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Bailieboro v Kill..... Best we could have hoped for.... Am i right??

I was checking up the Intermediate Championship results there and I see cavan Gaels conceded the result to Bailieboro. What's the story there? Did they pull out of the competition altogether?

I am currently trying to get a few lads together to play a bit of Gaelic in Barbados. It's proving difficult enough to find lads who know the game. I do know there are plenty of Irish lads out here (maybe working for Digicel, Cellate Caribbean, Sandy Lane etc.), put they are hard to pin down..... So if you know of anyone who is out here let them know. I can be PM'ed here for more info.

I'd also be grateful for advise on how to get this thing up and running, from anyone else who has started a club abroad.

My aim is to get a good number of locals involved too, but I willl need a good core of Irish lads who can pass on their knowledge to the novices. I know that the Cayman Islands have a good GAA scene and that is where I would like to get to in Barbados.

The selection process for the Cavan Junior team baffles me...... How do they come up with these selections? For instance, I notice that Paddy Bird from Bailieborough is on the panel. I'm not suprised by this because I think he deserves it and probably deserves a crack at the senior squad too. However, Declan O'Reilly from the same club, who played a couple of games for the seniors in the McKenna Cup already this year, has not been selected. That just seems weird to me!! How can a lad be good enough for McKenna Cup while not being considered for the Junior team??....... I'm just using those two guys as an example because I know what they are both capable of, being from the same club. I'm sure there are other anomolies aswell....... Anyway, it all begs the question as to what type of effort is being put into this junior squad selection...... I'd also be wondering if this junior team is of any benefit to the county's development or to the the benefit of the selected players. I don't think they even have any training sessions together before matches!!!! Seems like a bit of a waste of time and money to me.

Another defeat for the shamrocks Put-it-up. Will we manage to stay up this year? Who was marking Larry, when he did the damage? Who is making the first 15 this year?

I see Shercock drew with St. Killians in Div 2....... Who are St. Killians??....... Jaysus, I've only been gone a few months and there's new rules, new clubs, I won't know the place whenever I get back!!

RIP Donal Kelly

He was truly a legend of Bailieborough and Cavan football and he will be truly missed.

I remember spending many hours in his shop on Main Street, messing with the footballs and sliotars while him and my father would discuss the fortunes of the Shamrocks and Cavan. And when I started to play the game myself, it was always a great boost to the ego when Donal would compliment me on my performances.
Even to this day I would love to see him in the crowd when I'd take the field, coz I knew that a real authority on the game was looking on.

Ar dheis De go raibh anam.

Have the county leagues started up yet? I haven't seen much talk about club games on here yet. It's around this time of year that I start to get a longing to kick an O'Neills ball again. Unfortunately (or fortunately!!), I'll have to remain in the Caribbean this year, so I'll expect put-it-up and the other Bailieborough men on here to keep me posted on the shamrocks progress....... How is the team shaping up this year? Will we be fit for Div 2?