It probably was. Sure the most famous all blacks capt of them all was from Donegal
Is Omagh not Catholic Ulster? Iām not winding you up either Iām genuinely interested.
There was an intern at work here last year, from the Ballybofey area, and he was playing rugby with the Omagh U20s. Not a proddy bones in his body either, just preferred playing rugy.
No it was me. I have friends wirking in Rugby development. I also went to a presentation a few weeks ago in Queens with a number of speakers from various backgrounds and one of the subjects was around this, sharing players, municipal grounds and all that jazz. Ulster making serious inroads. And what i took as well was they wanted to work with Ulster GAA and the counties themselves but barriers were put up. Somewhat understandable i think really, but never the less that needs to change.
If Ireland developed a municipal model of sport we would be a top 10-15 soccer nation, stay as competitive and maybe better at rugby and have an even better GAA.
We have unique advantages in sport we are not exploiting due to historical nonsense. The rugby have clearly identified these advantages. They will tell you themselces, we will only ever get 1-2 elite āGAAā players every few years. They want kids and young teens to play multiple sports because they realise its a massive help.
Soccer is as dumb as shit and the oenny has not dropped foÅ the Gah yet. It will though
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Omagh has a sizable Protestant minority.
Thereās at least five teams in Donegal alone, Letterkenny, Ballybofey, Donegal, Ballyshannon and Cardonagh as well.
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Carndonagh is full of prods.
Maybe so, the same would not be said of the other four teams however.
Iād say thereās a good few travelling to play with Derry from Inisowen as well.
There are a lot more Catholics going to schools like Methody and Rainey. Craig Gilroy is a Catholic I think.
Sports like rugby can only win when soccer is so divided there on sectarian grounds and the GAA still has clubs naming grounds after Provos.
Thereās a reasonable Protestant population in Letterkenny too. Thereās also a cricket club in Omagh in relation to your previous comment.
Itās winning middle Ulster alright ā Naming GAA clubs after provos shouldnāt be allowed - When Iām taoiseach iāll put an end to that practice - Iāll be encouraging Protestants to embrace their own Celtic past and play the games and enjoy the language their ancestors did.
The Ulster Branch fly the flag of the whole province of Ulster . They donāt fly the flag of the orange statelet .
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Ulster Rugby is a fine institution with a hell of alot of good people
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Indeed I donāt think the participants are mainly from the religious belief though.
Iām aware of mainly of the underage side that play both GAA and Rugby in the same complex at Letterkenny Gaels.
You know kids from Letterkenny? Do you hang about schools there?
I have a a step son in Secondary School here.
Iām constantly taxiing him around to these things.
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I said the Branch not the occasional Billy boy .
He said they didnāt fly the flag of the Orange statelet. They do.
That photo proves that people from both backgrounds support Ulster rugby and can watch games side by side.
This doesnāt happen with the GGA in Ulster. Protestant players are abused and heckled because of their religion up there.
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