10/11/2009 01:01:56 cailin County: Wexford Posts: 94 479957 Pinkie County: Wexford Posts: 821 479515 Rugby I would say in Wexford. Are you on something ?,that's the rich man's sport in Wexford !!! I know that the local GAA club here has more under 14's playing GAA than the Wexford Wanderers do at U14 level. The rugby club is one of only 4 in the county... Therefore, in Wexford, there are far more kids playing GAA than rugby, although there is a big overlap. Soccer is also very popular in Wexford, but to be honest, I really don't know where all the previous posters have plucked their figures from.... 9 out of ten cats prefer kitty-kat maybe? What surveys have been conducted for people t break things down into percentages and ratios..... Surely an pld fashioned Venn Diagram would be more appropriate as some kids play more then one of the sports, two, three even four! Athletics is also popular, and awimming in some areas... Just some food for thought! My logic is based on pure fact my friend.In Wexford town for kid's who like soccer they can play for 1 of the following team's,Wexford Albion (A B or C team),North End (A B or C team) Wexford Celtic (A B or C team) or when they get older they can play for Park Hotspur,North End,Wexford Boh's all the way to adult level and even those team's play 3 team's.Whereas the Gaelic football I know for a fact at underage you can play for Clonard (1 team),Maudlintown (1 team),Sar's (2 team's) Vol's (1 team) Harrier's (hurling 2 teams)..........................Wexford Wanderers is a team for people of a certain class,there basically shouting themselves in the foot with what there doing................The country team's are all mostly football or hurling as you well know

Duffy89 (Wexford) - Posts: 3320 - 10/11/2009 17:09:41    480451

gottabetrue, i think he means 95% of people who play sports play GAA.

bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4649 - 10/11/2009 17:18:01    480462

I would suggest before any percentages are calculated the kids that play no sport should be calculated

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 10/11/2009 19:18:26    480555

10/11/2009 19:18:26
dhorse
County: Laois
Posts: 3910

480555 I would suggest before any percentages are calculated the kids that play no sport should be calculated


I know for speaking for me own county that an awful lot of kid's do stuff like dancing or in bands,or sit outside of supermarkets dressed in black

Duffy89 (Wexford) - Posts: 3320 - 10/11/2009 19:39:37    480578

A lot of them would probably fancy themselves as the next MJ Kinane after the exploits of one, Sea The Stars, in 2009! Every second youngster I see these days is going round like the fellah out of the Weetabix advert pretending to be the next Kinane or McDonagh! I'd say the breakdown is:

50% - Racing
25% - Hurling
25% - Gaelic

Loyal2TheRoyal (Meath) - Posts: 4522 - 10/11/2009 19:52:47    480594

they dont seem to want to play anything in Derry city !!!!!!

BIG SACKS (Tyrone) - Posts: 1681 - 10/11/2009 19:56:55    480598

1. Mooching about
2. Dodging about
3. Mopeing about
4. Hanging about
5. Messing about
6. Sundry other anti social behaviour
7. staying at home lounging about
8. At each others houses lounging about
9. Wacthing organised sport on sky
10. Playing organised sport on Games consoles

ruanua (Donegal) - Posts: 4966 - 10/11/2009 20:06:35    480613

Don't know what part of Wexford Pinkie is from, but if he thinks rugby is the most popular sport in the county he must be even further out of touch than I thought. I'd say there are more young people playing hockey (girls only!) and badminton than rugby in Wexford.

Wexford is divided between football and hurling, with football dominant in some areas (south of the county - New Ross District, and North Wexford - Kilanerin & Castletown), hurling dominant in clubs like Oulart, Rathnure, the Alley etc. and the rest of the county mixed. In the towns as Duffy said soccer is more popular, but most young lads from the country will play soccer during the winter too.

An issue for country clubs is that many are unable to field an underage GAA team, or they are forced to amalgamate with a local (rival) club. This gives soccer an advantage, as only 11 are required to play!

nocky (Wexford) - Posts: 2059 - 10/11/2009 20:19:54    480629

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/1111/1224258553807.html
Seen this?

Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8166 - 11/11/2009 11:55:07    480981

GAA by far,probaly Football in north Laois and Hurling in south Laois

dubinlaois (Dublin) - Posts: 304 - 11/11/2009 13:34:40    481085

In Waterford City its Soccer 40% and hurling 34% followed by Rugby 17% and then Football 9 %

Waterford County would probably go along these lines Hurling 40% , Soccer 29% followed by Football 20% and then 1 % Rugby

Rex (Waterford) - Posts: 74 - 11/11/2009 15:52:52    481240

liam,45% of votes were made by people from dublin,hardly very accurate.

Mclovinxxx (Cavan) - Posts: 205 - 11/11/2009 18:22:06    481416

Well for my area of Derry it would be about
84% Soccer
16% Gaelic games (football & hurling)

Orlaith (Derry) - Posts: 4282 - 11/11/2009 20:53:52    481555

80% of statistics are made up on the spot, sure 95% of all people know that

Lebowski (Meath) - Posts: 363 - 11/11/2009 21:21:41    481589

Hurling 50%
Football 20%
Rugby 15%
Soccer 15%

Mick14 (Limerick) - Posts: 766 - 11/11/2009 21:42:18    481615

gealic buzz

flyer (Meath) - Posts: 815 - 11/11/2009 21:46:07    481624

Eating, wobbling and playing computer games probably, a lot podgy wee kids about.

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9816 - 12/11/2009 01:03:38    481822

i agree with
the.pundit
County: Galway
Posts: 205

479369
im from Mountbellew/Moylough mainly gaa but moylough have a good U12 soccer team.
i hear in menlough it is BADMINTON

ballinastack (Galway) - Posts: 96 - 12/11/2009 15:30:41    482215