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Westmeath Football thread - 4 Like(s)
What an occasion! We absolutely should enjoy this moment but what it has given us is a real chance of getting to a Leinster final that we can actually win for the first time since 2004. Also getting into the final gets us into the sam Maguire with a favourable draw as a runner up! This Kildare game now is the biggest game we have been in for years!
Westmeath25 (National) - 20/04/2026 08:32:33
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Westmeath Football thread - 4 Like(s)
Well done Westmeath on a hugely impressive win. Like a lot of people, I had earmarked Meath as likely winners of Leinster this year, but your lads fairly torpedoed that notion yesterday. Just a pity that we had to follow it on X and Scór Beo. I got the GAA+ annual subscription as a Christmas present, and there wasn't one game of football available on it yesterday, Dhia sábháil, ach sin scéal eile.
Hopefully ye can build on this now an defeat Kildare. A Leinster final is well within your grasp.
McHugh is a shrewd operator. Plenty of people here in Donegal are understandably keeping an eye on his progress. A Leinster Chanmpionship victory with Westmeath would be a big feather in his cap, so you'll have a lot of support from the North-West.
Lockjaw (National) - 20/04/2026 11:14:27
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Westmeath Football thread - 4 Like(s)
Congrats to Mark McHugh and his management team and all the players and squad on a fantastic performance and win yesterday.2 weeks now to get bodies and injuries back in shape before another huge game against Kildare.Best wishes and speedy recovery to Conor McCormack who unfortunately suffered a broken leg in saving that effort from Meath's McBride.Get well soon C-Mac
Bruno@1 (National) - 20/04/2026 08:58:54
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Westmeath Football thread - 3 Like(s)
what a day to be a westmeath man yesterday . this was a performance that will live long in my memory
meath saw this just as a stepping stone to a leinster title . how wrong they were . the team were outstanding . the inclusion of conor mcormack surprised me and i wish him well in his recovery . jason daly is the best goalie in the county se he was a good replacement . danny scahill was close to being man of the match . huge work rate and will to win were the features of this win . the nature of the defeat in wexford has transformed this team . all the big players wally sam ray luke and the younger ones like danny scahill mattie whittaker and shane corcoran were immense today but one man to me epitomised this win and that was conor dillon . up until the last ten minutes he snuffed out jordan morris . so now we move on to a semi final against kildare . tullamore on may 3rd . i would urge all people who take pride in our county to make the short journey to tullamore to get this very promising bunch of young lads to a leinster final
mickcunningham (National) - 20/04/2026 08:32:20
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Westmeath Football thread - 3 Like(s)
Congratulations Westmeath! What a performance yesterday. You're now nicely set up to give Leinster a good rattle
bloodandbandage (National) - 20/04/2026 12:45:40
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Football Format Changes Discussion - 2 Like(s)
Anyone out there looking their brain scrambled should visit this discussion more often and try to make sense of the Yankee posts.
Saynothing (National) - 20/04/2026 16:29:22
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Wicklow GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To ohwow: "Hard luck to Wicklow, was hoping you'd win it. And you ran them close." We kicked it away, I think. Couldn't make the game but from reports, 14/16 wides, 8 in the second half. Our goalie, missed 5/6 2 pointer frees, normally a gimme for him. There always seems to have been a monkey on our backs over the decades. When we have a big animal wounded, we can never seem to be able to finish them off. And the Dubs were there yesterday for the taking, whatever slant they try to put on it.
Freethinker (National) - 20/04/2026 08:42:05
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GAA Football Power Rankings 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To tirawleybaron: "A fair bit of movement since the league
1 - Kerry
2 - Donegal
3 - Galway
4 - Mayo
5 - Roscommon
6 - Armagh
7 - Derry
8 - Tyrone
9 - Louth
10 - Cork
11 - Monaghan
12 - Dublin
13 - Westmeath
14 - Meath
15 - Down
16 - Cavan
17 - Kildare
19 - Wexford
19 - Laois
20 - Clare
21 - Limerick
22 - Offaly
23 - Fermanagh
24 - Wicklow
25 - Carlow
26 - Longford
27 - Leitrim
28 - Antrim
29 - London
30 - Sligo
31 - Tipperary
32 - Waterford" Three of the top five teams in country are not in Connaught. Just because you can't, or don't want
to separate them doesn't mean they are ranked 3, 4 and 5.
SouthOfTheGap (National) - 20/04/2026 17:06:57
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Great week ahead. Train tickets booked already.
Fantastic performance v Sligo. Hard work put in all over the field as well as McNulty being a stand out performer. As someone said earlier, you can not underestimate his importance to Leitrim. He is the tide that raises all the boats.
My own young fella is gone mad practicing with both feet since the game as well as shouldering me after he scores a goal on me ! Great to see.
But we were also not afraid to have a pop at goal for points and goals.
We converted our goal chances and didn't give Sligo too many.
Typically we don't convert these and then we are left thinking what could have been.
The last time Galway came to Carrick in 2015, we lost by 8. We missed 3 goal chances and Galway pulled and dragged us all over the field conceding 42 frees. No black cards then and a lenient referee so persistent fouling was allowed to carry on and we got no momentum.
Fair play to Poacher, He had them well drilled-fantastic to hear the singing in the dressing room after.
No win at underage is definitely a worry and that conversation is for later in the Summer.
Encourage people to get to this game. Poor turn out in sligo compared with 2011. Yes ticket prices put the pinch on but bring your flask of tae and sandwiches with you like the old days. Bring a ball and a flag for the kids. We don't need to have a buffet of sugar foods for the kids surely. If so, leave them at home or on a playdate as they haven't the interest yet.
We don't get many days out and the last day was worth every cent.
Liatroim abú
Mugatay (National) - 20/04/2026 11:18:11
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Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Went to Clones today with my guts turning thinking of what was coming, but ten opening minutes of super Monaghan football was a real tonic. OToole, Dowd, Woods, Mooney, Carey and McCarville all stood up when needed. OHanlon too was superb. The main downer was how they let as poor a Cavan team as you'd ever see back in the game so easily. Emmanuel Shehu was brilliant throughout but that was about it from Cavan. They could have had 2 more red cards on the day.
Brilliant to see Lavelle and McCarthy back in harness, and McCaul too who made a big impression. Credit where its due to the management team.
Eddie the Exile (National) - 19/04/2026 22:19:39
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Team I think we'll see Sunday
1. Flaherty
2. McGrath
3. Hernon
4. Glynn
5. Silke
6. McHugh
7. Mulkerrin
8. Maher
9. Tierney
10. McGrath
11. Mulhern
12. Darcy
13. Finnerty
14. MacDonnacha
15. O'Conghaile
Plenty of quality there to get the job done. Another couple of weeks rest for Kelly's hamstring would be no harm. Good pace to come in from bench too from O'Flaherty and Molloy. Be great if O'Laoi was available also. Mulryan could be worth a place on the bench after this U20 performances.
gaillimhboy (National) - 20/04/2026 20:45:55
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Looking forward to the game myself, and seeing Barry McNulty competing against one of the big two in the province. As some are saying he is probably the best player in the province at the moment so I am sure he will get attentions.
I'd imagine that there will be a decent crowd
ohwow (National) - 20/04/2026 13:12:27
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "I have never once been proven to post false and attributible stats.
You don't like the hard evidence of what the reality is but at same time you are all telling us how fantastic it is!
Thats is job for head doctor not statistician." Ah now, Barney. Your claim was: "a third of prison population is non national".
So, here's "hard evidence" from the Irish Prison Service, who should know best about this sort of thing. It's the most recent of the monthly publications they produce with figures for this sort of thing, covering February of this year:
https://www.irishprisons.ie/wp-content/uploads/documents_pdf/FEBRUARY-2026.pdf
Page 2 shows average daily prison population was 5,785.
Page 4 shows that 1,078 of them were non-nationals.
Simple maths shows that's 18.6%, not 33%.
Only mention of 33% I can find comes from gript.ie, which is not exactly renowned for accuracy, where the writer includes a significant estimate (rounding up from just under 25% to 33%), and where he refers to a figure for number of people committed to prison, which is a different thing from actual prison population.
Pikeman96 (National) - 20/04/2026 14:02:55
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2026/0419/1569076-rock-dubs-didnt-get-performance-we-would-have-liked/
Biggest cheer of the day tbh... ;o)
Says a lot about how bad we played though unfortunately...
Anyone else hear that PG might be asked to step in to assist the Dubs in Ger's absence..?" I did hear the same Fionn and wouldn't be surprised because right now with Ger sidelined from all match day activity we really really need a steady pair of hands in around the squad on matchday. The other lads are working hard no doubt but the experience just isn't there yet.
Very flat performance in Aughrim and it's hard to get the head around going to a Div 4 county and not comfortably winning by double figures. You would have imagined for our newer lads that the chance to impress, cement a place in the team would overcome the hunger from the host team but wasn't the case on Sunday. We have zero midfield and if we are going to persist with the current set up then we are doomed to fail I'm afraid. Will need all hands to the pump to get over Louth and down in Portlaoise Louth will really fancy taking us out.
TrueBlue35 (National) - 20/04/2026 14:17:51
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Massive congratulations to Mark McHugh and his troops on a fantastic win yesterday. Fully deserved, heroes all over the pitch but it did help that we came in under the radar. Kildare will be ready but if we show the same level of hunger & intensity then there is no reason why we cannot come out on top. Superb team performance yesterday but it was really great to witness the performances of some of the newer players yesterday - Shane Corcoran, Conor Dillon, Danny scahill & Tadhg Baker in addition to Charlie, Sam, Ray, Mattie & Luke. Hopefully more supporters get behind the team the next day - this team deserves it,!
iarmhi abu
londoner (National) - 20/04/2026 14:52:30
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Wicklow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Albundy19: "I think yesterday proved we are definitely better than Div 4 standard." I think the footballers are capable and have the ability to play better than Division 4 standard but the major problem with them is inconsistency. One day they're throwing away a 12 point lead against Longford, a month later they have Dublin on the ropes in a championship game. You just don't know which Wicklow team is going to show up.
TheChampion (National) - 20/04/2026 15:01:41
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "I have never once been proven to post false and attributible stats.
You don't like the hard evidence of what the reality is but at same time you are all telling us how fantastic it is!
Thats is job for head doctor not statistician." '90% of population growth is currently and will continue to be made up of immigrants' is a lie from someone who hasn't a clue about statistics and doesn't know the differencce between the past, the present and the future.
GreenandRed (National) - 20/04/2026 15:19:01
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Square_B: "All great, but what do we do to ensure our culture is protected and that people who come here assimilate with respect to our culture that has been passed through generations. That's the main problem I see coming down the line, and has been proven elsewhere, is something we cannot continue to ignore." I responded earlier with details on where our culture and traditions are being lost gradually over the last 40-50 years, even without immigration. However the high levels of immigration in recent times presents a serious added challenge, because the influx has been so high, that the established community can't cope with integration.
Immigration needs to be controlled, because if the rate of immigration exceeds 5% over 20 years, those numbers can multiply faster than the establish population without needing to integrate or assimilate and there is then a risk of community division and the problems that go with that.... like in the Six Counties.
Commodore (National) - 20/04/2026 13:02:50
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Square_B: "All great, but what do we do to ensure our culture is protected and that people who come here assimilate with respect to our culture that has been passed through generations. That's the main problem I see coming down the line, and has been proven elsewhere, is something we cannot continue to ignore." A large part of our historical Culture or certainly older traditions have been changing or dissolving gradually over the last 50 years regardless, being gradually phased out and lost.
The traditional Irish wake and funeral, where the deceased is waked for 2 nights in their home and buried on day 3 is fading. Now its funeral homes, limited opening times, donations in lieu if desired. Family members no longer sit up with the remains for 2 nights anymore in a lot of cases.
Belief or need for the Cures is gradually fading, my mother and family would have numbers for people with cures for burns, cures for bleeding, cures for gout (Herbal) and lots of other herbal remedies etc, old cures and old ways. I have family in other parts of Ireland who find this strange and almost alien, it has dissipated from many parts.
I think an official Irish Culture preservation society is needed to record such traditions and music etc and enable future generations to learn them and continue them, but I wouldn't blame immigration in these tradition eroding.
Commodore (National) - 20/04/2026 12:02:13
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Wicklow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To tirawleybaron: "The conditions were set up for Wicklow to beat them. Forget the pats on the head for pushing them close. The chance to beat them might not come again for 40 years" Absolutely. We are sick and tired of moral victories over big scalps. We could write a book on them. Simple truth, that game was ours and we let it slip. No pats on the head deserved , as you say. Once in a generation we get a chance but fluff it every time. The lads may live with that. They more than anyone will know how close they were - and where they made wrong choices. And, it should be clear after yesterday, if our no 1 free taker is having an off day, there has to be a plan B.
Freethinker (National) - 20/04/2026 11:54:01
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