Cant think of one town or village in Meath that does not compete or at least is amalgamated to form a team.An interesting statistic is that the bigger town teams are struggling to win championships while the smaller rural teams are more successful in recent years.

noneutrals (Dublin) - Posts: 316 - 01/09/2011 14:18:19    1024730

GloryHunter
Any Dubs know what Club/Clubs cover the area from Clann na Gael/Fontenoy in Sandymount to Cuala in Dalkey.
Its a pretty large area with a big population from Blackrock to Dun Laoighaire?
Amn't aware of any clubs who claim this as their catchment area.

Your'e right, along the south east coast is really a GAA free zone. Egg chasing & shopping are the main leisure activities.
Its a bit like Navan I suppose!!

jos33 (Dublin) - Posts: 243 - 01/09/2011 16:26:36    1024890

diablodeKingdom
County: Kerry
Posts: 141

1024586
Are we talking parishes or Villages?

If its Parishes, I reckon we'd have a few but if it was actual villages then the number would shoot up.

In Kerry, parishes I know of:
Camp play with Annascaul. The team is 75% Camp born players so the Annascaul name is an insult to them
Castlemaine play with Milltown - but the club is called Milltown/Castlemaine.
Cloghane parish plays with Castlegregory
Barraduff with Rathmore

Before the 90's there were very few Camp lads playing with Annascaul. In the 70's & 80's it was manly all Annascaul and that was the time they bult on to get the success in the 90's Camp lads came along and took all the credit for the success then

moomoo (Kerry) - Posts: 4023 - 01/09/2011 16:33:19    1024898

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My tongue was firmly in my cheek Moomoo.

diablodeKingdom (Kerry) - Posts: 210 - 01/09/2011 17:13:10    1024946

diablodeKingdom
County: Kerry
Posts: 142

1024946 ---

My tongue was firmly in my cheek Moomoo.

Which one?

witnof (Dublin) - Posts: 1604 - 01/09/2011 20:20:29    1025110

I think every parish has a team with the exception of three I think

Sion Mills has no team which is a very surprising condsidering the political make up of the town however it is a cricket stronghold!

Fivemiletown, although the town is majority unionist there would be enough of a population to make a team there not sure if the locals play for Brookborough in Fermamnagh or Clogher but I would have thought there would be a large enough numbers for a team in FMT

Also out east I dont think that Coagh have a team although is Moortown in Coagh parish?

As well as that I think that Lissan and Ballinderry are both in Tyrone but there teams play in Derry!

omaghjoe (Tyrone) - Posts: 1191 - 01/09/2011 21:56:12    1025225

Ah Liam Carraig is in St.Kierans.. I know loads of people from Carraig who are proud Kierans men.. You were right about Carraig Celtic though, great club and the few scoops in the knockdown helps too

miketyson (Limerick) - Posts: 2748 - 02/09/2011 08:45:20    1025247

omaghjoe
County: Tyrone
Posts: 1077

1025225 I think every parish has a team with the exception of three I think

Sion Mills has no team which is a very surprising condsidering the political make up of the town however it is a cricket stronghold!

Fivemiletown, although the town is majority unionist there would be enough of a population to make a team there not sure if the locals play for Brookborough in Fermamnagh or Clogher but I would have thought there would be a large enough numbers for a team in FMT

Also out east I dont think that Coagh have a team although is Moortown in Coagh parish?

As well as that I think that Lissan and Ballinderry are both in Tyrone but there teams play in Derry!

Moortown is in the parish of Ardboe.Ogra Colmcille would be the club closest to Coagh.

orange and blue (Tyrone) - Posts: 1080 - 02/09/2011 08:50:41    1025251

carlow town have no gaa teams

bottles (Wicklow) - Posts: 243 - 02/09/2011 09:36:47    1025275

Hi Liam, Moomoo and Diablode. Yes camp play with Annascaul and Cloghane play with Castlegregory but there is nothing surprising about this as camp is part of Annascaul R.C. parish and Cloghane is part of Castlegregory R.C. parish which is how they were split. They may be separate civil districts/parishes but when based on catholic parishes the clubs are split perfectly.

What Liam asked about the area around the seven hogs, is interesting. As Diablode said, the area is Aughacasla and Aughacasle N.S is right beside the Seven Hogs (old Tralee Bay Hotel). Half of Aughacasla N.S would be from Aughacasla (playing for Castlegregory) and half from Camp (Playing for Annascaul). Added to that confusion is the fact that half of Aughacasla is in the Camp postal area. Wich make sthings worse.

Needless to say Rivalry is pretty high between CastleGregory and Annascaul. They have had some success together when amalgamated in the county minor league but that is no longer the case.

thykingdomcome (Kerry) - Posts: 1206 - 02/09/2011 10:08:16    1025295

bottles
County: Wicklow
Posts: 227

1025275
carlow town have no gaa teams

Pretty sure you're wrong.

roundball (Tipperary) - Posts: 2514 - 02/09/2011 10:18:56    1025303

Good post,

There are many in the north
Armagh - Hamiltonsbawn
Tandragee
Markethill ,- they used to play for Mullabrack, but they folded earlier this year



Down - Ballinahinch
Bangor
Ards - all ver big towns
Donagheede
Groomsport
Saintfield

cuchulainn35 (Armagh) - Posts: 1688 - 02/09/2011 10:45:42    1025327

Knock in Mayo have no club.

xxx (Mayo) - Posts: 1275 - 02/09/2011 10:49:50    1025330

cuchulainn35
People from Bangor, Ards and Groomport would play for St Pauls in Holywood.

dunal (Down) - Posts: 2 - 02/09/2011 11:23:54    1025350

baltray in louth.

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 02/09/2011 11:30:44    1025355

dunal
County: Down
Posts: 1

1025350 cuchulainn35
People from Bangor, Ards and Groomport would play for St Pauls in Holywood.

You beat me to that one Dunal.

Suas Sios (None) - Posts: 1558 - 02/09/2011 11:56:59    1025375

To dunal,

you are correct the people of Bangor etc play for St. Paul's in Hollywood, but the original post wanted to know what towns don't have a club, and there is no gaa club in bangor any more, it ceased in the '70's. but with a population in excess of 100,000 between bangor and ards ,there is no gaa club there,
In fact the majority of north Down there is little gaa, take hillsborough, over to Comber and into Dundonald/Stormont east belfast i think we have just Breadagh and Carryduff for a population of anything between 100,000 -250,000

cuchulainn35 (Armagh) - Posts: 1688 - 02/09/2011 12:17:02    1025393

There is no GAA club in Aghalee ,Newtownabbey (massive population), Doagh, Carrickfergus, Eden, Whitehead (although Larne played here for a while), Ballynure, Ballyclare..... actually there is loads of very sizeable places in Co. antrim with no gaa involvement

cuchulainn35 (Armagh) - Posts: 1688 - 02/09/2011 12:30:14    1025406

Cuchullain Naomh Eanna in Antrim are based in Glengormley and last I knew this was in Newtwownabbey

KevHill (Antrim) - Posts: 271 - 02/09/2011 12:42:50    1025416

Aghalee gaels would most likely be playing for Aghagallon in Antrim whereas the others cited by Cuchullain would have no history of local clubs: just hark back to July and the rioting in Ballyclare after removal of flags outside the Local Catholic Church: on the plus side the success of Naomh Brid in South Belfast in the last 10-12 years and the revitalising Na Piarsaigh in North Belfast is to be commended

KevHill (Antrim) - Posts: 271 - 02/09/2011 13:14:55    1025455