The Official Cavan GAA Discussion thread.

Well the point is about getting a win in a Ulster club game at Senior level so they might have a hope unlike the couple you put together one of which wouldn't even be allowed even though they are at underage.

I see McCabe is backing talking to the Anglo Celt again

https://www.anglocelt.ie/2025/11/13/mccabe-to-keep-numbers-tighter-on-senior-panel-as-he-seeks-to-build-competitive-edge/

Tbh he has a point, plenty of the panel in previous years who were in the 32 to 42 number bracket were not getting any meaningful game time yet were expected to not play club football during the league too. It's not NFL where you need a squad of 50, you should have more than enough from 32 and outside of maybe goalkeeper you will have depth even with injuries.

My view is that the likes of Ramor and Gowna are good enough to be winning the odd game in Ulster without looking for clubs nearby to be going to the wall.

Anyone playing with them i presume is entitled to play with them and living within the area that can?

McVeety is 32 now. 2014 was his final year U21. Ciaran Brady and Gerry Smith a year younger.

I think McVeety can play on another couple of years if he wants. He wasn't constantly playing County football since underage. A 3 year spell in Australia. Gerry Smith not as long on the panel as others, made his debut under Mattie McGleenan in 2017. Might have a few more years. Different from the likes of Clarke who was involved at 18/19.

You’re right about McVeety but I’m wrong about the year. 2014 was the year that U21 team played Dublin:

https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2014/0419/609860-cavan-dublin/

Cavan:

 J Farrelly, A Watson, K Clarke, B Fortune, C Brady (0-01), P Faulkner, G Smith, CP Moynagh, L Buchanan, P Graham, D McVeety, M Argue (0-01), E Flanagan (0-02, 2f), J Dillion (0-03), T Hayes (0-02). 

Substitutes: 

A O'Hara for Moynagh, Boucher (0-01) for Dillion, Moynagh for Fortune, C Byrne for Flanagan, E Hession for Graham, G McGovern for Buchanan.

That was the strongest of the U21 teams IMO. I think every one of that starting 15 played a game for Cavan seniors at some stage. Aaron Watson possibly the only one didn’t.

Gerry Smith also took 2018 out because of McGleenan so had a year off there too.

I had heard recently he might not back, be but there was nothing confirmed. His wife/gf had a child.

Im sure you can back that up?

Might be some who are married and living away but have come up through the underage system. Possibly another few with no choice due to nothing being built in Virgina in 15 years... A few from Maghera direction but same Parish and it's complicated.....

I think you already backed it up for me!

It’s the amount from up the “Maghera direction” that I was specifically referring to. To be honest, I wouldn’t blame any lad from up that way driving past the pitch at Ennis’ back into Virginia. Ramor are drawing players from as far up as the road into Mullagh.

I’d bet they also have a few with addresses in Killinkere or even Castlerahan.

St Galls example. One of best clubs in Ireland but Antrim were awful at time. Absolutely no correlation.

This is exactly why we were better stay out of Division 1. Turnover at this stage was inevitable.

You still have Louth, Kildare & Offaly in Division 2 so there are games there where you don’t belong at this level if you can’t win them.

Exactly same with Eire Og from Carlow in Leinster during the 1990s when they won 5 Leinster club football titles, Carlow itself done nothing of note football wise at the time.

O Hanrahans won a Leinster around too. Rathnew of Wicklow won a Leinster in the early 2000s. Inter County would have been knockout then. Leinster had stronger teams then compared to now. Dublin, Meath, Laois, Kildare and Offaly were all capable of winning . Then Westmeath won under Paidi. Westmeath won a U21 All Ireland a couple of years previous .

Is that the McCarthy that won intermediate with the Bridge?

Big result for them Galway champions won all Ireland last year.

He was over Crosserlough in 2018. Beaten in the final by Castlerahan

Dessie Farrell was linked to the Mullahoran but that seems to have cooled. Mullahoran have spent big money on managers in the past.