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Post by horsebox77 on Feb 20, 2023 9:04:46 GMT
On the Presidential election I want to congratulate Jarlath Burns and I'm personally delighted. I think he will make a good President and seems to be an honourable man. It will be refreshing after the last two who I found were disappointing. Agree, Burns is very learned and comes across very well.
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Post by tpo on Feb 20, 2023 9:52:54 GMT
I thought the attendance for the league matches must have been the highest ever for a round 3 week. All venue's were rocking
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Post by givehimaball on Feb 21, 2023 23:11:23 GMT
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Post by Jo90 on Feb 22, 2023 21:48:17 GMT
It's this type of crap that people hate about Tyrone/Conn...
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Post by red on Feb 27, 2023 10:34:37 GMT
It's this type of crap that people hate about Tyrone/Conn...
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Post by red on Feb 27, 2023 10:37:02 GMT
It's this type of crap that people hate about Tyrone/Conn... Interesting how many intercounty “foot” ballers are now not comfortable kicking the ball . Becoming a game dominated by possession , running and short hand passing. Rugby is a much better game to play with these skill sets .
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Feb 27, 2023 21:08:06 GMT
It's this type of crap that people hate about Tyrone/Conn... Tyrone are the most hated team in football. They love it, everyone else loves to hate them. They play on the edge, very often cross that fine line, but they have very good footballers. Personally I think they should stick to playing football as they would be a much better team if they concentrated on playing.
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Post by An Ciarraíoch Taistealaíoch on Feb 27, 2023 21:52:20 GMT
It's this type of crap that people hate about Tyrone/Conn... Tyrone are the most hated team in football. They love it, everyone else loves to hate them. They play on the edge, very often cross that fine line, but they have very good footballers. Personally I think they should stick to playing football as they would be a much better team if they concentrated on playing. Only reading this now, maybe I should have posted my article from the weekend about them loving having a chip on the shoulder here! It reminded me of the "and I took that personally" line from The Last Dance (great viewing if anyone here hasn't seen it, I've zero interest in basketball, herself hasn't much interest in sport but we both loved it).
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Post by royalkerryfan on Feb 27, 2023 22:05:30 GMT
Tyrone are the most hated team in football. They love it, everyone else loves to hate them. They play on the edge, very often cross that fine line, but they have very good footballers. Personally I think they should stick to playing football as they would be a much better team if they concentrated on playing. Only reading this now, maybe I should have posted my article from the weekend about them loving having a chip on the shoulder here! It reminded me of the "and I took that personally" line from The Last Dance (great viewing if anyone here hasn't seen it, I've zero interest in basketball, herself hasn't much interest in sport but we both loved it). Brilliant series, Michael Jordan didn't come across that well to me anyway.
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Post by Ballyfireside on Mar 8, 2023 14:28:59 GMT
I suppose I may be accused of bias here but Molloy was a bit special alright, great for an auld chat and plenty of rascality - he saved a bit of our own bacon back in the day but as they say, what happens in the back of a pub in New York stays in, well, the back of a pub in New York, suffice as to say that what actually happened in the back of a pub in New York nearly didn't stay, well, in the back of a pub in New York. In fact it was that it nearly didn't stay was why, well, that it stays there now!
Anyway, seriously, this article here is a good curtain raiser for him on TG4's Laochra Gael this Thursday night.
Two things that always struck me about him - one is the personal background, much of which I didn't know about, well apart from the back of pubs crack! Secondly and what might stoke interest in the wider GAA community - his own curtain rising to a big match. I'd rate him the best Ulster man to talk a game and that wouldn't be confined to just his own team. Maybe it is the country man in me too but he strikes the right chord, calls it as it is, informed but no bias - it isn't so easy explain but tune into Highland Radio next time he is on duty and you might get what I am trying to say.
Agus BTW níl aon baint agam, I scarcely know him, we met just the once quiet a few moons ago!
Seán Moran: Life and times of Anthony Molloy - Donegal’s GAA Everyman The county’s first All-Ireland winning captain recounts on Laochra Gael how it all impacted on his life Wed Mar 8 2023
This week’s Laochra Gael features Donegal’s first All-Ireland winning captain Anthony Molloy, who – according to Frank Craig, a local reporter and co-author of the former’s memoir, Life, Glory and Demons – joked about giving his knees so the county could take home Sam Maguire.
It says something about Molloy’s serenity that he can find anything humorous about something that caused such hardship in his life, requiring half a dozen operations throughout his life, having first sustained the damage as a 19-year old.
Eternal Derry adversary Brian McGilligan contributes to the programme and sympathises with his plight and the need to “wear bags of ice for days and days and days”.
One of many contemporary players sporting impressive knee bandaging and strapping, McGilligan points out that they weren’t wearing these accessories “for the look” but literally to hold things together.
Adversity is obvious in the physical impairment Molloy has to manage, cope with and in return accept the permanent price of “living in pain”. There is more, though. Sporting prowess within Gaelic games can also come at a cost.
From a remote Gaeltacht part of Donegal, Léim an Ghabhra (he mentions that the family home was only electrified in 1975) and one of 12 children, he sets out on a path that brings him to national prominence as captain of the first team from the county to win the All-Ireland and indelible status within the community.
In 2016 he became the first GAA figure to be bestowed with the freedom of Donegal in recognition of his football achievement but also his later life as an ambassador for the county.
In 1992, though, he was unprepared for the avalanche that would follow All-Ireland success over Dublin. “All of a sudden,” he says on Laochra Gael, “this shy man from a remote place is the centre of attention.”
To give it context, Molloy was just the fourth man in 49 years to be presented with a county’s first Sam Maguire.
“He couldn’t say no to anybody. He didn’t want to offend anybody by saying no,” according to Martin Gavigan, his Ardara clubmate and the team’s formidable centre back.
Drink culture is constantly in the background. “You trained two or three nights a week but you also drank two nights a week. We didn’t know any other way.”
The springboard for the All-Ireland is the Ulster semi-final against Fermanagh, which they win easily but with a performance they know won’t get them anywhere different than they’ve always gone. Part of the renewal of their vows is no drinking.
Molloy’s sister Caitlín Ní Chinnéide emphasises his kindness and generosity – how he always thought of others. In 1986, he decided to join most of his siblings in New York – leaving just one of a family of 14 still at home – when news comes that his mother is unwell with a form of dementia.
Anthony insists on going home despite the abundance of well-paid work across the Atlantic. His return has an appreciable effect on his mother, which prompts the thought that maybe she was suffering from loneliness with so many of her children thousands of miles away at a time of limited communication and travel opportunity.
His playing career has the unusual distinction of him having retired twice – once in 1981 after initially sustaining the knee injury and then 10 years later – and returned twice to win All-Irelands.
In 1982 with the under-21s, it was Donegal’s first at any grade, and in 1992, the first at senior. On both occasions he was talked back by the managers, Tom Conaghan and then Brian McEniff.
The 1991 retirement came in a fit of unhappiness at not having been played in that year’s Ulster final. By coincidence I saw him shortly after that match, a defeat by Down, in a pub complete with pint and cigarette and looking every inch a retired player.
He and McEniff repaired their relationship that winter and he recommitted and was reinstated as captain.
Anthony Molloy is now a Fianna Fáil county councillor in Donegal. His galvanising presence at centrefield is visible even in short excerpts: the bravery of his ball winning, the physicality in possession and the deft accuracy displayed in his kick passing. Despite all the strapping, he is Prometheus unbound.
There is irony in how things played out. That unwillingness to say no to people or be thought standoffish becomes a vulnerability. ESB give him time off to bring Sam Maguire around the country and he dutifully takes it to all the schools in Donegal. But it becomes a curse.
“This was a cup that I had dreamed about from a young age and now I’m sick of looking at it.”
The non-stop socialising, perpetuated by his reluctance to turn down offers, takes a toll in a drink problem that ends his marriage and leaves him even looking back, feeling demeaned.
“People were buying me, buying my company and I was letting it happen.”
Redemption comes paradoxically when he realises that he has to start thinking of his own self-interest. For all his leadership in a team environment and his tolerant acceptance of social duties, the only way back is to depend on himself to change.
It prompts a sobering question. How would his life have turned out had he never won an All-Ireland?
Now at 60, he works in the community and is a Fianna Fáil county councillor. He looks well and appears content when viewing it all through the perspective of three decades.
“It was a special moment in my life,” he reflects, “but it was hard to deal with. However, I had to deal with it.”
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Post by Aodhan on Mar 8, 2023 21:39:59 GMT
Only two players outside of Kilmacud Crokes and The Glen made the AIB Football Team of the Year. Some players hang on for a year or two too long, David Moran most certainly went out at the top. Kerry are the worse for his absence this year.
AIB GAA Club Football Team of the Year: Conor Ferris (Kilmacud Crokes); Michael Warnock (Watty Graham’s Glen), Ryan Dougan (Watty Graham’s Glen), Dan O’Brien (Kilmacud Crokes); Andrew McGowan (Kilmacud Crokes), Rory O’Carroll (Kilmacud Crokes), Ethan Doherty (Watty Graham’s Glen); David Moran (Kerins O’Rahilly’s), Emmett Bradley (Watty Graham’s Glen); Jack Doherty (Watty Graham’s Glen), Shane Cunningham (Kilmacud Crokes), Seán Kelly (Moycullen); Dara Mullin (Kilmacud Crokes), Danny Tallon (Watty Graham’s Glen), Shane Walsh (Kilmacud Crokes).
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Post by tpo on Mar 9, 2023 10:06:52 GMT
If its a Kerry V Cork Munster Final, will it be Killarney or Cork?
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Post by thehermit on Mar 9, 2023 10:25:20 GMT
Killarney as we went to Cork last year and after their antics with insisting on PUR let them be dragged kicking and screaming into the lions' den
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Post by royalkerryfan on Mar 9, 2023 11:52:00 GMT
Killarney as we went to Cork last year and after their antics with insisting on PUR let them be dragged kicking and screaming into the lions' den Im really looking forward to this, Cork are on a upper trajectory so we might get a proper game like in the 00s.
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Post by john4 on Mar 9, 2023 12:02:55 GMT
Killarney as we went to Cork last year and after their antics with insisting on PUR let them be dragged kicking and screaming into the lions' den Sunday May 7th (venue TBC) • Munster Senior Ladies Gaelic Football Championship – Cork v Kerry at 1:30pm • Munster Senior Football Championship Final at 4pm From Munster Gaa 🖕
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Post by peanuts on Mar 9, 2023 13:58:57 GMT
Killarney as we went to Cork last year and after their antics with insisting on PUR let them be dragged kicking and screaming into the lions' den Do we owe them another trip from when PuC was being developed or is it back to every second year?
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Post by thehermit on Mar 9, 2023 14:56:14 GMT
No we don't owe them any more trips to Cork, we played there 3 years in a row 2018-2020. Then it reverted to the home and away understanding. I was one of the lucky few able to get a ticket for the 2021 Munster final in Killarney when attendances were still capped at 1,500.
Cork's stance last year was all about retaining their right to have a home game as it was there turn, so if we meet again in this year's Munster final its back to Fitzgeralds.
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Post by hurlingman on Mar 9, 2023 16:03:33 GMT
Killarney as we went to Cork last year and after their antics with insisting on PUR let them be dragged kicking and screaming into the lions' den Sunday May 7th (venue TBC) • Munster Senior Ladies Gaelic Football Championship – Cork v Kerry at 1:30pm • Munster Senior Football Championship Final at 4pm From Munster Gaa 🖕 Is it still just Kerry and Cork in the Munster ladies championship? I thought I remember Tipp and Waterford being in it recently.
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Post by john4 on Mar 9, 2023 17:03:40 GMT
It is understood former Kerry footballer Gavin O'Brien has joined up with the New York senior footballers.
The Kerins O'Rahillys man is currently working and living in New York and it has been reported that he is training with the panel.
🗞[The Kerryman]
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Post by Premier on Mar 9, 2023 21:22:02 GMT
Is the Kerry GAA website just permanently down in terms of publishing fixtures?
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Post by Jo90 on Mar 10, 2023 9:22:57 GMT
Sunday May 7th (venue TBC) • Munster Senior Ladies Gaelic Football Championship – Cork v Kerry at 1:30pm • Munster Senior Football Championship Final at 4pm From Munster Gaa 🖕 Is it still just Kerry and Cork in the Munster ladies championship? I thought I remember Tipp and Waterford being in it recently. Tipp and Waterford are in it. The men's game is a final, the ladies' game is an earlier round.
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Post by horsebox77 on Mar 10, 2023 11:12:31 GMT
To take the thread in a different direction, has the talk of a Kerry Gaa Museum fallen away, last we heard was both Tralee and Killarney were both vying as a location.
There was a "pop up" gaa museum good few years ago at the Tralee Library, only for maybe a week or two, it was only one room, but still one could easily get lost in the volume, I recall bring my father in one evening, and we spent hours inside.
Has it fallen off, of just still at the red tape stage?
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Post by hurlingman on Mar 10, 2023 11:41:40 GMT
To take the thread in a different direction, has the talk of a Kerry Gaa Museum fallen away, last we heard was both Tralee and Killarney were both vying as a location. There was a "pop up" gaa museum good few years ago at the Tralee Library, only for maybe a week or two, it was only one room, but still one could easily get lost in the volume, I recall bring my father in one evening, and we spent hours inside. Has it fallen off, of just still at the red tape stage? Would be a great thing if it happened. The never ending battle between having things be Tralee and Killarney will more than likely mean it won't happen.
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Post by Jo90 on Mar 10, 2023 12:54:07 GMT
To take the thread in a different direction, has the talk of a Kerry Gaa Museum fallen away, last we heard was both Tralee and Killarney were both vying as a location. There was a "pop up" gaa museum good few years ago at the Tralee Library, only for maybe a week or two, it was only one room, but still one could easily get lost in the volume, I recall bring my father in one evening, and we spent hours inside. Has it fallen off, of just still at the red tape stage? Like how a leaf out of King Solomon's book was taken to settle a Tralee vs Killarney debate many decades ago - have it in Farranfore!
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Post by horsebox77 on Mar 10, 2023 13:41:29 GMT
Many is a true word spoken in gest regarding Farranfore, we were discussing this recently in the pub and one of the lads asked, what would happen if say, Listowel or Dingle or say Caherciveen opened their own museum, what would happen. He made a fair point, most of the memorabilia, is actually loaned to the museum and not actually publicly owned.
A pile of lads have an interest and collect memorabilia, programmes, jerseys medals etc, old photographs. One would envisage the volume out there. Just think of your own district and what history could be on display before it’s lost or sold to the highest bidder across the water.
Looking at the majority of stuff I purchased recently, over 50% is purchased from outside Ireland, but back to the point, every district has history, it would make sense to have all under one umbrella in Tralee or Killarney,
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Post by Ballyfireside on Mar 10, 2023 15:04:32 GMT
Many is a true word spoken in gest regarding Farranfore, we were discussing this recently in the pub and one of the lads asked, what would happen if say, Listowel or Dingle or say Caherciveen opened their own museum, what would happen. He made a fair point, most of the memorabilia, is actually loaned to the museum and not actually publicly owned. A pile of lads have an interest and collect memorabilia, programmes, jerseys medals etc, old photographs. One would envisage the volume out there. Just think of your own district and what history could be on display before it’s lost or sold to the highest bidder across the water. Looking at the majority of stuff I purchased recently, over 50% is purchased from outside Ireland, but back to the point, every district has history, it would make sense to have all under one umbrella in Tralee or Killarney, Having the history of individual çlubs in the one place, in their own club rooms, is paramount - so perhaps duplicate what of that is of county interest for a central display? Of course media is no longer confined to hard copy and which adds another dimension to the conversation. Croke Park HQ and County Boards were faced with a similar dilemma and it would be interesting to see how they approached it; I am sure they'd be well placed to advise and I'd also look at what was done in other counties. Key to me is the marketing side - how to ensure that the right stuff is in front of the target audience, to maximum effect - it is a story you are telling really and one needs to be careful they don't get their wires crossed! From a personal perspective I have bitter sweet experience here - my late father Jackie helped prepare Ballydonoghue to win The North Kerry Championship in 1959. And maybe being his youngest had me out on a limb a bit on these things, and I'd never have known much about it only, well wasn't a fellow trainer/selector laid to rest on a Christmas day and so we had a moment together. This would have been rare with a football shop open 7 days a bane of cows to be tended to and sure we also had a dance hall that would be choc block that night with laddos chasing anything in a skirt. Anyway, unlike then, most clubs have a field now with a building on it, and I just think that youngsters need to have stuff in front of them from an early age. BTW 'The Grasses We Combed' was the Ballydonoghoors celebratory publication at the opening of our own field, aptly named to reflect on our history of all away games; contrast that with the Dubs in Croker, and indeed this 'Newbridge of Nowhere' crack - with us it was 'Anywhere but Ballydonoghue', no 'Your place, or mine' - hard times!
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Post by hurlingman on Mar 12, 2023 19:23:53 GMT
Something some might have missed. Mark Fitzgerald from Strand Road has taken over as Limerick manager until the end of season.
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Post by john4 on Mar 12, 2023 22:18:53 GMT
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Post by peanuts on Mar 12, 2023 22:24:09 GMT
That’s very sad. May he rest in peace. Condolences to his family.
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Post by mike70 on Mar 12, 2023 22:31:52 GMT
Likeable guy, seemed like a great manager to be involved with, Liam Kearns, RIP, condolences to his family, friends and all at the Austin Stacks club,
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