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3. Cork - it's by a distance my favourite place to go supping and doesn't involve a feckin airport.

2. Rome - the coolest spot about

1. London, by a fair bit. Has everything. Try and get over a few times / year.. definitely helps having a free room to go to

- mini trees growing out of the gutters

- driving around in Feb with a Tent Box still on your roof

....

Off out for a pint tonight and we got chatting in the WhatsApp group about pubs that serve up a great stout.

Pubs that spring to mind (limited to 5 and 1 from each town / city)

The Derby Bar - Derry City
Bittles - Belfast
Long Haul - Dublin
McGings - Westport

And the best I've had
Simon Coyles, Roscommon. What a pint!

1. tomato (sprinkling of salt) / extra mature cheddar with salad cream on fresh plain bread
2. BLT with a little cream cheese and brown sauce
 

* toasted pancakes
* baking bread
* petrol
* cut grass
* joop

Another semi-final appearance for Derry, players and management have given us 2 great years to date. I've no doubt we'll give Kerry their fill of it.
Kerry were ruthless on Sat & Derry a bit off so the immediate feeling yesterday was it'll be a very tough day. Shane had a very rare off day (couple of folk mentioned he wasn't 100%), yesterday but the other 5 forwards all chipped in with scores that got us over the line. Murray banked a good 20 mins which was good to see.
The spine of the team need the games of their lives, really looking forward to it.

[Monaghan]

All-Ireland SFC q/f
Monaghan by 3
Kerry by 5
Derry by 2
Mayo by 1

During Lockdown, dinners became a big part of the day with everyone in the house. Really got motoring with the slow cooker and air fryer. Air fryer used daily these days, quicker and uses for less electricity than the oven

Slow cooker, every Sunday now the silverside, topside, pork loin goes in about 8am on a medium setting. Have experimented with Cola, Football special etc, add in some paprika, piri piri, Chipotle etc. Serious reward for little effort. Much like a bbq, the man will get the plaudits for 5 mins work while the wife does the heavy lifting!

Don't actually think I've spoken to anyone who is keen on this rule. For me it changes the game too much. Free flowing game, ball goes in, mark is called, entire game stops. I'm interested to see what the percentages are like for 'for' and 'against' and if anyone is happy with the rule, why?

Definitely not wanting to pollute the board with another Covid thread. Just a quick Yes or No with what we now know. DO NOT reply, keep the Covid chat to the existing threads. Anyone replying, Fear Bun Na Sceilpe will be knocking on your door

Previous Poll (Oct 2020)

Yes: 72.2%
No:  27.8%

Libtard
Bin dippers
Red Arses
Neoliberal
Inbreds
Shinnerbots
Furlough
Jackeens
Nordie
Freestater
Manure
sc**bag
Fascist
Cute hoorism
Handbags
Bogeymen
Scapegoats


Any others that make a regular appearance?

[Division 1]

Division 1
1. Dublin (winners, hooray!)
2. Tyrone

7.Cavan
8.Roscommon.

Division 2
1. Armagh
2. Kildare (w)

7. Meath
8. Cork

Division 3
1. Down (w)
2. Laois

7. Carlow
8. Offlay

Division 4
1. Derry (w)
2. Wexford

Tough enough that

Hard to beat a decent burger. In Out / 5 guys pretty good. I wouldn't thank you for a McDonald's though I'd take a Burger King. I've had a very swanky one out of Gordon Ramseys Burgr joints, far far too convoluted. Most chippers, well in this part of the world all buy from the same supplier so, well all taste the same!

There's a place in Derry, Pyke n Pommes (permanent street food stall) that does the best I've had. Unreal. I'm in Dublin in a couple of weeks and have been recommended Bunsen for a tasty bite

Monaghan
Kerry
Donegal
Dublin

[Phase 1]

A slow day!

Phase 1
RedHand88 4
dec 3
Farrandeelin 3
Jayop 3
joemamas 3
Omagh Gael 3
ONeill 3
Oraisteach 3
Solo_Run 3
tonto1888 3
twohands!!! 3
Captain Obvious 2
Dinny 2
J70 2
laoislad 2
saffronandblue 2
seafoid 2
shantygael 2
JoG2  1
macdanger2 1
Rossfan 1

____________________________________________

Phase 2

Roscommon v Donegal
Tyrone v Dublin, Healy Park
Kildare v Galway, Newbridge
Monaghan v Kerry, Clones

[Dublin]

Donegal v Dublin         - Donegal by 2
Tyrone v Roscommon  - Roscommon by 2
Kerry v Galway            - Kerry by 6
Kildare v Monaghan       - Monaghan by 2

SUNDAY MAY 13
LEINSTER SHC: DUBLIN V KILKENNY

CONNACHT SFC: MAYO V GALWAY


SUNDAY MAY 20
MUNSTER SHC: LIMERICK V TIPPERARY

MUNSTER SHC: CORK V CLARE


SUNDAY MAY 27
MUNSTER SHC: TIPPERARY V CORK

LEINSTER SHC: GALWAY V KILKENNY


SUNDAY JUNE 3

ULSTER SFC: FERMANAGH/ARMAGH V TYRONE/MONAGHAN

MUNSTER SHC: WATERFORD V TIPPERARY


SUNDAY JUNE 10

MUNSTER SHC: LIMERICK V WATERFORD or TIPPERARY V CLARE
LEINSTER SFC: OFFALY/WICKLOW/DUBLIN V LONGFORD/MEATH



SUNDAY JUNE 17
MUNSTER SHC: CLARE V LIMERICK or WATERFORD V CORK

CONNACHT FOOTBALL FINAL


SATURDAY JUNE 23

MUNSTER FOOTBALL FINAL


SUNDAY JUNE 24

ULSTER FOOTBALL FINAL

LEINSTER FOOTBALL FINAL


SUNDAY JULY 1

MUNSTER HURLING FINAL

LEINSTER HURLING FINAL


SUNDAY JULY 8

FOOTBALL QUALIFIER RD 4



SATURDAY JULY 14

SUPER 8s: ROUND 1



SUNDAY JULY 15

ALL-IRELAND HURLING QUARTER-FINAL

ALL-IRELAND HURLING QUARTER-FINAL



or

SUPER 8s: ROUND 1

SUPER 8s: ROUND 1



SUNDAY JULY 22

SUPER 8s: ROUND 2

SUPER 8s: ROUND 2



SATURDAY JULY 28

ALL-IRELAND HURLING SEMI-FINAL



SUNDAY  JULY 29

ALL-IRELAND HURLING SEMI-FINAL



SATURDAY AUG 4

ALL-IRELAND CAMOGIE QUARTER-FINALS



SUNDAY AUG 5

SUPER 8s: ROUND 3



SATURDAY AUG 11

ALL-IRELAND FOOTBALL SEMI-FINAL



SUNDAY AUG 12

ALL-IRELAND FOOTBALL SEMI-FINAL



SATURDAY AUG 18

ALL-IRELAND CAMOGIE SEMI-FINALS



SUNDAY AUG 19

ALL-IRELAND HURLING FINAL



SUNDAY SEP 2

ALL-IRELAND FOOTBALL FINAL



SUNDAY SEP 9

ALL-IRELAND CAMOGIE FINALS

Our area can now avail of Firmus gas. Have heard it's a good bit cheaper to heat the home / water with gas than oil. Anyone switch from oil to gas? thanks

An absolutely brilliant footballer, sad to hear.

Former Down playmaker Marty Clarke has called time on his playing career at the age of 29.

The An Riocht man informed his club mates of the decision last week after having spoken with a consultant in the weeks after Queen's University's Sigerson Cup defeat to DCU last month.

An outstanding underage prospect, Clarke had two separate spells with AFL giants Collingwood and backboned Down's run to the 2010 All-Ireland final against Cork after returning home from his first stint.

He returned home from Australia for the second time in November 2014, just months after being diagnosed with an extremely rare case of Addison's disease.

Speaking in today's Irish News about his decision to retire, Clarke stated: "I made the decision because of the stress it's putting me under.

"The dynamic nature of Gaelic where you're running, you're jumping, I was putting my body under a lot of stress.

"I just felt completely zapped from the start of the game to the finish. When I got home it was taking me longer and longer to recover.

"I went and got a bit of advice from the consultant and he recommended I stop competitive sport."

"It probably hasn't sunk in totally but I know in my heart, the way I was feeling after a lot of football games for club and Queens, that it's not safe and I'm not doing myself justice probably

"The Kingdom have been first class and it was pretty emotional telling the fellas."

* Ebola
* Those wee magnetic fingers crazy car owners used to use to pretend some poor hooer was stuck in the boot