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It's almost on us.

(cue some Sky Sports whooshes)

Does anyone care?

We'll be hockeyed by Wicklow Sun week. Wicklow will then be ate by the Dubs in Aughrim.

I'm bored with it all.

Folks

Doing a bit of travel soon outside the EU and in the past have used a local SIM in an unlocked Iphone for date and hotspotting.

However a better solution would be to get an E-Sim which can be used on my 'real' phone for date/google maps/WhatsApp calls etc.

Anyone used these and recommend or is the local country SIM in the second unlocked phone a better bet?

As a massive astronomy geek I intend heading to the USA in April to view the eclipse.



I reckon Dallas will give me a chance of a cloud free experience (and there are direct flights from Dublin) as well as stocking up on some good ole JFK nonsense.

[First Round 24 April 2022]

Any point in this?
Are the Dubs as shaky as the League suggested?

Will Kildare peak in May instead of February?

Could Longford pull off a Foinavon?

Should Cork be banned for life or just let Ed Sheeran play Kerry?

For the record here are the fixtures

First Round 24 April 2022

Louth    v    Carlow    Navan    
Laois    v    Wicklow    Aughrim    
Offaly    v    Wexford    Wexford


Quarter Finals

Dublin v Offaly/Wexford 30 Apr 2021 Tullamore/Wexford
Meath v Laois/Wicklow 1 May 2022 Portlaoise/Navan
Kildare v Louth/Carlow 1 May 2022 Navan/Portlaoise/Tullamore
Westmeath v Longford 1 May 2022 Mullingar

The semi finals will be drawn once the 4 teams are known. The semi finals are on 15 May 2022 with the final on the 28th May 2022.

Anyone done this in the past few years? Pre Covid like.

I've been told to imagine a country run by Longford County Council.

Bear in mind I'm an auld fella so kipping in a squalid hovel with wife and 18 ye old daughter is not an option.

Any thoughts appreciated

I am surprised no thread exists.

Longford - holders for the past 2 years (technically correct) - will be anxious to impress under new manager Billy O'Loughlin.
And we did this on Sat turning a 0-14 to 0-06 deficit in the 10th min of the second half to a 2-13 to 0-14 win over Louth in Lanesboro.

Dublin edged out Offaly in the end in our group so we have Offaly in Faithful Fields on Wed and the carnival comes to town on Sat as we welcome the Dubs to Pearse Park.

Only one other result caught my eye.

Wexford beat 12 bales out of Laois. What is that about? Did Laois send out the minors?

Have Kildare peaked yet?

Ok - I am reaching here.

As we are the current holders and I am pretty sure there is no competition in 2021 I hereby annex the title for 2021.

Our first time to defend this noble trophy.

Happy Christmas bitches.

[THAT]

Ok boys and girls. Roll out the cliches for Dessie Cahill to tick off.

I'll start

1. Paddy Cullen and Mickey Sheey's lob. Seamus Aldrige will explain why he gave THAT free finally
2. Charlie Redmond something something something...laugh laugh laugh...something
3. The Bomber tells a few yarns about Paidi
4. 400 Healy Raes sing De Rosea Trawlee
5. Da Dubs that busk outside Croker sing Molly Malone

fill yer boots

Hey - I was on the ground in LA for this but don't worry - I'm fine!

George Clooney to play me in upcoming biopic.

(TBH we felt the car shake a bit)

Hope that wasn't the minor match 

Ok - Leinster championship beginning to bubble up nicely ........LOL

I was away last weekend so I missed things but it seems Kildare struggled to beat Wicklow.

We are fighting light with missing/suspended players so I cannot see us pulling off a win here.

But............you never know. If we win then it's Nowhere this year for Kildare, as opposed to Newbridge. We cuda/shuda won the Qualifier last year but we simply ran out of petheral.

Learned something new today.

The carbon monoxide detectors we have in the house expired over 2 years ago. I never realised they had an expiry date. Thought they'd be the same as smoke alarms - change the battery when it started beeping annoyingly and bob's your mother's brother.

So, if your house does have carbon monoxide detectors make sure they are not expired.

That is all.

See some couple from Armagh have won stg£115mill in the Euromillions.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2019/0104/1020268-armagh-euromillions/

A few questions.

(i) Anyone on here know them?
(ii) Why are the surnames not Fearon?
(iii) WTF go public? Jesus Christ, they'll be plagued for the rest of their lives..........

Fernando LaFuente - Ballybrack Utd soccer player

Died 23rd November 2018 - resurrected 27th November 2018.

€100,000 to every County Board 

Great man.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2018/0924/995814-jp-mcmanus-donates-100-000-to-every-gaa-county-board/

Although is it tainted cash as it's gambling related?

Longford won their first NY Senior Championship last night in NY beating Monaghan by a point.

Longford's star performer was one Jamie Clarke, hitherto unknown, from Armagh.

He could have a future if McGeeney plays his cards right 

Here is the rising star with Brian Kavanagh of both sides of the Atlantic fame.

From Longford Twitter:

"Delighted to announce that we will be 1 of the 6 teams taking part in the @officialgaa inaugural #WorldSeries where the 6 teams play a weekend tournament on 5 continents after the All Ireland final Official announcement 2moro."

Anyone know anything more?

Unless..........

I came across this over the weekend:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPVhpCjTJ_k&feature=youtu.be

I remember it well in a sense. Longford hosting the mighty Kerry (Kerry waived home advantage). At this time the League had QFs. Top 4 in Div 1, Top 2 in Div 2 and winners of Div 3 and Div 4 (or it could have been Div 3 North and Div 3 South)

But isn't memory terrible. There was I, thinking in my memory (having not seen it since 1984), that it was marvellous fare.

But, fcuk me, it's dreadful now that I see it again. It's a lump-a-thon on a dreadful pitch in a dreadful dank park with dreadful miserable looking people. We took an early 1-04 to 0-00 lead but Kerry reeled us in. Paidi was playing but, by all accounts, he was still hungover from going on the tear the night before.

Ireland in the 80s. 

From Belfast's mean streets I believe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=43&v=2XIuFmRBCv4

Sweet Jesus.

Folks

As we all get older it's time for those who haven't been looking after themselves to do so before it's too late.

Haemochromotosis can be a silent assailant. It's a high level of iron in the blood that, over time, will damage the liver and ultimately lead to liver failure

It's estimated that perhaps 1:5 of the Irish population carry the gene - so in some quarters it's know as the Irish or Celtic curse.

I was diagnosed in 2011 - well before any damage was done so I keep a constant eye on iron levels by having blood tests and getting 'drained' maybe once/twice a year.

So if you are in doubt go the GP/doctor and ask for the test and check your iron levels. Before it's took late.

Lots of information out there - I won't post any links.