more scoring chances.
On a side note, this unwritten rule of the man of the match having to be from the winning team has to stop. Ruaidhrí Fallon was clearly the outstanding player on the pitch yesterday. While plenty others had big games, Tom O'Sullivan, Dylan Geaney and Conor Hand, Fallon was the by a decent amount the most impressive performer on the day. A man of the match award in an All-Ireland final would have been some personal consolation at least, and fully deserved.
WanPintWin (National) - 19/01/2026 14:38:46
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To PressureKick: "Spot on. There'll be an overreaction to next week's result from whoever loses also, albeit it's harder to get Galway fans excitable than the Mayo contingent
Ultimately none of it matters a joy until championship. Nobody remembers the league never mind an FBD" Every county has embarrassing fans. That Galway Facebook page is just as bad. The thing is people wrote stuff online they wouldn't dare say in public.
yew_tree (National) - 19/01/2026 13:39:35
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Club Football Championships - General Discussion - 1 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "Great passion in Croke Park yesterday.
This isn't an anti-Dublin comment. These occasions are better without Dublin teams. Dublin super clubs are just a bit soulless. Just not the same genuine ingredients of blood, sweat and tears. That's more of a Leinster matter anyway. The Leinster challenge never materialised.
The score by Brigids to equalise at the end of normal time was superb. Dingle after going 3 down in extra time had to dig deep again. The club championships since the start of August have been absolutely brilliant!" I agree with you and my response is not anti Dublin either as its amazing to see GAA to the forefront in a capital city where so many other sports are played. The big Dublin clubs have the same core of supporters that every rural club has and are as equally fanatic about their club however they have become victims of massive population increase and domestic migration and the rural parish is much more connected than that of an urban one. I had to explain to a man yesterday with no interest in the GAA they they were 2 parishes playing in Croke Park yesterday and he literally couldn't believe it!!. An earlier poster mentioned the drudgery of the national league (that nobody wants to win) and for entertainment, passion and raw guts I would take the parishes (clubs) playing any day of the week. The new rulesate definitely a factor and who knows now that they well bedded in we may get an exciting league campaign.
Dothesimplethingswell (National) - 19/01/2026 12:13:30
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To yew_tree: "A few ruin the conversation for everyone on there which is why I rarely post anymore. Every county has its head bangers though. I'm amused why anyone would get excited or disappointed over an FBd league match. Even the league itself….its all about what you do in championship." Spot on. There'll be an overreaction to next week's result from whoever loses also, albeit it's harder to get Galway fans excitable than the Mayo contingent
Ultimately none of it matters a joy until championship. Nobody remembers the league never mind an FBD
PressureKick (National) - 19/01/2026 12:01:55
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Leitrim Ladies
Congrratulations to Leitrim ladies on their awsome display against Longford.
Anybody at the match?
joeman123 (National) - 19/01/2026 12:01:17
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To foreveryoung: "There'd be very poor look out for Roscommon if they couldn't win more than Leitrim, which they can of course do, and easily do!" Aye roscommon need a forklift to lift all the trophies the senior team have won this century lol
alalalalalum (National) - 18/01/2026 22:02:03
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BigBàsMan: "This is a very funny post. You'd prefer to have all the scores coming from one player "elite intercounty forward" and not a good spread of scores from all the forwards? Anthony burns has been the best forward in Galway club championship by a mile. He will probably be in the Galway full forward line also. Tiernan Killeen single handedly beat clarinbridge on their own. Cleaned a lot of galways defenders that day too. He's just as good as club level as Conor cooney who was held to 1 point from play in the county final and 1-15 from 6 Galway appearances last year. I'm going with Loughrea to beat ballygunner on the 18th." It doesn't look so funny now, does it?
Conor Cooney wouldn't have missed that handy free Killeen did to bring it back to a one-score game in a Thomas' jersey at least.
TanCanRan (National) - 19/01/2026 11:25:06
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Club Championship Final Predictions - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Lockjaw: "Congratulations to fellow Donegal man Tirchonaill1 on a magnificent final prediction.
Got the AET score and MOTM right. It was enough to see him take the overall predictions win:
Username Overall Score
Tirchonaill1 57
Dermy 46
FullOfPorter 36
Juande Ramos 35
drumalee 34
CTGAA10 33
Yourjoking 26
eoinog 25
legendzxix 24
Viking66 22
Lockjaw 21
peiledoir 21
bloodandbandage 19
ORIELMAN 18
SayNothing 14
Auldleitrimgael 9
Lula 8
Galwegian_Entity 5
Fr Mick 5
supersub 3" Well done Tirchonaill on a fantastic final prediction.
And thanks again Lockjaw for running the competition. Really enjoyed it.
Dermy (National) - 19/01/2026 10:19:04
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