Well lads, first time to use the site but have viewed on a regular basis. Heading to Chicago for a few weeks holidays. Just wondering if ye could tell me good GAA bars where i would see the games this weekend.
Used to be gaelic park on a sunday morning.
Takes you up to about lunchtime and then 3 or 4 hours football/hurling/ladies from about 1 onward
Chicago Gaelic Park
6119 W. 147th St.
Oak Forest, Illinois 60452
used to drink in the six penny and vaughans years ago mighty craic don't know if they are still opened , the buyback was a mighty system ,oh those were the days
Kerryman
661 North Clark
Chicago
Its downtown, a couple of blocks off Michigan Ave. Clark/Erie. Nice place.
Worth a visit. Decent bar/crowd.
The Claddagh Ring, its owned by some of my relatives over there, not sure of the address but might get it later.
Gaelic park is some set up and they show the games. I have been there four times for the AI finals three football and one hurling and it is hard to beat, they have a feed, drink and game package as well, or at least they used to. Great value altogether.
If your located in the city center or north side Gaelic Park is a long way out, try The Abbey http://www.abbeypub.com/ or Galvins http://www.chicagobarproject.com/Reviews/Galvin's/Galvin's.htm The Abbeys probably the better location but you should be aware of the notorious Abbey-Vision, you may see a game, you may not! As far as I know The Six Penny on Montrose still shows games though this should probably be a last resort! On the south side The Goalpost on 95th isnt a bad option either.
The Goalpost doesn't show the live games anymore. However, Cullen's does:
Cullen's
9953 Southwest Highway
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
708-424-7286
This is where most of the GAA people I know go to watch the live telecasts. The craic is usually much better in Cullen's than Gaelic Park.
The price is the same no matter where you go. It's $20.00/person.
is that horse cullens, who used to play for the tones?
Yep...
Quote from: Bensars on July 19, 2007, 09:51:39 PM
is that horse cullens, who used to play for the tones?
Tones!? (spit) C'mon Brendans....
Corcorans is good craic - North Wells and North Avenue.
Up the Tones. Most successful Senior football club in the NACB.
13 Senior Titles to date, read them and weep, Mr. Brendan's man...
1978, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2006.
How many do the sainted Brendan's have????
Quote from: Windy City on July 19, 2007, 07:54:35 PM
If your located in the city center or north side Gaelic Park is a long way out, try The Abbey http://www.abbeypub.com/ or Galvins http://www.chicagobarproject.com/Reviews/Galvin's/Galvin's.htm The Abbeys probably the better location but you should be aware of the notorious Abbey-Vision, you may see a game, you may not! As far as I know The Six Penny on Montrose still shows games though this should probably be a last resort! On the south side The Goalpost on 95th isnt a bad option either.
The Abbey i've been, $20 dollars admission at the hour of the morning to see a match, good craic there. Came back from Chicago there last Sunday brilliant craic.
Quote from: redandblack4ever on July 19, 2007, 11:22:00 PM
How many do the sainted Brendan's have????
A meagre 5. If only there was an emoticon for "that told me"...
QuoteUp the Tones. Most successful Senior football club in the NACB.
13 Senior Titles to date, read them and weep, Mr. Brendan's man...
1978, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2006.
Dont you think that its a bit silly to be boasting about NA championships when half the team only met
each other a few days/weeks before the finals ? I'm not saying its only Wolfe Tones that do this however the
only championships that have any meaning in North America are the junior competitions and even they
are tainted somehwat by the amout of students used.
Its the St Loiuis, Milwaukees, Phoenix, Seattle etc of the world that have the right to list trophies won as they
were won by the club, for the club.
Mr. Sheehy, do you know the circumstances under which the Tones won all 13 of their Senior championships? Are you saying that somehow or another they didn't deserve them?
If you have proof that the Chicago Wolfe Tones ever "cheated" or "didn't play by the rules"
as set forth in the Official Guide or the NACB Rules and Regs, I'd like to see it..
Bottom line, I was replying to "we are blue" and the aspersion he cast on the Chicago Wolfe Tones and one of the finest Gaelic football players, Liam "Horse" Cullen, to ever grace any field in North America.
Nope, I'm sure they played within the rules fair and square however when victory and defeat is determined by which intercounty players you can manage to sign up that particular year then dont you think it takes away from it somewhat ?
Like I said, its the same for all the teams so its no slight on Wolfe Tones. I just dont think NACB senior titles are not a good measure of a "successful" club.
Quote from: redandblack4ever on July 20, 2007, 12:23:15 AM
Bottom line, I was replying to "we are blue" and the aspersion he cast on the Chicago Wolfe Tones and one of the finest Gaelic football players, Liam "Horse" Cullen, to ever grace any field in North America.
Jaysus r&b that's a bit heavy. First of all if I was casting aspersions on anyone it was the Tones not on Cullen - where did you get that from? Second of all "Cmon Brendans" hardly qualifies as incitement to hatred. Third - now that you mention it I'd love to see a post/thread about NACB shenanigans over the years (or should I say alleged shenanigans) -- great history of inter-club rivalry over there that not too many people here really know about.
Actually, everybody knows about the rivalry (often unhealthy) now after Dara O'Cinneide remarked on it a few weeks back
Must have missed that MS. Was it on telly or print?
http://direct.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2007/0620/dara7.html (http://direct.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2007/0620/dara7.html)
Here it is. he was talking about the cavan players that left to play for St Brendans instead of playing in
the qualifiers.
Yeah, Mr. O'Cinneide would be familiar with the St. Brendan's club. One of his brothers played for them for a couple of years, not too successfully I might add, and Dara himself has been "brought out" to appear at least one of their dinner dances.
Bottom line, it's not just the Tones and the Brendan's that are "paying for players". The clubs in Boston, Philadelphia and San Francisco do the same thing.
Nothing will change until the "powers that be" in Croke Park, stop having a blind eye to what goes on in the NACB. For example, this year, the Chicago St. Brendan's had 26 sanctions sent out to them from CP. The rules for 2007 were this: 10 sanctions for senior teams and 8 for junior teams. That's a total of 18, why were they allowed to receive 26 in total?
Do the people that work in the office in Croke Park that handle the sanctions, not know how to count?
One other thing, the NACB is a total joke. They misapply rules, look the other way when teams play illegal players, etc., etc. On the Hogan Stand this week someone posted that Philadelphia Tyrone has even managed to get players registered after the deadline of July 1st. What is that all about? Are Philadelphia Tyrone special or something...
Bottom line, there are two sets of rules for certain teams within the NACB. There are teams that can get away with anything and those that can't. There's a standing joke here in the US, IOKIYAR (it's okay if you're a Republican); in Chicago it goes like this: IOKIYTB (it's okay if you're the Brendans)...Of course, it always helps when the Chairman of the NACB is a former member of the St. Brendan's GFC and his livliehood depends on one of the biggest backers of the St. Brendan's GFC.
Red and Black................. is that larry ?
Going to Chicago for the summer and was hoping for an updated list of venues to watch from if anybody knows of any. Don't think I'm going to get GAAGO