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I know BBC 2 are showing the Hurling final but are they showing the football final ?

Redhot (Cork) - Posts: 739 - 20/07/2024 14:25:02    2560177

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Replying To Redhot:  "I know BBC 2 are showing the Hurling final but are they showing the football final ?"
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Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2146 - 20/07/2024 15:24:37    2560185

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Replying To Redhot:  "I know BBC 2 are showing the Hurling final but are they showing the football final ?"
Just in thd 6 counties.

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GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7620 - 20/07/2024 15:45:16    2560191

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Both hurling and football finals will be shown live on BBC NI which can be viewed as a regional variant though most of service providers in the UK. The 5 year deal allows one of the finals each year to be shown live on BBC2 UK. The Dublin v Kerry football final in 2023 was viewed by 800,000 in the UK despite very little advanced notice. Viewership has the potential to exceed a million as more Irish abroad become aware of the coverage.

Curlew66 (Roscommon) - Posts: 577 - 20/07/2024 21:18:18    2560225

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Who were the pundits on the BBC for the game and what Counties were they from I know one of them was from Limerick and I know Sarah Mulkerrins was the presenter . And who was the presenter and the pundits on RTE ? And how many people watched the game on the BBC where I watched the game ?

Redhot (Cork) - Posts: 739 - 22/07/2024 17:01:05    2560712

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Replying To Redhot:  "Who were the pundits on the BBC for the game and what Counties were they from I know one of them was from Limerick and I know Sarah Mulkerrins was the presenter . And who was the presenter and the pundits on RTE ? And how many people watched the game on the BBC where I watched the game ?"
Studio panel was Seamus Flanagan (Limerick), Neil McManus (Antrim) and Paul Murphy (Kilkenny).
Sean Óg Ó hAilpín (Cork) and Austin Gleeson (Waterford) on the touch line with Jamesie O Connor (Clare) on co commentary.
Celeb panel on the balcony included James Nesbitt, Dara Ó Briain , David O Doherty and Sinead McSweeney.
It was broadcasted on BBC2 Northern Ireland, Wales & England. Diaspora living in Scotland would have to improvise a little (I Player, freesat etc) as BBC2 Scotland has closed down and replaced by BBC Scotland which shows mainly home produced programmes and features. A much bigger potential audience than Sky Sports & GaaGo.

Curlew66 (Roscommon) - Posts: 577 - 22/07/2024 18:18:35    2560739

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Can the Irish in the UK see it on Premier sports?
I saw a poster on another thread saying it was a bit sad, as it looks like we are going to to the UK, looking for a pat on the head, and saying look at what we got your honor! I tend to agree. Why is there such a need to want other countries to say how much they think hurling is great etc etc who, apart from the Irish abroad, will have forgotten about it tomorrow. Maybe try and grow it in Ireland first :)

county man (Limerick) - Posts: 1117 - 22/07/2024 20:32:52    2560764

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Replying To Curlew66:  "Studio panel was Seamus Flanagan (Limerick), Neil McManus (Antrim) and Paul Murphy (Kilkenny).
Sean Óg Ó hAilpín (Cork) and Austin Gleeson (Waterford) on the touch line with Jamesie O Connor (Clare) on co commentary.
Celeb panel on the balcony included James Nesbitt, Dara Ó Briain , David O Doherty and Sinead McSweeney.
It was broadcasted on BBC2 Northern Ireland, Wales & England. Diaspora living in Scotland would have to improvise a little (I Player, freesat etc) as BBC2 Scotland has closed down and replaced by BBC Scotland which shows mainly home produced programmes and features. A much bigger potential audience than Sky Sports & GaaGo."
Sorry Redhot , I meant Siobhan McSweeney not Sinead … Siobhan is the Cork actress playing Sr Michael in Derry Girls.

Curlew66 (Roscommon) - Posts: 577 - 22/07/2024 21:53:23    2560772

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Replying To Curlew66:  "Studio panel was Seamus Flanagan (Limerick), Neil McManus (Antrim) and Paul Murphy (Kilkenny).
Sean Óg Ó hAilpín (Cork) and Austin Gleeson (Waterford) on the touch line with Jamesie O Connor (Clare) on co commentary.
Celeb panel on the balcony included James Nesbitt, Dara Ó Briain , David O Doherty and Sinead McSweeney.
It was broadcasted on BBC2 Northern Ireland, Wales & England. Diaspora living in Scotland would have to improvise a little (I Player, freesat etc) as BBC2 Scotland has closed down and replaced by BBC Scotland which shows mainly home produced programmes and features. A much bigger potential audience than Sky Sports & GaaGo."
That's a great team of pundits/analysists to be fair!

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 13652 - 22/07/2024 22:13:29    2560776

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Replying To county man:  "Can the Irish in the UK see it on Premier sports?
I saw a poster on another thread saying it was a bit sad, as it looks like we are going to to the UK, looking for a pat on the head, and saying look at what we got your honor! I tend to agree. Why is there such a need to want other countries to say how much they think hurling is great etc etc who, apart from the Irish abroad, will have forgotten about it tomorrow. Maybe try and grow it in Ireland first :)"
Absolutely. It would be great to see every county dual in the future.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 13652 - 23/07/2024 10:48:54    2560835

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Replying To Viking66:  "Absolutely. It would be great to see every county dual in the future."
Everyone bar Kilkenny is already.

Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1913 - 23/07/2024 11:33:03    2560848

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Replying To county man:  "Can the Irish in the UK see it on Premier sports?
I saw a poster on another thread saying it was a bit sad, as it looks like we are going to to the UK, looking for a pat on the head, and saying look at what we got your honor! I tend to agree. Why is there such a need to want other countries to say how much they think hurling is great etc etc who, apart from the Irish abroad, will have forgotten about it tomorrow. Maybe try and grow it in Ireland first :)"
Don't think seeking plaudits abroad was ever the intention of the GAA with this arrangement.
It's more that BBC got a good deal on AI semi finals & final in both codes (6 games) at a time when they have limited access to live sport (Prem league, golf, rugby , racing etc) In reality Irish of a certain age will have the convenience of watching our games free of charge in their home comforts without having to pay an entrance fee into an Irish centre/club/ bar to watch an AI final.
Irish online media/sports sites have been reporting comments made by viewers seeing hurling for the first time but that novelty will soon wear off and need not reflect our own self confidence or belief.
There was a time (1960s/1970s) when the GAA calendar was less condensed and the UK was the number 1 destination for us to emigrate to that up to 40,000 would attend exhibition hurling /football matches usually between two top four counties in Wembley over Whit week end. A week end in London would have been a nice treat for players back then.

Curlew66 (Roscommon) - Posts: 577 - 23/07/2024 12:11:14    2560861

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Replying To Curlew66:  "Don't think seeking plaudits abroad was ever the intention of the GAA with this arrangement.
It's more that BBC got a good deal on AI semi finals & final in both codes (6 games) at a time when they have limited access to live sport (Prem league, golf, rugby , racing etc) In reality Irish of a certain age will have the convenience of watching our games free of charge in their home comforts without having to pay an entrance fee into an Irish centre/club/ bar to watch an AI final.
Irish online media/sports sites have been reporting comments made by viewers seeing hurling for the first time but that novelty will soon wear off and need not reflect our own self confidence or belief.
There was a time (1960s/1970s) when the GAA calendar was less condensed and the UK was the number 1 destination for us to emigrate to that up to 40,000 would attend exhibition hurling /football matches usually between two top four counties in Wembley over Whit week end. A week end in London would have been a nice treat for players back then."
Fair points, well made.

county man (Limerick) - Posts: 1117 - 23/07/2024 14:10:09    2560925

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Replying To Redhot:  "Who were the pundits on the BBC for the game and what Counties were they from I know one of them was from Limerick and I know Sarah Mulkerrins was the presenter . And who was the presenter and the pundits on RTE ? And how many people watched the game on the BBC where I watched the game ?"
Apologies Redhot for delay in answering second part of your question.
RTE coverage was presented by Joanne Cantwell with a panel consisting of Liam Sheedy (Tipperary), Donal Óg Cusack (Cork) and Anthony Daly (Clare) …John Allen (Cork) stood in while Donal Óg lined up with the winning team of 1999 … wish they could be honoured at half time as before.
Damien Lawlor (Think he is good, very genuine) interviewed John Fenton (Cork) and Ger O Loughlin (Clare) on Jones' Road, Brendan Cummins (Tipperary) before match and at half time as well as Seánie McGrath (Cork) before extra time. Damien also conducted interviews with players and management afterwards .
Marty Morrisey and Michael Duignan (Offaly) we're on commentary. Enjoyable positive coverage overall.
RTE had a big viewership peaking at 1.3 million , BBC haven't released official figures as yet but the Irish Sun claim it was about 500,000. They had 800,000 for last year's football final. Unfortunately the football final won't be on BBC2 UK/Wales as the deal allows them only one final on that platform but it will be on BBC2 NI which can be picked up as regional variation in UK (I Player, freesat, Fire TV stick etc).

Curlew66 (Roscommon) - Posts: 577 - 23/07/2024 15:32:54    2560957

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In fairness the BBC coverage is excellent, and I would take Sarah Mulkerrins over Joanne Cantwell any day. It's always nice to see hurling in particular been shown across the water, although Channel 4 used to show the finals back in 80 and 90s
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From reading some of the comments on Twitter, it looks like our British friends thoroughly enjoyed the experience, and James Nesbitt who had never been at a final before was also extremely impressed by what he had seen, and that was even before the game started.
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gilly1910 (Galway) - Posts: 181 - 23/07/2024 17:04:56    2561014

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Replying To Curlew66:  "Apologies Redhot for delay in answering second part of your question.
RTE coverage was presented by Joanne Cantwell with a panel consisting of Liam Sheedy (Tipperary), Donal Óg Cusack (Cork) and Anthony Daly (Clare) …John Allen (Cork) stood in while Donal Óg lined up with the winning team of 1999 … wish they could be honoured at half time as before.
Damien Lawlor (Think he is good, very genuine) interviewed John Fenton (Cork) and Ger O Loughlin (Clare) on Jones' Road, Brendan Cummins (Tipperary) before match and at half time as well as Seánie McGrath (Cork) before extra time. Damien also conducted interviews with players and management afterwards .
Marty Morrisey and Michael Duignan (Offaly) we're on commentary. Enjoyable positive coverage overall.
RTE had a big viewership peaking at 1.3 million , BBC haven't released official figures as yet but the Irish Sun claim it was about 500,000. They had 800,000 for last year's football final. Unfortunately the football final won't be on BBC2 UK/Wales as the deal allows them only one final on that platform but it will be on BBC2 NI which can be picked up as regional variation in UK (I Player, freesat, Fire TV stick etc)."
It seems like an incredibly bad deal to only allow one of the finals to be shown each year...mind you they may be better off this year with some of the standard and style of football being played in the modern age.

eslinchickenmaryland (Leitrim) - Posts: 274 - 23/07/2024 19:12:44    2561048

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Some interesting points raised. First games I remember was 86 football final between Tyrone and Kerry. Started getting interested in games after that. Channel 4 was truly innovative then and showed football finals and hurling finals (I think) for a number of years. There was also a programme on Saturday morning called Tohills tips in which the ex Derry player Anthony Tohill showed various skills of the football game. It was great to watch the hurling game Sunday gone as I knew it was going to be tight and although the result did not go my way I think Clare probably deserved it on the day. Whilst it is brilliant for the elderly Irish over here to be able to watch the game in the comfort of their own home there used to be a number of places in Birmingham where you could go to watch the games in the 90's. Sadly because of demographic trends and the passing on of the old school who made this city there are not so many places to go to now and I miss some of the old faces I used to enjoy a pint with on a Sunday PM. Good luck to Armagh and Galway. Another game that is for me too close to call. I just hope we get a good final.

Brummiejoe (UK) - Posts: 8 - 26/07/2024 14:10:14    2561766

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What a majestic final it was last week. The greatest advertisement for Hurling there could be.

The only issue is, if we have gained any new followers to the beautiful game of Hurling, is that the next game they could view is... next year's All-Ireland Final.

Why not show a Munster Championship game, say Cork v Limerick / Clare, in the Páirc on a Saturday evening next year, say the evening before the Final Round of Premier League Fixtures (as they are always on a Sunday).
Full house in Cork. Show it on the BBC Network, and allow new fans follow the remainder of Championship for the best part of the Summer.

everytomdick&harry (Monaghan) - Posts: 19 - 26/07/2024 15:42:52    2561808

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Replying To Brummiejoe:  "Some interesting points raised. First games I remember was 86 football final between Tyrone and Kerry. Started getting interested in games after that. Channel 4 was truly innovative then and showed football finals and hurling finals (I think) for a number of years. There was also a programme on Saturday morning called Tohills tips in which the ex Derry player Anthony Tohill showed various skills of the football game. It was great to watch the hurling game Sunday gone as I knew it was going to be tight and although the result did not go my way I think Clare probably deserved it on the day. Whilst it is brilliant for the elderly Irish over here to be able to watch the game in the comfort of their own home there used to be a number of places in Birmingham where you could go to watch the games in the 90's. Sadly because of demographic trends and the passing on of the old school who made this city there are not so many places to go to now and I miss some of the old faces I used to enjoy a pint with on a Sunday PM. Good luck to Armagh and Galway. Another game that is for me too close to call. I just hope we get a good final."
'Channel 4 was truly innovative then and showed football finals and hurling finals (I think) for a number of years.'

Are you sure about that? I don't remember any AI finals being shown on Channel 4, or any other terrestrial channels in Britain.

Cockney_Cat (UK) - Posts: 2652 - 26/07/2024 16:27:31    2561823

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Replying To everytomdick&harry:  "What a majestic final it was last week. The greatest advertisement for Hurling there could be.

The only issue is, if we have gained any new followers to the beautiful game of Hurling, is that the next game they could view is... next year's All-Ireland Final.

Why not show a Munster Championship game, say Cork v Limerick / Clare, in the Páirc on a Saturday evening next year, say the evening before the Final Round of Premier League Fixtures (as they are always on a Sunday).
Full house in Cork. Show it on the BBC Network, and allow new fans follow the remainder of Championship for the best part of the Summer."
Will BBC pay for rights or want to?

KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3667 - 26/07/2024 16:47:50    2561827

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