Antrim Hurling

[Bog Ash Camam]

Good luck to Donncha Mac Cathail.    Lets hope he is treated better by other counties in Ireland!

The man showed intense dedication and perserverance, yet we ditch the man!  Wallis must be somewhat cheaper!!!!! 

Lets hope he gets treated better??   Lets hope are u21s gets treated better!!!!!!!

Fair point indeed SG!

[gelvis]

Good luck to Donncha Mac Cathail.    Lets hope he is treated better by other counties in Ireland!

The man showed intense dedication and perserverance, yet we ditch the man!  Wallis must be somewhat cheaper!!!!! 

Lets hope he gets treated better??   Lets hope are u21s gets treated better!!!!!!!

Is Jerry Wallis/Wallace taking control of the U21s or leaving it to Bubble?

[the colonel]

Micky Johnson taking 21s

[gelvis]

Has he left Armagh?

[the colonel]

Apparently so

[Seamroga in exile]

It's looking like the senior reserve championship coming our way as well.

Half time:

LG 2-07 Dunloy 0-02

*edit

FT:

LG 3-14 Dunloy 0-03

Ouch!!!!

[maxpower]

A team full of players that have been training flat out for the last few months beat a team that haven't trained at all and had to bring a couple of men back from retirement just to fulfill the fixture!

It's horrible losing to Loughgiel in any game, but surely the result of this one was always likely. Don't know why they ruin this competition by playing it at this time of year, a run out as a sub in championship and you're gone, get it played off in May

[Hoof Hearted]

A team full of players that have been training flat out for the last few months beat a team that haven't trained at all and had to bring a couple of men back from retirement just to fulfill the fixture!

It's horrible losing to Loughgiel in any game, but surely the result of this one was always likely. Don't know why they ruin this competition by playing it at this time of year, a run out as a sub in championship and you're gone, get it played off in May

agree with that. They done that in Derry a couple of seasons ago, ran the RFC off on 4 successive friday nights in May/June from 1st round to final. Was very successful. Not sure why the didnt do i this year. Semis were in midweek just past

[Seamroga in exile]

A team full of players that have been training flat out for the last few months beat a team that haven't trained at all and had to bring a couple of men back from retirement just to fulfill the fixture!

It's horrible losing to Loughgiel in any game, but surely the result of this one was always likely. Don't know why they ruin this competition by playing it at this time of year, a run out as a sub in championship and you're gone, get it played off in May

We're Dunloy not training up to 3 or 4 weeks ago? Hell, I heard they went to Tipperary to train, even with a state of the art facility on their doorstep. It's a sad state of affairs if you had to bring in retired players Max.

[Milltown Row2]

A team full of players that have been training flat out for the last few months beat a team that haven't trained at all and had to bring a couple of men back from retirement just to fulfill the fixture!

It's horrible losing to Loughgiel in any game, but surely the result of this one was always likely. Don't know why they ruin this competition by playing it at this time of year, a run out as a sub in championship and you're gone, get it played off in May

We're Dunloy not training up to 3 or 4 weeks ago? Hell, I heard they went to Tipperary to train, even with a state of the art facility on their doorstep. It's a sad state of affairs if you had to bring in retired players Max.

And you wonder why other clubs think the worst of you?

Enjoy the wins while you can SIE cause you're only at the summit for a while, I'd be wile impressed if yous do well in the All Ireland series.

[Seamroga in exile]

A team full of players that have been training flat out for the last few months beat a team that haven't trained at all and had to bring a couple of men back from retirement just to fulfill the fixture!

It's horrible losing to Loughgiel in any game, but surely the result of this one was always likely. Don't know why they ruin this competition by playing it at this time of year, a run out as a sub in championship and you're gone, get it played off in May

We're Dunloy not training up to 3 or 4 weeks ago? Hell, I heard they went to Tipperary to train, even with a state of the art facility on their doorstep. It's a sad state of affairs if you had to bring in retired players Max.

And you wonder why other clubs think the worst of you?

Enjoy the wins while you can SIE cause you're only at the summit for a while, I'd be wile impressed if yous do well in the All Ireland series.

I don't wonder at all, I already know. 

For god sake mr2, I was winding him up. Calm down. We'd have got it in the neck if it was the other way around. No harm done. We have what you'd call a "special" relationship with Dunloy. 

And ditto for your club, if you get out of Ulster that is.

[Bog Ash Camam]

Apparently so

He was kicked out for stealing hurling balls for the Johnnies!  Well, thats what big Joby has said anyway!

[Milltown Row2]

Michael is a good lad, bit of a header when managing a team but is mad for hurling and would be a great addition to the Antrim set up. Plenty of knowledge and can generate plenty of interest in this team.



Cue hardstation 

[Seamroga in exile]

Michael is a good lad, bit of a header when managing a team but is mad for hurling and would be a great addition to the Antrim set up. Plenty of knowledge and can generate plenty of interest in this team.



Cue hardstation 

I've been doing some research on the GAA in West Belfast/Andytown/Falls. And relating to the evidence I've found, St. Galls must have the biggest parish in Belfast, if not Ulster. Certainly the most widespread.
Would this be true MR2?

[4father]

The parish only exists on paper.  St Galls would take very little kids from their surrounding 'parish'.  In fact very few clubs would.  There are only a very small number of the closest thing to parish clubs in Belfast.  O'Donnells would be one, St Pauls might be regarded as one and Gort na mona would be one.  The others would be known as family clubs where a large part of their membership and recruitment would be gotten from members and their families (normally spread from Lisburn to Glengormely).  Many of these clubs do attract people who aren't associated with their clubs from reputation.  For example, parents living in Lagmore (a long way from the Parish of St John's - where St Galls are based) might send their kids to St Galls because they are always in the local paper winning championships and for no other reason instead of sending their kids to their local club.

So the parish idea has nothing to do with numbers in Belfast and probably goes a little way to explain the multi-transfers that take place.