GAA or Soccer?
In Limerick Rugby is bigger than both combined, but whats more popular in your area?
I would think soccer if I am honest is the more popular
would ye agree lads?

Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8166 - 09/11/2009 12:32:19    479298

GAA in Armagh and Monaghan

Tom1916 (Armagh) - Posts: 2001 - 09/11/2009 12:56:39    479314

Soccer in Wexford town by about 75% then the rest,the culchies play GAA by about 75% in Co.Wexford,that sums it up really

Duffy89 (Wexford) - Posts: 3320 - 09/11/2009 13:04:25    479319

in cities soccer is more popular because kids can just play it on the street, lots of space and grass is needed to play gaa and rugby

bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4649 - 09/11/2009 13:10:15    479324

GAA in and around the surrounding areas of Ballina but alot play soccer and GAA. Not many play GAA and Rugby and the odd one plays GAA and Basketball.

ballinaman (Mayo) - Posts: 226 - 09/11/2009 13:15:01    479325

like if u took a gang of kids, put them out on a field with GAA goals and a ball, what would they play?
I would bet the majority of Irish kids, (and even big kids ie anything up to 60!) would play soccer using the gaa goals as makeshift soccer goals!

Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8166 - 09/11/2009 13:39:07    479347

95% Gaelic football in East Tyrone amongst the majority nationalist population.

CheFinny (UK) - Posts: 1358 - 09/11/2009 13:41:16    479349

depends where u are in galway.
in some parts is football and others its hurling

but def gaa is bigger... but rugby and soccer is popular too just not as big

caroline79 (Galway) - Posts: 130 - 09/11/2009 13:52:39    479360

Hurling in South & East Galway
Gaelic Football in North & West.
City= Probably soccer, rugby, gaelic football and hurling in that order?

the.pundit (Galway) - Posts: 258 - 09/11/2009 13:58:33    479369

Leitrim

Sumo wrestling and table tennis.
It's Gaelic football actually to the fore. Very little soccer. No rugby. Little hurling bar about 3 clubs.

johnnos bulls (None) - Posts: 527 - 09/11/2009 14:20:17    479398

My part of Kerry. 90% football, 3% beagle hunting and 7% rowing.

Real Kerry Fan (None) - Posts: 2957 - 09/11/2009 15:03:33    479445

Surprise Surprise its hurling in our county. There is a lot of soccer played too. There has been a big move to rugby however with underage in the city

solo (Kilkenny) - Posts: 314 - 09/11/2009 15:18:30    479457

Che finney is a bit dilluded there with his 95% of gaelic football in East tyrone.
Most clubs around there are thriving alright but the vast majoirty are playing soccer and now hurling unfortunately is taking off a bit. Have a look at how many senior GAA players are playing soccer. you'll find its alot, coalisland has a number of soccer clubs, there are alot too n dungannon and glabally had one last year, whereas the clubs allied with protestant players are struggling so more and more gaa players and non gaa playing guys are starting to join them.
Add to that the success of Dungannon united youth there are loads of kids at that go every week from all communities.

Very few play one sport, maybe in the likes of Ardboe or Moortown its less but the facilties are everyhere now for all sports.
I know my club have about half the senior playing side playa number of sports and we are doing alright in div 1.

Sure what is the dfference between playing 11 a side soccer and 5 a side? 5 a side is usually more intense.
Kids should play as many sports as possible and as long as they enjoying it and not burning out then let them do it.

gottabetrue (Tyrone) - Posts: 300 - 09/11/2009 15:32:57    479470

I'd say that its more soccer with the kids around my way but I think that the GAA is better at holding on to its players as they get older.

In general in Dublin, the inner city is all soccer but the further you move into suburbia GAA grows stronger and stronger.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13795 - 09/11/2009 15:43:02    479477

johnnos bulls
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479398 Leitrim

Sumo wrestling and table tennis.
It's Gaelic football actually to the fore. Very little soccer. No rugby. Little hurling bar about 3 clubs.


There is a rugby club in Carrick-onShannon.
There are 3 soccer clubs from leitrim competing in the Sligo/Leitrim league, Carrick town, Manor Rangers and Innisfree Celtic(Dromahair)
Manor are a very strong club and have won several connacht titles at underage level and recently got to the last 8 of the FAI Umbro Junior Cup.
There was also a team in Mohill ( dunno if they are still in existence) who played in the Longford league. Thjen there is Abbey Rovers(Ballinamore) who field underage sides although I don't know what league they compete in.

By the way Johnos what ever became of Melvin Celtic?

Dr.Shephard (Leitrim) - Posts: 2187 - 09/11/2009 16:02:13    479494

Gottabetrue when you look at the vast number or GAA teams in East Tyrone and the number of lads playing them compared with a handful of soccer clubs it is 95% Gaelic football.

To say that more than 5% of boys in the likes of Coalisland favour english football over Gaelic just wouldn't be factually accurate. More lads probably box or play snooker in Coalisland than play english football. It might be true in the likes of Dungannon and Cookstown but overall in the district 95% of boys are into organised Gaelic and 5% into another sport.

A few fellas having a kick about on a five-a-side pitch is not organised sport and therefore does not count.

CheFinny (UK) - Posts: 1358 - 09/11/2009 16:10:23    479499

Liamwalkinstown
County: Dublin
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479298 GAA or Soccer?
In Limerick Rugby is bigger than both combined, but whats more popular in your area?
I would think soccer if I am honest is the more popular
would ye agree lads?

How do you know this? I was talking to a relation from the city and he told me rugby is big there. He said hurling is the biggest in the county. I bet that more people play GAA than rugby but rugby gets all the hype.

750,000 members-GAA most popular, about 250,000-300,000 lads of all ages playin with 100,000 ladies players. Rugby and soccer are growing but GAA is the biggest, without doubt.

Kids always preferred to play soccer casually-its a casual sport in Ireland. Thats why its unsuccessful.

ChungLad (Longford) - Posts: 351 - 09/11/2009 16:10:48    479500

Rugby I would say in Wexford.

Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 09/11/2009 16:22:24    479515

hurling by a country mile.

Puddersthecat (Kilkenny) - Posts: 1692 - 09/11/2009 16:35:39    479526

GAA is fairly popular in my area, but so is soccer and rugby is starting to take off. We do be up in our GAA club a fair bit because there's nowhere else for us to go really and the lads do generally end up playing soccer in the goals but its just more easy going really... Also if there are a few hurls around they're always used. I'm not saying this is always though, sometimes they would play gaelic but generally they don't. Gaelic would be the main sport in my area really.... And with a lot of underage success in my club lately almost all my friends are playing it.

Royal_Girl2k9 (Meath) - Posts: 2107 - 09/11/2009 16:37:21    479528