Replying To Green&Gold2013:  "I'd argue they should be at least making a county quarter final each year considering its population base and lack of other sports competing against hurling. Two county titles is an underachievement. Maybe I'm wrong but I have never heard a hurler going around saying he played in 10 county quarter finals and expecting a clap on the back. It's all about who has the medals and everything else is a kick in the you know what."

Replying To Armchairreporter:  "Put ur house on the bridge"

Replying To Bib:  "Didn't l Rea beat portumna in 2010
semi final also ?? But I would agree they didn't get it done often enough in spite of the opposition's quality
But seriously can you educate yourself regarding some of your statements here , no other sports competing !!…….I would say every sport from rugby ,soccer ,football , athletics, tennis , basketball ,volleyball, squash, and more take place at a competitive level in Loughrea , and in regard the population , true it is large in number but a significant portion of that is a transient workforce and more still simply move to the town but represent other clubs , Loughrea are an outlier in terms of a town with a successful hurling club , look at Ballinasloe for example, truth is Loughrea are a small enough club with a fraction of the membership of some of the clubs they are competing with"

Replying To Bib:  "Didn't l Rea beat portumna in 2010
semi final also ?? But I would agree they didn't get it done often enough in spite of the opposition's quality
But seriously can you educate yourself regarding some of your statements here , no other sports competing !!…….I would say every sport from rugby ,soccer ,football , athletics, tennis , basketball ,volleyball, squash, and more take place at a competitive level in Loughrea , and in regard the population , true it is large in number but a significant portion of that is a transient workforce and more still simply move to the town but represent other clubs , Loughrea are an outlier in terms of a town with a successful hurling club , look at Ballinasloe for example, truth is Loughrea are a small enough club with a fraction of the membership of some of the clubs they are competing with"

Replying To Off_the_post:  "I wouldn't say loughrea are a smaller club. Compare them to the likes off Tommy larkins cappataggle ahrascragh fohenagh mullagh etc I say the membership is double if not triple than these clubs and more. Look at all the underage loughrea has had the level they are playing at over the years. Granted there are times when a good crop comes with the rural teams and can beat the teams like loughrea turlough,sarsfields etc. It's been like this for years.
Loughrea in my opinion would be classed as bigger teams with the likes of turloughmore sarsfields Clarinbridge oranmore (recent years )."