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Irish news basically saying he was sacked

Not against your suggestion at all.
There have been 8 TC finalists with 4 of them having around 20 Senior AIs between them.

What about the Carlows, Longford, Fermanaghs etc getting a day out at a National Championship Final?

Gone Fishing.

https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2025/07/01/gaa-manager-rory-gallagher-seeks-damages-from-jarlath-burns-and-the-association-over-alleged-defamation/#:~:text=Case%20against%20GAA%20and%20its,proposed%20role%20with%20Naas%20club&text=GAA%20coach%20and%20former%20Derry,and%20its%20president%2C%20Jarlath%20Burns.

Will the Gaa settle or will we get a day in court .

Any legal eagles care to comment

Down or the rest of the teams were never out of the Sam Maguire? Had that changed? Am I missing something?

Ah just some Gaaboarders who love a good rant especially a negative one and get a dig at the GAA powers that be as well.

Not quite. Fermanagh were getting it in the neck when I entered the discussion. They should like the competition and that's that....according to some Gaaboarders.

I wouldn't say that. But if getting to a quarter final of the All Ireland or an Ulster Final once every ten years is your aim then that is pretty grim tbh. Look at Westmeath the year they won the Talteann. Fully bought in and a big party in Mullingar to bring the trophy home. They aren't used to much success but enjoyed themselves.

And yet here are Fermanagh, who have never won a League title, never won an Ulster Championship nor an All Ireland and they are turning their nose up. It doesn't make any sense to me, plus the fact if Fermanagh were to make an Ulster final they would have been in the Sam Maguire. If you were so desperate to be in Sam it would be even more important to win the Talteann. Automatic entry next year. But hey ho.

The Fermanagh players went hard at it. They showed the competition no disrespect.

Making an all Ireland quarter final isn't pretty grim when you are a smaller county. Those days are what keeps the dream alive.
Beating a big team and going on a run via the backdoor did more to promote and push Gaelic in Fermanagh than any Tailtean cup will ever do .

Let's look at Westmeath .
Won the first competition.

How have they been developed ?
Back into the competition after 1 or 2 years .

What we are seeing is what happened in the hurling tiers.
Teams will now yo yo up and down .
Repeat winners etc .

Tell me how the Tailtean cup is developing all these counties ?

We were absolutely brutal today .
Kildare were not good by any means either.
We had a good chance as Kildare were very wasteful but we just have zero plan up front .
Defensively we were very solid but around the middle and in attack we just looked like a team without a plan.

Wicklow will be kicking themselves.
Jackson is an excellent keeper but that was a serious howler to bring Limerick back into to it

Limerick will trouble Kildare if Kildare don't improve.


As for the competition, it's just dying a death.
There is zero interest from supporters.
13000 in Croke Park.
Think that's tells you everything you need to know.
We have more at All Ireland b finals in the 90s

Cavan ? Pushed on ?

Down will be back in the Tailtean next year and Westmeath are all ready back in it after they won


Regardless of what Fermanagh have never won , how does winning this competition develop counties at this level ?

How does it get them closer to winning proper national titles?

The main thing that does that is money

Where would you rather be .
In an All Ireland series or getting a pat on the head from all the big teams while everybody tunes into Down v Galway.

Imagine comparing the last 8 of the Sam Maguire to a b competition.

As for the it's up to a county rubbish lol.

Never heard a worse argument .

As I said Fermanagh made All Ireland semi finals and quarter finals while there were a division 3 team. No better way to develop a county unless they win a B competition.

That was 20 years ago. The game has changed immeasurably since then. Fermanagh have never won a National title and made the semi-finals once in the Sam Maguire? And here you are disrespecting the Talteann Cup, a cup Fermanagh are in with a chance of winning.

The alternative would be that Fermanagh would have been out of the Sam Maguire and sitting at home now. Instead its semi-final of a decent competition at Croke Park. But hey you can't please everyone I suppose.

Fermangh played the Dubs 10 years ago in an all Ireland quarter final.

Fermanagh have never won a national title ?

We have .
All Ireland Bs.
At least back then they were given there proper name .

Tiering doesn't help drive standards up .

It does the opposite .
It widens the gap.

Look at hurling and the tiered system
How many counties keep winning the same competitions ?
Once they win it , they go up and then they usually get relegated back down.

How does that develop them ?

Winning national titles with zero exposure and a wee pat on the head.

Where would you rather be .
In an All Ireland series or getting a pat on the head from all the big teams while everybody tunes into Down v Galway.

Imagine comparing the last 8 of the Sam Maguire to a b competition.

As for the it's up to a county rubbish lol.

Never heard a worse argument .

As I said Fermanagh made All Ireland semi finals and quarter finals while there were a division 3 team. No better way to develop a county unless they win a B competition.

It didn't seem to do meath any harm.

Any word of Westmeath ?

Surely as the first winners off the competition, they have pushed and established themselves as one of the top 10 teams in Ireland .


Like the all Ireland B, back in the 90s, the novelty is wearing off.

Ten years ago Fermangh appeared in the quarter finals of the All+Ireland while playing in division 3.

I know which game has more profile

Have to say , even though we are in the semi final , there is very little buzz about this at all.

This competition is a dead duck.

It's not been promoted.
Little to no media coverage.
It's up against knockout games in the big boys championship .

And you just have to look at the reward Down get for their good run in this year's main competition
An all expenses paid trip back to the Tailtean unless you win Sam this year or make an Ulster final next year

Maybe if Down brought half of their summer form instead of having a shite league. They'll fully believe they can win division 3 next year and next step would be making an Ulster final.

Down didn't have a shite league
They competed very well.

Still waiting to hear how the Tailtean cup helps develop teams if development means a year with the big teams and then back you go .

It's a joke

Have to say , even though we are in the semi final , there is very little buzz about this at all.

This competition is a dead duck.

It's not been promoted.
Little to no media coverage.
It's up against knockout games in the big boys championship .

And you just have to look at the reward Down get for their good run in this year's main competition
An all expenses paid trip back to the Tailtean unless you win Sam this year or make an Ulster final next year

[Bambrick 2-4 v Fermanagh,]

I look at Longford the last few years and just wonder what is going? Shamrock shore, ye have had some decent underage teams but seniors seem to be underperforming? curious as to why. Some show by Carey 0-15.

Bambrick 2-4 v Fermanagh, no score yesterday? Strange.

We are decent but defensively inconsistent. Carlow will cause us issues but we have the firepower to win this one.

Fermanagh didn't man mark him
It's that simple .
We were shocking

Here's the link to the draw for the next round tonight .
Gaa really pushing the boat out again and getting behind the competition.
Won't be long til the competition is exclusive to YouTube like the hurling tiers this weekend

Brilliant for Fermanagh and Wexford to get a run out in Croke park and be a curtain raiser to a big game.


Use to be minors that did that .
Replaced the minors with county teams .
Genius ........

You were saying the Tailtean Cup teams were getting no Profile. Can't win

Is this profile ?

Game being played in an empty Croke park at 1.45 and should all be finished before the main crowd starts coming in.

Brilliant for Fermanagh and Wexford to get a run out in Croke park and be a curtain raiser to a big game.


Use to be minors that did that .
Replaced the minors with county teams .
Genius ........