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Does anyone have a positive opinion on the Trath na gCeist format? Its totally dead as an audience pleaser and the centre was less than half full for Saturdays final. They need to bring back the microphone questions at least for provincial and All Ireland finals. Its fine to have written questions up to county level if but for big finals the written format is a disaster. The teams on Saturday had 32 all Ireland finals appearances between them and I doubt they are scared of the microphone.

Special Congratulations are in order to Allenwood who won their first title on their NINTH attempt the first one being in 1978! One of their team (3 brothers incidentally) has been on all previous teams. Their perseverance must be commended. Great day I must say and some great ceol agus caint into the wee hours.

So is there anybody going to the final on Saturday? Should be fun.

[I propose that they create a website dedicated to scor which would acknowledge the county, provincial and All-Ireland champions every year!]

The majority of people in the higher level in the GAA won't be at the Scór All Ireland tomorrow fortnight. They will be at the GAA Congress in Cork.

I think that this is just pathetic altogether; how could the GAA even take credit for scor whenever "The majority of people in the higher level in the GAA" wont even attend the most important date in the scor calendar? This is unbelieveable; scor is becoming a complete seperate event altogether, yet the grab all are lining their own pockets from it and wont even attend the All-Ireland! Have to say Carol that I totally agree with everything you've said, you really hit the nail in the head there; why charge more and have so many empty seats? It would seem just logic that the grab all charged less and actually filled the venue; that way Corn02 or whatever you're called, they could keep funding clubs and also allow people who have an interest in scor, to attend the event. Moreover, I think that if the All-Ireland scor was to be held up North, competitors in the south would be able to take advantage of the euro exchange rate and get more value for there money and this would be more practical and facilitative towards Northern fans attending the event.

Have to agree that the efforts made in some counties in the North are brilliant and they have to be acknowledged. I know in Tyrone and Armagh, the standard is very high and there is always a good turn out for the events. Similarly in Down, there are 5 rounds before the County final and particularly in South Down, the venues are always packed! I think however, that this should be the case throughout Ireland. If someone win's an All-Ireland medal in any of the Gaelic games, they are plastered over the national papers and the net which I believe should be the case! However with scor it is much different! The GAA in all seriousness, does have to make a greater effort for the promotion of scor; I propose that they create a website dedicated to scor which would acknowledge the county, provincial and All-Ireland champions every year! [/quote]

Excellent idea! The GAA website is scandalously out of date. What can you expect with a president whose county does not (has it ever?) take part in Scór? 

Billlys Boots - I think we might have came up against Cornafean in the 2004 Ulster Final they hammered everyone out of sight.  I'm near sure it was them.

I never came up against them in Scór, Aidan (I took part in Longford) but I remember them from the Rehab Pub Quizzes of the 80s, and I (think I) heard they'd at least one Scór All-Ireland under their belts at a later stage.  Laureleye might know better.

Cornafean have actually 3 senior All Irelands...1993,1997 and 2008. Two of their opponents in the All-Ireland this year were up against them in Millstreet in 1993. Thats some longevity.

The problem is most County Boards pay lip service to Scoór. They all have a cultural officer but in many cases that post is filled by people with no real interest in Scor and it is used as a way to get someone a seat on the County Executive. In my county (Roscommon) that is not the case and there is a terriffic young Scór Committee but the truth is nobody else from the County Board even bothers to turn up at County or Provincial finals. At the end of the day its down to individual clubs and if the interest is not there at club level there is very little than can be done. Perhaps if Croke Park gave financial awards to Counties that take Scor Seious that may concentrate minds a bit.