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Leitrim GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Real Madrid 0 - Walsall 1

ohwow (National) - 12/04/2026 16:52:40

Leitrim GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Well I'll come back for my humble pie. The long run is over and to be fair it would have been a robbery if we did have someone with the balls to take the last shot and score it. Leitrim managed the game very well in the last 7/8 minutes between players going down to kill our momentum and holding the ball for close to 3 minutes. Sligo management have a huge amount to answer for and it's one of our most embarrassing results in recent years but that's for the Sligo forum! Well done.

Sligoman1234 (National) - 12/04/2026 17:16:25

Westmeath Football thread - 2 Like(s)
comprehensive win today against a team that i thought would be a lot better . sizeable westmeath crowd present .
from an early stage we looked a lot better than longford . great movement passing and a huge score . danny scahill very strong in full back line , another massive performance from mattie whittaker midfield solid and some great score and particularly goals . mchugh will be happy to get back on track and have a free shot at meath next weekend . im led to believe its in tullamore on sunday but im open to correction on that , well done to all

mickcunningham (National) - 12/04/2026 19:07:45

Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)

Replying To cavanman47:  "I didn't want to use specific place names in my argument, but seeing as you have chosen to name Tallaght and Ballymun, let's run with those.


Ballymun is connected to Dublin city centre via frequent bus services, and is a 45 minute walk (11 minute cycle) to DCU.

Tallaght is connected to the city centre by bus and Luas and has it's own University (or at least part of a university).


The 'system' you claim is under-serving the people of these areas is surely the same system that built the universities and infrastructure mentioned above??"
Ive been following this conversation closely.

As someone who spent 10 years working with the people in an area of Dublin comically and socially very similar to the areas that are being referenced and working closely in and with the schools and services in that area( both primary and secondary) i think I have a working knowledge of the challenges faced.
It is my experience that many are lost in primary school. As they go through the years they engage less and less both in terms of attendance and engagement when they are there. Some only attend to be fed. Thats the sad reality.
Most of these kids are disruptive when there and are one by the end of 2nd year in secondary school. They never stood a chance unfortunately.
Then there are the kids thst get a small bit more support from home. However they are heavily influenced by the first batch of kids. They hang around with them outside school and many of them are similarly difficult in school. They tend to follow them out the door after the junior cert/ TY.
The kids that make it to senior cycle were generally identified by the teachers/system in first year and probably primary school as being the ones to make it. Even then they are vulnerable to the influence of the community they come from. They see their former classmates in designer gear and passengers in flashy cars with plenty of money in the pocket. Sime will fall for the life and some for the product that finances the life.
The ones that avoid all that get the reward of the daunting prospect that is the CAO and grant application process. Bare in mind that these kids have no role models/ culture to look up to follow in this regard. Their parents are either on social welfare or in low paid jobs. Their peers are all of the kids lost along the way. They enter a university like UCD or Trinity or Maynooth and everyone around them looks and sounds different and feel like they belong.
The ones that make it do so against all the odds . They deserve great credit for that.

Tadhg2020 (National) - 12/04/2026 14:24:32

Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)

Replying To Gaa_lover:  "Good 1st half for Leitrim Seniors Half-time Sligo 0-7 Leitrim 2-7"
Great win … delighted from a Galway man

Blackcoatsoffthefield (National) - 12/04/2026 17:17:48

Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Tadhg2020:  "Ive been following this conversation closely.

As someone who spent 10 years working with the people in an area of Dublin comically and socially very similar to the areas that are being referenced and working closely in and with the schools and services in that area( both primary and secondary) i think I have a working knowledge of the challenges faced.
It is my experience that many are lost in primary school. As they go through the years they engage less and less both in terms of attendance and engagement when they are there. Some only attend to be fed. Thats the sad reality.
Most of these kids are disruptive when there and are one by the end of 2nd year in secondary school. They never stood a chance unfortunately.
Then there are the kids thst get a small bit more support from home. However they are heavily influenced by the first batch of kids. They hang around with them outside school and many of them are similarly difficult in school. They tend to follow them out the door after the junior cert/ TY.
The kids that make it to senior cycle were generally identified by the teachers/system in first year and probably primary school as being the ones to make it. Even then they are vulnerable to the influence of the community they come from. They see their former classmates in designer gear and passengers in flashy cars with plenty of money in the pocket. Sime will fall for the life and some for the product that finances the life.
The ones that avoid all that get the reward of the daunting prospect that is the CAO and grant application process. Bare in mind that these kids have no role models/ culture to look up to follow in this regard. Their parents are either on social welfare or in low paid jobs. Their peers are all of the kids lost along the way. They enter a university like UCD or Trinity or Maynooth and everyone around them looks and sounds different and feel like they belong.
The ones that make it do so against all the odds . They deserve great credit for that."
That's an excellent post.

And I agree with it.

But every obstacle you listed, while very real, comes down to human behaviour, and not to any system designed to press these groups.

For example, the 'system' makes it a legal requirement to send your kids to primary school.
The 'system' explicitly prohibits the use of or dealing of Class A drugs.

So again I have to ask:

What is it about the 'system', and not the individual, their parents or their peers (individual choices and behaviour) that is holding them back?

cavanman47 (National) - 12/04/2026 16:55:23

Sligo GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
The arrogance of some of the Sligo posts here is a sight to behold

ohwow (National) - 12/04/2026 21:33:19

Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To gaelsboy:  "I always said Poacher made the best of the hand he is dealt and no manager would get a better trick out of us, it's finally showing some promise."
Let's see after Galway. If they can back up this game with a decent performance against Galway, then I'll agree with you on Poacher. The biggest problem with this Leitrim team is consistency. We can all see there are good footballers there, but at times it's the very basics that let us down. Take the Longford game, one of the best games I seen Leitrim play in years, and the week after we were shocking against Carlow.

Unreal result today, first win on Irish soil in Connacht championship in like 15 years - I still expect Galway to win comfortably in 2 weeks, but it's up to Leitrim to make them work for it. Abit of consistency is really all you can ask and then head into the tailteann with our heads up

You have to laugh and shows the difference in Money between the counties - other counties go abroad on their training camps to the heat, our lads get a trip to Louth.

Leitrim_12 (National) - 12/04/2026 21:23:18

Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Well done leitrim

mickcunningham (National) - 12/04/2026 20:11:55

Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Great win and performance today-you can only beat whats in front of you and 5.25 is a huge score to put up no matter what the opposition is like.Our transitional play today was excellant and everytime we broke we looked like scoring.Every chance against Meath next sunday and agree we had very good travelling support today.

Bruno@1 (National) - 12/04/2026 20:00:20

Sligo GAA thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Sligoman1234:  "My original post didn't make it I see. This is an embarrassment. Leitrim fully deserved their win, were mentally hungrier and managed the game very well when it was in the melting pot.

This is the one time the management stuck with the starting 15 players and we reaped the rewards. It's totally unfair to take lads off at half time and expect lads who got damn all league time to rescue it when we were 9/10 points down. It's demoralising for the lad coming off and also expecting a lot from a more experienced player/s who performed in bigger games in previous years.

Our kickouts were a major issue again but that's always been the case this year when certain people are playing.
It would have been a robbery had we scored one of the two frees at the end, but an attempt at it was better than what actually happened.

We all, players and supporters deserve better. Beating Leitrim at home should be a cert given the run they've had the last two years. They worked their socks off and we were still only a point off having played so poorly…but a moral victory of the likes of Leitrim is not acceptable."
Tbf, Leitrim always had their sights on Connaught this year, Handy enough side of the draw with Sligo as a good warm up before the Galway test at home.

fundamunda (National) - 12/04/2026 19:44:13

Sligo GAA thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To SligoScot:  "Well done Leitrim and credit where its due. From a Sligo point of view, its Shameful. We are supposed to be further down the road in our development than the liked of Leitrim and today showed us up and is as far as I'm concerned an all time low for Sligo senior football.
Listening on the radio seemed like there was no Sligo support. Can anyone give us a run down on team selection ?
Evan Lyons missing? Paul Kilcoyne starting and Niall Murphy getting hooked."
Why do you want to know a run down on the team selection. I can understand that you might not be able to get to the game but there are loads of apps and twitter that will give you all the information you want. You are obviously not really a supporter

Taypot (National) - 12/04/2026 19:43:33

Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Leitrim with the result of the day. Colm O'Rourke was right just to predict provincial winners and let the provincials play out before any more predictions. Wasn't surprised by Tyrone putting it up to Armagh. They squandered late chances in extra time.
Wicklow with a good win. Frustrating for them to have missed out on promotion.

legendzxix (National) - 12/04/2026 19:31:41

Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Well done to Leitrim
A very solid win and one that should bring plenty of belief and more importantly plenty of enjoyment to the fans

Beelzedub (National) - 12/04/2026 18:39:46

Sligo GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Eamon O Hara should be thanked for his time and let Dessie take over as outright manager for the Tailteann Cup. Serious regression from the Sligo team than was so close to beating Galway under McEntee two years ago.

Drax_the_destroyer (National) - 12/04/2026 18:14:24

Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)

Replying To zinny:  "and this is where the concept of meritocracy becomes a problem in society. If meritocracy really exists then its their fault for not doing better. People do not want to admit that socioeconomic differences negate the impact of meritocracy and in fact create a structure exclusion. I do not blame anyone who puts the investment into their children, I have done it, as you want the best for your kids but neither do I look down on those who cannot make it and blame them for it. Fixing the problems - I am lost but the one thing is it won't happen if we don't admit to what the problem is."
There is a podcast from Cork City called the 2 Norries. If you search for it on YouTube you will find it. It covers this subject very well. Both are from Corks North side Council estates. Both grew up, went to school and hung out in this environment. Both got into drink, crime and drugs in that order. Both spent years in Cork Prison as a result and came out the other side. One is a Psychologist/Counsellor now and the other is a building contractor/ part time counsellor.
Its well worth a watch listen but one passage/exchange really resonates with me.
The Psychologist talks about career guidance in school and in prison. These guys, as he puts it, talking to him about college and education and role models. Then he says to the other lad who agrees fully that he didnt know anyone that went to college in his area when he was growing up. He says it wasn't even discussed in his peer group. Teachers talked about it alright but the students couldn't relate to it at all. As he went on to say, his role models growing up were the joy riders and drug dealers on his estate. They go on to discuss standing on the hill as the joy riders raced each other around the green before burning them out and wanting to be just like them.
They both conclude that they never really stood a chance.

Tadhg2020 (National) - 12/04/2026 17:49:03

Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Warmest Congratulations to Leitim today. You were deserving winners. We have no complaints

eoinog (National) - 12/04/2026 17:04:08

Wicklow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Albundy19:  "Good luck to the seniors in the first round no bother to them to win this match, the young minors obviously are very talented and will learn from the slow second half performance as the great Hugh Kenny won't be happy with that close finish. As I said before the 20s we're doomed to fail no trials and to many players from junior clubs."
We've a good chance today - there's little between the teams, and we'll be eager to put things right after the league. I doubt the team starting is as announced.

Minors have tests to come, recent years wicklow always win that group so next two rounds will show what they are like.

As for the u20s I said at the Kildare game, a few U20s were missing that I thought would start. Agree not much senior club experience there when you look at other county teams. Looking at the squad, there's also talented players missing from in the starting team with some not in the panel, others not in the match panel. They either Didn't commit, selected or perhaps injured. A poster said one was dropped for playing school game? Not sure what going on there.

StrandedinWW (National) - 12/04/2026 09:01:09

Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Well done Leitrim long overdue win on Irish soil in the Connnacht championship. FT Sligo 1-20 Leitrim 3-15

Gaa_lover (National) - 12/04/2026 16:47:03

Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Congrats. Great days. Championship is gold. Well done. Love to all.

moros (National) - 12/04/2026 16:42:15