Club Football 2026

[thebearinthesquare]

You must be stupid because you can't seem to read properly where did I say in my post that

These teams are taking it seriously I said

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"Some teams clearly more concerned about hurling" see the word there used is "some"

Then I asked the question witch teams take both a 100%

And listed some of the dual clubs at senior and other grades

You might have missed the bit where it was a question and I made a suggestion on some teams

See how serious kk took the intermediate football this morning they averaged 1 PT every 10 mins of play

You don't have to like what I post or my views but you could reply respectfully or is that too much to expect

How are Clodiagh Gaels not giving 100% to football? They are primarily a hurling club and have fielded 2 football teams for years - Edenderry are a much bigger club population wise, primarily football, and field the same number of football teams. There are Senior hurling clubs you haven't listed that are supposed to be fielding Junior football teams but giving walkovers instead and Clodiagh Gaels is not one of them. There are also Senior football clubs like Rhode, Clonbullogue, Bracknagh, etc. that don't field hurling teams at any level and you don't mention them either, at least Gracefield have a hurling team.

[Doon Exile]

BSK , graceField? Clodiagh Gaels don't
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Stupid post.
If Brosna Gaels and Shamrocks took hurling seriously, they should be established senior b sides.
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Brosna Gaels absolutely take their hurling seriously. Unfortunately numbers dictate that we’re not ready to compete with Ballygunner just yet. When we had the numbers we did compete at senior A. Our entry of a junior C hurling side shows the level of interest and commitment from a very committed hurling fraternity here.

Clodagh Gaels would also definitely take both codes seriously.

[SearingDrive]

BSK , graceField? Clodiagh Gaels don't

Stupid post.
If Brosna Gaels and Shamrocks took hurling seriously, they should be established senior b sides.
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Brosna Gaels absolutely take their hurling seriously. Unfortunately numbers dictate that we’re not ready to compete with Ballygunner just yet. When we had the numbers we did compete at senior A. Our entry of a junior C hurling side shows the level of interest and commitment from a very committed hurling fraternity here.

Clodagh Gaels would also definitely take both codes seriously.
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I have to agree with Doon Exile. Clodiagh Gaels, a dual club, do take JuniorA football seriously. They lost the 2025 final to Rhode. The Gaels beat Clara at the weekend.

[G91]

It was a suggestion/question not a definitive fact ,

You'd swear it was the board of of gaa that said it and are penalising clubs the way some lads react on this forum

Everyone who is active on here know exactly there are teams prioritising one over the other hurling or football

While some do Thier best as doon exile pointing out brosna geals in junior C ,

[Tar Man]

Stupid post.
If Brosna Gaels and Shamrocks took hurling seriously, they should be established senior b sides.

What an ignorant and stupid post - I can assure you that Shamrocks take both their hurling and football very seriously. Shamrocks have 3 teams in Adult Football (Senior, Junior A & Junior C) and 2 teams in Adult Hurling (Intermediate & Junior A) and rarely give walkovers to anyone. All 5 of these teams are competitive and 4 have serious chances of winning their championship. You should at least do some basic research before slandering a Club's good name.

[ruletheroost]

Top Scorers after round 3 of Senior A

1 Jack Bryant Shamrocks 1-16
2 Harry Plunkett Tullamore 2-11
3 Cormac Delaney Clara 0-16
4= Chris Kenny Ballycommon 1-12
4= Keith O’Neill Clonbullogue 1-12

Top scorers from play:
1 Chris Kenny Ballycommon 1-12
2 Jack Bryant Shamrocks 1-10
3 Graham Guilfoyle Clara 0-12
4 Marcas Dalton Clara 2-4
5= Eoghan Geoghegan Bracknagh 2-3
5= Brian Duingnan Durrow 1-6

[theman]

You must be stupid because you can't seem to read properly where did I say in my post that

These teams are taking it seriously I said

Quote

"Some teams clearly more concerned about hurling" see the word there used is "some"

Then I asked the question witch teams take both a 100%

And listed some of the dual clubs at senior and other grades

You might have missed the bit where it was a question and I made a suggestion on some teams

See how serious kk took the intermediate football this morning they averaged 1 PT every 10 mins of play

You don't have to like what I post or my views but you could reply respectfully or is that too much to expect

How are Clodiagh Gaels not giving 100% to football? They are primarily a hurling club and have fielded 2 football teams for years - Edenderry are a much bigger club population wise, primarily football, and field the same number of football teams. There are Senior hurling clubs you haven't listed that are supposed to be fielding Junior football teams but giving walkovers instead and Clodiagh Gaels is not one of them. There are also Senior football clubs like Rhode, Clonbullogue, Bracknagh, etc. that don't field hurling teams at any level and you don't mention them either, at least Gracefield have a hurling team.

Edenderry to be fair have a small GAA population in the town. The demographics of the town also doesn't help as a lot of the population is not from a GAA background. They also have to compete with two soccer clubs - the rugby club doesn't have much of a crossover as far as I know.

Bracknagh and Clonbullogue are probably from the least hurling oriented end of the county, and football will always be number one there, but AFAIK they do provide hurlers to Gracefield at underage and adult level.

The point overall is that a lot of clubs across the county are feeling the effects of reduced interest/playing numbers. I can understand clubs entering teams for championships as there was an interest there, but when it comes to it then, those players can potentially let you down which we are seeing now with the walkovers in lower grades of hurling and football.

[TownieTim253]

Very little discussion on the Club football front, albeit the top group has already been decided.
Who do we think will win the championship outright? Tullamore seem to be motoring well despite maybe not going through the gears yet. For me I feel Ferbane are the only team that might challenge them and even at that its hard to see it without Cathal Flynn. I have heard rumours that Cillian Bourke is back for Tullamore for the knockouts which will make them even stronger. Shamrocks and Rhode next best but neither are good enough to win it out.

[Lone Shark]

Edenderry to be fair have a small GAA population in the town. The demographics of the town also doesn't help as a lot of the population is not from a GAA background. They also have to compete with two soccer clubs - the rugby club doesn't have much of a crossover as far as I know.

Bracknagh and Clonbullogue are probably from the least hurling oriented end of the county, and football will always be number one there, but AFAIK they do provide hurlers to Gracefield at underage and adult level.

The point overall is that a lot of clubs across the county are feeling the effects of reduced interest/playing numbers. I can understand clubs entering teams for championships as there was an interest there, but when it comes to it then, those players can potentially let you down which we are seeing now with the walkovers in lower grades of hurling and football.

I'm not trying to pick a fight or anything, but this isn't the first time I've heard this line of thinking from people when it comes to Edenderry (I don't know if you're from the club or not, but the same principle applies) and it absolutely boils me.

The first time I remember really thinking that these lads don't have a clue how privileged they are was when Edenderry (including Ballyfore) lost an underage game, maybe a minor final, I'm not sure, to St. Manchan's. I don't remember the exact year but I know Peter Brady was manager, because he came out after full of anger about four clubs being allowed to join together.

He said this without a hint of irony or self-awareness, despite the fact that on any given year, there's probably about three or four times as many boys born in Edenderry and Ballyfore as there is in Doon/Pullough/Ballycumber/Tubber.

Now I have the world of time for the people involved in the Edenderry club.

They've done great work in terms of facilities down there, they were one of the first clubs to get in a full time GPO, they do what they can to try and push hurling in an area where it isn't a popular sport and where they're a long way removed from all the teams that they would have to play. I see they are pushing rounders at the moment, they have an Irish language night, and above all, the men and women I meet from the club are generally very passionate, committed GAA people. There is so much to like about what that club does and how they go about their business.

But I could not be more forceful on this - the 'GAA population' of the town, is the population of the town. It is the responsibility of the club to do what they can to pitch gaelic games to everyone in their catchment area and to make sure that every child in their community is given every possible chance to try out gaelic football/ladies football and hurling/camogie.

Now I stress here, that Edenderry GAA look to me on the outside like they're doing exactly that. I'm not for a second saying that they're falling short, and of course you're never going to get a group of 20 or 30 lads of non-Irish heritage the whole way through to playing adult football in your club without losing a few along the way.

But the fact remains that a large catchment area is a huge asset, and nobody, inside the club or outside it, should even think that it is instead some sort of ready-made excuse, because within that large catchment area are families who didn't grow up immersed in GAA culture.

I'm particularly animated about this because my son is one of FOUR boys born in the parish in the year he was born, albeit that's a particularly low number, 8-10 is the norm. We have nothing only monster clubs around us (and Galway) so we've no where to go for an amalgamation, we cannot leave ANYONE behind, and as a general rule, we don't. And speaking as a coach, I promise you, we too have our share of kids from families that have no knowledge or understanding of GAA culture. We have kids who have parents of various nationalities, kids that are from families where they've only ever known soccer and soccer culture, we have one or two kids that had to move out of the parish due to family issues, and where a parent of a different child or a coach is doing an hour-long round trip to pick them up and bring them home from training out of Athlone.

And yet tonight, Roscommon Gaels, picking from the county town, couldn't not put out a junior/second team in the championship, so they conceded a walkover to St. Brigid's third team. And they're another club who are often very quick to talk (nonsense) about how it's so much harder to get people to play gaelic games in a town. It's a dereliction of their duty, frankly. And if anyone within Edenderry GAA club buys into this notion that there is such a thing as a "GAA population", then they have a fundamental misunderstanding of what the GAA is.

[Lone Shark]

Edenderry to be fair have a small GAA population in the town. The demographics of the town also doesn't help as a lot of the population is not from a GAA background. They also have to compete with two soccer clubs - the rugby club doesn't have much of a crossover as far as I know.

As for this bit....

We're at least 20 years on from the last time that this was remotely applicable, anywhere. Every club has to "compete" with soccer and other sports, even if they don't have a soccer/rugby club in their village. Again, I'm living in a rural club where we have lads playing soccer, lads playing rugby, we're a dual parish, we have one U-12 who is a serious water polo player, and there is a very active and competitive badminton club in the area, so we have to work around big underage badminton tournaments.

There are towns with basketball clubs, athletics clubs, boxing clubs, and there are people travelling to these clubs from all around. So no club is any different to any other when it comes to competition from other sports, barring maybe Oileáin Árann in Galway, Valentia in Kerry or somewhere like that.

[greenairfield]

Dont agree with that most country clubs in south offaly play hurling.
For example how many of Clareen DSK Kinnitty Lusmagh Coolderry players adult and underage play soccer towards players in Birr alot less you will find!

[Old-school]

Tullamore looked very flat last night. The mistake count was very high. Im not been funny but is the hunger gone out of the blues. There county players looked very average in the game. They could easily loose or draw with rhode and end up in a 1/4 not that anything wrong with that but tullamore dual and county lads need a rest not an extra game in both codes looking at it. I acutely dont think they will win a 4 in a row

[SearingDrive]

Tullamore looked very flat last night. The mistake count was very high. Im not been funny but is the hunger gone out of the blues. There county players looked very average in the game. They could easily loose or draw with rhode and end up in a 1/4 not that anything wrong with that but tullamore dual and county lads need a rest not an extra game in both codes looking at it. I acutely dont think they will win a 4 in a row

Ferbane looked good last night, deserved their win, and it should have been more than 4 points. Tullamore were a bit flat, probably the amount of games in hurling and football told.
Cian Johnson was listed to play, but did not start. Shamrocks next for Ferbane.

[frankthetank]

Ferbane/Belmont members finding the Tullamore looked flat due to the amount of hurling and football games comment utterly ironic!!

[TownieTim253]

Took in the Tullamore Ferbane game last night. Ferbane in fairness were the hungrier side and played with a higher purpose and intensity. Tullamore were sluggish and didn’t look at the races and were maybe comfortable to do that given both teams are already qualified. I wouldn’t be questioning the hunger of this Tullamore based on this game. Ferbane have got the better of them twice now but the big one is going to be in a knockout game.