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Leitrim as you know is the Co with the smallest population.
Funding is not near a level playing pitch.
Leitrim held a fundraiser in January.
176000 was raised.
I'd say their are people from other counties reading this and saying big deal. It's not that much.
I just done some research on the figure raised.
I've just picked 6 counties at random and based on a per capita basis this is what they would have raised.
Donegal.== 872000
Clare.=====651000
Wexford.== 821000
Tipperary.==874000
Kerry. ==== 806000
Louth.==== 716000
The about of money Leitrim raised in this fundraiser was just brilliant from a county with such a small population
Its the same price to hire a bus to bring the Leitrim team to Tipperary as it would for Tipperary to hire one to bring the team to leitrim
leitrimforsam (Leitrim) - Posts: 85 - 15/03/2022 17:34:57
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Replying To leitrimforsam: "Leitrim as you know is the Co with the smallest population.
Funding is not near a level playing pitch.
Leitrim held a fundraiser in January.
176000 was raised.
I'd say their are people from other counties reading this and saying big deal. It's not that much.
I just done some research on the figure raised.
I've just picked 6 counties at random and based on a per capita basis this is what they would have raised.
Donegal.== 872000
Clare.=====651000
Wexford.== 821000
Tipperary.==874000
Kerry. ==== 806000
Louth.==== 716000
The about of money Leitrim raised in this fundraiser was just brilliant from a county with such a small population
Its the same price to hire a bus to bring the Leitrim team to Tipperary as it would for Tipperary to hire one to bring the team to leitrim" Congrats on that, it's said most of 176,000 came in from the States, anyway it's good to get it.
Suggestion, buy a good second hand bus, lease it or rent it out when it's not in use, in no time you will recoup the money you spent on it, your now in a win, win situation.
supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 2908 - 16/03/2022 09:32:12
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Replying To supersub15: "Congrats on that, it's said most of 176,000 came in from the States, anyway it's good to get it.
Suggestion, buy a good second hand bus, lease it or rent it out when it's not in use, in no time you will recoup the money you spent on it, your now in a win, win situation." Good job someone else and not I that mentioned that; or dollars are floating so many boats in Ireland. Kerry and Mayo particularly get huge money from over here, and have done for years. Limerick is now fast catching up. I suppose success breads success.
And Leitrim, if you want more players…make more babies!
foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 1926 - 16/03/2022 10:51:37
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Replying To supersub15: "Congrats on that, it's said most of 176,000 came in from the States, anyway it's good to get it.
Suggestion, buy a good second hand bus, lease it or rent it out when it's not in use, in no time you will recoup the money you spent on it, your now in a win, win situation." Sure it doesn't matter where money came from.
A second hand bus!!
I don't think so quality deserves quality.
Leitrim went to Carlow last week.
Can't remember who won. Can you?
I'd say Carlow GAA have loads of money.!!!
Isn't there a couple of men that have it in multiple millions from a certain camera security company.
I'm sure the Co treasurer is pleased with them!!!
leitrimforsam (Leitrim) - Posts: 85 - 16/03/2022 13:30:40
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Replying To foreveryoung: "Good job someone else and not I that mentioned that; or dollars are floating so many boats in Ireland. Kerry and Mayo particularly get huge money from over here, and have done for years. Limerick is now fast catching up. I suppose success breads success.
And Leitrim, if you want more players…make more babies!" Have more babies.l!!
Must talk to the treasurer to see if more children's allowance would be enough
leitrimforsam (Leitrim) - Posts: 85 - 16/03/2022 13:35:53
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Replying To leitrimforsam: "Leitrim as you know is the Co with the smallest population.
Funding is not near a level playing pitch.
Leitrim held a fundraiser in January.
176000 was raised.
I'd say their are people from other counties reading this and saying big deal. It's not that much.
I just done some research on the figure raised.
I've just picked 6 counties at random and based on a per capita basis this is what they would have raised.
Donegal.== 872000
Clare.=====651000
Wexford.== 821000
Tipperary.==874000
Kerry. ==== 806000
Louth.==== 716000
The about of money Leitrim raised in this fundraiser was just brilliant from a county with such a small population
Its the same price to hire a bus to bring the Leitrim team to Tipperary as it would for Tipperary to hire one to bring the team to leitrim" Louth ran a house draw last year and raised €1.2 million.
Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6031 - 16/03/2022 15:01:56
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Replying To foreveryoung: "Good job someone else and not I that mentioned that; or dollars are floating so many boats in Ireland. Kerry and Mayo particularly get huge money from over here, and have done for years. Limerick is now fast catching up. I suppose success breads success.
And Leitrim, if you want more players…make more babies!" What success have Mayo had?
Cockney_Cat (UK) - Posts: 2478 - 16/03/2022 15:20:27
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Replying To Greengrass: "Louth ran a house draw last year and raised €1.2 million." Thank a great figure. Was that the profit figure?
leitrimforsam (Leitrim) - Posts: 85 - 16/03/2022 15:32:35
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Replying To foreveryoung: "Good job someone else and not I that mentioned that; or dollars are floating so many boats in Ireland. Kerry and Mayo particularly get huge money from over here, and have done for years. Limerick is now fast catching up. I suppose success breads success.
And Leitrim, if you want more players…make more babies!" It isn't just the babies that are the problem, it is the planning permission to get a house built!
Leitrim_12 (USA) - Posts: 207 - 16/03/2022 16:15:14
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Replying To Cockney_Cat: "What success have Mayo had?" A lot more than Leitrim or Kilkenny. If I recall correctly, didn't Mayo footballers do 5-in-a-row Connacht titles, relatively recently? When did the footballers of Leitrim ever do that? Or the footballers of Kilkenny ever even do that in Leinster?
IMHO, as Gaelic games in Ireland go, Kilkenny is a huge failure; nothing done to promote football. Success? Is that success?
Perhaps it's time for the likes of Ned Quinn, Nicky Brennan or even big Cody himself to come over to my part of the world with their "big laimhs amach"? Perhaps then, we might be able to make Kilkenny a real sports county, whatever about being successful. Our dollars might just give ye a kick start to form a senior inter-county football team. I believe all the other counties in Ireland, even over in London and up the road in NY have the capacity to manage that.
As things stand in the eyes of this American from far away, but who analyzes quite closely, Kilkenny is a downright disgrace to the GAA. You have left the game die.
So, please don't ever come on here or anywhere else to pontificate to me or anyone else about success?
foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 1926 - 16/03/2022 16:17:28
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Replying To foreveryoung: "A lot more than Leitrim or Kilkenny. If I recall correctly, didn't Mayo footballers do 5-in-a-row Connacht titles, relatively recently? When did the footballers of Leitrim ever do that? Or the footballers of Kilkenny ever even do that in Leinster?
IMHO, as Gaelic games in Ireland go, Kilkenny is a huge failure; nothing done to promote football. Success? Is that success?
Perhaps it's time for the likes of Ned Quinn, Nicky Brennan or even big Cody himself to come over to my part of the world with their "big laimhs amach"? Perhaps then, we might be able to make Kilkenny a real sports county, whatever about being successful. Our dollars might just give ye a kick start to form a senior inter-county football team. I believe all the other counties in Ireland, even over in London and up the road in NY have the capacity to manage that.
As things stand in the eyes of this American from far away, but who analyzes quite closely, Kilkenny is a downright disgrace to the GAA. You have left the game die.
So, please don't ever come on here or anywhere else to pontificate to me or anyone else about success?" I'm waiting with bated breath to see if you address the same sort of post to the many counties who do little or nothing to promote hurling.....
Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2251 - 16/03/2022 16:48:08
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Replying To Cockney_Cat: "What success have Mayo had?" Not much since 1951.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7360 - 16/03/2022 16:55:10
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Replying To GreenandRed: "Not much since 1951." It' s fair to say you won a lot more than most counties can only dream of mo cara, like multiple provincial titles, all-star awards, all Ireland final appearances etc, more importantly the respect of the nation and beyond, did I leave something out.
supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 2908 - 19/03/2022 09:31:54
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Replying To supersub15: "It' s fair to say you won a lot more than most counties can only dream of mo cara, like multiple provincial titles, all-star awards, all Ireland final appearances etc, more importantly the respect of the nation and beyond, did I leave something out." You did.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7360 - 19/03/2022 14:11:29
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Replying To GreenandRed: "You did." - Debatable.
supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 2908 - 20/03/2022 08:17:53
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Replying To Greengrass: "Louth ran a house draw last year and raised €1.2 million." Wonderful prize.
If the house was around Drogheda the to Dubs would be a goldmine with the prices in the the capital.
Again great result in the money raised.
Ah the prize in the Leitrim fundraiser was NOTHING. No prize.
leitrimforsam (Leitrim) - Posts: 85 - 20/03/2022 09:16:03
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Replying To foreveryoung: "A lot more than Leitrim or Kilkenny. If I recall correctly, didn't Mayo footballers do 5-in-a-row Connacht titles, relatively recently? When did the footballers of Leitrim ever do that? Or the footballers of Kilkenny ever even do that in Leinster?
IMHO, as Gaelic games in Ireland go, Kilkenny is a huge failure; nothing done to promote football. Success? Is that success?
Perhaps it's time for the likes of Ned Quinn, Nicky Brennan or even big Cody himself to come over to my part of the world with their "big laimhs amach"? Perhaps then, we might be able to make Kilkenny a real sports county, whatever about being successful. Our dollars might just give ye a kick start to form a senior inter-county football team. I believe all the other counties in Ireland, even over in London and up the road in NY have the capacity to manage that.
As things stand in the eyes of this American from far away, but who analyzes quite closely, Kilkenny is a downright disgrace to the GAA. You have left the game die.
So, please don't ever come on here or anywhere else to pontificate to me or anyone else about success?" A bit unfair on Kilkenny when compared with the plethora of counties that see hurling as a foreign sport.
arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4897 - 20/03/2022 16:10:13
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Colm Ó 'Rourke, ex Meath player has pretty strong views on the subject of fund raising especially for senior Inter County squads.
He believes that outside the charmed golden circle, Dublin, Kerry, Mayo, Tyrone, Donegal and one or two others that most County boards would be better off taking all the money that's pumped in to keeping these expensive shows on the road and simply giving it the individual clubs in their counties and let them spend it on whatever they want, pitch, facilities development, coaching and so on.
Newmitch (Down) - Posts: 97 - 20/03/2022 16:13:00
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Each county needs to employ a full time CEO who knows what he is doing.
The reality for a weaker county is that they cannot compete year on year with the top 8 so why bother.
Taking Leitrim as the example. Historically they have won Connacht once every 3rd generation.
They need to focus their resources bases around the school numbers and when they are projecting the next surge in 15-20 year old numbers. Wether that's 5 years from now or 15.
Pump all the money they get between now and then into ensuring that that group get the best of everything and also look at staggering their underage structures every other year to maximise the development of kids born in the 2nd six moths of the year for that period.
If they target that generation they might just win another Connacht title.
Half competing year on year is only pissing into the wind
tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1126 - 20/03/2022 17:54:39
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Replying To Cockney_Cat: "What success have Mayo had?" Being consistently competitive. Always competing at the business end of the championship. Multiple Connacht titles. A league title. Mayo might be the butt end of jokes but we win more than most counties.
yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11236 - 20/03/2022 18:34:55
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