Gaelic Games starting to go global

[hamish]

Football as in the Associated variety or the American one?

Hamish Fox News is fair and unbiased. They wouldn't say it so much if they weren't would they?

No - Gah PS - Sean Kelly mentioned in an interview. BS I say.

Of course Faux News is fair and etc - I'm also a little pixie who lives at the bottom of my garden and.............. contd. page 94

[hamish]

Sure hurling is dying in Ireland, never mind abroad.

Sad to say - I often feel that hurling folk and EL fans have much in common - y'know, worrying about the future of the game here, neglect from authorities, dropping crowds etc etc.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Sad to say - I often feel that hurling folk and EL fans have much in common - y'know, worrying about the future of the game here, neglect from authorities, dropping crowds etc etc.

I agree Sir Hamish.. Schumi's point is well made though... Hurling is still not played in all 35 counties of the GAA ( no I am not mad, Warwickshire, London and New York are counties remember?) so this notion of going global is cobblers until they get the home situation sorted. Hurling is a marvellous game. Thugball I have no time for.

And the present leadership including Mr. Kelly are the most progressive bunch the GAAAAAAAAAAAAAA have ever had

[hamish]

Hurling is a marvellous game.

Amazing how many hurlers also play football/soccer CTID- I think there is a common link between the sports here - pure skill. Brawn not really a factor.

[crc]

Football as in the Associated variety or the American one?

Or the Canadian One?

What is, the rugger "World" cup?
Don't make me laugh, I doubt if it's even in the top twenty

Have you ever seen the film Roxanne? Well, go on, name these great 20 festivals of sport.
I'll help you out and give you the first two:

1. Summer Olympic Games
2. FIFA World Cup

[CollegeTillIDie]

Or the Canadian One?


Have you ever seen the film Roxanne? Well, go on, name these great 20 festivals of sport.
I'll help you out and give you the first two:

1. Summer Olympic Games
2. FIFA World Cup

3. Winter Olympic Games
4. World Athletic Championships
5. World Student Games

[CollegeTillIDie]

Amazing how many hurlers also play football/soccer CTID- I think there is a common link between the sports here - pure skill. Brawn not really a factor.

DJ Carey played in the Alfie Hale Testimonial game in Buckley Park some years ago and by all accounts was quite a good football/soccer player.

[hamish]

DJ Carey played in the Alfie Hale Testimonial game in Buckley Park some years ago and by all accounts was quite a good football/soccer player.

I heard that CTID. Another great fan of the Irish team was Tipperary hurler Nicky can't think of his second name and he was too was nifty at the football/soccer.
Tom Cashman was on the same u-15 Irish squad as Frank Stapleton. There was also a Dublin hurler Shane Dalton? who was good at footie but he wouldn't play it because "There are too many gurriers involved" - told me that himself.
In the same conversation he told me a story of Lar Foley, God rest him, when he was in charge of the Dublin hurlers.
They were getting hockeyed in some match and during the half time talk, Lar lost it. He roared, "You're all over the place.like a mad woman's $hite".
Kind of undermined Shane's opinion of footie, didn't it??? Shane was a nice bloke to have a pint with TBF- great craic.

[Superhoops]

Amazing how many hurlers also play football/soccer...

Niall Quinn?

[hamish]

Niall Quinn?

Saw him in the Puc Fada last week.

Anything in the Irish papers about this?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/st...543591,00.html

[ruckrover]

GAA starting to get noticed in Asia, especially China

see http://www.beijinggaa.net and http://www.gaa.ie/plugins/newsfeed.c...n_data_id=8641

Good to see the Irish embassy and business getting behind it.

[Ash]

I heard that CTID. Another great fan of the Irish team was Tipperary hurler Nicky can't think of his second name and he was too was nifty at the football/soccer.

Nicky English

[Ringy]

I agree Sir Hamish.. Schumi's point is well made though... Hurling is still not played in all 35 counties of the GAA ( no I am not mad, Warwickshire, London and New York are counties remember?) so this notion of going global is cobblers until they get the home situation sorted. Hurling is a marvellous game. Thugball I have no time for.

And the present leadership including Mr. Kelly are the most progressive bunch the GAAAAAAAAAAAAAA have ever had

Of course hurlen is played in all the counties its just that the majority of them are basically useless at it so they predominantly play the inferior game of gaelic football.
Hurling going into decline is basically a myth built up by football people who are jealous of the glamour and skill thats hurling obtains, Hurling has always been dominated by 8 or 9 counties (Cork,Kilkenny,Tipperary,Limerick,Galway,Clare,Wat erford,Wexford,Offaly) for the last century and this still stands today.Ya Cork and Kilkenny are dominateing in recent years but that will not last i.e late 80's,mid 90's.The question of falling attendences is due to the minority thickos in the Gaa who thought playing Cork & Clare and Cork & Waterford etc in Croke park was more senseible than playing it in Thurlas to accomadate the more supporters fans which was left idol for july and Augest.