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Replying To PressureKick: "It's hard to make out what you're saying here. Yes, relative to other counties, Rugby , Soccer and Hurling are unpopular in Mayo. Incredibly so. It's possible that those 3 sports are less popular in Mayo than in any other county in the country What about my post is vague? Mayo have never produced any talented athletes ever in any other sport bar Gaelic football. Did you ever wonder why that is? Because young teenagers have no other option but to play Gaelic football Given all those circumstances, for Mayo to only have 3 all Ireland (less than Wexford or Cavan etc) is a mystery upon itself" I'm not sure when you've been to Ireland last but you obviously know nothing about Mayo. I know a lot of lads that walked away from GAA to play for one of the numerous soccer or rugby clubs in the county. We have produced many top sportspeople in many sports, Doris being one of them and unlike you he's not embarrassed to say what county he's from. Are your Middlesex boys walking away from GAA to play cricket? Cumann1 (Mayo) - Posts: 97 - 15/10/2025 10:01:28 2640077 Link
Replying To PressureKick: "It's hard to make out what you're saying here. Yes, relative to other counties, Rugby , Soccer and Hurling are unpopular in Mayo. Incredibly so. It's possible that those 3 sports are less popular in Mayo than in any other county in the country What about my post is vague? Mayo have never produced any talented athletes ever in any other sport bar Gaelic football. Did you ever wonder why that is? Because young teenagers have no other option but to play Gaelic football Given all those circumstances, for Mayo to only have 3 all Ireland (less than Wexford or Cavan etc) is a mystery upon itself" You certainly know your stuff when it comes to Mayo sport...... GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8287 - 15/10/2025 10:41:00 2640082 Link
Replying To GreenandRed: "You certainly know your stuff when it comes to Mayo sport......" Haha, the usual from this "Mayoman" Cumann1 (Mayo) - Posts: 97 - 15/10/2025 11:54:51 2640101 Link
Replying To PressureKick: "It's hard to make out what you're saying here. Yes, relative to other counties, Rugby , Soccer and Hurling are unpopular in Mayo. Incredibly so. It's possible that those 3 sports are less popular in Mayo than in any other county in the country What about my post is vague? Mayo have never produced any talented athletes ever in any other sport bar Gaelic football. Did you ever wonder why that is? Because young teenagers have no other option but to play Gaelic football Given all those circumstances, for Mayo to only have 3 all Ireland (less than Wexford or Cavan etc) is a mystery upon itself" What a load of waffle. On our GAA club team for example, six lads also play soccer, 2 play rugby for the nearest rugby club, another is big into athletics. We've lost a lad in event years who got a scholarship to play Golf in the US. New hurling club setup in south Mayo recently. The football nursery that is St.Colmans college now also have a hurling team. I can drive 15 mins in all directions from where I live in rural south Mayo and find three soccer clubs, two rugby clubs, a tennis club, boxing club, two golf courses, swimming…. This view of Mayo you have is bizzare. You swear we are some island off the coast that only plays Gaelic Football. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11796 - 15/10/2025 11:58:03 2640103 Link
Replying To PressureKick: "It's hard to make out what you're saying here. Yes, relative to other counties, Rugby , Soccer and Hurling are unpopular in Mayo. Incredibly so. It's possible that those 3 sports are less popular in Mayo than in any other county in the country What about my post is vague? Mayo have never produced any talented athletes ever in any other sport bar Gaelic football. Did you ever wonder why that is? Because young teenagers have no other option but to play Gaelic football Given all those circumstances, for Mayo to only have 3 all Ireland (less than Wexford or Cavan etc) is a mystery upon itself" Eh so Dorris is not a talented athlete? He is from Mayo .. That is the silliest comment they have no other option but to play gaa is totally untrue . Your obviously on the wind up here. It's not a mystery why we only have all Irelands . We were unlucky to come across the 6 in a row Dubs team. The other times was our own doing . It's also a mentality thing and we are rebuilding. We have lots of young talent coming up here . You seem obssesed with Mayo though .... ! S1234 (Mayo) - Posts: 399 - 15/10/2025 12:41:08 2640114 Link
Replying To PressureKick: "It's hard to make out what you're saying here. Yes, relative to other counties, Rugby , Soccer and Hurling are unpopular in Mayo. Incredibly so. It's possible that those 3 sports are less popular in Mayo than in any other county in the country What about my post is vague? Mayo have never produced any talented athletes ever in any other sport bar Gaelic football. Did you ever wonder why that is? Because young teenagers have no other option but to play Gaelic football Given all those circumstances, for Mayo to only have 3 all Ireland (less than Wexford or Cavan etc) is a mystery upon itself" AS I said in a post that the admin wouldn't allow through - your generic statement doesn't hold through in any kind of reasonable test. Take the Village of Killala (<300 people up to 1998 - rose to 600 in 80's and now back to 500 ish) Aileen Gilroy - ex Irish soccer international and now AWFL player Jimmy Walsh - player for NY Yankees and Boston Red Sox - played in the World series twice John Garvin - Kilfian (neighboring parish) - won 4 All Ireland cycling medals in 1940's Johnny Gilvarry from Killala played rugby for Leinster and was no less the Killala man for it. If going to boarding school (as your Caelan Doris statement implies) means you arent from the place you grew up in - then Dublin and all Leinster counties have produced no rugby players at all. Ballina played basketball for many years in Killala, winning the national league and two national cups. Thats only one village bursting open your claims of Mayo people not doing well in other sports - I would be here for the week if I went through every other village. tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1622 - 15/10/2025 13:07:54 2640121 Link
Replying To Cumann1: "Haha, the usual from this "Mayoman"" Run along and set up another account from the village. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8287 - 15/10/2025 13:47:46 2640125 Link
Replying To GreenandRed: "You certainly know your stuff when it comes to Mayo sport......" In fairness to the poor chap he's trying his best to keep an eye on us from far away in the UK Immer (Mayo) - Posts: 50 - 15/10/2025 14:44:45 2640135 Link
I should have added another "sport" that takes Mayo players away is economic reasons. Mayo as a county lost more of its population during the famine than any other county on the island and that's a fact. We also continue to lose thousands of young people to the far corners of Ireland and the world. Now of course every county has that problem but Mayo probably more than most. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11796 - 15/10/2025 15:19:58 2640148 Link
Replying To GreenandRed: "Run along and set up another account from the village." Why are you afraid to say where you're from? Cumann1 (Mayo) - Posts: 97 - 15/10/2025 15:52:26 2640158 Link
Replying To Cumann1: "Why are you afraid to say where you're from?" I'm not. Said plenty of times where my hometown is. Why do have so many usernames? GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8287 - 15/10/2025 16:16:31 2640167 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "I should have added another "sport" that takes Mayo players away is economic reasons. Mayo as a county lost more of its population during the famine than any other county on the island and that's a fact. We also continue to lose thousands of young people to the far corners of Ireland and the world. Now of course every county has that problem but Mayo probably more than most." Not to out done on the misery scale, Roscommon actually lost the biggest percentage of its population than any other county in the Famine. FullOfPorter (Roscommon) - Posts: 410 - 15/10/2025 16:21:21 2640169 Link
Replying To PressureKick: "Football is the only popular sport in Mayo. It means you don't lose your best teenage athletes to other sports at anywhere near the same rate as other counties. It's why Mayo have scarcely produced a notable Soccer, Hurling or Rugby player in its history. (Calen Doris is about as from Mayo as Liam Gallagher) Keith Higgins is a good example. A more talented hurler than footballer when he was younger, and in most counties would end up being solely a hurler. But in Mayo that was hardly an option so Mayo footballers got the good fortune of keeping him. It's not like that in a lot of counties where not only do you have hurling competing with football, you have semi professional Rugby and Soccer teams sniffing around your good minors once they show any bit of athletic promise" If Caelin Doris isn't from Mayo then Messi isn't from Argentina.. Has a Galway man ever captained the Irish rugby team? MayoDan (Mayo) - Posts: 497 - 15/10/2025 16:26:43 2640170 Link
Replying To MayoDan: "If Caelin Doris isn't from Mayo then Messi isn't from Argentina.. Has a Galway man ever captained the Irish rugby team?" Was Ciaran Fitzgerald born in mayo or galway? jm25 (Galway) - Posts: 1697 - 15/10/2025 16:56:13 2640176 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "I'm never in favour of hyping up young lads, however the horse has long bolted on this one. Kobe is a generational talent in the making. He has it all. If we lose him to the AFL it will be a fatal blow. I'm beginning to dislike the AFL very much." This kid is a gem. I remember seeing him play for a Mayo underage team a couple of years ago and his dad was the coach. He was class then but even better now. His potential is off the charts. Hopefully a rich benefactor or very wealthy business can ensure he stays with Mayo, similar to how other great players have currently been persuaded to stay with their county/counties... not mentioning any names... ;o) I fear you are right about the AFL - they are sure to come in for him unfortunately. Really hope he stays. He will be a joy to watch - he already is. Pure class - like his dad was. Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 4692 - 15/10/2025 17:17:42 2640181 Link
Replying To GreenandRed: "I'm not. Said plenty of times where my hometown is. Why do have so many usernames?" Haha, says the "Mayoman" who agrees with the nonsense about Mayo from pressurekick and even complments Belclare Cumann1 (Mayo) - Posts: 97 - 15/10/2025 18:06:10 2640188 Link