ITS GONNA HAPPEN???!!!!!!!

[lawnseed 2]

Well with the papers already talking up the arrival of soccer and rugby to HQ i wonder just how Ill will really feel as the hordes of the unwashed avail of the fruits of mine and thousands of gaa members labour, croker was always a very special place to be and i think to these crowd they will probably feel as if its public property just a big lump of concrete, as time goes on they,ll want to extend their lease because nothing in Dublin gets finished on time and after another couple of years it will be like as if we are renting their stadium with gaa matches arranged around their needs. i just don't think it will be the same again. as for the money i doubt if my club will ever see a penny of it. what do the rest of yez think? is there anything our crowd can do to use these well publicised occasions to promote our games- maybe a underage display at half time? either way i feel as we are on the back foot already! maybe you want to protest- stand outside and burn a dummy of the traitor Sean Kelly- a la billy lundy.

[stephenite]

it's actually easier just to agree with you, rather than go through all this again.

I predict the sky will fall in, Judgement day is almost upon us

[muppet]

 Hail Jonesie,

full of peace,

the Lord is with thee,

blessed art thou among Gaels

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Croker,

Holy Jeysus,

Mother of God!

Lay in to those sinners,

Now and at the hour of our violation,

Amen.

[full back]

Not this sh1t again.Give it up for fcuk sake

[Dinny Breen]

[Billys Boots]

[dubnut]

Lawnseed I was against the opening but whats the point in getting worked up about it now, as you have entitled the thread, Its gonna happen.
No need to start the whole thing up again.

[Hardy]

HANRAHAN by John O'Brien

"We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
In accents most forlorn,
Outside the church, ere Mass began,
One frosty Sunday morn.

The congregation stood about,
Coat-collars to the ears,
And talked of stock, and crops, and drought,
As it had done for years.

"It's looking crook," said Daniel Croke;
"Bedad, it's cruke, me lad,
For never since the banks went broke
Has seasons been so bad."

"It's dry, all right," said young O'Neil,
With which astute remark
He squatted down upon his heel
And chewed a piece of bark.

And so around the chorus ran
"It's keepin' dry, no doubt."
"We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"Before the year is out."

"The crops are done; ye'll have your work
To save one bag of grain;
From here way out to Back-o'-Bourke
They're singin' out for rain.

"They're singin' out for rain," he said,
"And all the tanks are dry."
The congregation scratched its head,
And gazed around the sky.

"There won't be grass, in any case,
Enough to feed an ass;
There's not a blade on Casey's place
As I came down to Mass."

"If rain don't come this month," said Dan,
And cleared his throat to speak -
"We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"If rain don't come this week."

A heavy silence seemed to steal
On all at this remark;
And each man squatted on his heel,
And chewed a piece of bark.

"We want an inch of rain, we do,"
O'Neil observed at last;
But Croke "maintained" we wanted two
To put the danger past.

"If we don't get three inches, man,
Or four to break this drought,
We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"Before the year is out."

In God's good time down came the rain;
And all the afternoon
On iron roof and window-pane
It drummed a homely tune.

And through the night it pattered still,
And lightsome, gladsome elves
On dripping spout and window-sill
Kept talking to themselves.

It pelted, pelted all day long,
A-singing at its work,
Till every heart took up the song
Way out to Back-o'-Bourke.

And every creek a banker ran,
And dams filled overtop;
"We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"If this rain doesn't stop."

And stop it did, in God's good time;
And spring came in to fold
A mantle o'er the hills sublime
Of green and pink and gold.

And days went by on dancing feet,
With harvest-hopes immense,
And laughing eyes beheld the wheat
Nid-nodding o'er the fence.

And, oh, the smiles on every face,
As happy lad and lass
Through grass knee-deep on Casey's place
Went riding down to Mass.

While round the church in clothes genteel
Discoursed the men of mark,
And each man squatted on his heel,
And chewed his piece of bark.

"There'll be bush-fires for sure, me man,
There will, without a doubt;
We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"Before the year is out."

[lawnseed 2]

apart from the usual pooh pooh brigade these are the best replies ive ever seen to any thread on this forum take a bow lads, what i was merely trying to gauge was the depth of feeling toward the biggest upheivel in the history of our organisation personally i feel a mixture of saddness and pride that the huns with the backing of the world media and millions being paid in wages had to come cap in hand to a bunch of part-timers for the use of your world class stadium please sir

[GalwayBayBoy]

i feel a mixture of saddness and pride that the huns with the backing of the world media and millions being paid in wages had to come cap in hand to a bunch of part-timers for the use of your world class stadium please sir

What are you babbling on about?

[An Gaeilgoir]

Such shite that we have to read. Build a bridge and get over it.....as a GAA person i cant wait for croker to be opened up for all the world to see what a great organisation the GAA is. Time to move on from this old religious bigoted shite regarding the GAA that some posters seem to love to stoke up at every turn.

[Dubh driocht]

Have confidence in ourselves and our association- democracy is a great thing when you win !The huns talk is neanderthal. Agree with An Gaeilgoir- move on.

[TORGAEL]

Its happening whether we like it or not. It may well be a great opportunity to showcase the jewel in the crown of the GAA, but as we all know, it boils down to money !

[dubnut]

Time to move on from this old religious bigoted shite regarding the GAA that some posters seem to love to stoke up at every turn.

Ah for f**k sake here we go again, what a narrow minded view.
Yeah yeah, everyone against it were religious bigots and living in the past and all for opening were progressive intelligent modern gaels 

As I said before, no need to discuss this again, but stupid statements like that just scream out for a reponse.

[ludermor]

Dubnut,
Wht didnt you comment on the hun remark? The bigot response seemed to be directed at that remark. Be fair before jumping in defending your people