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John Connolly's Famous All Ireland Speech Has Been Overtaken By Jarlet Burns

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Replying To Ulsterman:  "I'm getting the impression that some just don't like Jarlath because of where he is from. They try and dress it up as something else but they don't like Nordies full stop."
I think they're starting to get a bit worried about Northern domination again.

Every adult football club, colleges and county All Ireland title was won by Ulster teams this year sure :D

peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1036 - 01/08/2024 11:22:39    2563383

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Replying To peiledoir20:  "I think they're starting to get a bit worried about Northern domination again.

Every adult football club, colleges and county All Ireland title was won by Ulster teams this year sure :D"
How many did Dobegal win?

Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1950 - 01/08/2024 12:00:39    2563397

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Replying To Seanfanbocht:  "How many did Dobegal win?"
The same amount as Roscommon.

When's the last time the Rossies won a championship game in Croker??

peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1036 - 01/08/2024 12:47:23    2563412

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Replying To Onion_Sack:  "When you've lads like you representing "nordies" what do you expect?"
So you've admitted it then? That's a start.

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9785 - 01/08/2024 13:40:44    2563425

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Replying To peiledoir20:  "The same amount as Roscommon.

When's the last time the Rossies won a championship game in Croker??"
Didn't you win Ulster (confined to province) , Div 2 champions, Nicky Rackard Cup (beat us in The Hyde) , All Ireland Schools LGFA 'C' championship. . ?? Not a bad year atall
A bit like ourselves you have a couple of senior and u 21 titles but you are probably the most improved team in the country over past 12 months

Curlew66 (Roscommon) - Posts: 577 - 01/08/2024 13:50:23    2563428

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Replying To Ulsterman:  "So you've admitted it then? That's a start."
You'll never make the PSNI chief! I didn't admit anything! Just pointing out that if self appointed lads like you go out of your way to be disliked then there's a reasonable chance you'll be successful! It applies to all from anywhere! Absolutely no issues with "nordies" (your word) from me!

You do realise how apt the anagram of your user name is!

Onion_Sack (Dublin) - Posts: 256 - 01/08/2024 18:00:08    2563481

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Replying To sligo joe:  "I see where you're coming from regarding players from every county having their own backgrounds, often involving bereavements and other emotional obstacles to cope with.
However it would be totally wrong and remiss not to acknowledge the unique tragic and discriminatory obstacles put in the way of the nationalist community in the six counties and often this sectarian aggression from the ruc and british army was directed at GAA activities. This had the effect (especially in places like South Armagh) of bringing gaelic games to the very core in an even deeper way.
Of course we all have bereavements etc and like you say when youngsters lose a parent it is so hard.
But when your pitch is commandeered by state forces as happened Crossmaglen and players are stopped in a targeted way going to matches and training and a young player Aidan McAnespie is shot dead on his way to training, yes I believe this does give GAA a greater gravitas to the communities involved."
Well said.

CeachtPeile (Cavan) - Posts: 122 - 02/08/2024 17:38:59    2563619

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Replying To peiledoir20:  "I think they're starting to get a bit worried about Northern domination again.

Every adult football club, colleges and county All Ireland title was won by Ulster teams this year sure :D"
"one swallow does not a spring make, nor one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy" Aristotle

Cockney_Cat (UK) - Posts: 2654 - 03/08/2024 00:24:03    2563653

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Replying To sligo joe:  "I see where you're coming from regarding players from every county having their own backgrounds, often involving bereavements and other emotional obstacles to cope with.
However it would be totally wrong and remiss not to acknowledge the unique tragic and discriminatory obstacles put in the way of the nationalist community in the six counties and often this sectarian aggression from the ruc and british army was directed at GAA activities. This had the effect (especially in places like South Armagh) of bringing gaelic games to the very core in an even deeper way.
Of course we all have bereavements etc and like you say when youngsters lose a parent it is so hard.
But when your pitch is commandeered by state forces as happened Crossmaglen and players are stopped in a targeted way going to matches and training and a young player Aidan McAnespie is shot dead on his way to training, yes I believe this does give GAA a greater gravitas to the communities involved."
Aris agus aris eile

19616609 (Louth) - Posts: 1637 - 03/08/2024 09:09:09    2563660

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Replying To LottoPlus:  "This comes from a county whose manager realised very early that they never had much creative talent (Outside Mike Murphy ) so the way to win was to put everyone behind the ball and stop teams playing rather than trying to win"
So the way to win was not try to win? You don't even make sense. No team can win an All Ireland without being good at attacking. Some people obviously only see what they choose to see.

SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2501 - 03/08/2024 11:28:43    2563671

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Replying To Alwaysencourage:  "I don't accept that the President of The GAA all of Ireland should be more emotional.He should be neutral.What if a president from south had done what he had done if Galway or any other southern team had won on Sunday.There would be uproar and rightly so.It is about giving respect to the losing team on the pitch.You are belittling the trials of one set of players against another and that should not come into it at all with regards to the president.If the Armagh captain had made that speech then it would be perfectly acceptable."
So Jarlath Burns should pretend he's not from Armagh, pretend he doesn't have a son winning his first All Ireland, pretend he doesn't know the manager and his decade long struggle to bring success to the county despite many hard luck tales along the way. He should just be another joyless robot muttering a few words and hand over the trophy because he might offend the losing county? The people of Galway are resilient folk and I'm sure can understand where his emotions come from. Frankly, would he be a true GAA man if that rare achievement on Sunday meant nothing to him?

SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2501 - 03/08/2024 11:43:46    2563673

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Replying To SaffronDon:  "So Jarlath Burns should pretend he's not from Armagh, pretend he doesn't have a son winning his first All Ireland, pretend he doesn't know the manager and his decade long struggle to bring success to the county despite many hard luck tales along the way. He should just be another joyless robot muttering a few words and hand over the trophy because he might offend the losing county? The people of Galway are resilient folk and I'm sure can understand where his emotions come from. Frankly, would he be a true GAA man if that rare achievement on Sunday meant nothing to him?"
I didn't say it meant nothing to him and yes he should be professional until after the cup is presented.

Alwaysencourage (Galway) - Posts: 369 - 03/08/2024 13:33:17    2563692

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Replying To Alwaysencourage:  "I didn't say it meant nothing to him and yes he should be professional until after the cup is presented."
He was professional. It was his duty to give a speech and hand over the trophy, which he did.

SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2501 - 03/08/2024 17:52:00    2563709

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Replying To SaffronDon:  "He was professional. It was his duty to give a speech and hand over the trophy, which he did."
He wasn't professional in the way he delivered that speech.

Alwaysencourage (Galway) - Posts: 369 - 03/08/2024 19:54:42    2563717

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Replying To Alwaysencourage:  "He wasn't professional in the way he delivered that speech."
It's not Sunday mass, he has the right to make the speech his own. Fair enough if you didn't like it but does this really need to be as big an issue as it's been made out to be?

SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2501 - 03/08/2024 21:04:30    2563725

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Replying To SaffronDon:  "It's not Sunday mass, he has the right to make the speech his own. Fair enough if you didn't like it but does this really need to be as big an issue as it's been made out to be?"
Doesn't need to be an issue at all. The GAA President is a confident optimistic man. More power to him.

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7651 - 04/08/2024 10:34:37    2563750

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The heading has the name of the great Connolly's of Galway and in John probably the greatest. I hope any discussion speeches does not take from that. I am pretty sure the Hurling men on here would never denigrate our heroes.

Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 2866 - 04/08/2024 20:51:49    2563825

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Replying To Canuck:  "The heading has the name of the great Connolly's of Galway and in John probably the greatest. I hope any discussion speeches does not take from that. I am pretty sure the Hurling men on here would never denigrate our heroes."
Canuck I think everyone on here hurling man/woman or not knows that poster's motivation when starting these threads. And hurling men would at least know that John Connolly did not give an All Ireland captain's winning speech. 2 of his brothers in fact had that honour in the same year.

Westfester (Limerick) - Posts: 976 - 05/08/2024 11:54:42    2563875

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Replying To Westfester:  "Canuck I think everyone on here hurling man/woman or not knows that poster's motivation when starting these threads. And hurling men would at least know that John Connolly did not give an All Ireland captain's winning speech. 2 of his brothers in fact had that honour in the same year."
Tom Smith often embeds some 'spot the deliberate mistake' in posts, just to see if anyone cares or is awake.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3875 - 05/08/2024 14:53:00    2563896

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Tomsmith here

Its unfortunate that Gaa President Burns has made such a dramatic and well founded speech at an All Ireland when we got such a haul of medals at the Olympics .
President Burns speech was brilliant and as already stated by me he included all Tea Lady, Jersey washer, field linesman ought he just thought of everyone .
How could ( other than disgruntled opponents of the Gaa ) find fault with his brilliance.
It will be talked about in years to come, like Cavans victory in All Ireland against Keryy in New York in 1947 .

tomsmith (Cavan) - Posts: 3982 - 08/08/2024 09:00:24    2564217

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