Commemorating a significant anniversary

[From the Bunker]

Has not been the same since Barney left from a Mayo perspective.  Must be gone 10 years now? Used to enjoy his rants. Mayo's loses in 04 and 06 were to much for him and I suppose and he got a life!

[ONeill]

Here since 2008 ..

It's been good, bad and indifferent

Thought I'd use my 2000th post to say happy anniversary to the board.

That's a nice post.

[Lar Naparka]

Has not been the same since Barney left from a Mayo perspective.  Must be gone 10 years now? Used to enjoy his rants. Mayo's loses in 04 and 06 were to much for him and I suppose and he got a life!

He also got a wife and she put an end to his ranting.

[tyrone girl]

Here from around 2001/2002 must have changed my name at some point as took a year or two off i think. I remember AZ Offaly (not sure if you remember this) getting me questionnaires for my dissertation and that was around 2003.

[Milltown Row2]

Here from around 2001/2002 must have changed my name at some point as took a year or two off i think. I remember AZ Offaly (not sure if you remember this) getting me questionnaires for my dissertation and that was around 2003.

Should change the name again, to Tyrone woman, considering you did your dissertation back in 2003! 

Went over old threads on the older board... any links to the board before the last one as it only goes back to 2005 I think

[ziggysego]

Maybe some of the old old timers of the board can confirm this, but was the original address www.gaa.ie to access the gaaboard?

[brokencrossbar1]

Was around the summer of 2003 that I can on board. Remember the TF hotel thread. Had been reading it for a while. I used to laugh at the Armagh lads as I was pretty open about who I was and some of the comments made their way into our dressing room as I was still playing. Former great Uladh and a few of the Dromintee posters were used as motivation the odd time!!

[dec]

Maybe some of the old old timers of the board can confirm this, but was the original address www.gaa.ie to access the gaaboard?

Yep.

Guestbook
https://web.archive.org/web/19970127050631/http://www.gaa.ie/guestbook/beforejuly.html

Front page from 1996
https://web.archive.org/web/19961226192402/http://www.gaa.ie/

Looks like the switchover happened in 1999
https://web.archive.org/web/19990421194615/http://www.gaa.ie/

[T Fearon]

The Board died in late 98 or early 99 but was revived by Vicki in the spring of 1999.

[muppet]

Maybe some of the old old timers of the board can confirm this, but was the original address www.gaa.ie to access the gaaboard?

Some say you got millions for that Ziggy!

[dec]

For a while they tried to migrate it to usenet alt.sports.gaelic-games but that never was popular

[Orior]

I think Bummer became Fintona.

Correct. Took the Fionntamhnach handle when the board transferred into its current incarnation.
Only a very occasional poster these days but still read it more regularly than that.
Been here since August 2000 as a lone (at the time) Tyrone poster - almost immediately formed an alliance with 5Sams to stand up to the hoards of buckfast gulpers that plagued it at the time.

I still wonder why 5Sams has no ambition.

[T Fearon]

Bummer had the privilege of being a Clones steward when the Armagh odyssey began in Ulster in 2002.So enraged was he by Armagh's defeat of Tyrone in the first round that year,he even posted an exhortation on the NITB website appealing to all Fermanagh citizens to travel to Clones for the semi final in 02 to try and stop the Armagh juggernaut,all sadly to no avail as we "walked Fermanagh into the ground!"😂😂😂

[5 Sams]

I think Bummer became Fintona.

Correct. Took the Fionntamhnach handle when the board transferred into its current incarnation.
Only a very occasional poster these days but still read it more regularly than that.
Been here since August 2000 as a lone (at the time) Tyrone poster - almost immediately formed an alliance with 5Sams to stand up to the hoards of buckfast gulpers that plagued it at the time.

Mind it well Bummer. The hoors were easy wound up...still are

[Farrandeelin]

Okay, I joined in 2006 but i do remember browsing the board before then and I didn't like the layout.

I always thought you were around before that, and it used change before you got to 500 posts? Or was that someone else?