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Replying To Fionn:  "Great to see Dublin get a Hurling All Star.

Congrats Cian O'Sullivan and St Brigid's.


Tipp get 7
Cork 4
Kilkenny 2
Dublin 1
Galway 1

10 new first time All Star's."
Well done Cian! Really came into his own last year. More to come.

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3808 - 06/11/2025 09:44:35    2643233

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Replying To BarneyGrant:  "Didn't. Which was against general trend. Will compensate next time. My favourite team to beat. Beyond any measure."
You've got your facts wrong again.
As far as I can make out Galway and Dublin played each other 15 times since Galway entered the Leinster championship:
Galway won 8, Dublin 6 and 1 Draw.
As for your dislike of Galway, may you carry your burden with dignity!

Crashingwaves (Galway) - Posts: 275 - 06/11/2025 10:04:15    2643238

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Replying To BarneyGrant:  "
Replying To Fionn:  "Great to see Dublin get a Hurling All Star. <b>Congrats Cian O'Sullivan and St Brigid's.</b> Tipp get 7 Cork 4 Kilkenny 2 Dublin 1 Galway 1 10 new first time All Star's."</div>Well done Cian! Really came into his own last year. More to come."
Thoroughly deserved, he was brilliant this year. A great bit of stuff.

Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2577 - 06/11/2025 18:27:18    2643303

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Dublin minor football final at 10.30am tomorrow!

Ive seen some strange timings but this is odd. I assume it might be to facilitate Fianna people travelling to game v Martins in Wexford.

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3808 - 08/11/2025 10:03:33    2643472

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I just read a stat, that Cian O'Sullivan is only Dublin's 8th Ever Hurling All Star....

A reminder that he finished as joint top scorer from play.
Hell of an achievement.

Congrats again to him,

Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 4723 - 08/11/2025 23:57:18    2643591

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Replying To Fionn:  "I just read a stat, that Cian O'Sullivan is only Dublin's 8th Ever Hurling All Star....

A reminder that he finished as joint top scorer from play.
Hell of an achievement.

Congrats again to him,"
He's also Dublin's 2nd ever Cian O'Sullivan to get an All-Star. That's some achievement.

WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2629 - 09/11/2025 13:47:19    2643620

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Replying To WanPintWin:  "He's also Dublin's 2nd ever Cian O'Sullivan to get an All-Star. That's some achievement."
Congratulations to Cian. You are correct in that it is the second Cian O Sullivan to win an All star for Dublin. O Sullivan a very popular name in Cork and Kerry.Indeed Cian the footballers parents both come from Kerry and its interesting that two different Tom O Sullivan s have won all stars for Kerry in football also.

gaa.88 (Kerry) - Posts: 21 - 09/11/2025 18:53:45    2643709

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Na Fianna beaten is a bit of a surprise but I suppose they were riding their luck a bit in the final v l.S. I thought Lucan were the better team. Still they were great last year and did us proud fair play.

brayballer (Wicklow) - Posts: 387 - 09/11/2025 19:10:39    2643719

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Replying To gaa.88:  "Congratulations to Cian. You are correct in that it is the second Cian O Sullivan to win an All star for Dublin. O Sullivan a very popular name in Cork and Kerry.Indeed Cian the footballers parents both come from Kerry and its interesting that two different Tom O Sullivan s have won all stars for Kerry in football also."
Two different Dermot Earley's were awarded two all- stars each representing two different counties in two different provinces in two different millennia!

Onion_Sack (Dublin) - Posts: 398 - 09/11/2025 19:44:41    2643738

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Replying To brayballer:  "Na Fianna beaten is a bit of a surprise but I suppose they were riding their luck a bit in the final v l.S. I thought Lucan were the better team. Still they were great last year and did us proud fair play."
Not so sure it is that much of a surprise this year tbh.

NF have rode their luck on more than one occasion.

Being 2pts up in injury time, only for their opponents to hit the last 3 scores, and prevail by 1-21 to 2-17.
Although NF had a great chance to put some daylight between the teams but made a mess of a glorious goal chance late on.

Fair play to St Martin's who had Rory O'Connor top score with 9pts.

What is bad for Na Fianna can only be good for Dublin Hurling in that it gives the Glasnevin men a bit of a break now before playing for Dublin early in the New Year.

Over to Boden now......

Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 4723 - 09/11/2025 22:04:03    2643770

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https://hoganstand.com/Article/Index/338488

Interesting interview from John Small.

You can see why the likes of Paul, Jack & Brian walked away early.
And of course players from other counties also.

As I mentioned previously, the days of a mid 30's player still playing inter county are few and far between.

30 hours a week is bonkers, and not sustainable over a long period...!

Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 4723 - 12/11/2025 10:58:07    2644133

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Replying To Fionn:  "https://hoganstand.com/Article/Index/338488

Interesting interview from John Small.

You can see why the likes of Paul, Jack & Brian walked away early.
And of course players from other counties also.

As I mentioned previously, the days of a mid 30's player still playing inter county are few and far between.

30 hours a week is bonkers, and not sustainable over a long period...!"
It must be at least 3 miles to travel from Ballymun to Parnell Park for training and less to Croke Park.
Good job he was not travelling down the country from living/working in Dublin to Castlebar or Omagh a few times a week for training and home games etc, etc.

Having said that, he was some player for Dublin over the years and retires with 7 All Ireland medals in his back pocket. The best of luck to him.

A lot of 3rd Level students pay high rents in Dublin and elsewhere and many have to work part time in order to survive. Many have over 24 hours lectures a week and have to study and do continuous assessments/projects as well. Not easy for them (training/travelling) either.

As supporters we should all be very gratefull to all our inter-county panel members who represent us, particuarly players who have little chance of winning an All Ireland medal and may not be getting much game time with their county team.

letsgetgoing (Roscommon) - Posts: 819 - 12/11/2025 13:49:26    2644166

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