Palmerstown Woods of course yes.Im born and bred in Palmerstown,went to school in Moyle Park and have lived in Lucan last 8 years.

cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 23/06/2014 21:51:35    1608047

Palmerstown Woods is not over that railway bridge either and is more Cappamore than Rowlagh if u get me.

cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 23/06/2014 21:56:00    1608048

It is over the railway bridge and it's part of Clondalkin not Palmerstown. My point is were weak all over Clondalkin not only Neilstown or north Clondalkin.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 23/06/2014 21:59:12    1608049

@ OLLIE: I was there five years- drifted out of gaelic games for a while, wasn't playing up there, hence the curiosity.

Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 24/06/2014 08:47:49    1608060

Interesting views that some see Tallaght as a non GAA stronghold. Define a GAA stronghold, is it determined on silverware/presence or both?
The Following Clubs are based in Tallaght:
T. Davis
St. Annes
St. Marks
Kevins/Killians
Croi ro Naofa - arguably one of the best ladies football set ups in county.
Furthermore, the following clubs pick players from D.24 area and they all border Dublin 24:
Ballyboden St Endas
St. Judes
Faughs
Commercials Rathcoole
St. Marys Saggart
Wanderers Football club
Crumlin GAA

In essence what you have in Dublin 24 is a huge amount of players playing the games. T. Davis are a big club and in last few years silverware hasnt been prolific, but it wasnt too long ago they were 3 times leinster champs and an all ireland club appearance.
The exception in these clubs is of course ballyboden, more players than you would think come from d24.
Judes are certainly on the up and I would regard the them as the 2nd strongest club in or around d24.
Marks, Annes are going through a major transition, but again they wont be far off in a few years.

glenquagmire (Dublin) - Posts: 20 - 24/06/2014 08:49:10    1608061

Boyne park the home ground of ballinabrackey is extremely close to offaly border and the club itself while in Meath the pitch is in castle Jordan add to that it takes in almost 4 counties, Meath obviously, offaly , Westmeath and Kildare. The Meath player Damian Carroll is from there.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 24/06/2014 09:34:11    1608078

Jude's Boden Mary's Commericals Crumlin Faughs are not in tallaght so give that over, killians/Kevin's are useless Davis Marks and Anne's are going nowhere but down and that other team have an average girls team we play them all the time and hammer them. Lads come on here and love to make stuff up, Tallaght has a bigger pop than Limerick and is very poor for Gaa right now.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 24/06/2014 10:08:27    1608094

places like tooreen, ballyhaunis in Mayo spring to mind or burt, pettigo in donegal

preddan (Kildare) - Posts: 801 - 24/06/2014 10:17:27    1608103

Ahh yes jimbodub, waking up and seeing Croke Park is always nice. Especially this close to a game!

GAAHattrick (Dublin) - Posts: 278 - 24/06/2014 10:23:13    1608117

GAAHattrick
County: Dublin
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Ahh yes jimbodub, waking up and seeing Croke Park is always nice. Especially this close to a game!
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It is isn't it!

It got even nicer since we've been successful :)

Nothing worse waking up next day after a big loss and you're reminded of it all day for the next number of months... haha

jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20763 - 24/06/2014 10:36:38    1608125

Tallaght isnt the worst place for Gaa, but only the first four clubs you named are in tallaght. Crumlin isnt even close. St Annes arent bad underage, and theyre probably the best of them at adult, but i dont think they play any hurling at all there

flack (Dublin) - Posts: 1054 - 24/06/2014 10:39:30    1608130

The good thing about tallaght though is that if a kid wants to play, theres clubs available and close. the same cant be said about other parts of dublin

flack (Dublin) - Posts: 1054 - 24/06/2014 10:41:34    1608133

Clondalkindub im not talking about the railway bridge beside the entrance to Palmerstown Woods,i mean the railway bridge after the petrol station that leads straight to Ronanstown and all the other estates i mentioned.Im well aware that Palmerstown Woods is in Clondalkin.Although it backs onto Collinstown,the simialarities end there.Fair enough if u say that all Clondalkin is struggling but this topic is about NON GAA strongholds as opposed to STRUGGLING GAA strongholds.Hundreds of clubs are struggling.Round Towers are a proud club-one of the oldest in the country.Our own Jim Gavin is a son of their and went to Moyle Park College(was 4 years ahead of me) where they got to a Leinster Senior final vs St Mels Longford.Only a few months back,Towers opened up a fantastic new pitch and launched it with a senior challenge between Dublin and Galway.So its fair to say the GAA plays a part in the area.
Now in the various estates i mentioned around Neilstown this is sadly not the case.Never has been.Out of approx 8000 population their is practically zero GAA participation.I think its accurate therefore to say that the Neilstown/North Clondalkin area is a NON GAA stronghold.How to fix it im not sure.Has to start in the schools first.

cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 24/06/2014 11:13:00    1608155

preddan
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places like tooreen, ballyhaunis in Mayo spring to mind or burt, pettigo in donegal

I wouldn't agree with that, Preddan! Tooreen is a hotbed of hurling in Mayo; they lead the roll of honour for the county senior hurling championship. Ballyhaunis is one of the few examples of a genuine dual club in the county, albeit one in which hurling is more successful than football. Keith Higgins plays both for Ballyhaunis. I've played there a few times, the locals usually get behind their team. I don't even think there's a soccer team in Ballyhaunis,come to think of it, although there may be a rugby club.

EDIT: Just seen that they have a soccer club there, but only since 2010.

Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 24/06/2014 11:16:33    1608158

At clondalkin Dub - "Jude's Boden Mary's Commericals Crumlin Faughs are not in tallaght so give that over, killians/Kevin's are useless Davis Marks and Anne's are going nowhere but down and that other team have an average girls team we play them all the time and hammer them. Lads come on here and love to make stuff up, Tallaght has a bigger pop than Limerick and is very poor for Gaa right now. "

Where did I say that Jude's Boden Mary's Commericals Crumlin Faughs were based in Tallaght, read the post again. I also did ask, that is success in a stronghold determined by silverware or by presence? I will presume your a towers man and if a stronghold is based on silverware, then theres a massive famine in Dublin 22 so aswell, where you guys are the only club out there.

Theres a huge buzz about Towers at the moment particualrly with a very well put together executive etc and your new place down on the road where the bluestars was on, congratulations...however if your determining stronghold in an area regarding silverware, then your at the wrong end of the pecking order I'm afraid, like many of the teams based in Dublin 24....

I'm afraid judging by the tone of your comments...you probably cant see the woods cos of the trees, but so be it. Best of luck with towers in the future.

glenquagmire (Dublin) - Posts: 20 - 24/06/2014 11:34:35    1608172

Royaldunne would Meath hill be the most northerly Gaa Club in Meath? It would be close to the Louth/Monaghan/Cavan borders.

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 24/06/2014 11:37:39    1608174

Goodman Gleebo. I hope you enjoyed it.

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 24/06/2014 11:38:45    1608175

Glen I know that that's why I'm telling the other poster to include the whole of Clondalkin and not certain parts, were weak all over the suburb there's no stronghold at all but he thinks only North Clondalkin is weak. Gaa in Tallaght is very poor right now Anne's are an ok div 2 team Davis are struggling right now and couldn't even beat a div 2 Anne's team in the champo and Marks are in massive trouble going down the leagues like wildfire. Cillian's/Kevin's are a killer B club and as far as I can see have always been.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 24/06/2014 12:00:15    1608189

Yep it would be the most notherly club. Ollie.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 24/06/2014 12:01:54    1608192

In response to Offside_Rule's post about no GAA in Portstewart/ Portrush.
Eoghan Rua Cuil Raithin would serve those two towns and we would draw our players from the Triangle Area (Coleraine, Portstewart & Portrush).
The majority of our players would actually be based in Portstewart rather than Coleraine in recent years and our pitch is also based just outside the "Welcome to Portstewart" signs.

We are in a part of County Derry that definitely would not be considered to be a GAA stronghold. In total the 3 towns would have a pop of roughly 60,000 in the vicinity however the split would be 70-80% Protestant. Of the remaining 20-30% a good portion would be soccer orientated, particularly in Coleraine. Therefore the club wouldn't be as well supported as we would like.

In saying that I believe we have done well.
Our senior footballers went from Junior C'Ship winners in 97 to Intermediate C'Ship winners in 2006 to Intermdiate All Ireland Finalists in 2007 to Senior C'Ship winners in 2010.
Our Senior Camogs were double All Ireland Intermediate winners.
We also have a Senior hurling team that will compete in the Derry Senior Hurling C'Ship for the first time this year.

Also for the record;
Coleraine, Co Derry
Portstewart, Co Derry
Portrush, Co Antrim

bosch (Derry) - Posts: 873 - 24/06/2014 12:13:43    1608201