County Finals

CHOPS01

Well lads agriculture and the Gaa have always seemed to go hand in hand.
Seeing as it's that time of year how is your club going.
Clare hurling final for us Sunday. Fingers crossed.

_Brian

Reminds me of years ago and the ads during the all Ireland would be for drenches and dry cow tubes 😄

Parishlad

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Well lads agriculture and the Gaa have always seemed to go hand in hand.
Seeing as it's that time of year how is your club going.
Clare hurling final for us Sunday. Fingers crossed.

Have an interest in the Intermediate Final tomorrow. Hoping our lads make it back to the big time. Have to admit though that I haven't been to a game all year.
Used to love this time of year going to a lot of the County Finals (hurling and football) with my father (always ending the day with a few pints in town and then out to the local), but since he passed away I just don't seem to bother.

patsy_mccabe

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Clare hurling final for us Sunday. Fingers crossed.

Ballyea or Clonlara?
I find the weather has a huge part to play at this time of year. I was at the Clare football final last week and it was a great game to watch. Fine day kept all the slipping and sliding away.

Limestone Cowboy

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Ballyea or Clonlara?
I find the weather has a huge part to play at this time of year. I was at the Clare football final last week and it was a great game to watch. Fine day kept all the slipping and sliding away.

I'll be shouting for ballyea anyway, You never know what Clonlara team will show up and ballyea are being written off by everyone. Cratloe for Jack, lost the little bit of respect I had for Kilmurry after the jeering Cathal Mc got taking the free at the end, no sportsmanship whatsoever. Broadford to win intermediate hurling and Kilmurry to win junior a football as much as it pains me to say it.

Keepgrowing

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Well lads agriculture and the Gaa have always seemed to go hand in hand.
Seeing as it's that time of year how is your club going.
Clare hurling final for us Sunday. Fingers crossed.

So closely linked that matches all seem to be at milking time. Link long since gone I'm afraid

CHOPS01

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Ballyea or Clonlara?
I find the weather has a huge part to play at this time of year. I was at the Clare football final last week and it was a great game to watch. Fine day kept all the slipping and sliding away.

Go on The Clon.
Ah Cowboy were a decent crowd down here in south east Clare Can't you give us your support !!

charolais0153

Cousin was managing a team in a intermediate semifinal. They got well beaten. Surprised really, cos the manager is so good :rolleyes::);)

Limestone Cowboy

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Go on The Clon.
Ah Cowboy were a decent crowd down here in south east Clare Can't you give us your support !!

I wouldn't begrudge ye at all but it'd be nice to see ballyea make the breakthrough all the same, Kelly v Galvin will be interesting anyway! Ballyea might struggle a bit up front if ye can keep Kelly quiet. I was at a few of ye're games over the last few years and it's a rare day that ye click right, Ye don't seem the have the same fight in ye as Cratloe and on paper ye have arguably a better team. A game in the park v Crusheen is really springing to mind, 2014 semi I think??

CHOPS01

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

I wouldn't begrudge ye at all but it'd be nice to see ballyea make the breakthrough all the same, Kelly v Galvin will be interesting anyway! Ballyea might struggle a bit up front if ye can keep Kelly quiet. I was at a few of ye're games over the last few years and it's a rare day that ye click right, Ye don't seem the have the same fight in ye as Cratloe and on paper ye have arguably a better team. A game in the park v Crusheen is really springing to mind, 2014 semi I think??

That was a bad bad day. To be honest we were heartless.
Think our lads are well focused this year so hopefully we can do it this time.

freedominacup

Keepgrowing wrote: »

So closely linked that matches all seem to be at milking time. Link long since gone I'm afraid

Our lads are playing east intermediate final tomorrow. Throw in at 3.15. The oulboy will probably go but I have other matches later that I have to get to so milking at normal time.

CloughCasey1

charolais0153 wrote: »

Cousin was managing a team in a intermediate semifinal. They got well beaten. Surprised really, cos the manager is so good :rolleyes::);)

You talking bout the same clown im thinking of!

boggerman1

My own club in their first ever minor a county hurling final in tipp on Sunday.its great to have a real interest in a county final day after all these yrs going to the county final

Genghis Cant

This weekend it's football In my own County. Rhode again in another final and favourites to overcome Ferbane. It's 19 years since Ferbane last made it to the final. Recent underage success for Ferbane as an amalgamation has helped them get to this final but Rhode are old hands at this stage having won a scatter of senior titles in the last fifteen years.
Rhode as usual will fancy a run in the Leinster campaign. Finals are funny things, anything can happen. I'm sure Ferbane will target a couple of the Rhode big guns, none bigger than Niall McNamee. Still I expect Rhode to have too much firepower and too Street smart to fall at this hurdle.
Ferbane also contest the minor final in the curtain raiser. They'll be going for three in a row minor titles.

allthedoyles

Kilkenny semis on Sunday Ballyhale v o loughlins and the rower inistioge v clara .
C'mon the rower-inistioge

Lazybones

Gort Abu for the Galway Hurling Final!

Hope the rain stays away......... but the forecast is not great.

Bass Reeves

We are busy as well, in three semi-finals, Junior A football, Intermediate Hurling and Minors in a County A hurling. Young lad on all three teams fullback on one, center forward on another and midfield on the third team team.

Waffletraktor

allthedoyles wrote: »

Kilkenny semis on Sunday Ballyhale v o loughlins and the rower inistioge v clara .
C'mon the rower-inistioge

That's a great turn for the rower, didn't they only get back senior a few years ago? Few friends from that part of the world.

allthedoyles

Waffletraktor wrote:

That's a great turn for the rower, didn't they only get back senior a few years ago? Few friends from that part of the world.

Senior a couple of years now they have Daragh Joyce back from Aussie football and a few county players too and of course managed by a Fennelly

jimmy G M

Bass Reeves wrote: »

We are busy as well, in three semi-finals, Junior A football, Intermediate Hurling and Minors in a County A hurling. Young lad on all three teams fullback on one, center forward on another and midfield on the third team team.

Jez he must be have a bit of power and skill - full back on junior football and center forward on the hurling i presume.

jimmy G M

Local team here in Intermediate hurling final next weekend. Been knocking at the door for the last few years so hopefully will do it this time. Monica Looley country. Slan abhaile.

Bass Reeves

jimmy G M wrote: »

Jez he must be have a bit of power and skill - full back on junior football and center forward on the hurling i presume.

Wrong guess I pm the the lad that get the positions right. He is a strong lad all right about 1.83 meters tall and and 80kg's. Not the fastest man on the pitch but not slow either.

Limestone Cowboy

Parishlad wrote: »

Have an interest in the Intermediate Final tomorrow. Hoping our lads make it back to the big time. Have to admit though that I haven't been to a game all year.
Used to love this time of year going to a lot of the County Finals (hurling and football) with my father (always ending the day with a few pints in town and then out to the local), but since he passed away I just don't seem to bother.

Well I called that one wrong! Congrats to ye.

CHOPS01

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Well I called that one wrong! Congrats to ye.

Well done to the parish lads alright. Pity to see our neighbours beaten 😉

allthedoyles

Was up around the foothills of Mount Leinster today and even the car radio was getting confused switching from one to the other .
St Mullins win Carlow. Oulart win Wexford . Thurles Sarsfield win Tipperary on Tippfm .
The Rower-Inistioge lost semi . Its Ballyhale and O Loughlins in Kilkenny final .
Saw last few minutes of Clonlara earning a draw in Clare .

Limestone Cowboy

Ye live to fight another day chops

patsy_mccabe

Tony Kelly was something else today. 4 amazing points. All the county guys stood out, in fairness.

Genghis Cant

Portlaoises attempt for ten County titles in a row was snatched from their grasp by a super goal with the last kick of the game. Stradbally are champs in Laois.
Predictable enough in my own County. Rhode take the title at their leisure.
6 points from play by Niall McNamee.

CHOPS01

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Ye live to fight another day chops

Just about. Should have put the game to bed 15 mins to go.
Lucky to have another chance.

orm0nd

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Just about. Should have put the game to bed 15 mins to go.
Lucky to have another chance.

I saw the village is well decked out anyhow, & Stritch's pub in particular.

Dickie10

very urban senior football final in Meath, Simonstown from the north side of Navan town vs Ashbourne. between the two clubs they draw from a population of 10,000 and 12,000 respectivley.
looks like the celtic tiger cubs are becoming lions, hopefully meath can come good with a good county team again even if they are mostly urbanites

Limestone Cowboy

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Portlaoises attempt for ten County titles in a row was snatched from their grasp by a super goal with the last kick of the game. Stradbally are champs in Laois.
Predictable enough in my own County. Rhode take the title at their leisure.
6 points from play by Niall McNamee.

Some goal with the last kick of the game to win it from Stradbally!

arctictree

Carnew and Bray drew in the Wicklow SHC final in Aughrim yesterday. I'm amazed that the county doesn't do better given the talent that was on display. Some amazing scores from Brays Mikey Lee.

patsy_mccabe

CloughCasey1

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Ya have to smile watching that. There is nothing like winning an adult first team county title. ☺

CHOPS01

orm0nd wrote: »

I saw the village is well decked out anyhow, & Stritch's pub in particular.

Ya go fairness place looks well alright. That's the regular colour of the pub in case you were thinking it was painted that colour just for the final. It's the hurling pub.
Were you lost !