2016 All Ireland Hurling Semi Final - Galway v Tipperary - Game, Set & Match to Tipp

You’re an animal! I’ll do it.

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Tipp will get a good game from Galway but will ultimately prevail by 3 or 4 points. Tipp will then go on and beat Kilkenny comfortably enough

Does @ironmoth mind you posting pictures of his kids?

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If tipp get over Galway they’ll win It out.

A young brimmer bradley

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That’s what I said

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@Mullach_Ide Best of luck in the upcoming double old friend

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Will you ever let go of the fact that I fucked your sister, pal?

As for the kid, his ears were made in Galway, but those eyes (and the lack of space between them) are all Tipp.

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I’m really looking forward to this one. Galway v Tipperary is the truest hurling rivalry of the modern era. Since 1987, its 6 wins apiece - Galway in 1987, 88, 93, 2000, 05 & 15, Tipperary in 1989, 91, 2001, 03, 10 & 14. There’s rarely very much in it and Galway despite all their faults and inconsistency invariably turn up for this particular fixture.

You can put a huge asterisk after 89.

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John Denton.

Tony Keady.

Sylvie.

And 01

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:joy::joy: Joe Connolly was sat behind me in the Hogan at that one, his face was the colour of a Galway jersey after it.

Yep, was shocking that Paul Delaney had to miss an All Ireland final over that oaf Keady.

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Refs winning all irelands for traditional counties can have that effect alright. Hope you don’t suffer a similar fate in the football pal

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We’re playing Galway mate, it’s Clare that are playing Kerry

  1. Tipp won’t be worrying any refs in the AI Football Final

  2. Galway not a traditional hurling county? Well blow me down!

1 We’ll make sure of it

2 We broke through in the 80’s, so clearly not

3 You’ll need serious help from the ref a la 01 to stand a chance in the semi

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How would Galway be classified as a “traditional” hurling county? We won one All Ireland up to 1980, and that was in a year when, as a dearly departed Clare poster once claimed, the rest of the country was fighting a war of Independence (in 1923 :joy: ). 1980 was against Limerick ffs, and the two All Irelands in the late 80s were against an aging Cat team and Tipp who had just emerged from a 20 year famine.

Galway is a traditional football county, hurling is only played in a few remote parts bordering traditional hurling counties like Tipperary and Clare :joy:.