sure dont rule out such a thing happening
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the 2 teams outside North Kerry this year gives it a bit more geography Ashman plus you have a Dingle footballer with a few all ireland minor medals playing hurling with Kilmoyley so it might attract a bit of interest back west kerry way
o tooles and craobh used to also clobber each other!
Arles Killeen won the battle of the village last weekend. In truth both are fucked and its just the two Kingstons keeping Killeen up a bit higher than Kilcruise, whose age profile would place them in the “vulnerable” covid category.
That leaves Kilcruise. Stradbally, Rosenallis and Courtwood in the relegation play offs. Hard to Kilcruise pull off the miracle this time out.
Ballyfin, Portarlington, Graiguecullen and Emo are already through to the quarter-finals, having beaten Ballyroan Abbey, Portlaoise, The Heath and O’Dempseys respectively.
Ballyfin are seriously impressing once again and with Sean Moore up top, will always be dangerous. Graigue are trucking along, nothing special, solid semi finalist, but lacking the marquee forward. Emo are this years surprise packet, they injected a massive amount of youth and pace into the side and are getting scores from every line. Plus they’re a hardy shower of bastards and wont back down easily. They could rattle a big gun. They’re the side a Port could fall to actually.
And then there’s Port, who have been the ones favoured to take down Portlaoise for a few years now. They have a savage amount of young talent, and a few older heads to weld it to. They should have beaten Portlaoise last year and did it with relative ease this time out. And that was them without 3 of their better players. They really do look a serious outfit. If they keep their shit together, which is all too often not the case with the Offaly border side.
The third round draw to make up the remainder of the quarters is
Ballyroan-Abbey v Ballylinan
O’Dempsey’s v Killeshin
The Heath v Arles-Killeen
Portlaoise v St Joseph’s
I’d take Gary Walsh’s Ballylinan to take an injury ravaged Ballyroan. O’Dempseys should have too much for Killeshin who are suffering second season syndrome. The Heath probably have done all they’re going to do for 2020 having avoided a relegation final for the first time in years, the Kingstons will pull Killeen through.
And then there’s Portlaoise. Beaten for only the 3rd time in around 15 years at the weekend. As mentioned else where, no Bruno, no Healy, no party. The older lads are shuffling away, the younger lads haven’t done it at underage level and the fear factor is drifting away. Everyone wants a crack off them. And while Joes first round defeat to The Heath was concerning, I think their blue chip management team of Joe Higgins, Mick Dempsey and Tom Kelly will love this one. There may be a kick in Portlaoise, but the empire is crumbling and it may not return for some time. If Michael Keogh can make it onto the field for Joes, they’ll take them.
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County players being treated as mortals, well fuck this for a society we now live in.
Arles would have had some team if the two combined at their peak. Probably enough forward talent to win a Leinster club in their pomp? I’d say it must be a heated battle when they meet!
I suppose if they were together they mightn’t have bothered half as much. Bitterness is a great sauce
Gas bastards in Laois, they only split the small clubs
You’ve got it in a nutshell
Although Arles only split themselves. Its a great story, with the best parts still to be told. It would make a great doc, if anyone would talk and tell the truth of it all. Maybe when they’re dead and gone perhaps.
Wance brudders
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Still they’d have had some team on paper around the late 00’s. Fascinating that Kilcruise came all the way up from Junior C to win Senior. Must have dished out some hammering’s in Junior B and C.
Were they just Arles before the split?
They split out of St Michaels. Killeen held onto the Michaels name originally. Kilcruise became Arles and started at Junior C. They grew as they went along, but they didnt really railroad anyone. Then Michael became Arles Killeen and Arles became Arles Kilcruise.
They grew into the grade they played at. They passed Killeen and beat them in an Intermediate Final, but they had some ding dong battles in the Senior over the years, with Kilcruise generally coming out on top each time.
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I actually saw both of the teams in the Kerry Senior final play teams in the Limerick Premier Intermediate final this year.
Both Causeway & Kilmoyley were very impressive. Our match against Causeway was very high quality considering it was a shitty enough evening. They had a full-forward throwing scores over from ridiculous angles. Kilmoyley dismantled Mungret on the night. Support runners coming from everywhere.
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They’d be a match for anyone in Limerick bar the top 4 IMO
The most blatant red you will ever see and somehow had the neck to try appeal it. Wish there was a risk of getting ban increased when lads bring pathetic appeals like this one
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The real issue here is that they went for an appeal for a make up team .
He was caught - bang to rights .
GAA forwards should drop the machismo and roll around like a sack of spuds whenever the clogger initiates some grappling with a star man. The ref will always hand out two yellows which ultimately benefits the clogger
What big names were there between both?
Kingstons x 2?
Munnelly?
Conway?
Who else played for either?
Beano
Ross Munnelly
Chris Conway
Donie Brennan
Donie Kingston
Paul Kingston
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Who played for who?
Was there a story of someone from one club getting married in the church and whoever owned the field around the church being from the opposite club and spreading slurry on the wedding day?