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How has it always been the same when this issue has just arisen this year? That makes no sense. There is a need of a second ground in the county capable of hosting county games, which includes the facilities for parking etc. Perhaps some club chairman up your end can take the initiative and have a ground capable of doing so because there obviously isn't one down this end. Then we'd see what attendances are like. Bulk of the population of Leitrim is within a 45 min drive of Longford. It makes perfect sense to have it a home designated pitch for us.
eslinchickenmaryland (Leitrim) - Posts: 87 - 05/06/2024 11:28:51 2549644 Link 1 |
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Some interesting club results last weekend. Mary's looked very impressive against a strong Mohill team. With Keith Beirne and Jordan Reynolds departing, could Mohill be vulnerable in the Championship. Leitrim2024 (Leitrim) - Posts: 36 - 05/06/2024 19:33:13 2549761 Link 0 |
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South Leitrim, definitely seems to have an edge on facilities. Annaduff was a strange location for the Centre of Excellence. I seriously think a deal should have been done with Longford GAA to share it? It's too late now though. I think Connacht GAA may have been involved in its location, design and construction. Anyway, Pairc Sean will be back next year. Leitrim2024 (Leitrim) - Posts: 36 - 05/06/2024 21:35:04 2549773 Link 0 |
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I believe Osnetts ground is being mooted as a possible purchase for the county board meaning that underage training could alternate between north and south. This would be a big step. But I don't understand why the need to purchase a new ground to start this practice. Not having A bus service to bring underage players to intercounty training is crazy. I was speaking to the parent of an intercounty underage player recently and they are at their wits end with travel. I know years ago transport to training was provided to all intercounty panelist's. I not sure why this practice stopped. Backheel (Leitrim) - Posts: 148 - 05/06/2024 23:47:21 2549779 Link 0 |
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I recall that. My guess would be insurance and costs.
gaelsboy (Leitrim) - Posts: 493 - 06/06/2024 10:12:08 2549809 Link 0 |
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Well the game is fixed for Longford and that won't change now so we all must row in behind Coach Moran and Coach Graham and give the team our best. North men South men comrades all and so forth eslinchickenmaryland (Leitrim) - Posts: 87 - 06/06/2024 11:51:54 2549829 Link 0 |
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True Can we spread the word and get a good turnout joeman123 (Leitrim) - Posts: 482 - 06/06/2024 13:30:41 2549850 Link 0 |
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What a weird post. Annaduff is about as central as you'd get for a Leitrim centre of excellence & along the only decent national primary road running through the county. It's not a strange location, it's the best location. And why would any county ever consider sharing a centre of excellence with another county? You think Longford (or any county for that matter) would be happy having a centre of excellence in another county? Honest to god...
Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 866 - 06/06/2024 19:39:00 2549908 Link 0 |
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Yes, there is Square!
foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2010 - 07/06/2024 02:26:44 2549937 Link 0 |
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Really is there? Sounded good in your brain no doubt... :rolleyes:
Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 866 - 07/06/2024 09:44:03 2549950 Link 0 |
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Ah now. It only central to mabe St Mary's and bornacoola and been so close to a national primary road has been it's biggest down fall so far and for them reasons alone it definitely was a strange location. It's best benefit is that it probably suits any county players coming from Dublin for training
Thejampot (Leitrim) - Posts: 257 - 07/06/2024 12:16:08 2549979 Link 0 |
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The centre of excellence should have been in Eslin imo. Best land in the county and best access for everyone eslinchickenmaryland (Leitrim) - Posts: 87 - 07/06/2024 12:45:40 2549985 Link 0 |
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It can't be central to everyone... it's as central as you can get bar it being in Carrick On-Shannon. The reality is that most of our lads are either working in Dublin or collages around the country like Galway / Dublin / Limerick. It needed to be easy to get to, not in the back end of nowhere. The land in Annaduff was obtained cheap enough compared to what you might get around Carrick and would be decent enough land compared to other parts of Leitrim. And yes it is close to the N4 but the centre of excellence was never intended to host matches so it's not a consideration. We don't have the resources to do a centre of excellence 'right' like Tyrone... which I would say to be 4+ pitches (4G possibly), a stand and other buildings / facilities etc. Maybe in time more pitches maybe added but what we have is more than sufficent for our needs & resources.
Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 866 - 07/06/2024 14:48:58 2550016 Link 0 |
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If you are coming from Kinlough or even manor Dromahaire or Glenfarne it's not even close to central. It's not even about the location of the Coe it the consistent ignoring of the extra travel people from the north of the county make. Your attitude is typical. It's near enough. My point is that supporters and players from the county are never considered when decisions at county board or board na og are being made.
Backheel (Leitrim) - Posts: 148 - 07/06/2024 17:55:38 2550069 Link 0 |
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I think his point was it l is mostly used by county teams, and we have a lot of each panel based in other counties, bar underage of course. Is there really no transportation organised for underage games and training anymore? If not that's a joke. I am guessing it stopped during COVID and never returned, due to reasons I mentioned above. I think in my day underage training was in different parts of the county so you weren't going to the same spot every week at least. I see Foley stepped down from the minors last weekend, seems an alright sort, all the best to him. Make some good points about s&c still being behind other counties despite the fact we have known for years this needs to improve, and also that a few very able lads opted for rugby instead, now that's a new one! But I believe it, CoS RFC going very well at the minute and if you've a chance of making a living in rugby there's no reason atm to choose football for Leitrim instead gaelsboy (Leitrim) - Posts: 493 - 08/06/2024 10:02:44 2550137 Link 1 |
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Good luck to the lads this evening, hopefully we can get a win but its going to be tough have no doubt about it . Its a pity the game isn't in Leitrim, hopefully a big support goes this evening we're going to need it. JimmyNail (Leitrim) - Posts: 195 - 08/06/2024 10:17:12 2550140 Link 2 |
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The reality is that the vast majority of clubs are based in the south of the county and within a 30 - 40 minute trip from Annaduff (the map of where clubs are located does not lie... even somewhere like Ballinaglera or Drumkeeran is within easy ready of Annaduff and is not much further than the time taken to go from Aughawillan / Carrigallen). Not even withstanding that, having a COE in somewhere like Drumshanbo ain't going to improve matters significantly for a club like Melvin Gaels. Somewhere like Manorhamilton should be able to have a pitch of county standard and perhaps some chairperson should take that on as a project for North Leitrim. You can argue all you like but the COE caters for the majority and is as central as it can be.
Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 866 - 08/06/2024 11:32:21 2550150 Link 0 |
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Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1627 - 08/06/2024 12:39:10 2550158 Link 1 |
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Thanks, we need a bit of luck.
joeman123 (Leitrim) - Posts: 482 - 08/06/2024 13:59:48 2550168 Link 0 |
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There's 17 clubs in South Leitrim, 6 in North Leitrim. It would seem ludicrous to bring players from 17 clubs to Manorhamilton for example. Maybe at a stretch Drumkeeran might have been a compromise but that is a long 2.5 hour trip for Dublin based players as opposed to 1h 50 to Annaduff. There should be a county standard ground in Manorhamilton capable of holding 5-6000 for a game maybe. But that requires a good bit of money. eslinchickenmaryland (Leitrim) - Posts: 87 - 08/06/2024 15:19:51 2550176 Link 0 |