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Galway Hurling thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Tiger1: "Got that one wrong Katser unfortunely old Galway habit of not turning up came back once again i really hoped ye would win it but went out without any great fight." I think you're wrong there. You're overrating Galway's capacity perhaps. In hindsight, there was flimsy enough evidence that they'd have enough to 'show up' against Limerick. What I can't fathom is how Cork managed to get hammered by us.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 19/07/2026 21:11:11
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To sligo joe: "Surely Limerick were not class on the day, yes they are a class team but won easy today with an average performance" Limerick did the basic right and never needed to reach any great heights to win comfortably as Galway was so poor on the day.
Drax_the_destroyer (National) - 19/07/2026 19:31:41
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Football Championship 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Kerry like Limerick won games playing poor. Like limerick they will peak for final. Kerry could win by 15-20 with lads hitting form. Madness put €100 for turkey shoot out.
hlynch12 (National) - 20/07/2026 16:53:16
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Limerick Senior Hurling 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To ColmFlaherty: "Fair play lads, probably a year or 2 early for us, but the experience of it will do the lads some good." It could go one of two ways for Galway now, the realisation that the tactics they implemented yesterday will never work against a top tier side, as they will shut down the long ball in or the attempts to run it through the middle, Had Galway met Clare yesterday, the levels of physicality would have been similar. Game plan has to be varied. Limerick were setting traps for Galway i thought in that they generally allowed the first player receive the puckout in space but then exerted enormous levels of pressure on the second ball. Lack of battles in Leinster did them no favours, but it will be interesting to see how they rebound and change next year.
Congrats to Limerick and all involved they absolutely cemented their legacy by coming back to win another one and do a clean sweep across the board this year. So many great performances but just to name a few that stood out when watching, Barry Nash, Kyle Hayes and WOD had fantastic games, Cian was back to his usual level of brilliance and could easily have picked up motm also, CON was fantastic throughout and deserved the motm and great to see Gillane get back to himself on the biggest day. Legends the lot of them. Thank you for the days,,,,
Fitzy01 (National) - 20/07/2026 11:56:30
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Galway it wasn't your day yesterday
I have to say Galway fans are a class act, great craic and banter all day even in defeat, stayed until the end and never got nasty or bitter. Cork and Clare fans could learn a lot from you.
Class city, beauty county and even better people.
Going forward if it not going to be Limerick us, I hope its Galway all the way
LimerickandProud (National) - 20/07/2026 09:16:08
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Seniorleague: "Hurling has seen some bizarre games the last few seasons.
Hopefully todays game was another one of those amd not an accurate indication of the gap between the two." I dont think there is a big difference in terms of hurling ability or athleticism. Galway have put up huge scores throughout this championship and you dont achieve scores like that if you dont have hurling and athleticism. Today they experienced Munster Championship intensity and physicality. Limerick are used to and excel in that environment. It waa new to Galway , at least it was at that level. It was the difference because we were only a 7 out of 10 today hurling wise but won all the battles or as good as.
Tadhg2020 (National) - 19/07/2026 22:25:46
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
The real ai was the semi against Clare..who will be kicking themselves..
Pepper1 (National) - 19/07/2026 21:19:47
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Seniorleague: "Thats my original question though.
Will you continue to stick up for one another in a 32 county republic or will you lose that and consider yourselves unconditionally as one with Irish people south of the border." We already are at one with our neighbours in Donegal Monaghan and Cavan and look forward to the day when we are a 32 county republic. By the way I take great joy in seeing Armagh and sometimes Derry take a beating.
tireoghainabu (National) - 19/07/2026 19:31:25
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Galway Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To katser: "There will be another great day in Croke Park.....
Galway will beat (limrik)" Got that one wrong Katser unfortunely old Galway habit of not turning up came back once again i really hoped ye would win it but went out without any great fight.
Tiger1 (National) - 19/07/2026 20:02:53
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "2 of the best teams of all time without a doubt.
This Limerick era have won 6 All Ireland's in 9 years including a 4 in a row.
Dubs won 8 All Ireland's in 10 years, 9 in 13 years, including 6 in a row.
As for today, it was men against boys and Limerick were a different class altogether. As you say, they could easily have won by 20pts if they wanted to.
Kiely is some manager.
Limerick had 10 different scorers and but for the Galway goalie they could have had 3 goals. Out of their 1-29 all but 5pts were from play. Outstanding.
Galway only scored 8pts from play.
I thought Galway would put up more of a challenge tbh but it just goes to show how good Limerick were today.
Fully deserved and they are a credit to the GAA.
Congrats and enjoy the celebrations.
The other counties have a hell of a lot of work to do to reach the level on show today. Limerick are the standard bearer once again." Surely time to address the elephant in the room Fionn and start the serious conversation of splitting Limerick in two?? ;)
TrueBlue35 (National) - 20/07/2026 10:10:07
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To REDANDBLACK30: "Well said it is a terrible historical wrong and injustice. It should be the number one priority for all Irish people and any Irish government. It needs to be made much more of a priority so the momentum for a border poll increases. If Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael remain in Government and refuse to plan for unity, it will stall for generations." It certainly isn't "number one priority for all Irish people".
Seanfan (National) - 20/07/2026 16:39:37
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Tadhg2020: "I think you are being harsh there on MD. Its not for me to defend him but sometimes things just are what they are.
I discussed game with 2 friends in the Cusack before throw in and we were in full agreement that if we got our intensity and physicality up to the levels we know they can reach and hold our defensive shape that it would be a comfortable game for us. I don't think that MD could do anything about that. We won all the battles and that sorted the game. Nothing I've seen from Galway this season indicates that the personnel were available to MD to reverse that. Sometimes it is that simple." Limerick are miles ahead physically at the moment it's the tactical decisions made on the sideline that baffles. He went into an all Ireland welded to his system he didn't try and pull a magic trick to try and confuse limerick's players. Ye had the physical battle won and once ye got to grips with the Galway play twas all over after 20 mins ye had a lot of wides fahy made a few great saves and Lyons was helpful to say the least ye should have been 10 points up at half time. The younger players on the squad now know the levels needed to win an all Ireland it'll stand to them. Tactically MD needs to evolve to at least move forward. Clare have caused ye the most problems over the years, obviously he must think he knows more than lohan.
Limerick dominated and swarmed all over the pitch yesterday fair play to ye. Ye have a great team and players and ye deserve every success.
2maroonjerseys (National) - 20/07/2026 16:28:23
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To sponger: "Good luck on Sunday lads.
Galway are the next generation - I suspect their time is now." Time for a Novena, maybe.
StopTheLights (National) - 19/07/2026 19:32:30
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "I had a good friend from Gortin and one of the sure ways to turn him into a raving loon was to say anything at all good about Derry." Yes the Sperrin mountains were a great natural dividing line. Brian Dooher used to play like a man possessed when he played Derry.
tireoghainabu (National) - 20/07/2026 15:14:32
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Hurling Refereeing. - 1 Like(s)
There was a lot on confusion among spectators yesterday with regard to the actions of the referee, he allowed play to continue for a protracted period after continuous actions , before pausing and then awarding a free. It was suggested by some around me that the game was being officiated by committee and results being transmitted to the whistler which accounted for delayed action without seemingly any indication that an advantage was being allowed.
backtooldwall (National) - 20/07/2026 14:57:26
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To TrueBlue35: "Surely time to address the elephant in the room Fionn and start the serious conversation of splitting Limerick in two?? ;)" :) and we will give the same clever answer the Dubs gave when the same question was posed years ago:
"We are all in favour of splitting Limerick in two............................................ a Limerick V Limerick all Ireland Final would be class :)
LimerickandProud (National) - 20/07/2026 14:13:59
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Tyrone nudged out Mayo in a 50-50 game. Kerry nudged out Tyrone in a 50-50 game. The only direct linear line that anyone can reasonably draw between the progress of both finalists.
legendzxix (National) - 20/07/2026 14:13:29
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Shane Moran two year term as Roscommon U17 manager has come to an end as he has decided not to opt a further year or two. Under his watch as manager we won back to back Connacht titles played 10 and won 10 in the province. And should we get a handful of those players going on to represent Roscommon Seniors in the years ahead it will be the true measure of success.
Best wishes to Shane, an excellent young coach and manager and total gentleman.
The_analyser (National) - 20/07/2026 13:42:54
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To 2maroonjerseys: "MD showed up with the same system that had us trailing both Wexford and Kildare by double figures until he made changes and got the win. Did he think the same system would overcome limerick the best team in Ireland for the last 8 yrs. He'd no plan B or even try a different format to start to confuse limerick. Clare have pushed limerick to the limit for the last 6/7 yrs and yet he mustn't have watch any tape of how they confuse and drive limerick to their limit. I wonder was there any Galway men involved with Clare he could have asked for any tactical tips on how to play them? Having one in 17 they hard questions won't be asked for now.
That's my tuppence worth after enduring another final loss in croke park." Hurlers win matches, coaches lose them.
One thing Clare have, that Galway don't have, is a couple of high ball contesting forwards in Duggan and O'Donnell, that they often station in the half forward line as the need may arise. Galway have Rabbitte, but don't gameplan him as a half-forward target. Duggan was a major factor in Clare's semi final success for 50mins as a ball contesting half forward. Galway didn't have that all season (haven't had it in 9 years versus this Limerick side in actual fact), especially when Rory Burke went down. The only options were Rabbitte and Whelan. Rabbitte was adhering to a gameplan, posted inside, and Whelan just got out the wrong side of the bed yesterday, and didn't look very capable of any task on the day.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 20/07/2026 12:24:42
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Eire89: "Any reccomendations for parking on Sunday?" Ya, the Galway Shopping Centre.
StopTheLights (National) - 19/07/2026 19:33:37
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