Awesome win. Hard luck to a tough Kilkenny team! So happy. Galway Abu!!!

Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2113 - 08/09/2019 17:43:41    2233594

Ba mhaith liom comhgardeas a dhéanamh go dtí foireann Gaillimhe.

galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2517 - 08/09/2019 18:41:13    2233611

Well done Galway well deserved

kerryforsam19 (Kerry) - Posts: 95 - 08/09/2019 19:54:06    2233629

Maithú mná na Ghaillimhe!!

Hard luck KK.

festinog (Galway) - Posts: 3097 - 08/09/2019 20:11:08    2233640

First leg of the double??

football first (None) - Posts: 1259 - 08/09/2019 21:27:52    2233665

Congrats to Galway, great display.

Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 1899 - 08/09/2019 22:26:02    2233683

Serious congratulations to galway I enjoyed the match thought galway deserved it.

Are Galway the best gaa county in the country? To me its a no question.

someday (Limerick) - Posts: 1104 - 08/09/2019 23:25:53    2233700

Very proud of this great team, what an effort, what a result. Gaillimh Abu

suckvalleypaddy (Galway) - Posts: 1667 - 09/09/2019 11:07:55    2233782

Someone hits all the thumbs down icons....ha ha ha. He probably lost money on the match and now has to go back to washing dishes or whatever...

Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2113 - 09/09/2019 15:18:20    2233877

The_DOC (Galway) - Posts: 705 - 09/09/2019 16:29:23    2233901

must be the best looking camogie team ever
and great skill to boot

rhudson (Galway) - Posts: 1478 - 09/09/2019 17:09:11    2233913

thelongridge (Offaly) - Posts: 1735 - 09/09/2019 20:48:10    2233956

Well done to Galway and Westmeath, I support teams that wear maroon and white

maroondiesel (Mayo) - Posts: 1196 - 09/09/2019 21:56:21    2233983

jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 1445 - 10/09/2019 07:31:14    2234016

Very impressed with westmeath too

kerryforsam19 (Kerry) - Posts: 95 - 10/09/2019 10:32:23    2234052

There is tremendous growth potential in the Women's Gaelic games. The attendance for the final almost doubled over just a few years ago. They are half the population and the GAA would do well to nurture this large market.

Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2113 - 10/09/2019 11:46:47    2234082

jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 1445 - 10/09/2019 12:19:10    2234095

ballydalane (Kilkenny) - Posts: 1246 - 13/09/2019 05:19:24    2234921

Congrats to Galway, deserving winners. Kilkenny had a go this year unlike the ultra defensive efforts from the previous two finals, but defensively we were a shambles in the first half. Galway scored 3 goals and could have scored another 3 in the first half by my reckoning.

Frustrating watching Kilkenny. Too easily pushed off the ball, dropping the ball, throwing up the ball in front of opposition players to be blocked! Silly mistakes. I think the nervousness of losing 3 All Irelands in a row got to them and affected their performance. Galway had massive intensity, tackled in twos and threes. They weren't under the same pressure and it showed.

Even though Kilkenny weren't as defensive as the previous two finals, I still think the players were subconsciously programmed to have the hand brake on. I was watching the game from the back of the Davin and at least 3 times in the second half, Kilkenny players got the ball around the 65 with 30 or 40 yards of open field in front of them. Instead of doing what Galway did and drive into the open space, they decided to take the "safe" option and go for long range points (2 of the 3 shots went wide).

Ann Downey stepped down after the final. Great servant to Kilkenny camogie obviously, but it was the correct decision in my opinion, she's taken the team as far as she's going to. The team need a fresh face and a new voice in charge.

ballydalane (Kilkenny) - Posts: 1246 - 13/09/2019 05:34:45    2234922

Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2113 - 13/09/2019 16:24:36    2235052