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surely you are not paying someone to take your juveniles? 

I mean its much easier for a Belfast or Antrim school to do well in hurling than football as there isn't a massive amount of hurling outside Antrim and Down in Ulster Colleges - have you a chip on your hurl?
harder for the school to knuckle down and train hard to be competitve in schools football

Dunloy hurling the perfect example Flanker. 15 out of 30 SHC's. Amazing statistic.

From small acorns....

in Ulster its much easier to excel in Hurling not football - them boys all pay Mageean no doubt

Schools playing at high levels e.g mcrory is a massive boost to a lads development. Going to training after school is much easier than making a development panel and travelling round the counTy to train.
Back in the day Eddie McToal and Hugh Mcgettigan would be driven st marys on to competing in mcrory and the age groups below. maybe the current bunch of teachers don't have the same passion? they are volunteers like the other 99% of us in the Gaa so cant be too hard on them but i think committed teachers is what is missing in the schools not the talent

Take Dunloy hurlers as an example. Do Dunloy think they need to rely on schools or county development squads to make their players better. Not a chance.

They built their own facility, set up own centre of excellence, brought in own top rated S/C practitioners and most of al, treated their kids like kings from they were 6 years of age.

At no stage do they rely on a school or county led initiative to make THEIR players better.

That's the model right there as far as I can see!!

I'd be surprise if Dunloy didn't have a very supportive primary school helping getting the boys hurling and playing football. In belfast there are lots of diffferent sports pushed in schools but hopefully gaelfast will make a difference

U boys are very negative!
Why football quarters not this weekend?

when r the matches? hopefully some doibles headers. watched LD match and it was crap sorry
£cargin still big favourites

just reading Irish NewS there and 2 good matches tomorow
St Johns / Cargin - if cargin rest players and st ohns throw everything at it it could be close
Aghag / Endas - winner in loser out - tight match and i hope those city boys dont try and rough up Aghag or we will never hear the end of it!
real championship matches at last

Ok loads of good players, loads of paid managers Moran/Madden/McNultys loads of semi finals and 2 finals, thought it was 3, and stil nothing to show...........

a co.down man asked me this and found it hard to answer not having seen much of either ecxcepy in finals.

I would say Creggan are better but I would always fancy Lamhs to beat them in championship!!

"who is better, creggan or lamh dearg"

Toss of a coin in my opinion.... up for debate!

R creggan like Mayo loads of good players loads of finals but choke on big day?

I hopE u r all sitting down . Im seeing and hearing Gaelfast are out in loads of belfast primary schools these days which is great news. the new boss must be making a difference

Is Belfast GAA still dying or is it alive again? Country teams still the dominate ones in all divisions

Gaelfast is an effort to resurrect it and just glad to see feet on the ground more than befor . Made big impression at my grandsons school.
Belfast still miles behind country teams in numbers facilities finances

I hopE u r all sitting down . Im seeing and hearing Gaelfast are out in loads of belfast primary schools these days which is great news. the new boss must be making a difference

Well said everyone - absolute inspiration - the best of GAA

It'll be Gaelic Leagues formed next within the County and then maybe an IRB revival. Well they'll have a lovely new head office in what used to be called Casement Park.

r u anti Irish ? Anti republican ? Anti Adams ? Spit it out fella

Making a bigger balls of Stormont, made a balls of Casement, now going to make a balls of Antrim Gaa, as i have said continually on this board keep the politics out of sport. Hopefully thats clear enough for you Belfast

it's Gerry junior not Gerry senior. Gearoid involved in GAA at least 30 years and don't think he ever played for Sinn Féin in league or championship!

It'll be Gaelic Leagues formed next within the County and then maybe an IRB revival. Well they'll have a lovely new head office in what used to be called Casement Park.

r u anti Irish ? Anti republican ? Anti Adams ? Spit it out fella