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Interesting topic and something I've read up on before. I recall there being 12 protestants who have clubs named after them, and that isn't including Douglas Hyde who has Roscommon's stadium named after him. The 12 are Henry Gratten, Wolfe Tone, Charles Stewart Parnell, Roger Casement, Henry Joy McCracken, John Mitchell, Watty Graham, Lord Edward Fitzgerald, Robert Emmett, Thomas Davis, William Smyth O'Brien, and Thomas Russell. Mitchell in there would a contentious one now though.
Closer to home for me, Cavan has some lovely names too. Drung Dalcassians, Drumlane Sons of O'Connell, Mullahoran Dreadnoughts, Maghera MacFinns, Killeshandra Leaguers. A lot of others went by the wayside when you had multiple clubs in a parish and they end up dissolving or amalgamated. Loughduff Millesians, Loughduff Volunteers, Finea Knights of Freedom, Killeshandra Fontenoys, Doogarry Raparees are some who don't exist anymore. Ballyconnell First Ulsters (initially Ballyconnell Joe Biggars) are now called Kildallan too.
Cavan oddly has a few names which are more associated with soccer. Ramor United (which was a uniting of 3 clubs in the same parish), and Laragh United. Lacken Celtic and Cootehill Celtic too. Cootehill also wear green and white hoops, as the club was founded by emigrants returning from Glasgow, and founded the GAA club with a nod to Glasgow Celtic with the name and club colours
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2023/02/27/six-nations-johnny-sexton-among-those-to-be-back-in-ireland-training-after-injury/
The knee injury sustained by Finlay Bealham in the first half in Rome has ruled him out of the remainder of the tournament. The Connacht prop had started every match in the Six Nations to date in Tadhg Furlong’s absence.
McGeeney made an interesting suggestion a few weeks ago ref. the league being a great competition, said he'd love to see it in a home and away format with 14 games. That would be some league in fairness, though the calendar couldn't accommodate it as it currently stands.
If it was a 14 game League ,what type of Championship would it be? Teams are guaranteed to play 5 games in the Championship this year with the new system. Split season won't be changed.
The AFl is played as home and away 22 games March to September. But that is their focus. Gaa players have club games too.
Looking at the Division One league table I'd say a repeat of the league final pairing last year is likely.
If there's any chance of Kerry qualifying for the league final in the latter stages of the final game, there'll be instructions coming in from Jack O'Connor to score 5 own goals in a row.
He'd definitely prefer a week of full pelt training than preparing for a league final. Completely different situation to last year where some silverware and a win in Croke Park were badly needed to boost confidence.
Main focus now is dealing with teams having figured out Kerry's defense and/or attack of 2022. Needs a new and improved version 2.0.
Another huge comedown for the club that were proclaiming themselves the best team of the Premier League era a couple of years ago.
I must have missed that proclamation.
Or more likely it just didn’t happen.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-64548395
This one? It's all over UK news. Seems an odd one.
I know I’m hijacking this thread but the missing person was England who has apparently fallen into a river is a strange one too
Is there many clubs managed by a club man these days? Bar Cross I can’t think of too many in Armagh. McConville at St Pauls last year I think?That's very true and I suppose we are just lucky that the stars align in such a way that the clubs who cannot afford to pay an outsider just so happen to be the ones who can find an internal candidate year after year after year.Disgraceful behaviour.Playing is different to managing. It’s extremely difficult to get a club man to manage their own club!
He should have chosen the much more noble and acceptable option of managing Scotstown to the county championship for monetary reward.
You are also correct in saying that changing clubs as a player is different to changing clubs as a manager for financial reward.
I mean, a glaringly obvious difference is that one is against the rules of the association and the other one isn't.
We had an outsider once. Never again (if I have my way).
