GAA football

[Three Spires Villa]

Thought I would bring this up to date, great win for Clare in the Munster hurling & the county of my Dads birth, Laois have just got into the Leinster football final, first time since 2006. Await the winners of Dublin v Longford, come on Longford 🤣🤣

[Brazilian Villain]

Galway & Clare showing today why hurling is the greatest sport in the World. Immense game and they get do it all again.

[jamestownvilla]

Have to agree a cracking game. Thought Galway were going to walk it the way they started.

[dave shelley]

They would have won had the referee had the same concept of time as the rest of us in the none GAA rest of the world.

[cdbearsfan]

Do they pay the players yet?

[dave shelley]

Not openly.  Supposedly all- amateur.  I think I read somewhere recently that the non-profit making GAA had an €80 million profit last year.  I can't provide a link as I can't remember where I saw it.

[johnc]

Players dont recieve cash up front. The higher profile players receive sponsored cars and get a few quid for opening shops and attending presentation evenings. The very high profile get sponsorship money but we are talking about a handful of players. I would imagine a good few of the Dublin players have GAA related jobs that would not be terribly onerous but not terribly well paid either.
Dublin will no doubt beat Tyrone in the football and we will just have to hope that Galway and Limerick serve up a good hurling final

[Three Spires Villa]

Come on Tyrone, any one but the Dubs!!!

The Hurling and Football finals are early this year, arent they?

Think Galway, Limerick will be good, looking forward to Sunday

[johnc]

This is the new GAA calendar. The finals will be taking place earlier than in previous years. I think the Popes visit has pushed things a bit further forward this year
As for Tyrone beating the Dubs....Cant see it happening

[Three Spires Villa]

Thanks that makes sense, re Popes visit. I think you are right about Dublin v Tyrone, but Up Tyrone!

Hope Sunday is a good game, 1973 is a long time waiting for Limerick

[Ger Regan]

Hurling is miles ahead of the football in terms of entertainment at the moment. And I think i can say that without fear of being accused of bias on account of being from galway!

[Three Spires Villa]

Hurling is miles ahead of the football in terms of entertainment at the moment. And I think i can say that without fear of being accused of bias on account of being from galway!

🤣🤣 have a good day

[Three Spires Villa]

Anybody watching the final today? Decent 1st half, would love Tyrone to win this, no offence to the Dubs out there!! Ha ha

[KRS]

Does any one know of any pubs in Birmingham that show GAA games? A friend wants to watch Mayo vs Kerry game after the Boro game on Saturday.

[dave shelley]

Our son's former secondary school won the All Ireland Gaelic Football  level 'B' final for the first time in their history today at Croke Park.  The last, and only time as far as I know, they contested it was in 1997 when our lad was a member of the squad and they lost.  Well done Roscommon CBS you did your school, families and most importantly yourselves proud.