To be fair, two of the teams left in it are practically from Tallaght…
Southside for the fancy dans, Northside for the men.
As Clontarf is a small bit of southside on the northside, as is Tallaght a small bit of the northside on the southside.
Boden and Saggart are practically Tallaght. 
[quote=“myboyblue”]As Clontarf is a small bit of southside on the northside, as is Tallaght a small bit of the northside on the southside.
Boden and Saggart are practically Tallaght. [/quote]
Judes wouldn’t be a million miles away either.
Good point, I omitted Judes from my thinking.
The more things change, the more they stay the same then.
[quote=“caoimhaoin”]
Or has it always been this way. Comments please.[/quote]
There could be something in it alright. Drom/Broadford for all there dominance of the local scene in Limerick have only provided 2 regular starters to Limericks first team Jason Stokes (who only really came back this year) and Seanie Buckley. They have had plenty on U/21 and intermediate but you would think with them being Munster club champions and from a county with a relatively small pick they would have greater representation.
Ballylanders have contested a fair share of the county finals this decade and haven’t haven’t had a regular starter on the county team since Johnny Murphy retired 3 years ago.
[quote=“The Runt”]There could be something in it alright. Drom/Broadford for all there dominance of the local scene in Limerick have only provided 2 regular starters to Limericks first team Jason Stokes (who only really came back this year) and Seanie Buckley. They have had plenty on U/21 and intermediate but you would think with them being Munster club champions and from a county with a relatively small pick they would have greater representation.
Ballylanders have contested a fair share of the county finals this decade and haven’t haven’t had a regular starter on the county team since Johnny Murphy retired 3 years ago.[/quote]
Ya its kinda a big story in Cork now, as a couple of the star studded teams have been shite this year.
Is Shields the only Cork Senior playing in the Barrs/Clon match?
[quote=“myboyblue”]As Clontarf is a small bit of southside on the northside, as is Tallaght a small bit of the northside on the southside.
Boden and Saggart are practically Tallaght. :D[/quote]
in link walsh terms, two fields and strip of road seperate boden and judes…
Kev…who’ll win the cork football final?..
[quote=“scumpot”]in link walsh terms, two fields and strip of road seperate boden and judes…
Kev…who’ll win the cork football final?..[/quote]
Should be tight, if Robert O’Mahony is fit, then it should be the Barrs.
South Limerick combo Emmets beat Ahane tonight 3-17 to 1-15. Semi final draw Murroe v Adare, Emmets v Na Piarsaigh. Thanks to Shannonsider for update.
My sources in Drom/Broadford have expressed their desire to “tear Askeaton a new one” in their upcoming County Senior Football Semi-final match…
Askeaton by 6, go on ta fook 
Anything between a 15-20 point loss would be a respectable performance from the deelsiders.
Askeaton are merely a stepping stone on Drom’s path to the All-Ireland Club final on Paddy’s Day…
If anyone has the ahane team to hand could they post it up, please and thank you…looks like Adare will complete the three in a row, The Sparrow must be pulling some amount of shillings out of them
In the clare Senior Hurling “Championship” they dispensed with the coin toss this year, as it was felt the coin toss devalued last years “Championship” and so they made a draw instead this year. They didn’t like the way it came out first time and just put all the balls back in the bag and drew them out again. :rolleyes:
No way?!! Savage admin’ing there by the big man. Link?
I am pretty sure celebrity GAA Administrator Pat Fitz had no hand or part in those shennanigans. The non-celebrity Pat Fitz on the other hand…
The tension is palpable on here to lead up to these games. Hopefully you all have your tickets secured as they are selling like a fresh shipment of heroin in tallaght.
to get you in the mood here are the previews courtesy of Professor Honeydew on Hoganstand:
SFC semi-final, Dromcollogher-Broadford v Ballysteen, Newcastlewest, Saturday 2:00pm
After becoming the first Limerick club side to win the Munster football championship, few were betting against Drom claiming their fifth county senior title of the decade. And so far, they haven’t proven their supporters wrong. Their only blips in a very impressive campaign were defeat to Fr Caseys in their final group clash after they’d already qualified for the play-offs and a hard-fought draw against bogey side St Senans. However, it’s their immediate form which has inflicted the wobbles in their challengers. Drom’s quarter-final demolition of Newcastlewest was arguably the most clinical display of the team game that has ever been seen in Limerick football.
Ballysteen’s path to their first county semi-final since 1984 has been even more immaculate. Some may point out that Group Two was the easier of the qualifying routes but the Deelsiders never put a foot wrong in racking up five wins out of five. Fllowing on their successful intermediate campaign last year, this has built up an amazing streak of eleven successive championship victories. So if performance is anything to go by, they will be a real measure of how the defending champions have progressed during the last two seasons under Ned English’s coaching.
The one constant between the sides is their ability to play the game tight. Drom’s concentration was seen at its best last winter as they frustrated the attempts of Nemo Rangers and Kilmurry-Ibrickane to score. Back with their own this season, their game has been more expansive but they still don’t give away easy scores. With countymen Pa Ranahan and Shane Gallagher in the spine of their defence, Ballysteen have been equally frugal at the back.
As a result, the game is likely to come down to possession and finishing. Drom not only have a serious ball-winner in Jason Stokes but their ability to come in waves, to build from the back and to move the ball quickly across the width of the field makes the openings for Michel Reidy, Derry McCarthy, Ray Lynch and Seanie Buckley to finish.
Ballysteen’s game is more conventional, relying on a solid midfield of Ray Hayes and Pdraig Vaughan and outstanding forward of the championship Maurice Carrig as the focal point of their attack. If Route One doesn’t work, they can bring side-gunners Maurice Somers and Anthony Ryan into play or use the running and distribution of Shane Gallagher.
An evenly-matched game on paper may end up being decided on temperament. Drom have been there and done it. Ballysteen are still feeling their way at the top level.
Prediction: Dromcollogher-Broadford
SFC semi-final, Father Caseys v Pallasgreen, Kilmallock, Saturday 4:30pm
Champions in 2006, Caseys have been one of the foursome who have dominated the last decade of Limerick football. More to the point, they’ve also been the outstanding club at minor and under-21 in recent years. This should be the year when a ripe crop of apples announces the emergence of a new force to replace Drom-Broadford’s reign at the top.
The Abbeyfeale side topped the qualifying group that contained every county champion since 1998 but there are questions over that record. Their first outing resulted in victory over a much-depleted St Senans side, their last in a win over Drom who had already made it to the play-offs. In between, they had to endure moments of anxiety following an emphatic loss to old rivals Ballylanders along the way and they just managed to hold out against a Monaleen side that never got going during the summer.
Pallas’s path to the play-off was decided in the end on score difference and they looked more adequate than impressive as they lost to Ballysteen and Adare and could only manage a draw against St Kierans who were beaten by everyone else. However, any notions that the only side west of the Maigue to qualify were just makeweights who scraped out of an inferior group were dispelled by last Sunday’s power-packed quarter-final win over fancied St Senans. And having claimed the scalp of one West side of irrefutable talent but suspect mentality, they’ll wired up to add another on their way to their first county final since 1958.
On paper, Caseys have the industry of Pdraig Browne, the composure of Eoin Joy, the abrasion of Tom Cahill and the finishing of Pdraig McEnery and Robert Browne to succeed. But to beat Pallas, particularly this late in the season when they’ve built up a head of steam, calls for a steadiness for which Caseys are not renowned. If the Fealesiders are to win, they’ll need to open a sizeable early lead, keep a muzzle on the breakaway scores of Samus Mulcahy and break through the physical barriers of John Ryan and John O’Connell. They have the firepower to do so but it remains to be seen whether they can keep the focus right for a full hour.
Prediction: Pallasgreen