GU on the telly [Archive]

RogerMilla

14/02/2007, 3:18 PM

guys i am living abroad but have recently become the proud possesor of an irish sky box , can you tell me which of the domestic channels will carry EL games and more specifically is there a chance that galway united will be shown ? also what is the highlights show and when is it normally on?

Buller

14/02/2007, 3:25 PM

i think it will be the imfamous "eircom league weekly" show on TV3 which is on during the PRIME time of 11.30 on monday nights...... *sarcasm*

RogerMilla

14/02/2007, 3:29 PM

ah jaysis , thats 12.30 here , happily i can sky plus it !

MyTown

14/02/2007, 3:51 PM

You won't be restricted to TV3.

RTE are greatly increasing their live coverage in the season about to kick off. Most games will probably go out on a Friday night around 8.30pm your time.

Also TG4 will be doing a few live ones, so hopefully we'll get our share of them.

galwayhoop

14/02/2007, 3:52 PM

while we are on the subject what is the TV package for this season as per live games? i thought there were to be 20 or so games shown live? will it be like EPL & SPL where each club is given a minimum of games covered?

RogerMilla

14/02/2007, 4:02 PM

hopefully a bit of western bias as regards what teams they show on TnaG !

Mr A

14/02/2007, 5:09 PM

Hopefully?!? I think that bias was there very obviously last season already!

gilberto_eire

15/02/2007, 12:44 AM

S�C

15/02/2007, 1:33 AM

aaaammm are we forgettin that TG4 is irish and the only irish speaking areas in the country are along the west coast i.e donegal, galway, kerry so they will be biased towards those areas and rightly so IMO

Not forgetting that of course there are now far more everyday Irish speakers outside the Gaeltacht than in it ;)

Shamrock Rovers in particular have a large following in the Irish language community in Dublin.

Cork City have lots of fans from Kerry with a fair few of our players having relations from down Dingle way

RogerMilla

15/02/2007, 8:12 AM

sorry harps i didnt have TnaG last year , just got it , i have a lot of catching up to do on ros na run !!

gilberto_eire

15/02/2007, 1:45 PM

i know but 90% of gaeltachts stretch along the west-coast from cork up to kerry and there are one or two in the midlands i think so they will un-doubtably stick with the gaeltacht areas id imagine!

corbyeire

15/02/2007, 2:38 PM

id say it has more to do with interest in a game at a particular time - that they can cover relatively easily - the athlone town vs rovers game springs to mind in the cup last year

corbyeire

15/02/2007, 2:38 PM

galway were on a run at the end of the season so - they were bound to get the viewership - its not all about loyalty!!!

gilberto_eire

15/02/2007, 2:46 PM

IMO opinion it is with an irish language channel!. ever go out to the gaeltacht and have someone speak irish too you and you reply ''sorry i dont speak it'' even though u might be still in galway and wearing a G.A.A hoodie they'll talk about ya in irish in front of you and throw dirty looks!. point been they prefer there own there will be biased most galway will have a lot shown also because they are based in galway

corbyeire

15/02/2007, 8:37 PM

try some punctuation gilberto - your continuous sentences are hard to understand :D

gilberto_eire

15/02/2007, 9:26 PM

i dont see much wrong with it

corbyeire

15/02/2007, 9:57 PM

point been they prefer there own there will be biased most galway will have a lot shown also because they are based in galway

tell me what you are saying here again please?

GalwayFrancis

15/02/2007, 10:09 PM

:d :d :d

gilberto_eire

15/02/2007, 10:19 PM

just take out the MOST so!

corbyeire

15/02/2007, 10:25 PM

i suppose the reason the connies still speak irish is they are stubourn and wouldnt speak english not like the rest of us, back in the day - mind you they were in a very isolated spot like most gaeltachts - which is a major reason it survived there