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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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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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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 - 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)
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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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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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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Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
A harsh scoreline at the end of Extra Time masks a performance that would have been unthinkable given the league campaign.
We were close, very close, to claiming the Anglo Celt in normal time having overhauled a 7 point against the only team in today's provincials Colm O'Rourke think has a shot at Sam.
Lick a wound or two, have a jar, then build for Mayo.
Hon.
Knoxboya (National) - 17/05/2026 20:54:45
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Gallant effort today, well done.
Gantric (National) - 17/05/2026 21:26:34
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Congratulations Westmeath ! A terrific performance today when it mattered ! Enjoy the celebrations ! Well deserved!!!!
carlowman (National) - 17/05/2026 21:36:22
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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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Wexford Hurling Thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To 96andproud: "All fair points but it was with Westmeath he cut his teeth with not a top tier county! But as you said he brought them from Div 2 to Div 1 in his first year and kept them there. In all those results in year two in division 1 they were beaten by Limerick Cork and Tipperary by less than 5/6 points which was huge for them and with what? We couldn't beat them in championship on two occasions. Two years later Westmeath have only beaten London…
He beat us at minor and u20 levels also while winning two Leinster titles along with winning a Dublin championship with Ballyboden. I'm not sure they have won one since. It's a lot more than what Keith had or Darragh Egan for that matter. I couldn't see him take it, not travelling from Dublin. But I personally would love to see him part of it along with Skippy Ruth." 2 weeks ago jj was the man after beating iilkenny in an u17 game what do ye think after last week's defeat of u17s .
It's not who we want its who wants it and then only if they fit the profile whatever that might be .
We ll see who puts their hand up .
Can we honestly say that rossiter deserves to be vilified for his tenure a time when no one of an experienced higher calibre or profile wanted the job .
His heart is Wexford . I ll Say this again for one last time I dont care who the manager is, any player that puts a wexford jersey on has to give 100% all the tine on that field regardless of manager . I certainly dont think we ve got that in last 2 to 3 years that's for sure.
We are wexford in the good times and the bad times we wont hide and we live to fight another day .
We have no choice . We have 1 more game to go lets go out with a fight .
I dont care what the players think of management they owe it to themselves their clubs their families and everyone else in wexford hurling to stand and fight .
Keith Rossiter done his best in his own way can all the players say the same
Formertownie (National) - 17/05/2026 23:24:13
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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 Viking66: "Just out of interest Pikeman do you know Fortune personally?" Well, I obviously know who he is, and he knows who I am, so I suppose then yes, we know each other personally.
But we wouldn't meet or speak regularly. We're not on either particularly friendly nor unfriendly terms - more a case of nodding acquaintances who might have a quick chat about things in general rather than an in-depth discussion of something in particular.
I do recognise that there may well be a role for him somewhere in an inter-county backroom team, but I do still doubt he'd be a good choice to be the actual senior hurling manager.
Pikeman96 (National) - 18/05/2026 12:05:38
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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)
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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