Not true. Might be true in ASR case but it’s not true everywhere
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Yes, and Cork’s young city hurlers go to many many different schools because they and their parents have a far greater choice than elsewhere, which weakens our school’s performances.
Apparently (a) the clubs are being canvassed via e-mail as to who they want to nominate for the Cork senior football job and (b) the new Cork Minor manager was allowed to choose his own selectors. Small improvements but good to see, if true.
Cork Minor group:
Brian Herlihy (Dohenys) - Manager; Paudie Kissane (Clyda Rovers); Michael Comyns (St. Finbarrs); Noel O’Leary (Cill na Martra); Donal McCarthy (Valley Rovers) - Selectors.
I suppose you’ve done a comparison of the number of schools in a geographic area per head of population for limerick and cork. I’ll have to get onto Michael Noonan to give out about how impoverished limerick is, apparently cork has far more schools. Would you ever fuck off and stop talking scutter.
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Delighted. Maybe Tracey is starting to have her way.
Kissane is key there.
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…what in the sweet fuck are you on about now?
No wonder most of this forum treats you like an idiot, you’ve no idea what you are even arguing with me about.
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Cork schools have an equal “pick” of students/players to limerick ones, everything else you’re shiteing on about is bollox.
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Hon Tracey girl 
Have no idea what this is supposed to mean. Are you telling me all schools have an equal pick throughout the county?
Newtown beat Rockies pretty handy, 7 up going into ET.
The ones with equal numbers of students in them do. They’ll attract more hurlers if they promote hurling. You know nothing about ASR and are talking shite.
Imokilly 2-28 Ballyhea 3-11: A strong showing from Imokilly at Kilworth last evening in the Cork SHC, classy in all sectors, they defeated last year’s Premier intermediate champions Ballyhea by 14 points to book their quarter-final place against titleholders Sarsfields in Cobh on Saturday week.
It was a performance that was pleasing to manager Fergal Condon.
“Imokilly haven’t been in the latter changes of the championship for a while and this young team were just fantastic. We were happy with the four point lead at half-time but Ballyhea came at us. Our response was positive. Sars are up next. They are a serious team and they are well coached by Pat Ryan. We are delighted to get a crack off of them. To be at this stage of the championship is a bonus.”
This was a dogged display from Ballyhea, but they were too reliant on Pa O’Callaghan, the centre-forward scoring 2-9.
It was a statement of intent from Imokilly. Seamus Harnedy led the attack and was outstanding at full-forward — his point-taking superb.
Alongside him Cork minors Billy Dunne and John Looney showed well — as they hit 14 points between them.
The half-forward line of Paudie O’Sullivan, Willie Leahy and Dillon Cahill worked exceptionally hard — with O’Sullivan set up by Harnedy for the goal that effectively killed off the game. Prior to that, Ballyhea held their own.
They opened with purpose. O’Callaghan had the sliotar in the net after six minutes. But, the divisional side, playing with a strong wind, answered with quick points and by the 12th minute were level, 1-2 to 0-5. Finding their rhythm, they shot the next six points unanswered. Michael Morrissey averted a goal strike from Harnedy as Ballyhea got back into the game and by half-time they trailed 1-7 to 0-14.
They resumed with determination. O’Callaghan knocked over a free and one from play and when sub Kieran Morrissey ended a fantastic move to the net — initiated by a majestic sideline cut from Luke Hanley — Ballyhea led 2-9 to 0-14. But, the supply line got going once more and Imokilly eased into top gear. They registered the next 1-9 to Ballyhea’s solitary point.
The goal came from O’Sullivan on 42 minutes. Imokilly were 1-23 to 2-10 to the good. O’Callaghan grabbed his second major making it a seven-point match. No fears though, Imokilly opened up again finishing out with a flurry of points. With the game in stoppage time, Harnedy was fouled and awarded a penalty.
Goalkeeper Declan Dalton, another county minor, came up field to take the shot. He made no mistake, adding to his four pointed frees.
Scorers for Imokilly:
D Dalton (1-0 pen, four frees) and P O’Sullivan (two frees) (1-4 each), S Harnedy (0-7), B Dunne (0-5), W Leahy (0-3), D Cahill and J Looney (0-2 each), T Geaney (0-1).
Scorers for Ballyhea:
P O’Callaghan (2-9, four frees), K Morrissey (1-0), G Morrissey and B Coleman (0-1 each).
IMOKILLY:
D Dalton (Fr O’Neill’s); T Carroll (Castlelyons), C Barry (Castlelyons), B Ó Tuama (Castlemartyr); T Geaney (Carrignavar), C O’Brien (St Ita’s), M O’Keeffe (Fr O’Neill’s); B Lawton (Castlemartyr), A O’Sullivan (Castelyons); P O’Sullivan (Cloyne), W Leahy (Aghada), D Cahill (Cloyne); J Looney (Aghada), S Harnedy (St Ita’s), B Dunne (Fr O’Neill’s).
Subs:
K Histon (Cobh) for T Carroll (half-time), A Stafford (Aghada) for A O’Sullivan (39).
BALLYHEA:
M Browne; O O’Sullivan, M Morrissey, L Hanley; T Shanahan, B Coleman, T O’Sullivan; M O’Sullivan, D Copps; J McCarthy, P O’Callaghan, E O’Leary; J Morrissey, G Morrissey, N Ronan.
Subs:
K Morrissey for D Copps, J Hennessy for T O’Sullivan (both half-time), E Rea for J McCarthy (41), E Morrissey for E O’Leary (55), S Dennehy for T Shanahan (59 inj).
And you know sweet fuck all about Cork schools hurling and have just gone about completely ignoring points I already made.
Look compare how many clubs are represented on the ASR squad and then look at the A.G. squad, or the Rochestown squads. Thats my point in a nutshell.
Have you not given this up yet?
Your point about clubs is fucking stupid. If they promoted hurling they might attract more hurlers. Meanwhile they have the same number of students so have the same pick to take from as any other school. You seem to think ASR is some sort of hurling stronghold when the reality is they’ve only taken an interest in hurling in recent years. How you can’t see how your talk of pick is idiotic is beyond me.
In what way do A.G. and Roco not promote hurling? They have teams at every level and both are in the Harty ffs. How do you know they don’t promote hurling the same amount Ard Scoil do?
Look if you think A.G. being represented by 3 clubs and Ard Scoil being represented by 8-9 has nothing to do with the talent at both school’s disposal and their ability to put out competitive teams consistently at Harty level then that’s fine, but it’s a hopelessly naive viewpoint imo.
If na pairsaigh aren’t competitive for a couple of years underage then A.G. are screwed. Can the same be said for any of the clubs with Ard Scoil? No chance.
You seem to think ASR have their choice of players from a range of clubs, they don’t. The players from a range of clubs a good distance away could go to any of a number of schools. Same as Cork. Same number of students in the school means same “pick”. You seem to completely miss that students pick their school not the other way around. You’ll also find Na P backbones ASR teams.
I was reading on the INTERNET that the county board wouldn’t let the primary schools finals be played in Pairc Ui Rinn.
What an operation.
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Lads arguing for days about which secondary schools have a greater pick of GAA players.
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I thought that a bit odd alright but sure what about it.
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