Any other Irish sports fan dislike Gaelic football and hurling?

I love hurling, I would as soon watch an under 14 match as the All Ireland and enjoy it. I would go to a good few games a year and the All Ireland most years. Wonderful game to watch and play even though I was no good really.

Gaelic football is awful though, can't really watch a game anymore. Might watch Dublin and Mayo Saturday as both teams try to play football and entertain. The skill levels don't compare to hurling at all. Boring slog of a game.

Marty Xavier wrote: »

I love hurling, I would as soon watch an under 14 match as the All Ireland and enjoy it. I would go to a good few games a year and the All Ireland most years. Wonderful game to watch and play even though I was no good really.

Gaelic football is awful though, can't really watch a game anymore. Might watch Dublin and Mayo Saturday as both teams try to play football and entertain. The skill levels don't compare to hurling at all. Boring slog of a game.

Hurling people always bring gaelic football into it, hurling is way better bla bla bla, can you not just enjoy your hurling without running gaelic football down? both Irish sports and sports a huge percentage of our country enjoy. there is plenty of skill on show in gaelic football matches.

Historically, and somewhat in modernity, good hurling teams only developed where there was good arable flat land.

For me that's a lovely bit of trivia somewhat unique to hurling.

I don't watch a lot of it and probably wouldn't go out of my way to watch it, but I'll enjoy a game of hurling when it's on. Don't really like Gaelic football, and I think it's mostly down to the fact that I don't understand the rules surrounding the tackle...

You can get in and out of a sport.

I loved formula one, knew lots about it, the tyres, engines all these little things that made what seemed like a boring sport interesting.
Then about 15 years ago I went to the German GP and I was so disappointed, I haven't watched one since.

I've been to very boring soccer and rugby games, other fans say I was unlucky, picked the wrong ones etc.

Went to a couple of premiership games and was completely turned off by the supporters, german sheppard dogs and riot police.
I grew up in the inner city always loved soccer, I still watch every Irish international, but stopped watching a lot of it years ago. Loved the champions league this year.

Anyway I was brought to a lot of hurling and football games as a kid. Then my Dad passed and I stopped.

I got married, my wife seemd to like basketball and ice hickey games, she liked sport events, we tried a few Belfast giants games but it wasn't the same as the states, nothing to play for.

I said to her if you want some exciting days out at sporting events, GAA is worth a go as I've had great days out in the past.

So we went and she loved it. So I'm back in. Travelling around the county, meeting different supporters from different places.

For me it's the only show in town to support your team.

I understand that rugby has a similar vibe, but like some here with their attitude to GAA, it's just not my game, never will be, I try and have tried to get into it. I guess its because it was not around in my area when I was a kid, they had the doors closed to my kind years ago, they are open now fair play to them , but I like the idea of my boy playing the same game on the same field that his great grand father played for and on.

Like any sport you have to understand it and the little things that make it interesting.

Each to their own. I think hurling is a fantastic game, but I see a red flag at all the "beat game in the world" comments same with soccer "the beautiful game"

They are not, they are just your sport and fair play to you. Nobody should be forced to play a game. Its understandable that anyone who was would hate it.

But it's worth a fresh pair of eyes, go to a game.

Would I take my own advice and go to a cricket game. Probably not, for many reasons, but maybe.

I'm a gaa member and underage Hurling coach, its quite simply in my opinion the greatest game in the world. I wouldn't watch a Gaelic Football match for money however. I also love Soccer, American Football and Cricket- actually nearly every sport. There's nothing wrong with anyone's tastes, if they don't like GAA so be it. I also cannot stand Rugby which is very popular in recent years so everyone is different.

golfball37 wrote: »

I'm a gaa member and underage Hurling coach, its quite simply in my opinion the greatest game in the world. I wouldn't watch a Gaelic Football match for money however. I also love Soccer, American Football and Cricket- actually nearly every sport. There's nothing wrong with anyone's tastes, if they don't like GAA so be it. I also cannot stand Rugby which is very popular in recent years so everyone is different.

If hurling is such a great game has the GAA failed it. Its really only played seriously & in numbers in Tipp and its surrounding counties.

If its so good why are viewing figures so poor in Britain and why was it cut from free to air in Australia.

RoversCeltic wrote: »

Why hasn't it taken off then

Don't be an idiot. What sport from a small country has taken off? Association football has the indirect backing of the UK which is probably the world's second most influential country when it comes to culture and media. It's also incredibly easy to play as you don't even need a proper ball to play it. Just something you can kick and use as a ball. Yet despite all that they cannot break it as a major men's sport the USA no matter how hard they try.

American football has the advantage of being from the USA and they shove it down our throats at every opportunity through the media. They have even brought their biggest teams to London and Dublin....yet it never seems to take off.

AFL was broadcast on TG4 for years. A few gaa fans watched it. That's about it.

It's almost like people don't randomly take up sports that are not part of their culture en masses?! Shock horror...but no I'm sure it must be related to the quality and entertainment value of the sport.

Just OP such self loathing if I ever heard it...people like different sports, get over it. I love hurling, football, rugby and golf. Ill casually look at boxing, cricket and the darts. Cant stand soccer, MMA and NFL (actually any of the traditional american sports)! I guess its each to their own, why anyone needs to start a topic on it god knows.

Capra wrote: »

Don't be an idiot. What sport from a small country has taken off? Association football has the indirect backing of the UK which is probably the world's second most influential country when it comes to culture and media. It's also incredibly easy to play as you don't even need a proper ball to play it. Just something you can kick and use as a ball. Yet despite all that they cannot break it as a major men's sport the USA no matter how hard they try.

American football has the advantage of being from the USA and they shove it down our throats at every opportunity through the media. They have even brought their biggest teams to London and Dublin....yet it never seems to take off.

AFL was broadcast on TG4 for years. A few gaa fans watched it. That's about it.

It's almost like people don't randomly take up sports that are not part of their culture en masses?! Shock horror...but no I'm sure it must be related to the quality and entertainment value of the sport.

it hasn't taken off throughout Ireland, few people play it outside tipp and its borders

Personally, I would rather gouge my eye balls out of my head with a rusty spoon than watch gaelic football as to do so is my idea of hell. If I was in "1984", O'Brien would turn on Roscommon vs Louth for me in Room 101.

A close hurling match is great to watch, especially at the backend of the season. Amazing skill, I couldn't even dream of recreating it.

Gaelic Football is just absolute dross, very prehistoric. I used to play a bit when I was younger. The managers would lose their **** if you did anything that resembles "Soccer". I remember a couple of times I scored goals with my feet from the ground. I score, celebrate, get the love from the team-mates, look over to the manager and he's shouting "pick the ball up, this isn't soccer". Meat-head sport.