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The Orange Order don't even see the irony of telling the GAA that it needs to make progress on inclusivity. Absolute knuckle draggers.

Now,  that is a question!

how does the  orange order become more inclusive, when their whole reason for existing  And continuing , is their hatred  of all things Catholic.  Maybe their grand master  could answer that one?

[Burning Bridges, the melody also known as the Kilfenora Slide or Darby O'Kelly]

Now we're jammin!

1. Whatever you want (opening 45 seconds great stuff for what becomes a 3 chord trick)
2. Down Down
3. Burning Bridges

Burning Bridges, the melody also known as the Kilfenora Slide or Darby O'Kelly. Status Quo probably because Francis Rossi's mother was Irish often threw an Irish jig or reel like The Irish Washerwoman into their music in the early 70s, even before Horslips or Lizzy. And of course recorded some albums here in the 70s, my #3 about waiting on his cocaine dealer in Dublin. 40 years since they opened Live-Aid. Timely.

Paper Plane
Pictures of Matchstick Men
What You're Proposing

Ah, I never  knew that.

Didn't know  of the  Irish connection either . 

I read quite a few replies on social media wrt the comber cricket club thing. There are people who genuinely believe that the Gaa is like a wing of the ira.

If you've never  ventured outside of  a bigoted unionist bubble , spoke or met anyone of  any other religion or colour,  there's a  high probability  you'd believe it.

Voting should be restricted to those who have fully developed prefrontal cortexes.

That would exclude  a hell  of a lot of the population though, to be fair

The final round of the Open in Portrush on Sunday starting half an hour or so earlier so as to not clash with a band parade in the town in the evening.

They seriously need to catch themselves on, knuckle draggers from a bygone era. The area has the chance again to promote itself to the world, don't need this as people are leaving the course.

Could they just not have turned down the request/plan for the  march?  I'm assuming there's some sort of  paperwork involved?

jesus, the area is going to rake  it in over the coming days , and they want it wrapped up  early to have a parade. 

Is it an attempt to show the golfing foreigners  a bit of  unionist kulture before  they go home?

There was very little in that. Murphy jumped to try to intercept a handpass over his head and caught Rafferty, who was going around him, as he was landing (left hand caught left shoulder). At a stretch, yellow, but it would have been a very soft one. Any other player and no one would have said a thing. Rafferty was straight back onto his feet.

https://www.balls.ie/gaa/michael-murphy-incident-donegal-meath-635893

I was talking about the dirt element of it, but, yeah, it was borderline in terms of technically being a body check. He definitely caught him. Red, absolutely nowhere even close.

Maurice Deegan and  the BBC  pundits all said it was a black card.

[Put it this way if Kerry tackle the Donegal lads the way Michael Murphy tackles opposition players would you be happy with it and say nothing?]

Michael Verney, in his podcast with Dick Clerkin and Kevin Cassidy, was talking about the online campaign to influence the referee on Murphy ahead of the final. I guess this board is part of that. There's a few lads here appear a bit obsessed.

Can you actually not see how he does get away more with bad tackles than other players do? No harm in admitting it when its clearly obvious to everyone. Put it this way if Kerry tackle the Donegal lads the way Michael Murphy tackles opposition players would you be happy with it and say nothing?

He's gotten away with some closed fist tackles such as against Derry back in the prelim quarter final. However, it's every time go goes in for a tackle some boys are crying for a red at this stage. Or else crying about him chatting to the ref, as if their own teams don't do the same.

You get tired of it from certain sets of rival supporters, whether it's Murphy, Ryan McHugh, Declan Bonner, pro-Donegal referees. There's always something to whinge about.

But carry on.

You  still didn't answer his question 

Closed fist? Of course not.

Anything else?

There's been more than  the closed fist challenge. Sundays  late challenge on the Meath player for example. Numerous others  throughout the championship too

But hey,  I'll only be accused of whinging 

[Put it this way if Kerry tackle the Donegal lads the way Michael Murphy tackles opposition players would you be happy with it and say nothing?]

Michael Verney, in his podcast with Dick Clerkin and Kevin Cassidy, was talking about the online campaign to influence the referee on Murphy ahead of the final. I guess this board is part of that. There's a few lads here appear a bit obsessed.

Can you actually not see how he does get away more with bad tackles than other players do? No harm in admitting it when its clearly obvious to everyone. Put it this way if Kerry tackle the Donegal lads the way Michael Murphy tackles opposition players would you be happy with it and say nothing?

He's gotten away with some closed fist tackles such as against Derry back in the prelim quarter final. However, it's every time go goes in for a tackle some boys are crying for a red at this stage. Or else crying about him chatting to the ref, as if their own teams don't do the same.

You get tired of it from certain sets of rival supporters, whether it's Murphy, Ryan McHugh, Declan Bonner, pro-Donegal referees. There's always something to whinge about.

But carry on.

You  still didn't answer his question 

What's these Black  fellas all about?

Do they have their  own lodges?

Can one be an  Orangeman and one of the black fellas?

Do they argue with  each other  about who marches where?

What about their initiation ceremony?  Maybe they have to  ride two goats?

[Puerto Mogan]

So summer holiday plans have been cancelled as one of the kids broke his wrist at football.
Planning now to head away Halloween week during mid-term. Having not travelled for winter-sun before, any recommendations for a family with a mix of young and teenage kids? Preferably with a bit of heat and that hasn't closed down for the winter.

Haven't been myself but know somebody who goes to Puerto Mogan in the Canaries for some winter sun every year and highly recommends it.
They stay at the Cordial Mogan Playa hotel. It looks lovely and the town is nearby with lots of restaurants. Think we are going to give it a try ourselves. We were in Dubai last year also - it was lovely. Loads of things to do

Doesn't he play for Donegal?

Every other year Kerry played an Ulster team in the final, the Ulster team seemed to have 100% of the support of the rest of Ulster, (well, maybe a few Derry people were neutral when it was Kerry v Tyrone).
This year it doesn't seem as unanimous.

See a Donegal song doing the rounds, opens with you can forget about your G stands for Geezer, R for Rian O'Neill. Cheeky f**kers

Did  McFadden-Ferry  write that one? Whoever it was, it  sounds petty

[Like most here, I think that Donegal have the legs and the system to deal with him]

I remember one of the Dubs v Kerry finals and poor aul Gooch spent half his day running after Philly McMahon, but the new rules allow Clifford to wait and see what comes his way.
Like most here, I think that Donegal have the legs and the system to deal with him (as best anyone can hope to) but there's others who can do damage. Kerry have more of an edge at the back too. They also have the ability to kick longer than most teams so it might pin Donegal back a bit.

On the flip some of the Kerry forwards will need to do more running towards their own goals than usual. You won't get David Clifford doing it, but Seanie O'Shea and Paudie Clifford might be dragged deeper.
Their fitness is insance and Murphy directing it all on the field is huge. They also can get scores from everywhere and their bench is awesome.

It's going to be brilliant.

Donegal are as porous at the back as anyone. They've had a serious deal of cards in the AI series so far, Kerry can will very likely cut through them time and time again on Sunday week

Donegal's only real tough game since winning Ulster was the versus Tyrone which they lost. This wont do them any favours when facing Kerry. Murphy has been lucky all year getting away with serious tackles and fouls, most recently taking out the Meath attacker without even so much as a ticking off. His luck might run out in the final.

Kerry wins this one in my opinion.

Guaranteed that the "Kerry Media Mafia" will be all over this in their columns this week and next

It's been talked about  as far back as the Ulster preliminary round against Derry. Still, it  continues to happen.

Kerry would be correct  pointing it out until Sunday week. Any  county would do the same

I think I'll skip lunch...

We tend to look at the  most recent match , but  Meath were so poor. Hard to know how good Donegal are from that. They had poor first halves v Louth and Monaghan. Scraped past a  disappointing Mayo. 

Kerry only won by 6 against a poor enough Tyrone, and  only really blitzed Armagh in 15 minutes tbh. 

Something has told me all year Donegal will win Sam. McGuinness's second year, Murphy back. The luck is with them , the draws kind, and Murphy  has been throwing his weight around all year without  being punished. 

So it's Donegal for me. They'll probably fall over the line , but  they'll win somehow. Hope I'm wrong though.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce37eyn75nzo?at_link_id=E7293102-61BD-11F0-97A3-C0C10C497034&at_ptr_name=twitter&at_format=link&at_medium=social&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_link_type=web_link&at_link_origin=BBCNewsNI&at_campaign_type=owned&at_campaign=Social_Flow

A cross-community sports summer camp in County Down has been cancelled after criticism of the involvement of a "small group of children from a GAA club".

So dozens of Protestant kids  get no sports camp because there's a couple of taigs who  want to attend.

its all about  raising youngsters with  suspicion and mistrust of themmuns. Pathetic.