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Who will win the awards?

http://oscar.go.com/

So a little over two weeks away from the start of the Connacht under 21 Championship! we got the short straw in Mayo away & i would fancy Mayo to win the title this year.

Preliminary Round Saturday 12th March Mayo v Roscommon
Semi-Finals Saturday 19th March Mayo/Roscommon v Leitrim
Semi-Finals Saturday 19th March Sligo v Galway
Final Saturday 2nd April

Already a thread on the other semi Crokes v Cross so here goes...

St.Brigids V Nemo Rangers Saturday 230pm in Limerick.

Personally i feel this will be bridge too far for Brigids vs vastly experienced side, of course the long break hasn't help the Rossies but i'm sure they will give a good account of themselves & who knows they may pull off a shock?

Best of luck St.Brigids the whole of Roscommon are behind you!

A documentary on the remarkable life and career of the late Lt. General Dermot Earley,Cloch Le Carn will be shown on RTE 1 at 7.30 p.m on Monday, February 21st. Cloch Le Carn literally means "A stone to the Heap" and is an Irish expression which lauds a person for his or her achievements. This is a programme not to be missed by G.A.A. followers in Roscommon and throughout the country.

Interesting idea when taking photos

http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=1595625.html

so the cheapest ticket is £150 plus a £26 admin charge!

[Player of the year]

Player of the year
Bernard Brogan, ticked all the boxes carried Dublin

Young player of the year
Aiden Walsh big impact in the big games

Team of the Year
Roscommon, just consider where they came from. battered by Mayo & relegated then won the Connacht title & held their own vs Cork

Point of the Year
Benny Coulter vs Kildare 45m one on hogan stand side

Game of the year
Kerry v Cork replay (shocker)

Save of the year
Kalum King finger tip save v kildare in the last kick of the game

Goal of the year
James Kavanagh v Meath

Performance of the year
Tyrone v Down (display of keep ball)

Manager of the Year
Fergal O' Donnell, pulled the team from the brink of the abyss to win the first Connacht title for 9 years

Master tactical moves
Conor Counihan

Tactical blunders
Pat Gilroy v Cork

Flop of the year
Galway, high hopes with the arrival of Joe Kernan



Not often he gives us good press 

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0102/jobs.html

Had some good nights in the Cellar Bar and Cuba nightclub sad to see them closing but i guess that's the times we live in now.

Worth a watch tomorrow morning

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1220/newgrangefeature.html

Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOqk_q4NLLI

Feel free to add some more...

It's on after 6 here's the numbers

1 ARSENAL
2 ASTON VILLA
3 BARNSLEY
4 BIRMINGHAM CITY
5 BLACKBURN ROVERS
6 BLACKPOOL
7 BOLTON WANDERERS
8 BRISTOL CITY
9 BURNLEY
10 CARDIFF CITY
11 CHELSEA
12 COVENTRY CITY
13 CRYSTAL PALACE
14 DERBY COUNTY
15 DONCASTER ROVERS
16 EVERTON
17 FULHAM
18 HULL CITY
19 IPSWICH TOWN
20 LEEDS UNITED
21 LEICESTER CITY
22 LIVERPOOL
23 MANCHESTER CITY
24 MANCHESTER UNITED
25 MIDDLESBROUGH
26 MILLWALL
27 NEWCASTLE UNITED
28 NORWICH CITY
29 NOTTINGHAM FOREST
30 PORTSMOUTH
31 PRESTON NORTH END
32 QUEENS PARK RANGERS
33 READING
34 SCUNTHORPE UNITED
35 SHEFFIELD UNITED
36 STOKE CITY
37 SUNDERLAND
38 SWANSEA CITY
39 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
40 WATFORD
41 WEST BROMWICH ALBION
42 WEST HAM UNITED
43 WIGAN ATHLETIC
44 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
45 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY OR NORTHAMPTON TOWN
46 BURTON ALBION OR CHESTERFIELD
47 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN OR MACCLESFIELD TOWN
48 AFC WIMBLEDON OR STEVENAGE
49 HARTLEPOOL UNITED OR YEOVIL TOWN
50 BURY OR PETERBOROUGH UNITED
51 NOTTS COUNTY OR AFC BOURNEMOUTH
52 DROYLSDEN OR LEYTON ORIENT
53 CRAWLEY TOWN OR SWINDON TOWN
54 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION OR FC UNITED OF MANCHESTER
55 SOUTHAMPTON OR CHELTENHAM TOWN
56 TORQUAY UNITED OR WALSALL
57 CHARLTON ATHLETIC OR LUTON TOWN
58 COLCHESTER UNITED OR SWINDON SUPERMARINE
59 HEREFORD UNITED OR LINCOLN CITY
60 PORT VALE OR ACCRINGTON STANLEY
61 WYCOMBE WANDERERS OR CHELMSFORD CITY
62 CARLISLE UNITED OR TAMWORTH
63 DOVER ATHLETIC OR ALDERSHOT TOWN
64 DARLINGTON OR YORK CITY

["Our hands are tied when it comes to All-Ireland quarter-finals," explained Croke Park spokesman Fergal McGill.]

From hoganstand.

A county from Ulster and one from Connacht face a six-day turnaround between losing a provincial final and a round four qualifier tie.

Hopes that there would be a return to a 13 day turnaround next year have been dashed with the news that the losers in Connacht and Ulster will face the handicap once again in 2011.

The Connacht and Ulster finals will take place on July 17th and with the All-Ireland quarter-finals two weeks later, the Round 4 qualifiers will be played in between.

"Our hands are tied when it comes to All-Ireland quarter-finals," explained Croke Park spokesman Fergal McGill.

"By rule they must be completed by the first Monday in August and with some provincial finals only played two weeks earlier, we have no room for manoeuvre with the fourth round qualifiers."

[World Player of the Year nominees:]

World Player of the Year nominees: Xabi Alonso (Spain), Daniel Alves (Brazil), Iker Casillas (Spain), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast), Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon), Cesc Fabregas (Spain), Diego Forlan (Uruguay), Asamoah Gyan (Ghana), Andres Iniesta (Spain), Julio Cesar (Brazil), Miroslav Klose (Germany), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Maicon (Brazil), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Thomas Muller (Germany), Mesut Ozil (Germany), Carles Puyol (Spain), Arjen Robben (Holland), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Wesley Sneijder (Holland), David Villa (Spain) and Xavi (Spain).

World coach of the year nominees: Carlo Ancelotti (Chelsea), Vicente del Bosque (Spain), Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United), Pep Guardiola (FC Barcelona), Joachim Loew (Germany), Jose Mourinho (Inter Milan/Real Madrid), Oscar Tabarez (Uruguay), Louis Van Gaal (Bayern Munich), Bert van Marwijk (Holland) and Arsene Wenger (Arsenal).

Winner's has to be Messi & Mourinho? 

http://vimeo.com/15831360

With some classic Kerry commentary

This will be the champions league game I'll be watching tomorrow

Ronaldo,Higuaín,Özil v Pato,Ronaldinho,Ibrahimović

http://www.connachtgaa.ie/news.php?storyid=491&s=rss&cat=5

The draws for the following competitions,

* Connacht FBD League 2011
* Connacht Junior Football Championship 2011
* Connacht Minor Football League & Minor Football Championship 2011
* Connacht U21 Football Championship 2011
* Ted Webb Cup 2011
* Connacht U21 Hurling Championship 2011
* Connacht Club Senior, Intermediate & Junior Football Championship 2011
* Connacht Club Intermediate & Junior Hurling Championship 2011


will take place tonight in the Connacht GAA Office, Ballyhaunis.
10pm tonight.

Should be a interesting night for the Connacht men

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"Four exciting gigs were announced. The original cast of the Commitments are getting back together to play nationwide shows in March 2011 to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the classic Irish film. The line-up includes Oscar winner Glen Hansard as Outspan Foster, but sadly no sign of Tudors star Maria Doyle Kennedy.

The mini-tour begins on March 14th in Mayo, before heading to Kerry and Belfast (on St. Patrick's Day), and ending in Dublin on March 19th. Tickets for all concerts will be priced from €55.80 to €59.80. They go on sale on Friday at 9. Tickets for the Belfast gig are £36-£40".

Tour dates:
March 14: The Royal Theatre, Castlebar, Co Mayo
March 15: The INEC in Killarney, Co Kerry
March 17: The Odyssey, Belfast
March 19: The O2, Dublin


A donation will be made to the Irish Cancer Society for every ticket sold and the cast hope to raise over €30,000 for the charity.

By limiting it to three.. who are your favourite actors?

In no particular order

Clint Eastwood
Gene Hackman
Jack Nicholson

Now that the 2010 championship is done & dusted for another year what was the game of the year?

Anyone watching this on RTE now?

Worth a watch for Gráinne Seoige legs alone