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Replying To CARPS: "I can't get my head around O'Hanrahans. They were SENIOR four years ago. Can anybody explain what has happened up there? I'm around a long time now and I have never heard of a club going from senior to Junior B in such a short space of time It's like an english soccer team falling from the Premier League to League 2 in 5 seasons." You just need to look at their underage structure, it wont take you long as there isnt much. Not taking away the work they do but i think pal have pulled a lot of children out of the town through the school out there which has knock on impacts for both the blues and asca and this is now being seen with the lack of younger players coming through. Very hard to get families to buy in when competing with eire og and pal more4me (Carlow) - Posts: 113 - 14/09/2025 18:59:02 2636121 Link
Does anyone know what happens if 3 teams finish on equal points. Is it decided by a play off or points difference ? Overthebar53 (Carlow) - Posts: 388 - 14/09/2025 20:51:07 2636148 Link
Replying To Overthebar53: "Does anyone know what happens if 3 teams finish on equal points. Is it decided by a play off or points difference ?" There's a mini league table done based on matches between the 3 teams only. So for example if Bagenalstown, Fenagh and Tinryland all finish on 2 points, their results against Pal would be ignored. hurlingguru (Carlow) - Posts: 1850 - 14/09/2025 21:28:40 2636159 Link
Replying To CARPS: "I can't get my head around O'Hanrahans. They were SENIOR four years ago. Can anybody explain what has happened up there? I'm around a long time now and I have never heard of a club going from senior to Junior B in such a short space of time It's like an english soccer team falling from the Premier League to League 2 in 5 seasons." Complacency is the honest answer to that. Have not helped themselves one bit. DolmenDave (Carlow) - Posts: 10 - 14/09/2025 21:30:46 2636160 Link
Replying To Overthebar53: "Does anyone know what happens if 3 teams finish on equal points. Is it decided by a play off or points difference ?" Scoring difference then Barrowsider (Carlow) - Posts: 1720 - 14/09/2025 21:31:56 2636161 Link
Replying To more4me: "You just need to look at their underage structure, it wont take you long as there isnt much. Not taking away the work they do but i think pal have pulled a lot of children out of the town through the school out there which has knock on impacts for both the blues and asca and this is now being seen with the lack of younger players coming through. Very hard to get families to buy in when competing with eire og and pal" Exactly right. DolmenDave (Carlow) - Posts: 10 - 14/09/2025 21:32:00 2636162 Link
Replying To Overthebar53: "Does anyone know what happens if 3 teams finish on equal points. Is it decided by a play off or points difference ?" Points difference Dualclub1 (Carlow) - Posts: 294 - 14/09/2025 21:42:09 2636165 Link
Replying To more4me: "You just need to look at their underage structure, it wont take you long as there isnt much. Not taking away the work they do but i think pal have pulled a lot of children out of the town through the school out there which has knock on impacts for both the blues and asca and this is now being seen with the lack of younger players coming through. Very hard to get families to buy in when competing with eire og and pal" Pal are a big problem for the Blues & Asca. They are now picking from that side of the town. Please let's not call Pal a country team anymore. They are now a town team & are hovering up players from the town & killing the above 2 clubs... carlo (Carlow) - Posts: 283 - 14/09/2025 23:57:21 2636184 Link
Replying To Dualclub1: "Points difference" Cheers, dual. Overthebar53 (Carlow) - Posts: 388 - 15/09/2025 00:49:50 2636185 Link
What way do people see things going now? Tinryland look in trouble. EO and MLR should be interesting, EO shouldnt be in this position Dualclub1 (Carlow) - Posts: 294 - 15/09/2025 10:10:25 2636196 Link
Replying To Dualclub1: "What way do people see things going now? Tinryland look in trouble. EO and MLR should be interesting, EO shouldnt be in this position" Tinryland look set for a relegation match with MLR unfortunately, can't see MLR causing an upset with EO at the moment. If there's one club I don't want to be in a dog fight with it's MLR. CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 15 - 15/09/2025 10:49:27 2636206 Link
Replying To CarlowJuniorB: "Tinryland look set for a relegation match with MLR unfortunately, can't see MLR causing an upset with EO at the moment. If there's one club I don't want to be in a dog fight with it's MLR." I'm not impressed with Eire Og this year and failing to win their first two games can't be a great sign. Neither is the fact that Sean G and Eoghan R are their midfield pairing - two fantastic players for club and county but both the wrong side of 30. MLR improved a bit from the first game but have scope to improve a lot and if they do they could trouble Eire Og. An Eire Og v Tinryland relegation play-off maybe !!! Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1641 - 15/09/2025 11:41:32 2636227 Link
Tinryland are in big trouble now and Bagenalstown could well beat them. Town improved a lot on Saturday compared to their first game (kick outs still a problem for me) but how bad were Fenagh! Bagenalstown rely a lot on their three county speed merchants who are quite a handful and with Jack McCullagh and Robbie Kane playing like they did last Saturday they could certainly beat Tinryland (although by my calculations a narrow defeat will do for Bagenalstown). It's been a handy group for Pal though who are scoring for fun but with the tougher group behind them it's still Rathvilly to win it out for me. Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1641 - 15/09/2025 11:50:00 2636230 Link
Replying To more4me: "You just need to look at their underage structure, it wont take you long as there isnt much. Not taking away the work they do but i think pal have pulled a lot of children out of the town through the school out there which has knock on impacts for both the blues and asca and this is now being seen with the lack of younger players coming through. Very hard to get families to buy in when competing with eire og and pal" If you drive past the O'Hanrahans' pitch at the weekends, there seems to be plenty of young children there. Are they perhaps losing them as teenagers to other sports? As for the poster that said Palatine are now a town team... I would always have considered them to be a de facto town team. It's just become more obvious as the town has expanded. Last point, this year's championship is a great advertisement for the eight team format. There are no dead rubbers at all going into the final round. Every game means something. Could MLR stun Eire Og and put them in a relegation play off? Tinryland could find themselves in the Q-Finals or staring at Intermediate. Can Ballinbranna shock Tullow or are they facing Junior? And will it be Naomh Eoin or Eire Og's B team they meet? And what about Junior A? Will it be Rathvilly or O'Hanrahans playing St Mullins? and this is only the relegation part!! Proper championship GAA - the way it should be!! CARPS (Carlow) - Posts: 897 - 15/09/2025 12:07:25 2636233 Link
Replying To CARPS: "If you drive past the O'Hanrahans' pitch at the weekends, there seems to be plenty of young children there. Are they perhaps losing them as teenagers to other sports? As for the poster that said Palatine are now a town team... I would always have considered them to be a de facto town team. It's just become more obvious as the town has expanded. Last point, this year's championship is a great advertisement for the eight team format. There are no dead rubbers at all going into the final round. Every game means something. Could MLR stun Eire Og and put them in a relegation play off? Tinryland could find themselves in the Q-Finals or staring at Intermediate. Can Ballinbranna shock Tullow or are they facing Junior? And will it be Naomh Eoin or Eire Og's B team they meet? And what about Junior A? Will it be Rathvilly or O'Hanrahans playing St Mullins? and this is only the relegation part!! Proper championship GAA - the way it should be!!" It's funny I don't know if I counted Pal as a town team, even now because it's still of a good dig outside of the town but i always had friends growing up who went to school in CBS, knockbeg or others that played with Pal who lived in town. If MLR can be physical and get at EO, they could get a result. The backs could be got at and MLR have some decent players up top if they played it right. Even if EO lose and Naomh Eoin beat Ballon, do Naomh Eoin not still finish fourth due to the head to head? CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 15 - 15/09/2025 14:24:36 2636271 Link
Replying To CARPS: "If you drive past the O'Hanrahans' pitch at the weekends, there seems to be plenty of young children there. Are they perhaps losing them as teenagers to other sports? As for the poster that said Palatine are now a town team... I would always have considered them to be a de facto town team. It's just become more obvious as the town has expanded. Last point, this year's championship is a great advertisement for the eight team format. There are no dead rubbers at all going into the final round. Every game means something. Could MLR stun Eire Og and put them in a relegation play off? Tinryland could find themselves in the Q-Finals or staring at Intermediate. Can Ballinbranna shock Tullow or are they facing Junior? And will it be Naomh Eoin or Eire Og's B team they meet? And what about Junior A? Will it be Rathvilly or O'Hanrahans playing St Mullins? and this is only the relegation part!! Proper championship GAA - the way it should be!!" I agree with you with the proviso that the whole thing is being run off like a blitz.There is no need for it. No one has a chance to digest anything before the whole thing is over. On the Tinryland/ Bag game I think Tinryland need to win by 7 to overtake Bagenalstown. I'm assuming pal will beat Fenagh. Could be a foolish assumption but unlikely as a win for fenagh would see them topping the group if Bagenalstown lose. Overthebar53 (Carlow) - Posts: 388 - 15/09/2025 15:15:32 2636282 Link
Replying To Overthebar53: "I agree with you with the proviso that the whole thing is being run off like a blitz.There is no need for it. No one has a chance to digest anything before the whole thing is over. On the Tinryland/ Bag game I think Tinryland need to win by 7 to overtake Bagenalstown. I'm assuming pal will beat Fenagh. Could be a foolish assumption but unlikely as a win for fenagh would see them topping the group if Bagenalstown lose." Any margin of victory for Tinryland will be enough. If Pal and Tinryland win, then Pal, Bagenalstown and Tinryland go through. If Fenagh and Tinryland win, then Pal, Fenagh and Tinryland will go through. ACarlowGael (Carlow) - Posts: 1 - 15/09/2025 15:49:31 2636294 Link
Replying To Overthebar53: "I agree with you with the proviso that the whole thing is being run off like a blitz.There is no need for it. No one has a chance to digest anything before the whole thing is over. On the Tinryland/ Bag game I think Tinryland need to win by 7 to overtake Bagenalstown. I'm assuming pal will beat Fenagh. Could be a foolish assumption but unlikely as a win for fenagh would see them topping the group if Bagenalstown lose." Looking at the fixtures for next weekend it looks very unfair on Fenagh that they play Pal on Saturday night (and in fairness will surely lose) but then Bagenalstown and Tinryland will not play until Sunday afternoon - so both will know exactly what they have to do to go through as Fenagh's scoring difference will be known. Surely those games should be played at the same time with one of them moved to the Training Centre? Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1641 - 15/09/2025 15:57:33 2636297 Link