Tag: Provincial Championships
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Another go at solving the unanswerable question
With Guest Contributor Paraic Farrelly (@FarrellyParaic1 on Twitter) The more things change, the more they stay the same. Laois defeating Meath in the first round of the 1992 Leinster SFC is as fresh in the mind today as the shock was when it happened. To an impressionable 11-year-old, this wasn’t supposed to happen. For the…
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Meath need to speculate to accumulate
Your columnist meant to post this a few days ago – a few thoughts on GAA developments this week: Even though the admission of Kerry to Leinster underage hurling competitions would upskuttle the provincials even more, if it makes more counties – and consequently competitions – more attractive and competitive then it’s difficult to see…
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One step forward, at least four back
The inner sanctum of the GAA at any given time and its surviving elders are about as receptive to change as one would be to a fart in a space suit. To that end, it’s actually quite astounding that initiatives like the Back Door, the introduction of red and yellow cards and the belated adoption…
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Proposal B And All That
My thoughts on the forthcoming Special Congress of the GAA which will give delegates the option to instigate the most radical and required reform of Gaelic football since the foundation of the Association in 1884.