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Not sure how many, but the hall was set out for around 400 and certainly at the start there were very few empty chairs.  it read like a who's who of the GAA.  I'd say Christy Cooney and Nicky brennan are going home with a fair view of how far ahead of the rest of the provinces Ulster is.  A boy John O Neill from Donaghmore spoke very well, but I'd have to say all the speakers were brill.  Short, sharp, snappy, no one more than 15 mins.  And very well organised.  And some great moments of humour.

Just got back.  Great day.  Excellent presentations and three ministers in tow.  All kept well together by Jarlath burns, MC who got a great dig at Edwin Poots about last weeks decision on the Irish Language, saying that given Ulster GAAs spport of him during the summer ont he stadium issue, it was 1-0 and he owed us one and there was still time to change his mind on the Act.  he also suggested a couple of words of Irish he could put into his speeches, Tiocfaidh Ar La.  All ingood humour, but well put.  A great day.  Well don Ulster Council.

Which is better?  PS3, or X Box?

Dying to see what was in there.  WHo gave them the right to decide not to open it?  I'm referring of course to the time capsule found in a monument to Sigerson in Glasnevin.  We demand to know what is in there!!

Did anyone else notice this?
I presume this is well known and my lack of rugby knowledge is once again coming to the fore.  WHy couldn't our 'heroes' buy Irish as well?  No national anthem, no green jersey, jersey made in sweatshop somewhere in Botswana.  I can identify in no way at all with Irish rugby.  Sorry, but there you go. 

Oh, sorry about all this.  That's good then.  They're not toffs. I don't hate them anymore. I just think we sometimes go up our own arses about our rugby profile in this country. The southern hemishpere are ina different planet than us anyway in terms of quallity.  I would just love to see the GAA played in other countries and see how others would interpret our rules. Look at Argentina, New Zealand, South Africa even f**king Japan playing Rugby and each to their own unique style..  Why hasn't our games if they're supposed to be so good, developed an international outlet like those.

PS - for what it's worth, I reckon they should throw O Gara in on  the square and launch high ball in on top of him. Stringer should be on the half back line, charging forward.

Great to see the Munster lads would have no truck with those posh idiots from Dublin 4 with their stupid made up accents, daft attire and British values.  I always felt the Munster boys would prefer to be mullocking with a hurley stick or an ONeills in their hand and see themselves as having sort of fallen by the wayside into the oval ball game.  You never hear stories from the Leinster poofs about how they played hurling until a certain age, or how they love GAA. 

As you can see, I'm not a big rugger man. I f**king hate Leinster.  Toffs.

Pardon me, but what was the 'scandalous rumour' that the French media was supposed to have put out about Ronan O Gara? Does anyone know?  I felt the local media were at pains yesterday trying NOT to let the cat out of the bag.  DOes anyone else think that our relationship with the French nation has suffered in recent years due to Rugby and spats between our crowd and their ones?

Yes it's true.  Nice to break a bit of news on my first post, or maybe you all knew.  Apparently Grimley is with him too.  The plot thickens when you consider ARMAGH AND kILDARE ARE IN THE SAME DIVISION...