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Well done Donegal - fair play you deserved your victory. Well done Carrickmore, pitch and ground was in excellent condition. Now RTE do you know who won the NHL div 3. Last night I watched league Sunday and although I was bitterly disappointed that my own county lost , I cannot believe the total disregard for hurling by RTE towards the weaker counties. Yesterday Donegal defeated Armagh in a titanic struggle, played in front of a very good crowd but instead we had to hear of the demise of Offaly again!! There are 34 counties playing in the NHL but RTE think there is only 6-7 cuchulainn35 (Armagh) - Posts: 1671 - 09/03/2020 13:09:49 2273008 Link
Replying To cuchulainn35: "Well done Donegal - fair play you deserved your victory. Well done Carrickmore, pitch and ground was in excellent condition. Now RTE do you know who won the NHL div 3. Last night I watched league Sunday and although I was bitterly disappointed that my own county lost , I cannot believe the total disregard for hurling by RTE towards the weaker counties. Yesterday Donegal defeated Armagh in a titanic struggle, played in front of a very good crowd but instead we had to hear of the demise of Offaly again!! There are 34 counties playing in the NHL but RTE think there is only 6-7" Well said, if I have to hear anymore about the demise of Offally hurling - newsflash to the Irish media - its been going on nearly 20 years at this stage! Kerry have surpassed Offally in hurling in the past 5 years. You might as well spend your days bemoaning the demise of Down and Meath in football!! Just another indication of the power the "traditional" hurling counties still have. Fair play to Antrim for their comeback and thanks a bunch for it having the happy result of Kerry qualifying for the D2 final. Give their performance all League it would have been a sickner for Kerry not making the final. Looking forward to them giving it a massive rattle and hopefully coming out on top and getting up to Division 1 for next year. TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 09/03/2020 13:20:56 2273013 Link
offaly are a weaker county and definitely dont deserve the attention they get. perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 09/03/2020 13:26:22 2273017 Link
"Just another indication of the power the "traditional" hurling counties still have." TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 5384 - 09/03/2020 13:20:56 2273013 Nonsense. Offaly are not one of the "traditional" hurling counties. Cockney_Cat (UK) - Posts: 2443 - 09/03/2020 14:23:47 2273036 Link
I blame Dublin hipster (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 09/03/2020 14:58:25 2273048 Link
Replying To Cockney_Cat: ""Just another indication of the power the "traditional" hurling counties still have." TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 5384 - 09/03/2020 13:20:56 2273013 Nonsense. Offaly are not one of the "traditional" hurling counties." Well the media certainly seem to think they still are. TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 09/03/2020 15:31:44 2273061 Link
Replying To hipster: "I blame Dublin" I agree. Royal.Legend (Meath) - Posts: 665 - 09/03/2020 15:35:50 2273064 Link
Replying To cuchulainn35: "Well done Donegal - fair play you deserved your victory. Well done Carrickmore, pitch and ground was in excellent condition. Now RTE do you know who won the NHL div 3. Last night I watched league Sunday and although I was bitterly disappointed that my own county lost , I cannot believe the total disregard for hurling by RTE towards the weaker counties. Yesterday Donegal defeated Armagh in a titanic struggle, played in front of a very good crowd but instead we had to hear of the demise of Offaly again!! There are 34 counties playing in the NHL but RTE think there is only 6-7" Sad but true. Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 2653 - 09/03/2020 16:51:52 2273082 Link
Am I right in saying Offaly won their first Lenister in 1980, if so they only had a good run of it for a few decades at best. Rosineri1 (UK) - Posts: 2099 - 09/03/2020 16:53:17 2273086 Link
Replying To Rosineri1: "Am I right in saying Offaly won their first Lenister in 1980, if so they only had a good run of it for a few decades at best." I think they contested 10/11 leinster finals in a row after winning their first and then we're arguably the nest teams of the 90's so I'd say that's at least two decades to be fair! tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 09/03/2020 17:34:53 2273102 Link
I did think it was a bit of a shame that more wasn't done yesterday for the lower divisions. It was embarrassing watching them analyse a game they hadn't even seen. As for Offaly I'm well sick of hearing about them too as if they have a god given right to be at the top and Donal Of is the only man in the media seems to spot it Breezy (Limerick) - Posts: 1236 - 09/03/2020 18:44:59 2273116 Link
Replying To Rosineri1: "Am I right in saying Offaly won their first Lenister in 1980, if so they only had a good run of it for a few decades at best." Offaly won their first Leinster SHC title in 1980, beating Kilkenny by 3-17 to 5-10. It started off a great period for Offaly, winning All Irelands in 1981 and 1985, along with 2 more in 1994 and 1998. Things have declined since then unfortunately. I would love to know what is a traditional hurling county, because there seems to be some arrogance around any county which defines tradition, and ignores these arbitrary sporting barriers. Maybe it is those counties which have a majority of titles. Hurling has been played in counties like Laois and Carlow, Meath, Westmeath, Mayo and Donegal to name a few. If hurling has been played in counties for centuries, do they not have a tradition as well? thelongridge (Offaly) - Posts: 1731 - 09/03/2020 18:59:25 2273120 Link
Replying To TheHermit: " Replying To Cockney_Cat: ""Just another indication of the power the "traditional" hurling counties still have." TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 5384 - 09/03/2020 13:20:56 2273013 Nonsense. Offaly are not one of the "traditional" hurling counties." Well the media certainly seem to think they still are." I think the interest is great. thelongridge (Offaly) - Posts: 1731 - 09/03/2020 19:01:03 2273121 Link
Replying To thelongridge: "Offaly won their first Leinster SHC title in 1980, beating Kilkenny by 3-17 to 5-10. It started off a great period for Offaly, winning All Irelands in 1981 and 1985, along with 2 more in 1994 and 1998. Things have declined since then unfortunately. I would love to know what is a traditional hurling county, because there seems to be some arrogance around any county which defines tradition, and ignores these arbitrary sporting barriers. Maybe it is those counties which have a majority of titles. Hurling has been played in counties like Laois and Carlow, Meath, Westmeath, Mayo and Donegal to name a few. If hurling has been played in counties for centuries, do they not have a tradition as well?" I assume traditional counties are ones that prioritize hurling but it doesn't give any team a right to the top table in my opinion Breezy (Limerick) - Posts: 1236 - 09/03/2020 20:21:42 2273132 Link
I honestly don't see any reason to dump on Offaly. There situation just caught head lines because of how things panned out at the weekend for them. There is an Antrim story there also. They went and won the game. However what catches the head lines is terrible unbalanced towards the so called lesser lights. We all used the tag "traditional" counties but what right do we in Waterford, Cork,Kilkenny, Tipp etc. have to claim that over someone who plays the game in Donegal, Fermanagh or any where else. Look at some sports that got media attention and now have profile because of that. Darts and golf for example. Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 2653 - 09/03/2020 20:57:12 2273139 Link
The point I'm trying to make is that we have a league which is very competitive but RTE ignore the lower divisions, if for some chance they knew that there was acDiv 2 A and B Div 3 A and B , they would see that there is some great hurlers and some competitive action. I would rather see 2 mins highlights of a weaker county than 2 more minutes of waffle spoken on a sofa Antrim v Offaly was going to be an important match , so to Derry v Kildare , Armagh v Donegal We are the GAA , we need to promote our games cuchulainn35 (Armagh) - Posts: 1671 - 09/03/2020 23:31:06 2273172 Link
Replying To Canuck: "I honestly don't see any reason to dump on Offaly. There situation just caught head lines because of how things panned out at the weekend for them. There is an Antrim story there also. They went and won the game. However what catches the head lines is terrible unbalanced towards the so called lesser lights. We all used the tag "traditional" counties but what right do we in Waterford, Cork,Kilkenny, Tipp etc. have to claim that over someone who plays the game in Donegal, Fermanagh or any where else. Look at some sports that got media attention and now have profile because of that. Darts and golf for example." Hello Canuck, enjoyed your post. Just for the record, the match finished level. Antrim and Kerry progress to the final, and good luck to both teams. thelongridge (Offaly) - Posts: 1731 - 10/03/2020 10:46:39 2273196 Link
Replying To thelongridge: "Offaly won their first Leinster SHC title in 1980, beating Kilkenny by 3-17 to 5-10. It started off a great period for Offaly, winning All Irelands in 1981 and 1985, along with 2 more in 1994 and 1998. Things have declined since then unfortunately. I would love to know what is a traditional hurling county, because there seems to be some arrogance around any county which defines tradition, and ignores these arbitrary sporting barriers. Maybe it is those counties which have a majority of titles. Hurling has been played in counties like Laois and Carlow, Meath, Westmeath, Mayo and Donegal to name a few. If hurling has been played in counties for centuries, do they not have a tradition as well?" Offaly did make the breakthrough in 1980 and completed it in 1981 winning the AI (beating Galway), they continued to be a consistent hurling power for the next 20 plus years playing in 7 AI finals winning 4, and multiple Leinster Titles, the great teams on the 1990s was backboned by successful minor teams of the late 1980s. Before the 1980 breakthrough Offaly were competitive and their arrival was inevitable as they had many near misses against good KK and Wexford teams, their absence is a loss to hurling, (granted offfaly broke my and Galway's hearts many's the time). Galway4ever (Galway) - Posts: 208 - 10/03/2020 14:20:26 2273230 Link
Replying To thelongridge: "Hello Canuck, enjoyed your post. Just for the record, the match finished level. Antrim and Kerry progress to the final, and good luck to both teams." Sorry new that. Just got carried away. Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 2653 - 10/03/2020 14:41:50 2273233 Link
Anyone know if someone ever done a story or book on the success of Offaly GAA in the 70s to 90s. It must have been something more than luck that put a small county on the map in both codes Breezy (Limerick) - Posts: 1236 - 10/03/2020 14:58:38 2273239 Link