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Replying To CarlowJuniorB:  "Some very tasty matches. Both senior semi finals are great. Myshall Vs Blues in the junior could be a dog fight.

Also must say, shout out to tullow. Three adult teams onto semi finals and look strong in inter and junior b."
Palatine also have 3 teams into a semi final,I think from watching them against asca they have every chance to beat Leiglinbridge, beating the blues (who will most likely be in the final) will be a tough ask especially when you take into consideration they lined out 13 lads who are eligible to play u21 they have a bright future ahead

Carlowbushultra2021 (Carlow) - Posts: 12 - 14/09/2026 23:05:26    2693856

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Replying To CarlowJuniorB:  "Some very tasty matches. Both senior semi finals are great. Myshall Vs Blues in the junior could be a dog fight.

Also must say, shout out to tullow. Three adult teams onto semi finals and look strong in inter and junior b."
Pal also have three teams in a semi final witch dosnt seem to be spoken about a lot on here, after watching their junior game against asca they where extremely impressive finding out at the game that they lined out 12 players still eligible to play under21 football this winter witch is great for pal they have a bright future ahead also drawing Leiglinbridge and avoiding the blues, they could stick it to Leiglinbridge witch I think they will blues in the final more than likely would be a big ask of the group of young lads but the talent and quality is certainly their to give them a game. Their seniors where even more impressive blowing grange out the game within the first 5 minutes really, Mark buggy is certainly now even as a minor one of the top fowards in the county and no one has yet seemed to figure out how to stop him baring in mind you have the likes of Conor Crowley, Oneill , Egan , deacy to worry about they look strong and confident don't be suprised to see pal win at least 1 or maybe both junior A and senior !

Carlowbushultra2021 (Carlow) - Posts: 12 - 15/09/2026 00:43:36    2693862

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Replying To CarlowJuniorB:  "Some very tasty matches. Both senior semi finals are great. Myshall Vs Blues in the junior could be a dog fight.

Also must say, shout out to tullow. Three adult teams onto semi finals and look strong in inter and junior b."
Must also mention palatine 3 teams threw to a semi watched their junior and senior game pal lined out at one stage with 13 players eligible for under 21 witch is pretty frightening for other clubs considering they have bet myshal Kilbride destroyed rathvilly and now beat asca witch is their first team they have leiglin in a semi final witch I see them winning playing ohannorans in a final more than likely will be to tough a task but to make a final with the amount of young players they have will still be pretty good for the club. Their seniors looked extremely sharp against grange taking football out of granges head after 5 minutes.Mark buggy aswel what a talent they have on their hands still only a minor but highest scorer in the championship no team had figured out how to stop him, with Crowley Oneill and co they have every chance to win senior

Carlowbushultra2021 (Carlow) - Posts: 12 - 15/09/2026 00:49:03    2693863

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Replying To Viking66:  "Some soccer games down round here dont even have a ref turn up for the games, never mind an App to track the scores on.
Does the FAI connect really have all the Carlow soccer games on it?"
Yes they do. All adult games plus youths. A good few leagues have it all the way down to U12.

Gives you line ups, substitutions, scorers ,assists etc. You can click on any player and see his stats, games played, minutes played etc etc for the last few years.
Its one of the few things the FAI are miles ahead of the GAA with.
Carlow Adult league has gotten rid of paper match cards for some if not all levels. Team sheet is done on app and goes live once the game starts. Someone on sideline enters goals, assists, subs etc in real time on their phone.

MeHere (Carlow) - Posts: 1 - 15/09/2026 22:11:32    2693949

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Replying To Carlowbushultra2021:  "Must also mention palatine 3 teams threw to a semi watched their junior and senior game pal lined out at one stage with 13 players eligible for under 21 witch is pretty frightening for other clubs considering they have bet myshal Kilbride destroyed rathvilly and now beat asca witch is their first team they have leiglin in a semi final witch I see them winning playing ohannorans in a final more than likely will be to tough a task but to make a final with the amount of young players they have will still be pretty good for the club. Their seniors looked extremely sharp against grange taking football out of granges head after 5 minutes.Mark buggy aswel what a talent they have on their hands still only a minor but highest scorer in the championship no team had figured out how to stop him, with Crowley Oneill and co they have every chance to win senior"
Pal are generally business end of the season with all three of their teams but first time tullow had a third team in so it's great to see the progress through out. But it's a credit to pal to always be strong across the board because I don't think they have been in a junior a relegation play off in a while, could be wrong though.

Incredibly disappointed in the senior hurling final being on a Saturday night under lights and the shield final on a Thursday. Setantas first adult final and burren rangers in two finals that weekend. Completely missing a trick there.

CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 223 - 15/09/2026 23:14:43    2693951

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Replying To CarlowJuniorB:  "Pal are generally business end of the season with all three of their teams but first time tullow had a third team in so it's great to see the progress through out. But it's a credit to pal to always be strong across the board because I don't think they have been in a junior a relegation play off in a while, could be wrong though.

Incredibly disappointed in the senior hurling final being on a Saturday night under lights and the shield final on a Thursday. Setantas first adult final and burren rangers in two finals that weekend. Completely missing a trick there."
Hurling final is live on TG4. in previous years when shown live by TG4 it was always sunday afternoons but they can't squeeze it in this year. Co board in fairness will want the county final to continue to be shown live on national TV and Saturday night is not a bad time as they should get a good size audience. Plus the county board get well paid by TG4 for the rights to show it live (meaning clubber get squeezed out here and can't show it apparently).

I could be wrong on this but i'd imagine a Saturday night final would be favoured by the players especially those supposed to be working or in college on Monday. Whether the players like playing hurling under lights is another thing altogether but it's the same for both and I'd imagine both will be training later these evenings to get more used to it.

Fixing the hurling shield final for Thursday is not good in fairness to the two new clubs. The county board are worried about the pitch and right to be after 66 days of drought and don't want a curtain raiser before the senior final or any match the night before. I can understand that point but personally I think they should have made it a double header on the sunday and moved probably the junior hurling final to the following weekend.

Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1900 - 16/09/2026 11:38:57    2693976

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Replying To Onion Breath:  "Hurling final is live on TG4. in previous years when shown live by TG4 it was always sunday afternoons but they can't squeeze it in this year. Co board in fairness will want the county final to continue to be shown live on national TV and Saturday night is not a bad time as they should get a good size audience. Plus the county board get well paid by TG4 for the rights to show it live (meaning clubber get squeezed out here and can't show it apparently).

I could be wrong on this but i'd imagine a Saturday night final would be favoured by the players especially those supposed to be working or in college on Monday. Whether the players like playing hurling under lights is another thing altogether but it's the same for both and I'd imagine both will be training later these evenings to get more used to it.

Fixing the hurling shield final for Thursday is not good in fairness to the two new clubs. The county board are worried about the pitch and right to be after 66 days of drought and don't want a curtain raiser before the senior final or any match the night before. I can understand that point but personally I think they should have made it a double header on the sunday and moved probably the junior hurling final to the following weekend."
I understand it completely why they did it and you're right if I was playing Saturday would suit better work wise but now theonesy club becomes the Sunday club. Main concern is that no game has been under lights this year, does it increase the possibility of silly mistakes that can decide games?

Disappointed for the shield final overall. County board messed up with the pitch, no other county had the same issues and now playing woe is me.

CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 223 - 16/09/2026 12:18:15    2693988

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