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GAA Discussion / Leinster Senior Football Championship 2022

« on: April 01, 2022, 10:57:25 AM »

Any point in this?
Are the Dubs as shaky as the League suggested?

Will Kildare peak in May instead of February?

Could Longford pull off a Foinavon?

Should Cork be banned for life or just let Ed Sheeran play Kerry?

For the record here are the fixtures

First Round 24 April 2022

Louth    v    Carlow    Navan    
Laois    v    Wicklow    Aughrim    
Offaly    v    Wexford    Wexford


Quarter Finals

Dublin v Offaly/Wexford 30 Apr 2021 Tullamore/Wexford
Meath v Laois/Wicklow 1 May 2022 Portlaoise/Navan
Kildare v Louth/Carlow 1 May 2022 Navan/Portlaoise/Tullamore
Westmeath v Longford 1 May 2022 Mullingar

The semi finals will be drawn once the 4 teams are known. The semi finals are on 15 May 2022 with the final on the 28th May 2022.

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General discussion / Travel to Cuba

« on: January 30, 2022, 10:45:33 PM »

Anyone done this in the past few years? Pre Covid like.

I've been told to imagine a country run by Longford County Council.

Bear in mind I'm an auld fella so kipping in a squalid hovel with wife and 18 ye old daughter is not an option.

Any thoughts appreciated

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GAA Discussion / O'Byrne Cup 2022

« on: January 10, 2022, 10:27:42 AM »

I am surprised no thread exists.

Longford - holders for the past 2 years (technically correct) - will be anxious to impress under new manager Billy O'Loughlin.
And we did this on Sat turning a 0-14 to 0-06 deficit in the 10th min of the second half to a 2-13 to 0-14 win over Louth in Lanesboro.

Dublin edged out Offaly in the end in our group so we have Offaly in Faithful Fields on Wed and the carnival comes to town on Sat as we welcome the Dubs to Pearse Park.

Only one other result caught my eye.

Wexford beat 12 bales out of Laois. What is that about? Did Laois send out the minors?

Have Kildare peaked yet?

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GAA Discussion / Longford - O'Byrne Cup Champions 2021

« on: December 19, 2020, 07:53:51 AM »

Ok - I am reaching here.

As we are the current holders and I am pretty sure there is no competition in 2021 I hereby annex the title for 2021.

Our first time to defend this noble trophy.

Happy Christmas bitches.

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General discussion / Shamrock Shore's first caption competition

« on: January 13, 2020, 09:15:10 AM »

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GAA Discussion / 2019 Football Final - Up for the Match prediction

« on: August 12, 2019, 02:53:00 PM »

Ok boys and girls. Roll out the cliches for Dessie Cahill to tick off.

I'll start

1. Paddy Cullen and Mickey Sheey's lob. Seamus Aldrige will explain why he gave THAT free finally
2. Charlie Redmond something something something...laugh laugh laugh...something
3. The Bomber tells a few yarns about Paidi
4. 400 Healy Raes sing De Rosea Trawlee
5. Da Dubs that busk outside Croker sing Molly Malone

fill yer boots

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General discussion / LA Earthquake

« on: July 05, 2019, 01:33:28 AM »

Hey - I was on the ground in LA for this but don't worry - I'm fine!

George Clooney to play me in upcoming biopic.

(TBH we felt the car shake a bit)

Hope that wasn't the minor match 

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GAA Discussion / Kildare v Longford LSFC - 26th May 2016 Tullamore

« on: May 13, 2019, 01:25:21 PM »

Ok - Leinster championship beginning to bubble up nicely ........LOL

I was away last weekend so I missed things but it seems Kildare struggled to beat Wicklow.

We are fighting light with missing/suspended players so I cannot see us pulling off a win here.

But............you never know. If we win then it's Nowhere this year for Kildare, as opposed to Newbridge. We cuda/shuda won the Qualifier last year but we simply ran out of petheral.

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General discussion / Carbon Monoxide detectors

« on: February 28, 2019, 03:05:10 PM »

Learned something new today.

The carbon monoxide detectors we have in the house expired over 2 years ago. I never realised they had an expiry date. Thought they'd be the same as smoke alarms - change the battery when it started beeping annoyingly and bob's your mother's brother.

So, if your house does have carbon monoxide detectors make sure they are not expired.

That is all.

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General discussion / Big Lottery Winners in Armagh

« on: January 04, 2019, 10:44:52 AM »

See some couple from Armagh have won stg£115mill in the Euromillions.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2019/0104/1020268-armagh-euromillions/

A few questions.

(i) Anyone on here know them?
(ii) Why are the surnames not Fearon?
(iii) WTF go public? Jesus Christ, they'll be plagued for the rest of their lives..........

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General discussion / Resurrection Notices

« on: November 28, 2018, 10:24:36 AM »

Fernando LaFuente - Ballybrack Utd soccer player

Died 23rd November 2018 - resurrected 27th November 2018.

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GAA Discussion / JP McManus - Christmas comes early

« on: September 24, 2018, 04:50:15 PM »

€100,000 to every County Board 

Great man.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2018/0924/995814-jp-mcmanus-donates-100-000-to-every-gaa-county-board/

Although is it tainted cash as it's gambling related?

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GAA Discussion / Longford win NY Championship

« on: September 10, 2018, 08:58:01 AM »

Longford won their first NY Senior Championship last night in NY beating Monaghan by a point.

Longford's star performer was one Jamie Clarke, hitherto unknown, from Armagh.

He could have a future if McGeeney plays his cards right 

Here is the rising star with Brian Kavanagh of both sides of the Atlantic fame.

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GAA Discussion / GAA World Series

« on: April 01, 2018, 11:11:01 AM »

From Longford Twitter:

"Delighted to announce that we will be 1 of the 6 teams taking part in the @officialgaa inaugural #WorldSeries where the 6 teams play a weekend tournament on 5 continents after the All Ireland final Official announcement 2moro."

Anyone know anything more?

Unless..........

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GAA Discussion / Longford v Kerry - National League QF 1984

« on: March 20, 2018, 04:56:30 PM »

I came across this over the weekend:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPVhpCjTJ_k&feature=youtu.be

I remember it well in a sense. Longford hosting the mighty Kerry (Kerry waived home advantage). At this time the League had QFs. Top 4 in Div 1, Top 2 in Div 2 and winners of Div 3 and Div 4 (or it could have been Div 3 North and Div 3 South)

But isn't memory terrible. There was I, thinking in my memory (having not seen it since 1984), that it was marvellous fare.

But, fcuk me, it's dreadful now that I see it again. It's a lump-a-thon on a dreadful pitch in a dreadful dank park with dreadful miserable looking people. We took an early 1-04 to 0-00 lead but Kerry reeled us in. Paidi was playing but, by all accounts, he was still hungover from going on the tear the night before.

Ireland in the 80s.