There,ll never be a hurl in Bellaghy

[tonesfirstandlast]

Anyone who would even attempt to equate a hurling or a camogie title with a senior football title in Derry is seriously deluded. A hurling title would equal a junior championship and a camogie would be a junior reserve title.
By the way, where has Max gone when you need him most?

[ha ha derry]

tell it to Brian Cody tone

[whiskeysteve]

To my mind clubs like Lavey and Dungiven/Kevin Lynches are the best clubs in derry in terms of their GAA ethos.

For years they have stood strongly for both codes rather than take the easier road of focusing on one.

They are the better gaels for having followed the vision of Michael Cusack et al in the 'preservation and cultivation of national pastimes'.

[Drumanee 1]

tell it to Brian Cody tone

i think he means a hurling title within derry,regarded as much the same as a football title in kilkenny

[tonesfirstandlast]

To my mind clubs like Lavey and Dungiven/Kevin Lynches are the best clubs in derry in terms of their GAA ethos.

For years they have stood strongly for both codes rather than take the easier road of focusing on one.

They are the better gaels for having followed the vision of Michael Cusack et al in the 'preservation and cultivation of national pastimes'.

In a word
"BALLS"

[ha ha derry]

touche Drum lol

[ha ha derry]

Coleraine too Whiskey credit to ye

[screenmachine]

tell it to Brian Cody tone

Brian Cody is involved with hurling at Premier League Level.  We are dealing with Vauxhall Conference Level in Derry to be honest.  It always riled me at a hurling game when say a corner back for example got the ball and pucked it down the field say 20 or 30 yards.  You'd get the odd shout from the crowd, 'That's the hurlin'.  Now if we're congratulating Senior hurlers for being able to stike a ball 20 yards then it shows the level we're dealing with.

The answer is when you look at the clubs who have both. We would rather be specialists in one than average[or below average in two].

ill take the bait here.

bellaghy are by no means a specialist football club. a distinctly average football team in the decline if you ask me...

these words have been used a lot recently, a semi-final next week would be a decline that Swatragh would love.

Don't get carried away Hoof, ye's have played three second division outfits to get to this stage, your hardly world beaters but time will tell.  IMO there'll be an average side in the final this year with yourselves and the Loup trudging your way to the semis, two teams in decline if you ask me but sure good luck to the pair of ye's! 

[tonesfirstandlast]

Sure they are two different clubs in Dungiven... St,Canices/Kevin Kynches... two different clubs, two different pitches... both clubs always fighting with eachother! And then throw in your soccer club! 

[whiskeysteve]

To my mind clubs like Lavey and Dungiven/Kevin Lynches are the best clubs in derry in terms of their GAA ethos.

For years they have stood strongly for both codes rather than take the easier road of focusing on one.

They are the better gaels for having followed the vision of Michael Cusack et al in the 'preservation and cultivation of national pastimes'.

In a word
"BALLS"

slightly more eloquent than parroting the number of football titles bellaghy have won but still poor enough retort.

you are the poorer gael for abandoning your national heritage for the soft option of playing football

[ha ha derry]

Derry football have cornerbacks who haven,t kicked the ball in four years. Maybe it should be called handball lol.

[tonesfirstandlast]

No wonder the GAA is in the position in Derry that it is at the moment when you have people from Coleraine/ Portstewart lecturing Bellaghy on National Heritage! 
The next thing you'll have someone from Steelstown or Limavady!

[tonesfirstandlast]

Sure they are two different clubs in Dungiven... St,Canices/Kevin Kynches... two different clubs, two different pitches... both clubs always fighting with eachother! And then throw in your soccer club! 

I see, no response Ha Ha! Truth begining to hurt!

[ha ha derry]

all the best players on dual teams football squads play hurling. I rest my case.

[ha ha derry]

The deafening sound of silenceTone