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Football Championship 2026 - 4 Like(s)
Replying To Saynothing: "Not as bad as your own province. 1 Leinster team in Division 1. Poor show." 3 Leinster teams played 3 Ulster teams and Leinster won all 3.
brayballer (National) - 14/06/2026 18:17:14
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Westmeath Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Joeynyc: "Any word why top scorer from play in Ireland went off with 10 minutes to go?" Because he was nearly dead on his feet. He had emptied the tank. We loose a game and all these bandwagon fans on now questions MC Hugh. Next year when we paly Laois and Offaly etc in the league it will be back to the genuine supporters who support the team through thick and thin
Dessie15 (National) - 15/06/2026 07:45:12
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Westmeath Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Fair play to all the Westmeath fans who made the trip west today. It made for some occasion. There's nothing like a full house on a championship Sunday, and the weather helped too.
A fine game too and if Westmeath had got their hands on the last kickout, who knows what would have happened. The goal before half-time gave us a cushion and we managed most of the second-half pretty well against the breeze. Even an 8 or 9 point lead with less than 10 minutes left isn't safe in the modern game, and you almost clawed it back.
The best of luck next weekend.
WanPintWin (National) - 14/06/2026 21:51:54
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Westmeath Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To jobber: "We died with our boots on correct and we were very brave but we beat ourselves. The first Galway goal was a total give away and right on half time when we had fought back so well Sam Mccartan who had been superb had a rush of blood to his head which ultimately cost us the game. The loss of both midfielders and Whitaker were huge losses and Mchugh has to take flak for leaving Scahill on Walsh for the entire game.
Dont get me wrong Mccartan and Mchugh are brilliant but not perfect and we have massive potential and need to learn from our mistakes." No we didn't beat ourselves. Galway were the better side throughout, we did brilliantly to keep within reasonable distance but Galway could easily have scored 5-6 goals. They're rightly All Ireland contenders, we know we're not at that level yet. Their efforts were fantastic
Claretandblue (National) - 14/06/2026 21:04:40
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To SurelyToGod: "Remember the defeat to Galway in 2024 where Finnerty roasted Bán, then McColgan, and then camped in the corner when Mogan was tasked with him completely removing Mogan from the game in which he was our driving attacking force.
McGuinness couldn't figure out how to fix it that day, and in the two years since has repeated the error multiple times.
McColgan and Mogan are not defenders, and every team in the country knows that they need to carry ball into contact against McColgan as he's good for conceding two/three scoreable frees per match." Here lad you should throw your CV in for the job once Jim leaves. Your knowledge is brilliant. What u10s team do you coach, if you don't mind me asking?
eddieSize5Balls (National) - 14/06/2026 19:12:00
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Game management has been a problem all year and it cost us again today. TJ cox v Wexford. Danny scahill free v Kildare ( got away with it but if beirne was yard further out we are out of Leinster championship) Sam McCarton today just before ht. 4 points with the wind would have been a different story. We need to learn from these mistakes ! Let's see who morning brings !
puglerdaly (National) - 14/06/2026 23:12:51
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To eddieSize5Balls: "Here lad you should throw your CV in for the job once Jim leaves. Your knowledge is brilliant. What u10s team do you coach, if you don't mind me asking?" What do you disagree with or do you just not like Jim's failings being highlighted?
To be clear, I rate McColgan very highly as a wing-half back or as a wing forward. Similarly, I rate McGuinness highly as a coach but once things go wrong on the pitch he really struggles to make positive changes from sideline.
SurelyToGod (National) - 14/06/2026 22:23:25
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To KerrymanStuckInDonegal: "Is it just me, or should Sherlocks last score been a one pointer instead of a two?" The bigger problem with that last one was the decision to move it forward. Watched the highlights last night, the Cork player got straight up for a solo and go and nobody blocked him at all. Poor decision from Gough.
greenfan (National) - 14/06/2026 10:45:12
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Commodore: "Fine Gael are not Centre right, they are center left like their identical twin Fianna Fail, there are no clear distinctions between the two anymore, hasn't been for years. Yet members of the public are fooled into thinking these two are distinct political options, despite neither being able to openly state those distinctions anymore. They have collectively mismanaged the Country for long-enough, running up massive debts during the most prosperous years of the Irish state.
PUBLIC SECTOR SUMMARY
Of 5.5 million ROI population, ~2.5 million are in employment, ~1.9 million in full-time employment.
-- The Public Sector/Civil Service employs ~410k people.
-- If we include Commercial Semi-public entities (ESB, Uisce Eireann, DAA, RTE, Coilte etc), its ~500k people employed.
-- Almost 25% of employed people in ROI work for the state.
Why is that a problem?
-- Efficiency from the Public Sector is vital to any successful Country, as the private sector is generally bringing in the bulk of the money into the State, while public sector is funded by the taxpayers for share services.
-- We are seeing time and time again that millions of taxpayers money is getting wasted every year by a public sector that has no comprehension of bringing projects in on budget, most of them spent their careers working in this environment of automatic pay scales, not performance related, so no accountability. Think Children's Hospital, Iarnrod Eireann IT system, Bicycle sheds and Data Centers etc.
-- Essential Front line services tend to be underpaid, understaffed and overworked, the general public are deeply frustrated with A&E and hospital waiting times, overcrowding etc. Yet, we have overstaffed, overpaid admins across the board, these inefficiencies are protected by Unions.
-- Public Sector workers are considered to have 'Jobs for life' by banks when it comes to Mortgage applications, there are even Public Sector only Mortgage groups, who provide them with favorable borrowing terms. This in turn keeps the housing market inflated." It's not even funny how incredibly simplistic this analysis is, so simplistic that it cannot be taken, in any way, seriously.
Square_B (National) - 14/06/2026 20:59:44
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Ulsterchamps_32: "Fair play to the Donegal minors. Given how little seems to separate many of the top minor teams, it can't have been easy to pick themselves up after the Ulster semi-final defeat to Derry. But they did exactly that and produced a very good display against a very decent Louth side.
For a spell midway through the second half, it looked like the game was really swinging Louth's way as they began to dominate midfield, with the young McDonnell particularly influential. Unlike the senior game, though, Donegal got a real impact from the bench, with Wilkinson making a real difference when he came on.
Credit to every one of them. They've shown a real never say die attitude, and it's fitting that they've been rewarded with a first-ever national minor title for Donegal." Here here Ulster. They showed great resilience and character to come through. That's a very good Louth side so to come through with a national title is no mean feat..... congratulations to everyone involved. Impressed with Lacey too. A very calm presence on the sideline and post match in all the interviews I've heard.
panamasam (National) - 14/06/2026 20:28:27
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Louth GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Excellent stuff from Louth today.
I remember Leitrim beating Louth in Division 3 of the League in the last game prior to Covid Lockdown in 2020. The strides ye have made on the field, off the field and at underage since are the example every Div 3-4 team should be following.
Best of luck in the Q/F's - ye should rightly fear nobody.
Dodgy_Pass (National) - 14/06/2026 20:18:34
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
The better team won on the day. Nonetheless we stayed fighting until the end. Very proud of these lads. Hopefully a home draw next round. Any word on why Cooney went off?
45onthe52 (National) - 14/06/2026 19:46:21
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "Great to get the win today in front of 14,500.
Wasn't expecting an 11pt victory tbh FT 0-16 to 1-24
Only a point in it at half time but a few tweaks by Ger did the trick, and we scored the last 1-03 without reply.
We had 9 scorers with Con top scoring with 1-09.
Great to see Lee and Collie both chipping in with 2pts.
And Ross with 3pts.
Hopefully Cossie's injury isn't too bad after he went off early on.
So next up is either Donegal, Armagh or Mayo…!
Interesting hearing Ger saying after the game to DubsTv that IF we get a Home tie, he will be pushing for it to be played in Parnell Park….!
https://x.com/DubGAAOfficial/status/2066190820361875943/video/1?s=46" Good win today and great to have the lads back.Feeling more positive now.I wpuld guess thats tongue in cheek with Ger about the Neller but would nt it be gas if we drew Donegal and played in the Neller after all their whinging about Dubs using Croke park as a home ground.
brayballer (National) - 14/06/2026 19:32:20
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Fair play to the Donegal minors. Given how little seems to separate many of the top minor teams, it can't have been easy to pick themselves up after the Ulster semi-final defeat to Derry. But they did exactly that and produced a very good display against a very decent Louth side.
For a spell midway through the second half, it looked like the game was really swinging Louth's way as they began to dominate midfield, with the young McDonnell particularly influential. Unlike the senior game, though, Donegal got a real impact from the bench, with Wilkinson making a real difference when he came on.
Credit to every one of them. They've shown a real never say die attitude, and it's fitting that they've been rewarded with a first-ever national minor title for Donegal.
Ulsterchamps_32 (National) - 14/06/2026 19:24:47
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "Great to get the win today in front of 14,500.
Wasn't expecting an 11pt victory tbh FT 0-16 to 1-24
Only a point in it at half time but a few tweaks by Ger did the trick, and we scored the last 1-03 without reply.
We had 9 scorers with Con top scoring with 1-09.
Great to see Lee and Collie both chipping in with 2pts.
And Ross with 3pts.
Hopefully Cossie's injury isn't too bad after he went off early on.
So next up is either Donegal, Armagh or Mayo…!
Interesting hearing Ger saying after the game to DubsTv that IF we get a Home tie, he will be pushing for it to be played in Parnell Park….!
https://x.com/DubGAAOfficial/status/2066190820361875943/video/1?s=46" Yes, good to see Dublin get back on track. Not surprised at 11 point win. Cavan are Cavan!
I'd probably like to see it be Dub v. Mayo, and in the Neller. Dub-Mayo games bring a great atmosphere. Would expect Dub to win.
I'd like to see Armagh v Kerry in Box-It.
Meath v Donegal in Nyvan or nearest available ground.
W'Meath v Monaghan in Mullingyar!
foreveryoung (National) - 14/06/2026 19:17:07
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "Two of those three losses were to Kerry and Dublin of course, sides that in the 1975-1979 era were only being beaten by Kerry and Dublin in championship football." Roscommon were well beaten in the 1978 semi final by the great Mick O'Dwyer managed Kerry team who were at the peak of their powers. In 1979, Roscommon were National League champions and 3 in a row Connacht champions and they lost the All Ireland semi final by a point to a Dublin team in decline who were hammered by Kerry in the final. That '79 semi final was one Roscommon should have won. We beat Armagh in semi final 1980 by 6 points which remains our last championship win in Croke Park. To join the discussion here, it's not either or between Connacht titles and a tilt at the All Ireland series. Galway have just won 4 Connacht's in a row and got in that time to two All Ireland finals. I thought beforehand that yesterday's game was 50/50 so I'm not shocked Roscommon lost. I am shocked by Roscommon's performance which was dreadful and not fit for the thousands of our supporters who travelled to Clones to outnumber the home support. It's the worst championship performance by Roscommon I can remember. Yes the replay in 2017 to Mayo was a bad day but that was a great Mayo side that got to 4 All Ireland finals losing three of them by a single point to the historic Dublin team. Yesterday Roscommon were outfought and out thought by a Monaghan team who will be out of the championship next weekend or the weekend after depending on the draw. On the plus side, a lot of young Roscommon players got good experience this Summer and they'll learn from it. On the downside, we'll lose Diarmuid Murtagh and Enda Smith over the next couple of years and they'll be hard to replace. I'd hope next year we'd do back to back Connacht's for the first time since 1991 which was the year of our last All Ireland semi final. Thanks to players and management for a memorable season. They put the work in and know better than any of us that yesterday was not nearly good enough in the famous primrose and blue shirt.
endgame (National) - 14/06/2026 12:15:43
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
I think if roles were reversed we would be in the same boat and get beaten small population and winning a provincial its what roscommon and monaghan are about and when that's achieved we fold up the tent unfortunately were very similar in footballing terms but maybe pundits talk up the rossies a small bit too much there was talk of semi finals but its not a bad year to win senior u20 and minor in 1 year someday hopefully monaghan or roscommon can put a top 3 team out in croke Park and fulfill there potential anyway congrats on connaught title and sure its something to savour and no-one can take 2026 connaught title from yous good luck in 27
Farneyblueandwhite (National) - 14/06/2026 11:18:38
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Tailteann Cup 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "With Cork v Offaly in hurling on Sunday already.. is there talk of the Tailteann semi finals being on Saturday?" Yes semis on Saturday this year at 3pm and 5pm.
One on Rte and other on rte news channel.
So the double bill on Sunday live on RTE gone which was a big part of the initial PR to sell the TC. There will be at least 2 Round 3 all ireland games on GAA+ too on Saturday so the TC semis won't get much media attention.
macca999 (National) - 14/06/2026 18:15:41
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
16 became 12. Rossies can feel hard done by luck of the draw but other three are the right three eliminated .
This time two weeks we will only have three more games left in championship.
Next week looks way too packed with four do or die knockout games, two knockout hurling quarter finals and taitleann Cup semis as well.
Let the thing breathe. This coupled with WC taking place, expect plenty of giving out about TV and throw times.
shaggykev (National) - 14/06/2026 17:36:42
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
What a day of football. Safe home everyone.
festinog (National) - 14/06/2026 17:26:10
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