ROSCOMMON Club wins Mayo Championship

[Rossfan]

 

Will the Mayoites ever get over the shame?

[Barney]

I suppose when you haven't one a championship match for 3/4 years you'll claim any kind of success

[Gold]

why do they play in Mayo?

[FL/MAYO]

why do they play in Mayo?

Roscomman annexed Ballagh over 100 years ago, the Ballagh Gaa club refused to recognize the partition of the area and continued to play in Mayo. Its similar to the partition of the north with the Rossies been the Unionists and the Gaa Club the Nationalist side. The GAA men in the area are proud Mayo men and will not recognize any claim by the sheep stealers.

[rosnarun]

Well at least it was better than those sligo bastards winning

[DoYerJob Linesman]

We have just won our 4th Derry title in 8 years in Derry.   

[muppet]

why do they play in Mayo?

Roscomman annexed Ballagh over 100 years ago, the Ballagh Gaa club refused to recognize the partition of the area and continued to play in Mayo. Its similar to the partition of the north with the Rossies been the Unionists and the Gaa Club the Nationalist side. The GAA men in the area are proud Mayo men and will not recognize any claim by the sheep stealers.

Not quite, Mayo landlord Dillon wanted to pay lower taxes so for administrative purposes had the county boundary changed so Ballaghadereen moved into Roscommon, but he rightly insisted that the Gaa club stayed in Mayo. Accepting the landlord imposed boundary would be like the Gaa accepting Her Majesty's District Councils instead of traditional County teams in the North.

[stephenite]

There are the disingenuous few who would have you believe that there are real, actual people in Ballagh that want an end to the current arrangement, indeed, the Roscommon County Board tried the audacious stroke of planting a few of their own in the town a few years ago to set up a club - thankfully the proud Gaels of Ballagh stood firm and said no to this nonsense with the help of other counties and the GAA who refused to affiliate the breakaway few who took the soup

[Rossfan]

Ballaghadeeen CO ROSCOMMON - champions of Mayo - ya couldnt make it up.

[SLIGONIAN]

There are the disingenuous few who would have you believe that there are real, actual people in Ballagh that want an end to the current arrangement, indeed, the Roscommon County Board tried the audacious stroke of planting a few of their own in the town a few years ago to set up a club - thankfully the proud Gaels of Ballagh stood firm and said no to this nonsense with the help of other counties and the GAA who refused to affiliate the breakaway few who took the soup

Leave Bellaghy alone aswell while yer at it. Yee have no claim on our players. The GAA ruled in favour of Sligo on Bellaghy in 60s but it still hasnt stopped ye. I sense hypocoracy in the air.

[spectator]

Great celebrations for all sides in Ballagh.

Rossfan, you'll be delighted to know it was one of our own who brought home the silverware from Castlebar.
What's rare is indeed wonderful  

These lads have delivered on the potential they showed with Nathys & hopefully they'll develop a winning habit from here on.


How Ballagh came to be in Roscommon ;

http://www.bbgreenway.org/clans/costelloe.htm

As far back as 1838, a Poor Law Act was introduces into Ireland as a first attempt to provide a nationwide system for the care of the poor. Parishes were so small; they had to be grouped together to form a union. Ireland had 163 unions. Each union had its own supervisory body called a Board of Guardians. Eventually they were grouped into several electoral divisions. The 1898 Local Government Act tried to bring order to the confused legislation of that time. Each area was divided into county districts, which would take over the work of the Grand Juries as regards roads and public works.

Unless each union was large enough to form a county district the boundary of the county had to be changed. Castlerea had seventeen unions in Roscommon and Ballaghaderreen and Edmondstown were in Mayo. The question was would Ballaghaderreen and Edmondstown remain in Mayo or would the boundaries be changed to allow them to remain in the Castlerea area? There was much discussion and arguments and the final decision was left to the ratepayers who decided that it would be entirely against their interest to add them to the Swinford Union. So the county borders were redrawn in favour of Roscommon. Many people did not look favourably in this and the late James Dillon of 'Monica Duffs' never accepted it and always had Ballaghaderreen Co. Mayo printed on his tea bags. The only question asked by strangers today is "Why do Ballaghaderreen GAA play with Mayo?" Few have the answer.

[stephenite]

Jesus I hope Ballagh can get a head of steam up over the winter and keep going - I sense an extremely funny few months ahead

[Turlough O Carolan]

why do they play in Mayo?

Roscomman annexed Ballagh over 100 years ago, the Ballagh Gaa club refused to recognize the partition of the area and continued to play in Mayo. Its similar to the partition of the north with the Rossies been the Unionists and the Gaa Club the Nationalist side. The GAA men in the area are proud Mayo men and will not recognize any claim by the sheep stealers.

Not quite, Mayo landlord Dillon wanted to pay lower taxes so for administrative purposes had the county boundary changed so Ballaghadereen moved into Roscommon, but he rightly insisted that the Gaa club stayed in Mayo. Accepting the landlord imposed boundary would be like the Gaa accepting Her Majesty's District Councils instead of traditional County teams in the North.

There's nothing more ridiculous than Mayo men telling us Ballaghs that we are proud Mayo men. I certainly am not. I have a Mayo county medal in my back pocket but I will always be Ros.

[lynchbhoy]

Congrats Turlough if you are one of the Current side and mayo championship winners.

When did Ballaghadreen last win the mayo championship (if ever)

[ludermor]

Fair play Turlough, congrats.