As the Mayo lads would say “The Durrees, the Kurrees and the Tyreowns of this world”
I think it is to be fair. I think there’s a level of general cynicism and despair surrounding loser inter-county teams which wasn’t there in the past. I think there’s a sort of masochistic cheerleading your own destruction aspect that’s quite big now among people from these counties.
It’s reminiscent of Trump voters in rural Pennsylvania who demand whatever tenous access to healthcare they previously had be taken away entirely (cc: of @Juhniallio). They want to die.
Clare Tipp Limerick Waterford and Cork always felt they had a shot against Kerry Shur.