Club Championships 2025

[ardtole]

Kilcoo make it 14 finals in a row. Impressive stuff for a brilliant team but there mustn't be much else in Down

rode their luck tonight. Why did that idiot take the ball off O'Hagan who had just nailed 2 2 pointers in a row?

Carryduff will fancy their chances though the experience of winning finals will be huge. Won't deny that I'd love to see Carryduff win as the likes of Kilcoo are the type of team could challenge our 13 in a row run

Are Carryduff a Belfast club?

Has a Belfast Club ever won it?

I would say no and no. Carryduff is significantly separate to not be classed as a Belfast club and no Belfast club has won the senior championship. They have a right chance to give it a proper go. A lot of blow ins a generation about this team but they have built a solid base. Finn Mo and Forker are a strong management team too

Didn't Blaney play for them back in the day?

Greg Blaney and at least 1 brother, John Kelly, Neil Collins, John McCartan all involved in the 90s, and I'm pretty sure I'm leaving someone out.

[DuffleKing]

The Down men might clarify but surely Carryduff is a Belfast Club.
Ask any one of them where they live and they will say what?

[Milltown Row2]

The Down men might clarify but surely Carryduff is a Belfast Club.
Ask any one of them where they live and they will say what?

It's part of greater Belfast and has political rep from that area of South Belfast I think

[Walter Cronc]

Would a good portion of their players not come from the Newtownbreda area? Thats pretty much Belfast surely

[general_lee]

Is Lámh Dhearg considered a Belfast club? They're about the same distance from the city centre as Carryduff

[gallsman]

Is Lámh Dhearg considered a Belfast club? They're about the same distance from the city centre as Carryduff

Yes. They draw overwhelmingly from West Belfast, not out the country.

[illdecide]

Is Lámh Dhearg considered a Belfast club? They're about the same distance from the city centre as Carryduff

Yes. They draw overwhelmingly from West Belfast, not out the country.

Your next door neighbours...I would say Carryduff are Not a Belfast club, like who would want to admit that.

[gallsman]

There's also the fact that Belfast is predominantly associated with Antrim. We're talking about it here in the Antrim thread. The city clubs in Antrim are all rivals who play each other regularly and have done for decades.

Because Bredagh (who are obviously a Belfast club) and Carryduff (who are increasingly a Belfast club) are Down clubs and don't play the others, they're not thought of as such.

[BigGreenField]

There's also the fact that Belfast is predominantly associated with Antrim. We're talking about it here in the Antrim thread. The city clubs in Antrim are all rivals who play each other regularly and have done for decades.

Because Bredagh (who are obviously a Belfast club) and Carryduff (who are increasingly a Belfast club) are Down clubs and don't play the others, they're not thought of as such.

Although at go games they largely
Play in the City.

From outside the city they are a Belfast club, from inside the city they sort of arent. Schrödingers Gaa club.

The defining criteria is when the Glider eventually runs there they'll be a full city club.

Fun and all though this is, I'd say they are a very well run club with a lot to admire about them and how they have built themselves and taken advantage of population and demographic changes. they've had some breaks on facilities (that Bredagh haven't) but have come a long way from picking dog crap and broken glass of the pitch at Cherryvale.

Fair play to them.

[DuffleKing]

Are East Belfast a "Belfast Club"?

[Brendan]

Reminds me of the "are Muff a Derry city club?" Debate on here last year for the Ulster junior final

[thebigfullforward]

Seems like it isn't the year to retain the title. Cuala, Clann Eireann, St. Eunans, Crosserlough, Castlehaven all gone. Any other teams I'm missing?

[Ball Hopper]

Garvey's SuperValu Kerry Senior Football County Championship

Quarterfinals

Sat, 11 Oct,  Rathmore V East Kerry
Sat, 11 Oct,  Austin Stacks V Kenmare Shamrocks

Sun, 12 Oct,  Spa Killarney V Mid Kerry
Sun, 12 Oct,  West Kerry V Dingle

[DuffGael]

The carryduff parish is basically split in 2, the upper part is the town of Carryduff while the lower part is part of Belfast. The club is a Down club but also enters a team in the Antrim Div2 hurling. As far as go games they play in Down but if they have too many players they do , at times, put teams into Antrim. I would consider us a Belfast club.

[inroundthesquare]

David Clifford's East Kerry beaten 1-21 to 0-09 by Rathmore in the County Championship Quarter-Final.
East Kerry were odds on favourites for the title.
More likely for a club side to go on and win it now and take Dr Crokes place in the Munster Club.