Best Club Rivalries in the GAA

[winsamsoon]

 Team Winner Winning Years
1 Crossmaglen Rangers 34 1911, 1912, 1913, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1947, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1975, 1977, 1983, 1986, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
2 Armagh Harps (Known as Young Irelands 1917-1934) 20 1991, 1989, 1958, 1957, 1955, 1952, 1946, 1934, 1932, 1931, 1930, 1928, 1918, 1917,1903, 1902, 1901, 1891, 1890, 1889
3 Clann na Gael 14 1949, 1950, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1993,1994




Count how many the Harps have won as the harps and not as some other team.  "Yap Yap Yap" I see now you understand baby talk anyway Fullback. Like come on lads, to try and say the hatred is based on yapping is pretty petty. All teams are guilty of this non more so than Dromintee but i wouldn't say i hate them because they have a few slabbers on the team. I don't actually hate any team in Armagh at all but we do have some bitter rivalries with some.

[stephenite]

To break the Armagh contingent grip on this thread, you'd swear there was more clubs than Crossmaglen in that county!!

Anyway, I was talking to a Ballina Stephenite player recently and he says he hates every club in Mayo because Ballina are treated like the Basque separatists. He has a serious siege mentality anyway. Stephenite could you confirm/deny please? Moy Davitts hate Knockmore anyway.

To be honest I think a lot of the North Mayo clubs hate Ballina, and it's probably just based on the old country v townies mentality that exists everywhere.

I've seen the reaction of loads of clubs that might have turned us over at underage level in challenge matches and the whole village would be down at the pitch going nuts, different story when the championship comes round obviously

At Senior level Ballina's traditional rivals would be Castlebar (but not in a nasty way), in more recent times (last 30 odd years) the main rivals would be either Knockmore or Crossmolina.

Nothing wrong with creating a seige mentality by the way - can work wonders if harnessed properly

[stephenite]

Team Winner Winning Years
1 Crossmaglen Rangers 34 1911, 1912, 1913, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1947, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1975, 1977, 1983, 1986, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
2 Armagh Harps (Known as Young Irelands 1917-1934) 20 1991, 1989, 1958, 1957, 1955, 1952, 1946, 1934, 1932, 1931, 1930, 1928, 1918, 1917,1903, 1902, 1901, 1891, 1890, 1889
3 Clann na Gael 14 1949, 1950, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1993,1994




Count how many the Harps have won as the harps and not as some other team.  "Yap Yap Yap" I see now you understand baby talk anyway Fullback. Like come on lads, to try and say the hatred is based on yapping is pretty petty. All teams are guilty of this non more so than Dromintee but i wouldn't say i hate them because they have a few slabbers on the team. I don't actually hate any team in Armagh at all but we do have some bitter rivalries with some.

You can't be claiming titles from the name of another club whatever the circumstances - I think it's imperative that Crossmaglen don't win the Championship in Armagh this year, such a level of dominance cannot be good for the County team ( nothing to do with the only club in Ireland that has won 13 in a row under the one name keeping it's status now )

[winsamsoon]

Unbelievably so he is trying to claim titles with the name of another club how petty is this.I would call it clutching at straws.

[bennydorano]

Unbelievably so he is trying to claim titles with the name of another club how petty is this.I would call it clutching at straws.

If you knew your arse from your elbow it might be worthy of further discussion.  YI's = Harps not too hard to understand.  Not that it matters history is history.

[winsamsoon]

Ah now come on benny even the mayo's boys are laughing at you. Two different names give it away. You don't see the clans claiming anything won by the Davitts.

[bennydorano]

Ah now come on benny even the mayo's boys are laughing at you. Two different names give it away. You don't see the clans claiming anything won by the Davitts.

You're right, I apologise, how could Mayomen and Clansmen not know more about my own club's history than me, how foolish of me.

[brokencrossbar1]

Put all 3 of you boys together and you match our record

stephenite, there must be fear in the West!  If we beat Vincents, you boys have to keeo your side to the bargain to have a re-run of the 1999 Final.  The Dream Club Final may not happen if you do that

[illdecide]

Put all 3 of you boys together and you match our record

stephenite, there must be fear in the West!  If we beat Vincents, you boys have to keeo your side to the bargain to have a re-run of the 1999 Final.  The Dream Club Final may not happen if you do that

Thats the final i want to see BC1 as i think they will be the 2 best teams left...As for the winner i hope it's Cross but at the same time we need some of the recruits back to Armagh ASAP

Back to the rivalry and hopefully some of the southern brethern can answer this...did Nemo Rangers and Eire Og of Carlow have a big rivalry in the 80's and 90's???

[shark]

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..did Nemo Rangers and Eire Og of Carlow have a big rivalry in the 80's and 90's???
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To my knowledge they never met each other. Eire Og only started winning Leinsters in the 90's, and in the 90's Nemo only one one Cork championship, going on to play Errigal Ciaran and Castlebar Mitchells in the all-ireland.
Eire Og did play O'Donavan Rossa, Skibberean in the All-Ireland final in 93 I think. It went to a replay and the Cork boys won.

[winsamsoon]

Broken no one can deny the facts about the record of the Cross we can all only envy it. (Although Benny may hatch another plot claiming the harps have taken top spot he may even go back and claim the GAA was founded in armagh cathedral  ) But i am still laughing at Benny clutching at straws trying to move into second place. No one is arguing with you on you club histroy Benny we are simply saying that Up until 1934 Young Irelanders won the championships. After this it was the Harps, which were a different team albeit founded by the same members. but they were still a different team. Surely you can grasp this and fall back into line were you belong in 3rd place.

[bennydorano]

No one is arguing with you on you club histroy Benny we are simply saying that Up until 1934 Young Irelanders won the championships. After this it was the Harps, which were a different team albeit founded by the same members. but they were still a different team. Surely you can grasp this and fall back into line were you belong in 3rd place.

YI's were in existence from 1917 to 1934. not 1889 to 1934, now run along.

[pintsofguinness]

Jesus Benny I thought the clanns men were bad for going back into history.

With your logic the ogs could claim half of those championships.

[bennydorano]

My final word on the issue - Prince was firstly known as Prince, then was known as AFKAP, then something else stoopid, then reverted back to Prince - but we all know he was just Prince.

[umgolaarmagh]

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