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It's not an all-Ireland title, but in a child's head the main Feile is Number 1, even if it doesn't have all of the best teams competing.

True which is why my son wasn't happy to be told that if they won they county feile (which they did) that they wouldn't be going to the main feile.

This is sport after all, and sport is the ultimate meritocracy- if you're the best you should qualify for the main competition no matter what some committe says.

This argument about some teams taking it too seriously doesn't hold water. Most of the teams take it seriously no matter what division they're in.

Mission accomplished then - new winner - I just hope they weren't taking it more seriously that the teams in Sligo 

This is the first year I have heard of any County Feile champions being excluded - last year Div 1 Feile was won by Castleknock - who were the Dublin Feile winners.

So the story I heard was that someone (or a committee) in feile/gaa  officialdom decided that the Feile was being dominated by a few counties. So the winners of the feile in several counties were not permitted to enter the main feile. So there was a feile in Sligo for these teams and a few invited others.

The winners of the Derry down Dublin Kildare Galway cork and Kerry feile were there. Plus Dublin and Galway feile runners up. And 2 teams from Donegal along with a combined Sligo team as they were hosts.

Draw your own conclusions as to which was the elite feile.