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Roscommon GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Unchanged starting 15 team named for Sunday.
Conor Carroll - St Brigids
Patrick Gavin - Clann na nGael
Caelim Keogh - Padraig Pearses
Eoin McCormack - St Dominic's
Eoin Ward - Fuerty
Ronan Daly - Padraig Pearses
Senan Lambe - Roscommon Gaels
Keith Doyle - St Dominic's
Conor Ryan - Padraig Pearses
Dylan Ruane - Michael Glaveys
Enda Smith - Boyle
Darragh Heneghan - Michael Glaveys
Diarmuid Murtagh - St Faithleachs
Colm Neary - Strokestown
Rob Heneghan - Michael Glaveys
Subs
Aaron Brady - Elphin
Niall Higgins - Navan O'Mahonys
Robbie Dolan - St Brigids
Ruaidhri Fallon - St Brigids
Brian Stack - St Brigids
Ultan Harney - Clann na nGael
Shane Cunnane - St Brigids
Dáire Cregg - Boyle
Paul Carey - Padraig Pearses
Conor Hand - St Brigids
Cian McKeon - Boyle
No Darragh Canavan for Tyrone but he missed the majority of last game where they pushed Armagh all the way.
Tough competitive encounter expected. In Kennedy,Fitzpatrick they have one of the best midfield pairings in the country and good full forward in Donnelly,McCurry,Jordan that will need to be kept tabs on. Kieran McGeary returning to their starting team a major boost also.
The very best of luck to all the Roscommon players and management on Sunday in Dr Hyde Park.
The_analyser (National) - 22/05/2026 12:29:43
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Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Bruno@1: "Once again well done to all squad and management on a brilliant Leinster Championship win.Amazing scenes and support in Croke park on sunday and later that evening in Mullingar.Now I would like to note and say get well soon to the lads who were there with the squad on sunday but unfortunately thru injury could not take part.Boidu Sayeh who came back into the fold and played like he was never away.Rock solid and even scored a memorable point against Limerick back in March.Jonathan Lynam also back in midfield and was surely going to play a huge part for Westmeath for the season.Jonathan scored 2 cracking goals against Sligo back in January and surely more was to come.Conor McCormack out thru and injured disc problem worked his way back to fitness only to last 8 minutes in 1/4 final against Meath.Conor got his leg broken in making that great save from McBride and save a certain goal-whos to know what the result would have been uf Meath had scored at that time..Brian Guerin who had performed very well in league last year and early part of this season and was looking to nail down a midfield spot.And finally the maestro-Luke Loughlin who along with David Clifford was probably the best forward in the country leading up the the Kildare game.Luke's ability and work rate is huge and to lose him at such a vital time could have spelt disaster for Westmeath.His ability to take on players and score 2 pointers and goals is second to none and would definately have been in All-Star conversations come seasons end.But fair play to the younger lads who came in and kept in and stood up when needed.Now on to all Ireland series with great hope for a successful campaign." Best forward leading up to the Kildare match?
We were in division 3 and couldn't come out of it, and you're saying he is up there with David Clifford.
He,'s a great footballer, but don't embarrass yourself coming up with a statement like that. Try and keep this thread to some common sense.
Joeynyc (National) - 21/05/2026 21:54:19
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Fermanagh GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Pikeman96: "Actually had a feed in The Enniskillen Hotel myself after our League match up there earlier this year. Would recommend. It's on the right side of town for the trip back to Wexford too!" Thanks Pikeman, hopefully we're not looking for the quickest way out if town !!
Yellaman (National) - 22/05/2026 12:46:22
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Tailteann Cup 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Pikeman96: "Your post is just plain wrong or at least downright spurious in so many places that it's laughable.
First, the claim that "The idea of the Tailteann cup was to give more game time to weaker counties who season finished in May/June while All Ireland contenders were finishing in August/September" -
The Tailteann Cup was introduced in 2022, with a July final each year it's been held. In each of those years, the All-Ireland Final (i.e. Sam Maguire Cup) has also been in July. Clearly not the case that All-Ireland contenders were finishing in August/September.
Funniest of all is how you include Clare in the list of counties where you ask what the Tailteann Cup has done for them.
Granted, it's fair to say that the Tailteann Cup has done nothing for Clare so far. But that's because they were actually in the Sam Maguire every year from 2022 to 2025! This year was their first year to even be in the Tailteann.
Or where you ask what it's done for Div. 4 counties or e.g. Fermanagh and Sligo. What has being in the Sam Maguire done for all the perennial runners-up there, who are still as far away from being All-Ireland champions as they ever were?
Or about four Tailteann Cup being parked up early. There'll also be four Sam Maguire teams parked up six weeks before the championship is completed. Somebody has to go out early. That's the way in every knockout stage of every competition in every sport.
Finally, your sly dig at how of course Wexford would be in favour of the restructure so that we could run our club championships instead.
The vote at Congress to get rid of the group stages in the Sam Maguire & Tailteann Cup was 92.8% of delegates in favour. They weren't all from Wexford, you know. Just about every other county voted the same way. Chances are high that Mayo was one of them. What were your reasons?" Well said pikeman.
Magpie2 (National) - 22/05/2026 13:01:31
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Kickitout: "The main reason Roscommon won majority of there own kickouts is Galway basically gave them up short I'd say Galway have being doing this consistently under Joyce it cost them all Ireland v Armagh Galway not push up on kickouts until 66 min and won everything from there on but 2 late same v Meath last year pushed up and scored 2-04 in few mins then back to normal , I think both Mcdonnagh and o connaghile need start v Kildare they way better at putting pressure on kickouts ,, I mske a prediction Ross not win 81% v Tyrone as Tyrone will push up on them big time I expect Ross win by 5 ,," Agree, all of our loss's over the last few years were because we didn't get it right tactically and failed to take the opportunities we were given. We have no business in this championship if we are going to give away the opposing teams kickoffs and fail to even break even on our own. Joyce and company seem to put this failure down to the goalkeepers where neither of them have made a strong case over the other.
Another thing that has become blatantly obvious is our lack of pace out the field, in the Roscommon game some of their players were running away from our backs with the ball.
The experts seem to think we will win Saturdays game with ease but it should be worth mentioning Kildare ran W'Meath close and we should treat them with the utmost respect.
Galway4ever (National) - 21/05/2026 17:56:17
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Westmeath Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Loughlenegale: "Not Personal. Just a long time passion. In 1998 our CB at the time refused to take promotion earned on the field of play. Between restructuring and close games & playoffs over the years it was 2019 before we actually got a chance to win promotion again on the field of play. That discission in 98 set us back 5 Years with the initial blow with lost players management etc. So this rebuild project is concerning for me. I wont point it out again but it was a total clear out form kit men to S&C and so on. I agree not all in KOB control. This level of rebuild can backfire and leave us with a lost generation who never get a chance to meet their potential." In 1998, the Westmeath senior hurlers were cutting thristles down in what would essentially have been division 3 of the national hurling league today. We were down with the likes of Louth, Tyrone, Roscommon etc. Restructuring of the hurling league, getting promoted or the county board offering 50 Hail Mary's wouldn't have mattered a fig to our chances of playing the top stuff back then.
We were simply no good back then. We couldn't even get out of the Leinster B group back in those days as it was called, the forerunner of the Joe Mc where they would hide Westmeath, Meath, Carlow, Laois etc away from the big guns to decide who would go out to get slaughtered by Offaly, Kilkenny, Wexford etc.
When I think back on that era, hurling standards in the so-called weaker counties have come on a sight. The Joe Mc winners are no longer absolute cannon fodder when they go up and teams like Kildare, Westmeath, Carlow can mix it on a good day with the big guns and usually at least keep the score respectable these days. I think Meath won the Leinster B group in 98 and their reward was getting battered by the eventual All Ireland winners Offaly by 30+ points in the Leinster championship proper.
That says a lot about where Westmeath was compared to the top teams when we couldn't even get out of the Leinster B group back then to face them.Westmeath were a million miles off division 1A and 1B teams back then. Strength, conditioning, JP McManus investing a million quid in us, a few prayers from Mother Theresa, nothing earthly or heavenly would have made Westmeath competitive in that era.
Things only started getting a little better since the Christy Ring competition came along around 2005 (Christy Ring was equivalent to the Joe Mc level today back then). That divying up of the hurling championship has reduced those massacres and allowed the weaker teams to build up to a higher standard. We unexpectedly won the first Christy Ring in 2005. Down were raging hot favourites that day too. Westmeath just barely won that game. Then Westmeath produced a miracle in a monsoon below in O'Moore park the following year in Leinster and we bet Dublin. Then we got to see Shefflin and that great Kilkenny team play in Cusack park that summer. That was never a contest though really. But, things in general are much better now.
Anyway, now it's a rebuild job that's it. Westmeath have retained Joe Mc status. Barring the Laois game, most of the games we stayed competitive with a young team. Still a chance too to go up to Down and finish the year on a high too. Look at the footballers example too. You have to taste bitterness and hard defeats before you can grow. Last year the footballers kept losing tight games. This year they can't stop winning. Long may it continue too. Hopefully, their example and the general good feeling around the county now can spur on our hurlers too in the future.
RadioactiveTan (National) - 21/05/2026 18:38:02
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Carlow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To CARPS: "I'm not having a swipe at Eire Og. I'm complaining about Palatine." As mentioned here previously, only 4 Pal players were asked into senior panel pre league.
Crowley,
Ciaran Moran, who has retired after many years of great service, now has family and is not living in Carlow,
Cian Cashman, who played during the O'Byrne cup and was then let go from the panel after the O Byrne cup shield, in which he had started.
Finbar Kavanagh, who didn't commit as he is sitting final accountancy exams.
No others were asked.
Since the league finished Bryan McMahon was asked but is currently injured, so there was no point.
Pal did contribute 8 players to the county u-20 panel.
This thing of Pal not bothering is rubbish. The reality is that they don't have enough players up to the standard of playing inter county football, in county managements eyes, compared to other clubs
pieman (National) - 21/05/2026 19:43:42
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Carlow conceded those 6 goals to Antrim their last day out.
Just to keep some perspective on it. Antrim are tougher nuts than London I think.
We should be competitive at least.
Boxtyeater (National) - 21/05/2026 21:50:18
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
O'Donnell in for McHugh. A few oddish positional changes. I imagine Groake will drop back.
I suspect too that there might be one or two subs starting depending on day and likely Kilkenny starters.
Day for the trenches.
BarneyGrant (National) - 21/05/2026 22:24:06
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Football Format Changes Discussion - 1 Like(s)
Replying To GreenandRed: "Division 1 teams are qualified before the league has started. Depending on Division One teams objectives it can be a preseason league with some teams looking to avoid the top two once they have avoided releagation. Divisions 2 and 3 are the better divisions with teams more motivated throughout the league. Also depends on teams plans. Easier to plan for All Ireland series when your guaranteed to be in it. Not so easy if you're a Division 2 Ulster team. Could be looking at going flatout to stay in a Division 2 position to qualify for All Ireland and ease out of Ulster championship to prepare for All Ireland." I'm not really sure if you are agreeing or disagreeing agreeing with me or if your critiquing the current system.
I agree with your analysis.
My point of view is that having a league as the secondary competition is a waste of time.
We've a limited window to play all the fixtures in the calendar to have 11 weeks of that taken up by a competition where different teams have different priorities and some are just using the games as warm ups is not a good use of the time resources to us.
Whammo86 (National) - 22/05/2026 09:23:47
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To bloodandbandage: "Yes, and if we applied the same system to Leinster this year with 5 teams, we'd be saying goodbye to your lads!" Yup.
Five teams, with somebody going down, would have added extra spice to last weekend's match in Tullamore all right, and if Wexford had managed to somehow win that one, would have added Carolina Reaper amounts of spice to the upcoming weekend's games.
Just as the threat of relegation from the Munster Championship would add significant spice there too. :D
Pikeman96 (National) - 22/05/2026 10:43:23
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Westmeath Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
In 2026, the Westmeath senior hurlers are cutting thristles down in what is essentially division 3 of the national hurling league. We are down with the likes of London, Wicklow, Donegal etc. for 2027. Restructuring of the hurling league, The county board could offer 50 Hail Mary's wouldn't make a fig to our chances of playing the top stuff.
Very disrespectful.
Lads in the late 90s 00s were working with very little compared to what's in place now-no real structures, limited coaching support, and nowhere near the same level of S&C or underage pathways. Some put in huge effort for Westmeath hurling at a time when the game was in a much tougher place in the county, They laid the groundwork for what came after.
Loughlenegale (National) - 22/05/2026 11:40:40
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To TheFlaker: "Unreal that boys on here are speculating about injuries but it's a problem when someone from outside the county gives them information." I wouldn't be passing any notice. I think most posters myself included have greatly appreciated your informative posts. So again thank you.
panamasam (National) - 22/05/2026 12:36:28
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To brayballer: "Would not worry bout it really.We always had the bandwagon fans who came for the craic.Met lots of lads over the years that did not know the rules or the players.They will be back again for the good days.We have a good hardcore fan base that travel to all the matches and they are the real fans .I stopped going to the hill because of some of our own idiots and some other county idiots also.While there are alot of great fans on the Hill,it does attract the idiots that know nothing about gaa.I notice that the fans that pay for the stand seem to be genuine fans and know their stuff." I think you will find that the majority of the hardcore fans that remain, are the ones that are still on the Hill.
Fionn (National) - 22/05/2026 16:21:18
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