I support both local club and county. Have always been as involved and interested in GAA as soccer. Pitch is only two or three good kicks away (haven't tested) and clubhouse is my local pub, and the community in general would be much more into the local GAA team. I had my cruciate done more than a year ago (and have had the spin-off injury of laziness since) but I'd still be close to the team so would still very much support them and go to most matches. Hopefully will get back into it next year maybe.
In general in Kerry I'd say (following detailed statistical analysis) that 60% of the county would take a very close interest in the Kerry team, while maybe 30% would
at this moment in time be highly involved in a club (drop-off is caused by people who used play for a club but didn't start coaching/join committee, but would still be kinda into GAA and would actively follow Kerry while taking more of a passive, don't-go-to-games interest in their club).
You definitely get a few hangers-on, sunshiners, lá breás, call-them-what-you-wills, going to Kerry matches - some you can watch scrounge for tickets for one match in the year - the final; others, like my cousin for example, would be genuine supporters who for one reason or another haven't got involved in a club but would be mad into the Kerry team and go to every match. A related point here is that you wouldn't really get someone who hadn't played GAA suddenly supporting a club; they'd support the county team.
Overall though, the vast majority of Kerry people going to the match would be on committee, coach, play or have played, or are kids of people involved in clubs. I suppose vis-a-vis LoI it's that hierarchical, progressive, visible link between club and county that's one of the strengths of the GAA and why the county teams are well supported.
What spawned the question though TheBoss? Could maybe be more helpful then.
Cahirciveen I assume? Take a wrong turn off the M50 and suddenly find yourself down there?
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