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Sick bastards. Its child abuse.

Aye, the Da should just bate the notion out of them and keep them locked up until they stop acting like a p00f.

4k in Carrick* and De Páirc. About what you'd expect at those 2 fixtures.
Dungarvan just over 1k, probably about what you'd expect.
Didn't see any figures for Leinster where crowds have been declining for years in a one team Competition.
Cavan v Monaghan was a pretty poor turn out for a fixture which regularly drew 5 figure crowds.

*€30 for a stand seat was a disgrace for a Qtr Final. No wonder the Stand was half empty.

I was on the hill in Clones and there was hardly a Monaghan fan around me. Maybe they were all in the stand but it felt like there was more Cavan support at the match?

Would the lower cost of the hill have attracted more Cavan supporters. 

New rules tomorrow should change things up with regards 'fake' injuries, players that need attention have to go off the pitch and only allowed back on at ref's 'discretion' 😉

About time.

Tesco and Sainsbury's affected recently, then Mc Donalds. Now, it's  Greggs  who are affected by   card payment outages

I don't get why  they needed to shut  some stores  though. I mean , is  cash no longer  considered legal tender? 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68614636

Read the article. These aren't old style tills. It says the till display had an error which meant none of the stock items were displayed on the touchscreen so it wasn't just a payment issue, it was also a product selection issue before even getting to payment. There is little in the way of a plan B for companies when their tech lies down as most stock doesn't even have a price on it nowadays

If is was simply a payment issue, those without cash could go old skool and get cash.

Wales cheering trying not to get the wooden spoon, Italy had roasted their ass then stopped last 10mins when 17pts up.Shouldnt have give away that try in Injury time.

Wales didn't have their mind on the game, their princess is missing.

Stolen from Twitter.

I found this from a couple of years back and was attempting to update it

83 Omagh
84
85 Coalisland
86 Shamrocks
87 Eglish
88 CastleDerg
89 Dungannon
90 Moortown
91 Coalisland
92 Dromore
93 Dungannon
94 Dungannon
95 Coalisland
96 Eglish
97 Eglish
98 Ardboe
99 Errigal
00 Coalisland
01 Clonoe
02 Killeeshil
03 Cookstown
04 Carmen
05 Errigal
06 Coalisland
07 Errigal
08 Ardboe
09 Omagh
10 Omagh
11 Naomh Mhuire
12 Ardboe
13 Ardboe
14 Moortown
15 Moortown
16 Carmen
17 Errigal
18 Errigal
19 Cappagh
20 Carrickmore /Omagh
21 Donaghmore
22 Donaghmore
23 Donaghmore

I couldn't find the result of the 2020 championship. The first game was a draw. Was it shared because of Covid?
Which years were u17?

Carrickmore beat omagh on penalties in 2020 final, played in 2021 I think

Think 2021 and 2022 were u17 seasons.

1984 Clarkes

Thanks. If I had to guess I would have said Coalisland as they put together 4-5 in a row u21's around that time.

Tyrone became more attacking when they had McKenna & McShane available and in form. Not so much when they lost those 2.
Harte was a big part of having them both on this side of the World.

I found this from a couple of years back and was attempting to update it
81 Dungannon
82 Coalisland
83 Omagh
84 Dungannon
85 Coalisland
86 Shamrocks
87 Eglish
88 CastleDerg
89 Dungannon
90 Moortown
91 Coalisland
92 Dromore
93 Dungannon
94 Dungannon
95 Coalisland
96 Eglish
97 Eglish
98 Ardboe
99 Errigal
00 Coalisland
01 Clonoe
02 Killeeshil
03 Cookstown
04 Carmen
05 Errigal
06 Coalisland
07 Errigal
08 Ardboe
09 Omagh
10 Omagh
11 Naomh Mhuire
12 Ardboe
13 Ardboe
14 Moortown
15 Moortown
16 Carmen
17 Errigal
18 Errigal
19 Cappagh
20 Carrickmore /Omagh
21 Donaghmore
22 Donaghmore
23 Donaghmore

I couldn't find the result of the 2020 championship. The first game was a draw. Was it shared because of Covid?
Which years were u17?

Ardkill Place, Ballinagh Co Cavan

2009:
THREE-BEDROOM houses go on sale this weekend at €100,000 in a Cavan development where a receiver has been appointed to dispose of 35 homes.  Ardkill Place near Ballinagh is a scheme of 65 three, four and five-bedroom houses, with 30 units already sold. The remaining units are now for sale at roughly half their original prices, according to selling agents Gunne Reynolds.
Three-bedroom townhouses are priced at €100,000; four-bedroom semis will sell for €130,000 while five-bedroom dormer-style houses, which originally cost €350,000, are now €185,000.

18 april 2023  Guide price €375,000
"It is with great pleasure that we offer to the market this remarkable five bedroom detached dormer bungalow on the front row of the highly sought-after Ardkill Place residential development on the edge of Ballinagh town."
https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/4-ardkill-place-ballinagh-cavan/4696720

Terry Hyland, Estate Agent and Cavan football personality

Is the wtf that houses increased in value over 15 years?

Does the glider run past Casement?
Perhaps another example of short sighted penny pinching!
If they had gone all out with a tram system instead of a bendy bus and had extended it to Lisburn train station and Sprucefield they would have had a partial solution to the lack of parking.

I've tried searching this thread for posts on Euro Camp Holidays as I'm sure I've seen them mentioned before, but its returning nothing(?)

Currently exploring the idea of our first trip abroad with the kids – 6, 4 & 3
We liked the idea of the ferry to Brittany, but its around 17 hours & actually quite expensive so looking at flying
Has anyone any airport/camp combinations to recommend? Thinking short transfer
I've been checking flights to Nates/Paris/Amsterdam – might have to go the 12th week which isn't always ideal

I'm seeing flights from ~£800-1300 (before luggage) & the camp starts at less than £800 which isn't bad at all compared to a package holiday

fly into Bordeaux.
great 5 star campsite in Biscarrosse called La Rive. a week there will be about 500 euro outside of july and august

Currently looking at a couple of the camps in that area. Do they attract many Irish?
I would be hoping the kids can meet ones and get out from under my feet for the week.

I've tried searching this thread for posts on Euro Camp Holidays as I'm sure I've seen them mentioned before, but its returning nothing(?)

Currently exploring the idea of our first trip abroad with the kids – 6, 4 & 3
We liked the idea of the ferry to Brittany, but its around 17 hours & actually quite expensive so looking at flying
Has anyone any airport/camp combinations to recommend? Thinking short transfer
I've been checking flights to Nates/Paris/Amsterdam – might have to go the 12th week which isn't always ideal

I'm seeing flights from ~£800-1300 (before luggage) & the camp starts at less than £800 which isn't bad at all compared to a package holiday

Sanguili in Salou, 15 minutes from Barcelona Reus. Fantastic camp

The key will be the 2 VP nominees. It will be those 2 finishing out the term in the hot seat.

Is Harris a shoe in for the Dem VP or do Presidents often change VP nominees ahead of 2nd term?

not disagreeing with either points

but in the case of Cookstown, is it not a case they have looked at neighbouring towns such as Dungannon, Magherafelt and Omagh - and made a bigger effort as a club to replicate the successful strategies employed there?

Id be passing magherafelt pitch quite alot, its on a busy road. The work going on in that club is fantastic, the pitch is stacked with young kids all the time. Its no surprise that they are bearing the fruit of that at senior level. Every Derry underage side, and the big schools are benefitting of the work Magherafelt are doing. Cookstown rightly should be trying to emulate that

I think your post is missing the point. Magherafelt is stacked with young kids because they have a growing town population, which in turn creates a strong underage and eventually will create a strong senior team, if nurtured correctly. Yes, Cookstown will see that and try to replicate same - But this still doesn't solve the problem of decreasing rural numbers.

In North/West Tyrone, which is probably worst hit:

• Take Clan NaGael for example - They were in division 1/1A/1B for the guts of 10-15 years, with a senior championship semi-final in 2006. They are now languishing in the bottom half of division 3 and youth football amalgamated with Craigbane in Derry just to field.
• Gortin (1980s/1990s/2000s) and Greencastle (2010s) were notable senior sides, with Gortin even competing in a Senior Championship final in 1985. Rural depopulation/emigration has meant those clubs have been mostly division 2 over past number of years, with Gortin also amalgamating with Glenelly at underage level.
• Newtownstewart and Dregish merged/amalgamated at youth and senior level.
• Urney won an intermediate championship to reach senior football approx 2014, but now languish in the lower half of division 3 with no real prospects of promotion.

Do we ease the parish boundaries rule? Do we allow a transfer market of some kind allowing players to move from a club with larger numbers to a club with smaller numbers? This benefits the player getting football, and helps the player get more game time.

It is an issue but are stricter planning rules at the heart of this? A few one off dwellings are not going to turn the fortunes of any of those clubs around. In most cases there is a village at the hub and development would be permitted IF there was demand.

Judging by the number of development teams appearing at underage, clubs must be working on underage player retention so it make sense that will carry through to Senior. Donaghmore are a prime example with their recently introduced 3rd team coming off the back of serious underage development.
Cookstown, Carrickmore, Errigal, Omagh all with development teams at various underage levels so a less competitive environment will help those to establish at adult level.