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all ireland final

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  • 14-08-2010 3:58pm
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    ft9
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    so who plans on going to all ireland?
    what ya reckon kks chances are or who theyl be playing?

    think i might give it a miss this year watch it in the pub.

    although i say that every year then a big panic for tickets commences on the friday before it and end up with loads not being able to get rid of them....


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    EKRIUQ
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    Foregone conclusion, not much point going.


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    catbear
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    It's just not cricket!


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    zootroid
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    EKRIUQ wrote: »
    Foregone conclusion, not much point going.

    They almost beat us last year, and we're missing Henry Shefflin. It's far from a foregone conclusion.

    I'll probably go, but I'm not too happy with how expensive it is


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    catbear
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    In all the years I can remember I have never heard so many people say the same thing, "I probably won't go".

    Well get this straight, it is your GAA duty to turn up regardless of the cost, to wave the colours of your county. Your county which is defined by borders delineated first by the Normans and later by the English rulers.

    Do you feel no shame not defending these foreign imposed boundaries?

    The shame, what must the queen be thinking right now?


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    ft9
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    catbear wrote: »
    In all the years I can remember I have never heard so many people say the same thing, "I probably won't go".

    Well get this straight, it is your GAA duty to turn up regardless of the cost, to wave the colours of your county. Your county which is defined by borders delineated first by the Normans and later by the English rulers.

    Do you feel no shame not defending these foreign imposed boundaries?

    The shame, what must the queen be thinking right now?

    WTF?

    What pub would anyone reccomend to watch it, big screen good buzz etc...
    Left Bank?
    Set?
    Kytlers?


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    DerryRed
    Registered Users Posts: 472 ✭✭DerryRed


    catbear wrote: »
    In all the years I can remember I have never heard so many people say the same thing, "I probably won't go".

    Well get this straight, it is your GAA duty to turn up regardless of the cost, to wave the colours of your county. Your county which is defined by borders delineated first by the Normans and later by the English rulers.

    Do you feel no shame not defending these foreign imposed boundaries?

    The shame, what must the queen be thinking right now?

    Tell that to the person who lost their job, and can no longer afford the extortionate prices for tickets.


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    catbear
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    DerryRed wrote: »
    Tell that to the person who lost their job, and can no longer afford the extortionate prices for tickets.
    Could the GAA drop their price, after all they did get funding from the taxpayer when there was low unemployment. At the last match the top tier was closed.

    That makes me think WTF, drop the price, fill the top tier!
    Maybe they believed the Fianna Fail fantasy that the recession was over.

    The county reference is something that will need to be addressed for the sake of the sports future. I believe it's doing nothing for the sport and is only retained because of the political nationalist tradition of the GAA.

    Here are a few links for anyone who has never thought about it before.
    The GAA's administrative structure also makes use of the original British-designed county system that has no basis in Gaelic culture.
    Link; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaelic_Athletic_Association

    The origin of the county system
    The counties were made up, in general, from an amalgamation of various smaller Irish territories which suited the colonial administration at the time and had little basis in older tribal boundaries. In many cases this involved dividing an Irish territory in two. For example, the kingdom of Uí Maine was split to form south County Roscommon and most of east County Galway.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counties_of_Ireland


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