Are the Cork Garlic Footballers the most unloved sports team in the world

Sure football isn't as popular as hurling or soccer across much of Cork but I think it still has a decent following, especially the further west you go.

I’d say they stink.

I like Garlic

They are shite full stop. Couldn't win All Irelands when they had decent teams.

Schools division z id say. Sexton street is an association football school and Crescent is a rugby and hockey school. Mungret is open ...2 years? My comments are fairly accurate I think . People forget there's huge swathes of Munster with no Gaelic football. East Clare and north Tipp .. east Waterford...Waterford, Limerick cities...ect.

Cork footballers have a decent amount of fans compared to the footballers of Limerick, Tipperary or Waterford where interest in Gaelic football is at an all time low .

I like garlic bread. Especially with lasagne. Not sure I'd chance a garlic football though.

Does the 70 include the 30 players???

You named 3 schools that throw together a gaelic football team in the city.. none near an 'A' competition I'm sure. There's more schools in Limerick city playing hockey than gaelic and playing it to a higher standard.

The only one burnt is yourself if you think that because more people in Ireland watch Gaelic that it's a better sport than hurling. Hurling can't be played on bad land traditionally which rules out most of the west and half the north..

I took mygood friend to his first hurling match this year . Cork v Clare . He's from Staffordshire..loved the game..said he was 'afraid it was going to be like the 'other' Irish sport'... I said 'relax don't mind that basketball in a field without a tackle.'

What did your friend think about the massive stench of garlic...?

I always take your advice onboard. I ll endeavor to learn and grow .

You're prone to bouts of verbal diarrhoea yourself . You too need to grow and start by giving up that auld gaelic football. We've 2 good field sports in Ireland. Rugby and Hurling and they cover any good young fellas sporting needs.

Plenty of football in North Tipp, stop talking about things you have no clue about. Or to put it simply, stop talking!

Kilkenny footballers? Or as we call them in Kilkenny, the lads doing the fitness work for the hurling.

At least Cork have some sort of skin in the football game.

Tipperary's most recent senior all Ireland in football was in 1920. We have nowhere near the amount of all Irelands we should have in football, but we have competed at the top table for way longer than Tipperary.

Still though Tipp to be fair are the third most successful county in Munster in regards to Munster titles. Clare, Waterford and Limerick only have four Munster titles between the three of them!

Yes our Munster to All Ireland conversion ratio is very poor.

Unlike poor Mayo though at least we can pull the occasional all Ireland out of the bag every now and again!

Would Garlic beat Mayo?

I'd say a lot of Kilkenny folk would argue fairly strongly at you saying Cork is the most successful hurling county. But I'd argue that there is no argument about Cork being the most successful GAA county. By a long way....

That's interesting. It does explain a fair bit..that odd disunity in Galway GAA. The likes of Clare and Cork have big regional divisions ...like West and East Clare people are very different..Cork city and East ,West and North Cork is very different but by God they are both Clare and Cork first . Limerick City is very different than the county..They still row in very strongly behind the hurlers even though rugby is massive

You don't have a clue about Limerick. Stop pretending that you do.

Alabama and the deep south is my favourite part of America. The red states are the best states . The people, food and culture. The North east would be my least favourite .

I was curious as to this myself. I knew Kilkenny had won more, but wasn't sure how much across which competitions. I figured I'll try and work it out and see what each county has won across all grades throughout their history. I figured senior, intermediate, junior and national leagues at adult level, senior, intermediate and junior at club level, and minor U20/U21 and schools at underage level.

As best I can figure out, in terms of national titles, it goes along the lines of the following;

• Senior All-Ireland's - Kilkenny 36 / Cork 30
• National Leagues - Kilkenny 19 / Cork 14
• Intermediate All-Ireland's (defunct) - Cork 9 / Kilkenny 5
• Junior All-Ireland's (defunct) - Cork 11 / Kilkenny 9
• U20/U21 All-Ireland's - Cork 14 / Kilkenny 12
• Minor All-Ireland's - Kilkenny 21 / Cork 19
• Club Senior All-Ireland's - Kilkenny 14 / Cork 9
• Club Intermediate All-Ireland's - Kilkenny 9 / Cork 3
• Club Junior All-Ireland's - Kilkenny 11 / Cork 6
• School All-Ireland's - Kilkenny 26 / Cork 14

A total of 162 national titles won by Kilkenny teams, and 129 won by Cork teams, a difference of 33 in Kilkenny's favour.

In terms of provincial titles, it stands as;

• Senior Provincials - Kilkenny 76 / Cork 54
• Intermediate Provincials - Kilkenny 17 / Cork 15
• Junior Provincials - Kilkenny 25 / Cork 21
• U20/U21 Provincials - Kilkenny 27 / Cork 22
• Minor Provincials - Kilkenny 60 / Cork 34
• Club Senior Provincials - Kilkenny 24 / Cork 17
• Club Intermediate Provincials - Kilkenny 13 / Cork 9
• Club Junior Provincials - Kilkenny 16 / Cork 15
• Schools Provincials - Kilkenny 68 / Cork 41

A total of 326 provincial titles won by Kilkenny teams, and 228 won by Cork teams, a difference of 98 in Kilkenny's favour.

A combined total of 488 provincial and national titles for Kilkenny and 357 for Cork, a difference of 131 in Kilkenny's.

So the reason Kilkenny folks would argue strongly that Kilkenny is the most successful hurling county because history says quite clearly it is.

Even more remarkable given that Cork have 5 times our population and 6 times our clubs.