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Football Championship 2026 - 3 Like(s)
Kerry like Limerick won games playing poor. Like limerick they will peak for final. Kerry could win by 15-20 with lads hitting form. Madness put €100 for turkey shoot out.
hlynch12 (National) - 20/07/2026 16:53:16
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Limerick Senior Hurling 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To ColmFlaherty: "Fair play lads, probably a year or 2 early for us, but the experience of it will do the lads some good." It could go one of two ways for Galway now, the realisation that the tactics they implemented yesterday will never work against a top tier side, as they will shut down the long ball in or the attempts to run it through the middle, Had Galway met Clare yesterday, the levels of physicality would have been similar. Game plan has to be varied. Limerick were setting traps for Galway i thought in that they generally allowed the first player receive the puckout in space but then exerted enormous levels of pressure on the second ball. Lack of battles in Leinster did them no favours, but it will be interesting to see how they rebound and change next year.
Congrats to Limerick and all involved they absolutely cemented their legacy by coming back to win another one and do a clean sweep across the board this year. So many great performances but just to name a few that stood out when watching, Barry Nash, Kyle Hayes and WOD had fantastic games, Cian was back to his usual level of brilliance and could easily have picked up motm also, CON was fantastic throughout and deserved the motm and great to see Gillane get back to himself on the biggest day. Legends the lot of them. Thank you for the days,,,,
Fitzy01 (National) - 20/07/2026 11:56:30
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To REDANDBLACK30: "Well said it is a terrible historical wrong and injustice. It should be the number one priority for all Irish people and any Irish government. It needs to be made much more of a priority so the momentum for a border poll increases. If Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael remain in Government and refuse to plan for unity, it will stall for generations." It certainly isn't "number one priority for all Irish people".
Seanfan (National) - 20/07/2026 16:39:37
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 2 Like(s)
Replying To TrueBlue35: "Surely time to address the elephant in the room Fionn and start the serious conversation of splitting Limerick in two?? ;)" :) and we will give the same clever answer the Dubs gave when the same question was posed years ago:
"We are all in favour of splitting Limerick in two............................................ a Limerick V Limerick all Ireland Final would be class :)
LimerickandProud (National) - 20/07/2026 14:13:59
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Hurling Refereeing. - 1 Like(s)
There was a lot on confusion among spectators yesterday with regard to the actions of the referee, he allowed play to continue for a protracted period after continuous actions , before pausing and then awarding a free. It was suggested by some around me that the game was being officiated by committee and results being transmitted to the whistler which accounted for delayed action without seemingly any indication that an advantage was being allowed.
backtooldwall (National) - 20/07/2026 14:57:26
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Some of the things I'm seeing/reading online etc would make me question if some of our supporters are true supporters/turning their backs or starting to turn on us.
ColmFlaherty (National) - 20/07/2026 18:54:44
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "Dublin had the rub of the green in the quarter final. It went against them then in semi final. That's the way the cookie crumbles. More often than not decisions seem to favour Dublin in their home league ground. Usually a double whammy on top of drawing Dublin in their home league ground at the business end of the championship.
Dublin actually got a flavour on Sunday of what it is like to be the away team. Tyrone have set the blueprint in the 25 quarter final. All Ireland contenders have to be able to flip the script against Dublin in Croke Park. Anyone not prepared for the battle of playing Dublin in Croke Park are going to come up short. That's the reality of it. Sin é." Kerry tend to get rub of the green. IF not referees will be subjected to hate campaign from the yerra media.
hlynch12 (National) - 20/07/2026 16:55:52
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Tadhg2020: "I think you are being harsh there on MD. Its not for me to defend him but sometimes things just are what they are.
I discussed game with 2 friends in the Cusack before throw in and we were in full agreement that if we got our intensity and physicality up to the levels we know they can reach and hold our defensive shape that it would be a comfortable game for us. I don't think that MD could do anything about that. We won all the battles and that sorted the game. Nothing I've seen from Galway this season indicates that the personnel were available to MD to reverse that. Sometimes it is that simple." Limerick are miles ahead physically at the moment it's the tactical decisions made on the sideline that baffles. He went into an all Ireland welded to his system he didn't try and pull a magic trick to try and confuse limerick's players. Ye had the physical battle won and once ye got to grips with the Galway play twas all over after 20 mins ye had a lot of wides fahy made a few great saves and Lyons was helpful to say the least ye should have been 10 points up at half time. The younger players on the squad now know the levels needed to win an all Ireland it'll stand to them. Tactically MD needs to evolve to at least move forward. Clare have caused ye the most problems over the years, obviously he must think he knows more than lohan.
Limerick dominated and swarmed all over the pitch yesterday fair play to ye. Ye have a great team and players and ye deserve every success.
2maroonjerseys (National) - 20/07/2026 16:28:23
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To BarneyGrant: "I had a good friend from Gortin and one of the sure ways to turn him into a raving loon was to say anything at all good about Derry." Yes the Sperrin mountains were a great natural dividing line. Brian Dooher used to play like a man possessed when he played Derry.
tireoghainabu (National) - 20/07/2026 15:14:32
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "2 of the best teams of all time without a doubt.
This Limerick era have won 6 All Ireland's in 9 years including a 4 in a row.
Dubs won 8 All Ireland's in 10 years, 9 in 13 years, including 6 in a row.
As for today, it was men against boys and Limerick were a different class altogether. As you say, they could easily have won by 20pts if they wanted to.
Kiely is some manager.
Limerick had 10 different scorers and but for the Galway goalie they could have had 3 goals. Out of their 1-29 all but 5pts were from play. Outstanding.
Galway only scored 8pts from play.
I thought Galway would put up more of a challenge tbh but it just goes to show how good Limerick were today.
Fully deserved and they are a credit to the GAA.
Congrats and enjoy the celebrations.
The other counties have a hell of a lot of work to do to reach the level on show today. Limerick are the standard bearer once again." Surely time to address the elephant in the room Fionn and start the serious conversation of splitting Limerick in two?? ;)
TrueBlue35 (National) - 20/07/2026 10:10:07
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Tyrone nudged out Mayo in a 50-50 game. Kerry nudged out Tyrone in a 50-50 game. The only direct linear line that anyone can reasonably draw between the progress of both finalists.
legendzxix (National) - 20/07/2026 14:13:29
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Shane Moran two year term as Roscommon U17 manager has come to an end as he has decided not to opt a further year or two. Under his watch as manager we won back to back Connacht titles played 10 and won 10 in the province. And should we get a handful of those players going on to represent Roscommon Seniors in the years ahead it will be the true measure of success.
Best wishes to Shane, an excellent young coach and manager and total gentleman.
The_analyser (National) - 20/07/2026 13:42:54
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To 2maroonjerseys: "MD showed up with the same system that had us trailing both Wexford and Kildare by double figures until he made changes and got the win. Did he think the same system would overcome limerick the best team in Ireland for the last 8 yrs. He'd no plan B or even try a different format to start to confuse limerick. Clare have pushed limerick to the limit for the last 6/7 yrs and yet he mustn't have watch any tape of how they confuse and drive limerick to their limit. I wonder was there any Galway men involved with Clare he could have asked for any tactical tips on how to play them? Having one in 17 they hard questions won't be asked for now.
That's my tuppence worth after enduring another final loss in croke park." Hurlers win matches, coaches lose them.
One thing Clare have, that Galway don't have, is a couple of high ball contesting forwards in Duggan and O'Donnell, that they often station in the half forward line as the need may arise. Galway have Rabbitte, but don't gameplan him as a half-forward target. Duggan was a major factor in Clare's semi final success for 50mins as a ball contesting half forward. Galway didn't have that all season (haven't had it in 9 years versus this Limerick side in actual fact), especially when Rory Burke went down. The only options were Rabbitte and Whelan. Rabbitte was adhering to a gameplan, posted inside, and Whelan just got out the wrong side of the bed yesterday, and didn't look very capable of any task on the day.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 20/07/2026 12:24:42
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To TrueBlue35: "Surely time to address the elephant in the room Fionn and start the serious conversation of splitting Limerick in two?? ;)" They are some outfit alright.
Near domination at this stage.
All Ireland Champs, Munster SHC and League winners also.
They clearly took their eye off the ball last year v the Dubs also, imo.
As for splitting them in 2 - similar to their old car reg's - L for City and LK for their county. lol ;o)
Fionn (National) - 20/07/2026 11:28:39
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To giveitlong: "Limerick even at 4/9 looks generous. Everything Galway touched turned to Gold the last day, and their work rate was off the charts. It will be very hard if not impossible to repeat that. It is not possible to state how poor Cork were, and the room Galway shooters were afforded. Limerick played poorly but still won, a sign of a very good team. Only hope I see for Galway is if Limerick feel they have enough done in the first half and slacken a bit." Well there you have it and it was predictable I am sorry to say. Galway hurlers have not been able to give it everything in 2 consecutive games since the 1980s. It is a mystery, but their would not have been enough yesterday anyway against that Limerick effort.
giveitlong (National) - 20/07/2026 10:44:05
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