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Replying To Tacaí Liatroma:  "Very surprised that the Glencar/Manorhamilton motion to correct the spelling of Páirc Séan Mac Diarmada to the grammatically correct version of Páirc Sheáin Mhic Dhiarmada was defeated. I'd wonder what was said against it. If people still want to call it Pairc Sean amongst themselves then that's grand, but I wouldn't have imagined any opposition to a motion about Irish grammar."
Tá ceart acú - tá na rudaí seo tábhachtach.
I wouldn't have copped it growing up but it's a complete mish mash of Irish and béarlachas.
The new stand looks right as well as the centre of excellence (open to correction).

And when you have a Gaelscoil right beside it, as well as those in the one I gCluainín Uí Ruairc, the students from these schools must be scratching their heads going into ehh Heartland credit union park. Páirc Seán.
It's a shame but it's probably similar reasons to the people of Dingle not wanting to be changed back to An Daingean.

But if they can get it right in Seán Mac Dermott swimming pool in Dublin , than surely it should be right in Leitrim's own HQ.

Hopefully it will come up for discussion again.

Mugatay (Leitrim) - Posts: 176 - 22/01/2026 11:57:00    2652485

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Replying To Mugatay:  "Tá ceart acú - tá na rudaí seo tábhachtach.
I wouldn't have copped it growing up but it's a complete mish mash of Irish and béarlachas.
The new stand looks right as well as the centre of excellence (open to correction).

And when you have a Gaelscoil right beside it, as well as those in the one I gCluainín Uí Ruairc, the students from these schools must be scratching their heads going into ehh Heartland credit union park. Páirc Seán.
It's a shame but it's probably similar reasons to the people of Dingle not wanting to be changed back to An Daingean.

But if they can get it right in Seán Mac Dermott swimming pool in Dublin , than surely it should be right in Leitrim's own HQ.

Hopefully it will come up for discussion again."
I think the students will probably spend less than 30 seconds scratching their head about it and carry on into school thinking absolutely no more about it. This smacks of a motion for having a motions sake. Bigger fish to fry as they say.

Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1692 - 22/01/2026 12:31:27    2652490

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Replying To foreveryoung:  "Gives the chance to another panel member to stand up and fight for a place on the first 15. That's what you have panels and extended panels for. No team should ever be dependent upon one player; a suspension, injury, or a desire not to be involved for whatever reason puts the spanner in such dependence.

Having said all that, he is a fine player."
Every team has that one player that if they are missing the team are significantly weaker. Kerry are not the same team without David Clifford. Dublin are not the same team without Con. Donegal weren't the same team without Michael Murphy when he was in his prime. Barry McNulty is that one player that we cant replace. He is that important for us.
That is why he must not be rushed back.

3rdmidfielder (Australia) - Posts: 440 - 22/01/2026 13:14:40    2652497

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Replying To southleitrim_mafia:  "It was really a bit of a nothing motion. He signed the Proclamation as Seán Mac Diarmada, and while Sheáin Mhic Dhiarmada might be grammatically correct in Irish, it wasn't the name he actually used himself. For that reason, I think the motion was deservedly defeated.

Although, I don't imagine that's why it was defeated. It was probably more about the cost of rebranding the signage at Páirc Seán, and the fact that we're already tied into a naming rights deal with the credit union. The current title is Heartland Credit Union Páirc Seán MacDiarmada, changing things now would only open up a whole set of other complications."
Sean Mac Diarmada would be the correct signature. The spelling changes when you put a word before it e.g. Páirc in this case. A cat is cat. My cat becomes Mo chat. It's an Initial mutation which is a feature of Irish.

Sloppiness wins the day again. Groundhog day in Leitrim GAA.

IronSleeve (Leitrim) - Posts: 70 - 22/01/2026 13:34:46    2652501

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Replying To Tacaí Liatroma:  "Very surprised that the Glencar/Manorhamilton motion to correct the spelling of Páirc Séan Mac Diarmada to the grammatically correct version of Páirc Sheáin Mhic Dhiarmada was defeated. I'd wonder what was said against it. If people still want to call it Pairc Sean amongst themselves then that's grand, but I wouldn't have imagined any opposition to a motion about Irish grammar."
Not much going on in manor these time!!!!

Thejampot (Leitrim) - Posts: 394 - 22/01/2026 13:40:00    2652503

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Any predictions for this weekends team?

Leitrimforsam2024 (Leitrim) - Posts: 25 - 23/01/2026 15:15:31    2652745

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Replying To Leitrimforsam2024:  "Any predictions for this weekends team?"
Losses for Galway, Roscommon and Leitrim.

moros (Roscommon) - Posts: 1234 - 23/01/2026 18:39:31    2652785

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Team Named

Gaffey
E McLoughlin
Glancy
S Harkin
Rooney
Diffley
McNamara
Keegan
Quinn
F McLoughlin
Ri O'Rourke
T Prior
Guckian
Ry O'Rourke
Kelly

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O'Shea
A Oberwan
P Prior
Feely
McKiernan
McBride
E Harkin
O McLoughlin
Ru O'Rourke
T Olunkett
G Reynolds

Dodgy_Pass (Leitrim) - Posts: 421 - 23/01/2026 19:08:05    2652791

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No point in saying otherwise but after seeing the team that is named its hard to see anything other then a Wicklow win.


Barry McNulty, Cillian McGloin, Conor Reynolds, Paul Keaney, Paul Honeyman, Killian Gaffey, David Feeney, Colm McLoughlin, Darren Cox all out injured for the Wicklow game before we even consider who's not on the panel.

Not only would most of them 9 players start against Wicklow if they were fot it severely weakens our sub bench.

We're severely lacking power and height in the middle third. Winning primary possession is going to be diffucult.

Ryan O'Rourke, Tom Prior and Jack Kelly will cause them problems but getting the ball upto them is going to be the issue.
Ben Guckian will play as a third midfielder I'd guess we will need him to kick a lot of two pointers to stay in contention.

Best of luck the two debutants in Fergal McLoughlin and Jack Kelly.
Interesting to see Gavin Reynolds from St Marys on the bench. Is he a new addition to the panel? The new rules should suit him.

Hopefully Poacher will update us supporters on how far some of our injuries are away from playing.

LongBall94 (USA) - Posts: 21 - 23/01/2026 19:36:44    2652798

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Team was posted earlier, probably the strongest team we could put out with what we hav available. Great to see the 2 orourkes playing with ryan captain.
Ya never know, we could pull a result out of nowhere, be some convince boost for rest of campaign

gaelsboy (Leitrim) - Posts: 720 - 23/01/2026 23:44:26    2652828

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Replying To Leitrimforsam2024:  "Any predictions for this weekends team?"
Leitrim will field!

foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2429 - 24/01/2026 04:01:46    2652837

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Replying To IronSleeve:  "Sean Mac Diarmada would be the correct signature. The spelling changes when you put a word before it e.g. Páirc in this case. A cat is cat. My cat becomes Mo chat. It's an Initial mutation which is a feature of Irish.

Sloppiness wins the day again. Groundhog day in Leitrim GAA."
Surely they wouldn't name a gaa pitch after a cat?

alalalalalum (USA) - Posts: 244 - 24/01/2026 08:44:12    2652844

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Replying To foreveryoung:  "Leitrim will field!"
Oh you're so original please thanks so much. Nobody ever made that joke before. It's so funny thanks so so much for sharing your incredible wit.

bláthach (Leitrim) - Posts: 414 - 24/01/2026 13:40:03    2652886

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Replying To bláthach:  "Oh you're so original please thanks so much. Nobody ever made that joke before. It's so funny thanks so so much for sharing your incredible wit."
Not a joke last season; pure true reality!

foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2429 - 24/01/2026 19:45:56    2652958

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Replying To foreveryoung:  "Not a joke last season; pure true reality!"
Oh we've heard this before please thanks. Your originality is unparalleled thanks so much for sharing it please.

bláthach (Leitrim) - Posts: 414 - 24/01/2026 20:48:13    2652965

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Tough task tomorrow in Aughrim , so many lads out injured especially Barry McNulty makes it a very tough ask to get a positive result up there. Especially worried around the middle third where Dean Healy has destroyed us in the past and our full back line worries me too. Not too hopeful but best of luck to the lads tomorrow,would love to be proved wrong.

JimmyNail (Leitrim) - Posts: 316 - 24/01/2026 20:59:44    2652967

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Replying To bláthach:  "Oh we've heard this before please thanks. Your originality is unparalleled thanks so much for sharing it please."
Please, thanks every time is really original too you little duck. Boom!

moros (Roscommon) - Posts: 1234 - 24/01/2026 21:09:07    2652969

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Replying To JimmyNail:  "Tough task tomorrow in Aughrim , so many lads out injured especially Barry McNulty makes it a very tough ask to get a positive result up there. Especially worried around the middle third where Dean Healy has destroyed us in the past and our full back line worries me too. Not too hopeful but best of luck to the lads tomorrow,would love to be proved wrong."
Colm McLoughlin should be midfield on that team or at least on the panel.

williesboy (Leitrim) - Posts: 543 - 24/01/2026 22:09:44    2652983

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Replying To southleitrim_mafia:  "It was really a bit of a nothing motion. He signed the Proclamation as Seán Mac Diarmada, and while Sheáin Mhic Dhiarmada might be grammatically correct in Irish, it wasn't the name he actually used himself. For that reason, I think the motion was deservedly defeated.

Although, I don't imagine that's why it was defeated. It was probably more about the cost of rebranding the signage at Páirc Seán, and the fact that we're already tied into a naming rights deal with the credit union. The current title is Heartland Credit Union Páirc Seán MacDiarmada, changing things now would only open up a whole set of other complications."
Seems he was born as John MacDermott alright. But as is the form, Irish people generally have native Irish versions of their own anglicised names that they go by day in, day out in their English-speaking part of Ireland. So even an Irish-loathing James O'Brien from wherever has Séamus Ó Briain as the Irish equivalent, whether he likes it or not. Therefore, when you're naming something John MacDermott Park and calling it using it's Irish name, you'll include Seán Mac Diarmada in the translation. And yep, Irish is saddled with that pesky thing called grammar, one that has an even peskier thing called the genitive case* (just like German, Polish, and other languages), meaning that when you place Seán Mac Diarmada after Páirc, you get Páirc Sheáin Mhic Dhiarmada. And that's that; there's no two ways about it. So I disagree with you about the motion being deservedly defeated for the reason you stated. Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada is just wrong in its language, just the same way that City of Manchester Stadium is grammatically correct in English, and City Manchester Stadium would be wrong. But no-one would stand for City Manchester Stadium if someone tried to call it that, and that's the difference between English and Irish.

However, I agree with your second paragraph entirely. It's probably more hassle than it's worth (in officialdom's eyes) to change the name. Pity they couldn't have just got it right in the first place. Shoddy, sloppy, embarrassing (but they don't know it), lazy, shameful; really it is.

Apologies for the rant! It started off as something short but then took off.

*The tuiseal ginideach.

Tacaí Liatroma (Leitrim) - Posts: 1256 - 25/01/2026 08:47:08    2653014

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We're well in it here down in Aughrim. Wicklow are going well to be still in it despite early goal chances. It's a pity we can't get a few 2 pointers but early doors yet. Poacher has this team well drilled, I hope it continues into the second half.

Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1692 - 25/01/2026 14:48:02    2653066

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