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Post by Control3 on May 29, 2007 9:05:03 GMT
The Kinnane Stand (Old Stand) at Semple Stadium has undergone a major facelift with the completion of Phase 1 of the stadium's refurbishment with magnificent new dressing rooms and facilities for players and referees. The entrance area has also been developed with food and merchandise outlets as well as new toilets facilities. Of Kerry interest is the larger than life mural of Maurice Fitzgerald recalling the magnificent point he scored in the stadium against Dublin. It is on display alongside murals of Cork's Sean Óg Ó hAilpín, Tipperary's Eoin Kelly and Declan Browne, Waterford's Ken McGrath, Andrew O'Shaughnessy of Limerick and Brian Lohan of Clare, all of whom displayed their unique distinctive skills in recent times at Semple Stadium continuing to prove true the slogan of the Thurles venue as "The Field of Legends." some stadium alright,this what the Munster Hurling Championship is all about!i nice few belts thrown today before the game got underway,gas stuff! the mural of God should be worth seeing
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Post by Piggy on May 29, 2007 10:29:28 GMT
Mural of God???
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Post by MrRasherstoyou on May 29, 2007 12:16:05 GMT
Maurice gets a mural for scoring a feckin point? what about Vinnie's goal, Dublin's great comeback? I mean seriously, no player deserves a mural in the Mecca of GAA for one piece of play in one game. Sounds like the usual stroke-pulling, John O'Donoghue must have been on to them. How about a mural for every player who ever scored a great point at the end of a Munster hurling final, players who probably played in many games in Semple.
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Post by watchdehop on May 29, 2007 12:39:55 GMT
Maurice gets a mural for scoring a feckin point? what about Vinnie's goal, Dublin's great comeback? I mean seriously, no player deserves a mural in the Mecca of GAA for one piece of play in one game. Sounds like the usual stroke-pulling, John O'Donoghue must have been on to them. How about a mural for every player who ever scored a great point at the end of a Munster hurling final, players who probably played in many games in Semple. Maurice deserves a mural alone based on him having to listen to Tommy Carr's guff right before that kick. Dublin's great comeback? Does that refer to their ability to actually make it back to the capital that evening? ;D
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Post by MrRasherstoyou on May 29, 2007 12:49:47 GMT
Maurice gets a mural for scoring a feckin point? what about Vinnie's goal, Dublin's great comeback? I mean seriously, no player deserves a mural in the Mecca of GAA for one piece of play in one game. Sounds like the usual stroke-pulling, John O'Donoghue must have been on to them. How about a mural for every player who ever scored a great point at the end of a Munster hurling final, players who probably played in many games in Semple. Maurice deserves a mural alone based on him having to listen to Tommy Carr's guff right before that kick. Dublin's great comeback? Does that refer to their ability to actually make it back to the capital that evening? ;D ;D Well what about Kerry fans, when they can bother their arse showing up, loping around our capital city all weekend and crawling out of Slapperfaced Jacks on monday morning, ringing in sick to the Civil Service yet again
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Post by kerryman1 on May 29, 2007 13:47:39 GMT
What are u talking about, of coarse Maurice Fitz deserves that mural of him... Sure he one of the greatest footballers to play the game in recent times, think that is good enough reason to give him his place in the stand in the place where the GAA was founded! He is a Legend!!
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Post by kerrygold on May 29, 2007 15:53:36 GMT
if you ask me the stadium should be renamed after maurice.
"The Maurice Fitzgerald Semplely The Best Stadium".
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Post by MrRasherstoyou on May 29, 2007 17:13:05 GMT
What are u talking about, of coarse Maurice Fitz deserves that mural of him... Sure he one of the greatest footballers to play the game in recent times, think that is good enough reason to give him his place in the stand in the place where the GAA was founded! He is a Legend!! Nobody is denying (yet again) Maurice Fitz's credentials as a player. The point I was making is that he only ever played in Semple Stadium in 2 serious championship games. Yet many players who played heroics there many times in Munster Hurling are over-looked! KG, it should be renamed the John "Tallaght Strategy" O'Donoghue stadium
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Post by Mickmack on May 29, 2007 17:21:38 GMT
There should be a mural of Dessie Farrell for hitting then crossbar from 2 yards in the first game ....................under the caption......... "How did he do it".
When the history off GAA is written, MAURICES point will be up there.
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Post by MrRasherstoyou on May 29, 2007 17:32:35 GMT
There should be a mural of Dessie Farrell for hitting then crossbar from 2 yards in the first game ....................under the caption......... "How did he do it". When the history off GAA is written, MAURICES point will be up there. Isnt the history of the GAA written all the time? Maurice will be up there with the greats no doubt, but one score doesnt justify a mural in Semple. Surely greatness over several FULL games is a minimum criteria for something like that?
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Post by Mickmack on May 29, 2007 17:45:39 GMT
Tis a history of the ground and that score is one of the most talked about ......... that and Mikey Sheehys v Cullen........ there is a blown up picture of that in Croke PARK.......
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Post by kerrygold on May 29, 2007 17:49:03 GMT
can you think of a better score rashers ever scored by a player in game that drew on a great players vast resovoir of footballing genius and yet he made it look utterly simple and effortless to draw a major championship game at the death with one kick that for 99.9% of his peers wouldnt even be attempted.
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Post by Mickmack on May 29, 2007 18:02:23 GMT
i was standing behind the goal...... to the right. as the ball left his boot it looked like it was going 15 yards wide......... but................. it was spinning madly................ it sailed over the blackspot. I will never forget it
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Post by Piggy on May 29, 2007 18:18:18 GMT
my first all ireland final ever at was Kerry v Mayo '97,fitz and flatherty that are the reasons why i love football so much!if that man dosnt deserve a mural or whatever it is nobody does!
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Post by watchdehop on May 29, 2007 19:19:55 GMT
I know Fitzy didn't play a lot in Thurles but to be fair there isn't the same level of top class football played at that stadium so his score has to be up there.
It was a moment of genius in the television age.
It was a privlige for those who saw it.
You can't quantify genius by the number of games played etc.
No one that i can think of could approach such a pressure kick in the way he did it.
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Post by MrRasherstoyou on May 29, 2007 20:12:10 GMT
Tis a history of the ground and that score is one of the most talked about ......... that and Mikey Sheehys v Cullen........ there is a blown up picture of that in Croke PARK....... Mikey Sheehy played millions of times in Croke Park! If Maurice had a mural in Croke Park as well that would be right & proper, but many other players who played in Semple surely deserve it more, that's what I mean by needing to have played a minimum 5-10 full big Championship games to the highest standards - IN SEMPLE STADIUM, which to all intents and purposes is also a Championship Hurling Stadium. On another point, I really wish they DID use it more for Leinster-Munster clashes in football
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Post by Mickmack on May 29, 2007 20:51:57 GMT
where you there rashers that day. did you not feel that you had witnessed something unique........ like bob beamon in the long jump in mexico in 1970.......... or gordan banks save from pele in 1970................
or beckhams freekick against greece to qualify for the world cup......... or packie bonners penalty save against romania...........
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Post by MrRasherstoyou on May 29, 2007 21:11:49 GMT
where you there rashers that day. did you not feel that you had witnessed something unique........ like bob beamon in the long jump in mexico in 1970.......... or gordan banks save from pele in 1970................ or beckhams freekick against greece to qualify for the world cup......... or packie bonners penalty save against romania........... I was there. I dont think it compares at all, sorry. It was only a quarter final, and Kerry were roaring favourites to win. They went on to get hammered in the semi, by a team that got hammered in the final. So when you put it in context, I dont think it was at all at the level, relatively speaking of course, of the other things you mention. If it had been one of the great games between two counties who were the best in the country, and who were IN THE MIDDLE of a great spell of rivalry (whereas in reality they hadnt met for 16 years), and if it were a final, or at least a Semi, then you might have a bit of an argument. In reality it was one great kick in a quarter final which, whilst it was a wonderful occasion, with many echoes of great past days, wasnt one of the truly great games in GAA history, when put in the context I mentioned above. And including Dessie's miss, and Collie Morans
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Post by twohands on May 29, 2007 21:27:12 GMT
can you think of a better score rashers ever scored by a player in game that drew on a great players vast resovoir of footballing genius and yet he made it look utterly simple and effortless to draw a major championship game at the death with one kick that for 99.9% of his peers wouldnt even be attempted. Kevin Foley, 1991. Have to agree with rashers on this one lads. Tis no wonder there's fights in the tunnel in Thurles if they are putting up murals of Kerry lads there.
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Post by MrRasherstoyou on May 29, 2007 21:48:53 GMT
can you think of a better score rashers ever scored by a player in game that drew on a great players vast resovoir of footballing genius and yet he made it look utterly simple and effortless to draw a major championship game at the death with one kick that for 99.9% of his peers wouldnt even be attempted. Kevin Foley, 1991. Have to agree with rashers on this one lads. Tis no wonder there's fights in the tunnel in Thurles if they are putting up murals of Kerry lads there. Much as it hurts, have to agree that Foley's goal, and even more so the move that led up to it, and the context of the situation, including the fact that BOTH teams were clearly in the top 3 or 4 in the country, and that they were at the peak of a rivalry, means desrving of a place in the great pantheon of GAA history. I assume it has? (havent been to the museum yet, for shame )
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Post by kerrygold on May 29, 2007 21:57:37 GMT
can you think of a better score rashers ever scored by a player in game that drew on a great players vast resovoir of footballing genius and yet he made it look utterly simple and effortless to draw a major championship game at the death with one kick that for 99.9% of his peers wouldnt even be attempted. Kevin Foley, 1991. Have to agree with rashers on this one lads. Tis no wonder there's fights in the tunnel in Thurles if they are putting up murals of Kerry lads there. i dont agree with that at all,the built up to that goal was superb considering the occassion,the excution of the goal by foley wasnt in the same parish,the same country nor the same continent as maurices premediated sublime kick,no other player in the country could do what he did that sunday.
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Post by kerrygold on May 29, 2007 22:14:02 GMT
i was standing behind the goal...... to the right. as the ball left his boot it looked like it was going 15 yards wide......... but................. it was spinning madly................ it sailed over the blackspot. I will never forget it Its because of moments like that, that i consider maurice to be the greatest ever kerry player since 1975,that kick was simply sheer footballing genius of the highest order plucked from another higher level of footballing brillance,maurices game contained many more such moments of brillance though when incorporated into a game were less obvious to see. i sat behind the kerry dug out v armagh in '00 when maurice floated a ball through a maze of both kerry and armagh bodies at chest height level to MFR,i was directly in line with the kick,ie it was coming directly in line straight to me in my direction,sometimes i still cant believe that kick really happened,it was a gifted kick from a sublime total footballing genius. I remember maurice as an 18 year old at a minor club game in caherciveens con keating park v waterville in 1987 place a fifty right on the side line where the 50 yard line intersected the sideline to the right of the goal.He kicked it effortlessly of the ground over the ball spot in a perfect curve and height with his left foot.Genius.
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Post by pony on May 29, 2007 23:15:02 GMT
i don't think maurice is up there for that point alone,
he is there as he is in modern term the greatest footballer there is.
rashers or whatever your name is what has Andrew O'Shaughnessy done to be in this mural??
calm down a bit mate, is it coz there is no jackeen up there??
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Post by Mickmack on May 30, 2007 8:13:16 GMT
Foleys goal? my granny could have scored it and it was only the first round of a leinster Championship. It was foleys only score for Meath. Good build up though. Down won the all ireland.
I feel that the Thurles organisers are proud as punch that Maurice graced their ground and were party to a work of a genius.
If the Mona Lisa was painted by Da Vinci while he was on holiday in Cahirviveen, dont you think that the cahirciveen people would be crowing about it and sticking it up on a mural
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Post by Mickmack on May 31, 2007 17:14:24 GMT
Rashers.......... I take it that i won the argument........
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Post by twohands on May 31, 2007 18:19:36 GMT
We can't comment on semple stadium at the moment because it is all sub judice.
I was just winding Rashers up about foley's goal and expecting him to come back with Barney Rock's point. As for Maurice, as I think it was Christy Ring was supposed to have said when someone was raving about a pro golfer's putting stats "shure why wouldn't he? There was no one on him".
As for Mona Lisa. She could be from cahirciveen all right. Twould explain the sly smile.
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Post by MrRasherstoyou on May 31, 2007 18:26:39 GMT
i don't think maurice is up there for that point alone, he is there as he is in modern term the greatest footballer there is. rashers or whatever your name is what has Andrew O'Shaughnessy done to be in this mural?? calm down a bit mate, is it coz there is no jackeen up there?? And as I said, if you care to read my posts properly, Croke Park is the place for a mural of Maurice, so please stop being disingenuous and turning this into an argument about "Maurice is/not a genius, and does/not deserve a mural", per se, as I have made it as clear as the view from the Connor Pass that I'm talking about Semple Stadium. Pony, or whatever your human name is, how would you like it if they put a mural of Setanta O'Hailpin in Fitzgerald Stadium, ahead of many great footballers who played many times there, just because he once scored a great point? Please take into account also the context of the match as I have outlined in detail above, and the fact that Semple is indisputably seen as The Home of Hurling And I couldnt care less there's no Jackeen on a feckin mural in Semple Stadium. Just wait til we win the McCarthy Cup again........
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Post by MrRasherstoyou on May 31, 2007 18:32:19 GMT
We can't comment on semple stadium at the moment because it is all sub judice. I was just winding Rashers up about foley's goal and expecting him to come back with Barney Rock's point. As for Maurice, as I think it was Christy Ring was supposed to have said when someone was raving about a pro golfer's putting stats "shure why wouldn't he? There was no one on him". As for Mona Lisa. She could be from cahirciveen all right. Twould explain the sly smile. Barney's point, which one? I assume you mean one of his legendary goals against Cork, plus the one against Galway? I was going to come back to you about Jimmy's goal against Armagh, but that wasnt in Semple Stadium, neither were Barney's goals. David Hickey's goal against Kerry was worthy of a tapestry - along the lines of Bayeaux ;D Moana Lisa - defo a Kerry fan
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Post by MrRasherstoyou on May 31, 2007 18:37:55 GMT
Foleys goal? my granny could have scored it and it was only the first round of a leinster Championship. It was foleys only score for Meath. Good build up though. Down won the all ireland. I feel that the Thurles organisers are proud as punch that Maurice graced their ground and were party to a work of a genius. If the Mona Lisa was painted by Da Vinci while he was on holiday in Cahirviveen, dont you think that the cahirciveen people would be crowing about it and sticking it up on a mural If Da Vinci was painting in an elite school of music, or a concert-hall, I'd say theyd rather save the space for the many fine musicians who had played there several times over the years, and let the painting be hung in a gallery. Anybody seen the GAA film version of the Book of Revelations? It's called "The Davitt Code" I'll get me coat....
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Post by twohands on May 31, 2007 20:52:56 GMT
Barney's point, which one? I assume you mean one of his legendary goals against Cork, plus the one against Galway? Sorry, meant his goal! Sure I didn't see the other one cos we'd all left to get the train... ;D
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