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I'm never sure about the VAT issue. I would have assumed that the GAA, and/or its relevant bodies (provincial councils, etc.) would be registered for VAT, North and South. In that case, VAT is not an issue. In fact it's a cash flow positive, since you can hold on to the money for a while. But we continue to hear about Clones being VAT-free, but Casement not.

Can any of our accountants (North and South) clarify?

Hardy, I can confirm that as the Ulster Council is VAT registered in Northern Ireland (UK) it does not have to pay output VAT on gate receipts in ROI, whereas it does when the games ar eheld in Northern Ireland.
Though I was also told that this does not influence the decision in whether to hold games in the North or South

Joe, I will not say what age he is other than to state he was in my class in school and I am 31 in a few weeks and I was one of the younger ones of us

I am 30 in a few weeks and he joined our year in St Pats having come from the year above in Newry.  So at least my logic was spot on.

Lurganblue, you are on the money with the name Oisin.  We had a child born last year and my wife had said that if it was a boy she liked the name Oisin.  I told her I didn't want that name  as practically 50% of under 7 year old boys in Armagh seem to be called Oisin.

Donagh, a bit of work on the name Oisin in recent years with the Register of births might reveal something interesting for the project, though I have no idea how accessable that info is.

A starting point is that he's definitely older than the 28 or 29 that you see quoted in programmes.

Ballymacnab won.  The score was something like 0-7 to 0-4.