It was a right oul belt too. Missed it by a fair bit with the hand and took it right in the faceguard at full tilt 
I was sure I was going to catch it.
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He loves to see the Drom crowd arrive on a Saturday night. Weāre tremendous fun.
Iām sure he does.
A veteran of the Twitter Covid Vaccine Wars, the equivalent of two tours in 'Nam.
Thatās a misnomer. Iām going demonstrate by means of that crude map below. The clubs in the most western part of the division are football ones (yellow), as are most of the ones along the Estuary. The southern half of the division and the near side of West Limerick deal almost exclusively in hurling (peach). Drom-Broadford on the Cork border are an anomaly - a traditionally hurling club that found out they were quite good at football in the late 90s.
Itās roughly an even split - 23 clubs - 11 that are primarily hurling, 12 that are primarily football. Some clubs like Adare and NCW could be considered true dual clubs these days.
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Neither NCW or adare have much crossover though do they? More like clubs with hurling and football. Same with na piarsaigh
Fogarty + 1 for me. He looked like he was approaching something like his previous doings at midfield in the LF.
Experienced but mightnāt have the legs for a hard 70 plus like used to.
Mullen is well capable of being the accompanying dagger to his bludgeon in the sector.
Yes thatās true. In fact theres a vocal minority of football people in Adare who have no time for their hurling counterparts. There isnāt much crossover.
Nothing wrong with it. In my mind a dual club has broadly the same team for both codes and maybe wins one of each before being burnt out
Not at all, Tis to be admired.
Excellent post, Walter to a tee
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Ah Iād say that NCW would have a fair bit of crossover. Particularly considering the size of the town, youād be surprised how many big players would play both codes- Diarmuid Kelly, Bryan Nix, Brian Hurley, Seamus Hurley, Eoin Hurley, Mike Mac, Lee Woulfeā¦ thatās half your team straight away.
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Ah Drom/Broadford is a Hurling Club with a Football problem!
Who have you in the 11 Hurling clubs? Starting furthest West off top of my head and forgive my geography now
Templeglantine
Tournafulla
Monagea
Killeedy
Knockaderry
Feohanagh/Castlemahon
Feenagh/Kilmeedy
Granagh/Ballingarry
Croagh/Kilfinny
Adare
Askeaton
Youād have to add Newcastle West who are now Premier Intermediate, the 2nd highest grade? That makes 12
Drom/Broadford won the County Junior Hurling Championship in 2015 I think? County Semi Finalists again in 2020.
Thatās 13 clubs who take their Hurling seriously is the way Iād put it. Traditionally (since the late 90s anyway) Football would have been given more importance and resources in both NCW and Drom but I think thatās changing in NCW at least.
Then you have Rathkeale who were recently Senior Football but contested Co Junior Hurling Final in recent years
St. Kierans are certainly primarily a Football club but were last yearās beaten Junior finalists too
Sole Football Clubs, starting furthest West would be??
Athea
Fr. Caseys
Mountcollins
Glin
Gerald Griffins
St. Senans
Cappagh
Ballysteen
Ballysteen same parish as Askeaton so hurl with them and Mountcollins same parish as Tournafulla so they play with them?
A lot of Abbeyfeale lads hurl with Templeglantine or Tournafulla Iām told.
And Athea have started underage Hurling, I spotted theyāre fielding at u13 anyway
Same with Cappagh and C/K. Also, Football will always be #1 in NCW from what Iāve gathered. Their young lads are coming up through the ranks and when they play adult in both they tend to lean towards football because the fuckers really have their house in order regards coaching and organisation etc. Although the football manager from last year is manager in both codes this year now Iāve heard. Billy Leeās brother.
Any particular reason why the semi finals arenāt capturing the publicās imagination ?
Only 40,000 expected at Clare vs Kilkenny and even more disappointingly considering the population of both counties, only 50,000 expected at Galway vs Limerick.
The cost of living a factor here i presume.
Cos Limerick have the thing won already?
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45k from Limerick, we can only do so much.
The kerry coming out in the Limerick lads
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Biggest battle of the weekend. The internet will be hopping.
Which set of fans will have the biggest meltdown about a referee this weekend?
- Limerick
- Galway
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@thelimericks despite winning by 11 points