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Did Ballygawley St Ciaran's not cover the same parish boundaries as Errigal currently to today? I know the carry on with Glencull but previous to the Glencull split did the St Ciaran's club not cover the same area? I'm not of an age to know this.

Going by the last two annual reports for the county convention the only club comparable in terms of membership / numbers was Galbally which I found strange enough. Maybe Galbally are growing rapidly but found it surprising.

Do conventions list how many members each club have?

Yes have seen it on the annual report before. I remember looking at one year and seeing that we had nearly the most members in Tyrone which I didn't understand, bigger than omagh for example. Would be interesting to get some insights into it.

We have always done it right but I know clubs in the past would inflate the numbers in order to enhance their ticket allocation when Tyrone where in the AI final territory.

Always wondered where you could get the amount of members in a club.

Does anybody know what the current list is?

Did Ballygawley St Ciaran's not cover the same parish boundaries as Errigal currently to today? I know the carry on with Glencull but previous to the Glencull split did the St Ciaran's club not cover the same area? I'm not of an age to know this.

Going by the last two annual reports for the county convention the only club comparable in terms of membership / numbers was Galbally which I found strange enough. Maybe Galbally are growing rapidly but found it surprising.

Do conventions list how many members each club have?

Just get the home win in the next game in Jan. and take it from there.

That's all that matters.

Is Féile in Derry in 2025?

SW Donegal beat St Pats Cavan today, 1.15 to 1.9. Heard boys saying they are a fine team that will only get better as the competition progresses (as they are an amalgamation team with a strong panel).

I don't like amalgamations in competitions like this.

There's a lot of teams in the MacRory Cu nowadays.

I see that Mac Rory knock out game between St. Colman's and St. Ronan's Lurgan is being played this Friday in Darver?

Is that Darver, as in Louth GAA?

Yes, I saw this posted on socials.  Absolutely no idea why.

Yeah, it caught my eye.

A bit strange.

Dowling back to Limerick setup as a keeper.

I didn't realise that Quaid had done his cruciate, so it makes a bit more sense now!

Yeah, gone for the year.

Will be a huge loss to Limerick.

Be interesting to see who Limerick's No. 1 will be now.  Dowling is good but Gillane, is progressing well also.

Incredibly I was told by someone involved in GAA admin that the main issues from Revenue side are player mileage, Ref expenses and Cash payments around Cúl camps which is common practice. i.e: paying u16s from your club 50-100 for a few days of helping with running the camp.
This changes my perspective on it - was thinking it was an angle for Revenue to go after the certain cohort of Managers getting exhorbitant sums from county's and certain clubs, but going after players who do well to break even off the 70c a mile they get for training, refs who are in short enough supply as it is and get miniscule payment all things considered or cúl camps which are largely a hugely popular and beneficial occasion for clubs all over Ireland.
Strikes me as fairly small fry stuff compared to what Revenue SHOULD be doing if you ask me.

Thats wild. None of that stuff is going to make the receivers wealthy ffs.

Low hanging fruit, if that's the case.

Should they not be going further up the tree?

Crossmaglen have appointed former Louth player Shane Lennon as manager. He had close association with Oisín McConville having managed DKIT together.

when did Cross last have an outsider? Have they ever?

The Vinny Corey rumours didn't pan out then...

Is Vinny Corey not the Gowna manager now?

After D. Mc Cabe left?

Who won magherafelt Dungannon? Was it played today?

Magherafelt.

I see that Mac Rory knock out game between St. Colman's and St. Ronan's Lurgan is being played this Friday in Darver?

Is that Darver, as in Louth GAA?

Disappointing overall I think.

Game was there for Celtic getting 3 pts but very sloppy in possession.

1pt grand but should have designs to beat Zagreb.

I don't think it'll put many people off.

It's £5 for a child. I only go to a few league games a year so not too bad.

When you add in travel, dinner etc. a £5 isn't going to break people in fairness. 

Just my honest opinion.

Who are the favourites for MacRory this year?

[quote]So you would move the one event they reckon should fill it as well?]

I think a modern neat and tidy 25, 000 seater stadium would be fine. Only going to be full a few times a year.

So you imagine that they could fill 25k seats "a few times a year"?

Here is how the GAA themselves saw it in their Event Management Plan lodged with BCC in 2018:

2-5 matches annually with attendance range 3,000-15,000 (All-Ireland Qualifiers)
2 matches annually with attendances typically around 20,000 (Ulster Championship Semi's)
1 match annually with attendance normally 32,000-34,186 (Ulster Championship Final)
(See page 8: https://minutes.belfastcity.gov.uk/documents/s92471/APPENDIX%202d%20S76%20Annex%203%20Event%20Management%20Plan.pdf )

Any bigger games i.e. Ulster Final, take them to Croke Park.
[/quote]So you would move the one event they reckon should fill it as well?

That would leave a date free for an extra Garth Brooks concert, I suppose...

Well, if Ulster Final has huge demand for tickets, say Tyrone V Armgh, then the logical thing would be to move it to Croke Park.

A win win! More people get to seethe game and more £ for the GAA, which ultimately drips down to the clubs.

Other Ulster Finals could be held there, say Monaghan V Antrim etc.