Next week sees another installment of the great rivalry between Down and Armagh and this will be seen especilly in the town of Newry, which is divided between the 2 counties. What makes the rivalry unique there are down and armagh gaa clubs in the same town, the Down County pitch Paric Esler is according to old records in County Armagh, while players of both counties for the most part go to school in newry. Have we any other towns with a gaa record which has been divided at ulster finals and national league finals over the years

cuchulainn35 (Armagh) - Posts: 1691 - 20/05/2011 10:30:46    935241

drogheda-the boyne used to be the border between louth and meath.now only a small part of the town is in meath.

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 20/05/2011 10:39:31    935248

Fr Casy's from Abbyfeale in Limerick is on the borded with Kerry and i think there pitch is actually in Kerry. Graiguecullen from Laois played in Carlow at some point and won county championships there and in Laois aswell

moomoo (Kerry) - Posts: 4023 - 20/05/2011 10:44:22    935251

In Mayo Shrule is on the Mayo/Galway border as is ballindine. both villages are jsut inside mayo. charlestown has the mayo/sligo rivilary. but i dont think any town in ireland can compare to ballaghdereen - a town in co.roscommon who play their football in mayo - why is that? well i think it goes back to the border changes years ago. ballaghdereen was originally in co.mayo but they moved it into roscommon - the people refused to play for roscommon so continued to play in and for mayo......i am open to correction but i think thats how it went.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11689 - 20/05/2011 10:50:04    935259

Portarlington is on the Laois - Offaly border and has two clubs, Gracefield (Offaly) and Portarlington (Laois).
I suppose the rivalry with Laois down the years centered around Portarlington...
Also in Edenderry, which is Offaly, there are many good young Offaly footballers but a fair few young lads
from Kildare, Meath and Westmeath go to school there too, and contribute to strong school's teams.

offalyfaithful (Offaly) - Posts: 120 - 20/05/2011 11:26:59    935299

yew_tree
County: Mayo
Posts: 2581

935259 In Mayo Shrule is on the Mayo/Galway border as is ballindine. both villages are jsut inside mayo. charlestown has the mayo/sligo rivilary. but i dont think any town in ireland can compare to ballaghdereen - a town in co.roscommon who play their football in mayo - why is that? well i think it goes back to the border changes years ago. ballaghdereen was originally in co.mayo but they moved it into roscommon - the people refused to play for roscommon so continued to play in and for mayo......i am open to correction but i think thats how it went.

That sound really messed up. Rathmore are half Kerry/Cork but play in Kerry.

Horsebox77 (Kerry) - Posts: 5491 - 20/05/2011 11:35:40    935313

Carrick-on-Shannon is divided by the shannon, Roscommon on one side and Leitrim on the other

D.Hyde (Roscommon) - Posts: 298 - 20/05/2011 11:36:05    935314

A British landlord wanted cheaper rates on his land hence he got the border redrawn which put Ballag in Roscommon. The Roscommon border was originally 5 miles out the Dublin road in Ballag. I'd consider it Mayo.

paddyogall (Mayo) - Posts: 5110 - 20/05/2011 12:10:09    935360

In Cavan part of the Gowna parish is in Longford, while part of Mountnugent is in Meath. Am open to correction on this.

doratheexplorer (Cavan) - Posts: 1467 - 20/05/2011 12:33:59    935391

Ballagh is a weird example alright- its not even debateable that its in roscommon, its miles inside the roscommon border possibly 5- 10 miles inside, its a very strange one indeed but as we say at home let them play wherever they want to play so its not a big issue

liathroidboy (Mayo) - Posts: 4921 - 20/05/2011 12:46:49    935408

Moneygall (of Obama fame) is in Offaly but it's GAA pitch is in Tipp so they play in Tipp

tonorio (Offaly) - Posts: 609 - 20/05/2011 12:47:35    935411

Blacklion Cavan/fermanagh

boom2010 (Cavan) - Posts: 14 - 20/05/2011 13:19:31    935457

So is Newry the largest urban area with this gaa rivalry - we have Ballyholland Harps who play in Down and are in down, we have Newry Bosco who are on the Armagh side of the town but play Down as do Mitchels and Shamrocks ( but these two are disputed by some) and Corrinshego who are on the Armagh side of the town and play in Armagh.

cuchulainn35 (Armagh) - Posts: 1691 - 20/05/2011 13:20:34    935458

The town of Athlone on the border between Westmeath and Roscommon - anything on the westside of the river is in the Parish of St Peter and Paul's which is Clann na nGael club's territory but a portion of that side of the town is in Westmeath.

decky (Roscommon) - Posts: 384 - 20/05/2011 13:46:02    935484

cuchulainn35
County: Armagh
Posts: 118

"the Down County pitch Paric Esler is according to old records in County Armagh"

Ha Ha cuchulainn, you wish, must be very old records written by an Armagh scribe !! Are you that desperate for a bit of our glory, maybe moving the boundaries would assist Paddy in team selection, I know ye's have a couple of injurys. Pairc Esler on Mourne side of Clanrye/Newry River

Burnsey (Down) - Posts: 561 - 20/05/2011 13:48:01    935488

Lanesboro (Longford) and Ballyleague (Roscommon). The Irish on sign posts for Lanesboro is Beal Atha na Liag which is also the Irish for Ballyleague.

Spinx (Longford) - Posts: 1365 - 20/05/2011 14:50:59    935584

Portarlington

Portarlington GAA club play in Laois & Gracefield GAA club play in Offaly

OffalyBigBall (Offaly) - Posts: 635 - 20/05/2011 16:27:21    935728

20/05/2011 12:46:49
liathroidboy
County: Mayo
Posts: 3093

935408
Ballagh is a weird example alright- its not even debateable that its in roscommon, its miles inside the roscommon border possibly 5- 10 miles inside, its a very strange one indeed but as we say at home let them play wherever they want to play so its not a big issue
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Agreed however they are not let to play for whoever, Men can only play for Mayo while the ladies play for Roscommon.

ispeakwisdom (Roscommon) - Posts: 2487 - 20/05/2011 18:48:09    935907

The largest urban area divided by GAA boundaries does indeed involve Co Down, but it is Belfast and not Newry. The River Lagan is the line separating Down and Antrim. Bredagh of Down and St Malachy's of Antrim look at each other across the Ormeau Bridge. Carryduff is just to the south of Bredagh, while St Brigid's is the closest Antrim club to St Malachy's.

MourneRising (Down) - Posts: 238 - 20/05/2011 21:56:11    936053

Bray Emmetts won a All Ireland representing Dublin while being a County Wicklow town. Their juvenile teams in both hurling and footballl play in both the Dublin and Wicklow leagues but are only allowed contest championship in Wicklow. Also in underage football a few years back Foxrock miles inside Dublin played in the Wicklow football leagues.

Ferrybank in Waterford would be another example. Much of Ferrybank is in Co. Kilkenny yet they play in Waterford.

Wicklowman (Wicklow) - Posts: 1145 - 21/05/2011 09:44:44    936074