Leinster Championship wins are hard to come by but the feeling of getting wins there will never be matched by the Tailteann Cup unfortunately. It's Basically an All Ireland B competition. Now I would love to see Carlow progress in it or win it of course but that's unlikely at the minute. Just as unlikely for us to win Leinster anytime soon but it means more to get the odd win there. Laois 1988, Wicklow/ Wexford 1996, louth win was massive in 2011, Wexford in 2017 & louth in 2018 but the biggest of them all was beating Kildare in 2018 to book a semi final. That was an unbelievable day & we were all dreaming of a Leinster final until the old enemy across the Barrow brought us back to earth. (That was a massive opportunity lost)
Point is you can't beat the feel good factor of a leinster win, Tailteann is where we are at now but its not the same. That's why Sunday was so disappointing. Good home crowd on the back of getting promoted & we produced a performance that was worst than the London game & that says a lot

carlo (Carlow) - Posts: 328 - 14/04/2026 17:13:37    2666427