Didn't you start this thread, or similar, on WSC Senor?
Pre-independence, both Bohemians and Shelbourne were mainstays of the Irish League, mostly struggling against their Belfast counterparts, but both managed to collect silverware in their two decades of membership, winning the Irish Cup four times between them. Of course, partition ultimately led to the FAI's formation, so could it be said that the split ultimately led to the nationwide spread of the game, as the development of clubs in Munster and Connacht would hardly have been promoted by continuing Belfast dominance?
Didn't you start this thread, or similar, on WSC Senor?
This goes into great detail about Bohs history and the early rivalries as well as a little bit about the gradual growth of the game across the country.
http://foot.ie/threads/150293-Bohemi...=1#post1478328
The game would have grown nationally in my opinion with or without partition. I don't think it was Belfast dominance that was holding it back.
Don't forget there was a third Dublin club in the IL pre independance....Tritonville.
It's mostly plush from what I've seen of it. I have family down there and any time I visit I feel like the neighbours are all locking their windows as I go past.
This was my first ever post on foot.ie: http://foot.ie/threads/130163-Simon-...=1#post1302484
lads tritftonville do they exist in any league these days any more?
Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
Think whilst viewing newspapers they continued till the 1920's.
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