I had one of their players come off the pitch and hide behind me when his team had kick outs! He was trying to hide from his marker and pop out from behind for the keeper to kick it out to!
Played in good spirits and mostly well mannered but a clear bauldness in their ranks!
any lads in the heart of Cabra, in the village , surrounding estates defo play with Naomh Fionnbarra, be a huge loyalty to the club in the heart of Cabra
some of the Navan Road might be technically Cabra, once you get to there, plunketts territory alright
They don’t let country lads in that’s why. . Think I mentioned before but we played schools matches in the bogeys. Lad behind the goal at one game with an air gun showing it to the opposition keeper
in fairness to them, they have a vibrant club in a territory that soccer would have otherwise swamped. I have great time for them actually
i remember the uprights in the bogies been the shortest I ever saw in a GAA goals, made umpiring challenging in calling a point\wide etc! added to the craic !!
The Barrs are an admirable club in fairness. Their bar has always been a serious money spinner. An old stalwart of their’s was reminiscing with me about the time they reached 2 x county semi finals. In the mid 80s i think. In his words.
'There were 23 of us on the panel and 19 of us were unemployed. For the duration of the championship the club would pay all the unemployed lads 50 pound a week on top of our dole. We would train every day. Sometimes twice a day. ‘We were like professional huddlers’.
And what happened in the years after the two semi finals? I asked.
'Ah fellas started acting the bollox. Getting jobs and stuff like that!
They did mate. A scion of the GAA royalty a few doors up from ye scored the winner. Whatsapp was full of pictures last night of middle age men in mearnogs tops in the pubs of malahide.
Formidable strategic strength-in-depth ready to go again here in Parnell as we commence defence of Walsh Cup. Possibly the most benevolent competition in the GAA.