County Rankings 2001-2015

[Jinxy]

This guy has done good work and updated his rankings, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaelic_football_rankings

Current state of play after the leagues, the chapionship may lead to bigger changes.

1 Dublin          101.23
2 Kerry       98.28
3 Donegal   96.52
4 Mayo      95.79
5 Cork      95.33
6 Monaghan    93.57
7 Tyrone           89.62
8 Armagh    87.68
9 Meath            87.65
10 Derry           87.2
11 Roscommon   86.02
12 Galway    84.54
13 Down            83.34
14 Kildare    82.83
15 Laois            82.23
16 Tipperary    81.19
17 Cavan    80.49
18 Fermanagh    77.86
19 Sligo            75.32
20 Longford    74.63
21 Westmeath 74.37
22 Clare           74.35
23 Limerick    74.09
24 Wexford   74.01
25 Louth            74
26 Offaly           73.19
27 Antrim    70.11
28 Leitrim           69.54
29 Wicklow   64.45
30 London    62.37
31 Carlow    62.27
32 New York    60.7
33 Waterford    60.33

Should we not be higher?
Also, should we not be lower?

[Hardy]

87.65 is ridiculous. We're at least 87.69.

[brokencrossbar1]

87.65 is ridiculous. We're at least 87.69.

Not a fecking mission Hardy,  don't you be going and getting notions above your station,  you sit at your 87.65 and be thankful it's not 86.01!

[Jinxy]

Are Armagh really 0.03 points better than us?
I highly doubt it.

[Aristo 60]

We could turn this into what fm radio station am I competition.

[illdecide]

Are Armagh really 0.03 points better than us?
I highly doubt it.

If you cast your mind back to July/August of 2014 that will give you an indication of why your 0.03 below Armagh and count yourselves lucky us BCB1 pointed out that your not a lot lower

[JoG2]

Are Armagh really 0.03 points better than us?
I highly doubt it.

in all seriousness, Meath being so high is the only main surprise on that list

[ONeill]

Monaghan are a mile ahead of anyone else if you factor in population, resources etc, now most will say this does not count but we all know it does, so when the "top" team goes up to collect their "celtic cross" thanks to some multi euro deal and a professional set up in everything but name the truth is they were bought by big business but we all know that the Monaghans of this championship are the real heroes.
Yere rankings are a load of rubbish.

I'd vote for you.

[Jinxy]

Are Armagh really 0.03 points better than us?
I highly doubt it.

in all seriousness, Meath being so high is the only main surprise on that list

JoG on pal.

[armaghniac]

Monaghan are a mile ahead of anyone else if you factor in population, resources etc, now most will say this does not count but we all know it does, so when the "top" team goes up to collect their "celtic cross" thanks to some multi euro deal and a professional set up in everything but name the truth is they were bought by big business but we all know that the Monaghans of this championship are the real heroes.
Yere rankings are a load of rubbish.

I'd vote for you.

Monaghan has only half the population of any county above it, and all of those counties have airports!

[rrhf]

Build it and they will come..

[Niall8100]

Monaghan are a mile ahead of anyone else if you factor in population, resources etc, now most will say this does not count but we all know it does, so when the "top" team goes up to collect their "celtic cross" thanks to some multi euro deal and a professional set up in everything but name the truth is they were bought by big business but we all know that the Monaghans of this championship are the real heroes.
Yere rankings are a load of rubbish.

When you look at the stats it really is amazing to see how well Monaghan are doing with the resources they have. Below is the top 10 ranked counties (according to that list) with their populations and amount of gaa clubs.

County	Population(rank in Ireland)	No. GAA Clubs(rank in Ireland)
1 Dublin	1,273,069(1st)	92(2nd)
2 Kerry	145,502(14th)	70(5th)
3 Donegal	161,137(12th)	40(23rd)
4 Mayo	130,638(17th)	50(12th)
5 Cork	519,032(4th)	155(1st)
6 Monaghan	60,483(29th)	33(26th)
7 Tyrone	179,000(10th)	53(8th)
8 Armagh	174,792(11th)	51(10th)
9 Meath	184,135(9th)	59(7th)
10 Derry	247,132(6th)	40(24th)

Sources: https://www.gaa.ie/content/documents/2015AnnualReport.pdf (Page 80-81)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Irish_counties_by_population

[seafoid]

Monaghan are a mile ahead of anyone else if you factor in population, resources etc, now most will say this does not count but we all know it does, so when the "top" team goes up to collect their "celtic cross" thanks to some multi euro deal and a professional set up in everything but name the truth is they were bought by big business but we all know that the Monaghans of this championship are the real heroes.
Yere rankings are a load of rubbish.

When you look at the stats it really is amazing to see how well Monaghan are doing with the resources they have. Below is the top 10 ranked counties (according to that list) with their populations and amount of gaa clubs.

County	Population(rank in Ireland)	No. GAA Clubs(rank in Ireland)
1 Dublin	1,273,069(1st)	92(2nd)
2 Kerry	145,502(14th)	70(5th)
3 Donegal	161,137(12th)	40(23rd)
4 Mayo	130,638(17th)	50(12th)
5 Cork	519,032(4th)	155(1st)
6 Monaghan	60,483(29th)	33(26th)
7 Tyrone	179,000(10th)	53(8th)
8 Armagh	174,792(11th)	51(10th)
9 Meath	184,135(9th)	59(7th)
10 Derry	247,132(6th)	40(24th)

Sources: https://www.gaa.ie/content/documents/2015AnnualReport.pdf (Page 80-81)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Irish_counties_by_population

the population stats don't take account of Unionist non interested elements
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjEkjeVzL34

Large swathes of Dublin are Man Utd territory as well, maybe for the better in terms of competition.
Monaghan have 15 ulsters but never closed the deal. Offaly have a smaller population but more malandragem. 

[Ciarrai_thuaidh]

Monaghan are a mile ahead of anyone else if you factor in population, resources etc, now most will say this does not count but we all know it does, so when the "top" team goes up to collect their "celtic cross" thanks to some multi euro deal and a professional set up in everything but name the truth is they were bought by big business but we all know that the Monaghans of this championship are the real heroes.
Yere rankings are a load of rubbish.

When you look at the stats it really is amazing to see how well Monaghan are doing with the resources they have. Below is the top 10 ranked counties (according to that list) with their populations and amount of gaa clubs.

County	Population(rank in Ireland)	No. GAA Clubs(rank in Ireland)
1 Dublin	1,273,069(1st)	92(2nd)
2 Kerry	145,502(14th)	70(5th)
3 Donegal	161,137(12th)	40(23rd)
4 Mayo	130,638(17th)	50(12th)
5 Cork	519,032(4th)	155(1st)
6 Monaghan	60,483(29th)	33(26th)
7 Tyrone	179,000(10th)	53(8th)
8 Armagh	174,792(11th)	51(10th)
9 Meath	184,135(9th)	59(7th)
10 Derry	247,132(6th)	40(24th)

Sources: https://www.gaa.ie/content/documents/2015AnnualReport.pdf (Page 80-81)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Irish_counties_by_population

Be interested to see the sources for this as there are over 200 clubs in Cork. 220 or so I think. 74 in Kerry by my reckoning aswell.

[illdecide]

Yes and don't forget that half of Armagh population are orange men