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Good lord... this 'Longford on my mind' nonsense has reared its ugly head again! Nobody in the county knows that song or has ever sang it at a match or in the pub or in our solar system. It is up there with 'The Larries' nonsense (Larry Cunningham didn't mount a hostile takeover of the county, we are not the Larries). We don't have a song, that is the long and the short of it. No song, no Larries, not the Slashers either, its gold not yellow, in Leinster not Connacht, and on the list goes. If we did have a song, it would be Declan Nerney's 'Stop the World'. This we can all agree on.

LongfordgaaAbú (Longford) - Posts: 612 - 21/04/2023 18:19:17    2472267

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Waterford has just released a new hurling song. Not bad but I think a song that represents all aspects of a county not just sport is better.

Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 3035 - 21/04/2023 22:14:57    2472298

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Replying To LongfordgaaAbú:  "Good lord... this 'Longford on my mind' nonsense has reared its ugly head again! Nobody in the county knows that song or has ever sang it at a match or in the pub or in our solar system. It is up there with 'The Larries' nonsense (Larry Cunningham didn't mount a hostile takeover of the county, we are not the Larries). We don't have a song, that is the long and the short of it. No song, no Larries, not the Slashers either, its gold not yellow, in Leinster not Connacht, and on the list goes. If we did have a song, it would be Declan Nerney's 'Stop the World'. This we can all agree on."
An Gunnadóir Mag Aoidh?

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3516 - 22/04/2023 08:26:57    2472313

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Replying To Canuck:  "Waterford has just released a new hurling song. Not bad but I think a song that represents all aspects of a county not just sport is better."
Good money for Davy.

ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1336 - 22/04/2023 10:59:10    2472342

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Replying To CiarraiMick:  "Yes indeed.Joe Connolly gave the greatest ever acceptance speech.Truly brilliant and never to be forgotten."
Disagree. Anthony Daly's speech in 1995 was the best.

KnockaineyAbú (Limerick) - Posts: 96 - 24/04/2023 15:12:12    2473309

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Replying To Maguiresman:  "Or on rarer occasions O'Neill's March or the Hills above Drumquin"
County Tyrone don't have a monopoly on the O'Neills as they would like to think they do. They also ruled South Derry, South Antrim and South Armagh before the plantations.

PattyONeill (Derry) - Posts: 263 - 28/04/2023 11:48:34    2474346

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Replying To Seanfanbocht:  "Derry's Wall !!!"
That is the city though, Derry GAA has always been a rural thing. I think there are songs about Dungiven and a song called 'sweet moneymore'.

PattyONeill (Derry) - Posts: 263 - 28/04/2023 11:51:30    2474347

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Replying To KnockaineyAbú:  "For 30 years that was the Liverpool FC song ...... and it may become their song again!!!!!"
if it does become their son again I'll be a happy man.

cluichethar (Mayo) - Posts: 522 - 28/04/2023 17:23:52    2474429

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All hail The Gallant John Joe ( I think Come Back Paddy Reilly is the official song, but needs ousting)

Calving4Sam (Cavan) - Posts: 89 - 29/04/2023 08:40:46    2474462

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Judging by the "music" blared in Croke Park these days, i think the DJ imagines they are in Los Angeles or Brooklyn :-)

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3516 - 29/04/2023 10:13:51    2474474

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Replying To PattyONeill:  "County Tyrone don't have a monopoly on the O'Neills as they would like to think they do. They also ruled South Derry, South Antrim and South Armagh before the plantations."
The Clandeboy branch took in a chunk of Down as well!

MachaireConnacht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1000 - 29/04/2023 11:23:20    2474486

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