I know d principal isnât too gone on GAA in Scoop Ide. Rugby is numero uno Iâm afraid. They compete in schools competitions but arenât great. But shur why would you bother when most of them are hurling with Parteen or Clonlara. This is my point.
In fairness thats upper Corbally and into Westbury/Shannon banks etc⌠You still Have from Irish estates right the way down the mill road and into Richmond and the St.Maryâs and even Thomond.
I heard tonight that Ronan Lynch is to have trials with Derby County after the AI Final. Does he play for Caherdavin Celtic?
Anybody else hear of this?
[QUOTE=âGary Birtles Lovechild, post: 1004410, member: 2585â]I heard tonight that Ronan Lynch is to have trials with Derby County after the AI Final. Does he play for Caherdavin Celtic?
Anybody else hear of this?[/QUOTE]
Are you sure itâs Ronan and not Cian?
It has been suggested to me by @dodgy-keeper that it could be Cian, who is the soccer talent amongst the current minors. Someone might have mixed up the two.
[QUOTE=âGary Birtles Lovechild, post: 1004410, member: 2585â]I heard tonight that Ronan Lynch is to have trials with Derby County after the AI Final. Does he play for Caherdavin Celtic?
Anybody else hear of this?[/QUOTE]
Trials at what 17? anything over 14-15 too old these days.
Iâve heard of 17 year olds getting trials before. My friends sin had trials with Limerick FC and heâs 16.
Ah jesus man lightyears of a difference between a trial with Derby and Limerick FC!
17 is very old to be going for trials. Roy Keane went for trials at 18 and was accepted with Nottingham Forest but that is considered to be freakish. 13-15 is the norm. Limerick City FC wouldnât be the best comparison, theyâre getting stronger now but for a long while there were a handful of junior teams in the city that were better than them.
Weâre going to lose some of that minor team, we have to accept that. Just look at Galway and Dublin.
16 is the minimum age for taking up a contract and going over. There are at least 3, possibly 4, 96-born boys from Limerick leagues who are with clubs in England/Scotland.
Ballysteen a decent price at 4/5 to beat Adare.
Played good stuff for the first half against Caseys, would be very disappointing if couldnât beat Adare.
[QUOTE=âTreatyStones, post: 1004593, member: 1786â]Ballysteen a decent price at 4/5 to beat Adare.
Played good stuff for the first half against Caseys, would be very disappointing if couldnât beat Adare.[/QUOTE]
Adare are in a dogfight with The Well for the last hurling quarter-final place.
Ballysteen will win this.
Monaleen v Pats should be a cracker.
Would be no great shock if Pats were to win.
[QUOTE=âElvis Brandenberg Kremmen, post: 1004596, member: 1624â]Adare are in a dogfight with The Well for the last hurling quarter-final place.
Ballysteen will win this.[/QUOTE]
Which one of you cunts went big? Now gone 4/7 with PP
[QUOTE=âTournafulla Man, post: 1004274, member: 443â]Can you name them please? I only see Na Piarsaigh and Monaleen with that potential and catchment area right now. The other city clubs are struggling. Who would we name as other true city clubs i.e in the city environs so exclude Mungret, the Well and the likes.
I suppose in addition to the big two above you have:
Claughaun
St. Patâs
Old Christians
St. Patâs of the above are the only ones going well and thatâs in football. Claughaun are struggling and Old Christians as good as dead. Who are the five âsuper clubsâ that we will have in the city?[/QUOTE]
Monaleen have the biggest suburb in Munster to get players from and should be doing a lot better in both codes. Mungret also should be doing far better considering the size of their catchment area, In fairness though the crescent comp is not doing them any favours with their anti gaa bias in favour of rugby football.
Other then that you have Old Christians who in fairness are doing a lot of work at underage level and have made progression in the last few years - getting young lads on county teams at underage levels in hurling, but they are a long way off getting out of Junior hurling.
St Pats as said above are very strong in the football but in order to push on in hurling they have to take it more seriously at underage level. Claughuan are struggling on all fronts and itâs only going to get worse for them I fear as Junior soccer in that area is so strong, also an ageing population to consider.
Thereâs no club now whatsoever in the Corbally area since Abbey Sarsfields disbanded. They are geographically close to Pats but I couldnât see many young lads joining them as rugby and soccer are so strong traditionally in that area.
Excuse the long post but in short Monaleen and Mungret should look to na piarsiagh as a template as they have similar resources at theyâre disposal and should try to copy them in order to be successful.
[QUOTE=âTournafulla Man, post: 1004274, member: 443â]Can you name them please? I only see Na Piarsaigh and Monaleen with that potential and catchment area right now. The other city clubs are struggling. Who would we name as other true city clubs i.e in the city environs so exclude Mungret, the Well and the likes.
I suppose in addition to the big two above you have:
Claughaun
St. Patâs
Old Christians
St. Patâs of the above are the only ones going well and thatâs in football. Claughaun are struggling and Old Christians as good as dead. Who are the five âsuper clubsâ that we will have in the city?[/QUOTE]
I would include Mungret St. Pauls, they have the whole of Raheen (10,000 people) to pick from. If you want to be technical about it then Monaleen and Na Piarsaigh are not actually in Limerick city (the boundary extensions leave havenât kept pace with the urban expansion).
[QUOTE=âThe Most Infamous, post: 1004735, member: 1783â]Monaleen have the biggest suburb in Munster to get players from and should be doing a lot better in both codes. Mungret also should be doing far better considering the size of their catchment area, In fairness though the crescent comp is not doing them any favours with their anti gaa bias in favour of rugby football.
Other then that you have Old Christians who in fairness are doing a lot of work at underage level and have made progression in the last few years - getting young lads on county teams at underage levels in hurling, but they are a long way off getting out of Junior hurling.
St Pats as said above are very strong in the football but in order to push on in hurling they have to take it more seriously at underage level. Claughuan are struggling on all fronts and itâs only going to get worse for them I fear as Junior soccer in that area is so strong, also an ageing population to consider.
Thereâs no club now whatsoever in the Corbally area since Abbey Sarsfields disbanded. They are geographically close to Pats but I couldnât see many young lads joining them as rugby and soccer are so strong traditionally in that area.
Excuse the long post but in short Monaleen and Mungret should look to na piarsiagh as a template as they have similar resources at theyâre disposal and should try to copy them in order to be successful.[/QUOTE]
Parteen is even closer. Seriously, itâs just right down the road from Corbally. Try tell a Corbally mother not to send the kids to Parteen just because itâs technically in Clare.
Best solution would be to annex Westbury/Shannon Banks/Meelick/Parteen. I consider that territory to be our Sudetenland. Maybe throw in Cratloe as well but Iâd stop short of the âBridge. Weâve enough savages in Limerick already.
[QUOTE=âThe Most Infamous, post: 1004735, member: 1783â]Monaleen have the biggest suburb in Munster to get players from and should be doing a lot better in both codes. Mungret also should be doing far better considering the size of their catchment area, In fairness though the crescent comp is not doing them any favours with their anti gaa bias in favour of rugby football.
Other then that you have Old Christians who in fairness are doing a lot of work at underage level and have made progression in the last few years - getting young lads on county teams at underage levels in hurling, but they are a long way off getting out of Junior hurling.
St Pats as said above are very strong in the football but in order to push on in hurling they have to take it more seriously at underage level. Claughuan are struggling on all fronts and itâs only going to get worse for them I fear as Junior soccer in that area is so strong, also an ageing population to consider.
Thereâs no club now whatsoever in the Corbally area since Abbey Sarsfields disbanded. They are geographically close to Pats but I couldnât see many young lads joining them as rugby and soccer are so strong traditionally in that area.
Excuse the long post but in short Monaleen and Mungret should look to na piarsiagh as a template as they have similar resources at theyâre disposal and should try to copy them in order to be successful.[/QUOTE]
Everything that you say is true. If the GAA can get a foothold in Crescent Comp, then Mungret St Pauls have a good chance of following Na Piarsaigh as a great hurling club. The areas that Mungret and Monaleen cater for are huge and they have similar demographics to Na Piarsaighs catchment area. Castletroy College is a competitive Harty Cup College team now and this is a good boost for Monaleen hurling. Due to aging populations and strong competition from rugby and particularly soccer, clubs like St Pats, Claughaun and Old Christians probably wont ever be senior again. They have the potential to be competitive intermediate clubs though. If there was 3 Senior hurling clubs and 3 Junior A or Intermediate hurling clubs in the Limerick City environs in 5 years this would be a great boost for Limerick City hurling. The Old St Patricks Parish went out as far as The Mill Road in Corbally. St Pats always claimed players from Corbally and Park so now that Abbey Sarsfields have failed, young Limerick hurlers from the St Marys/St Nicholas areas should be encouraged to play for the Saints instead of a Clare club.
[QUOTE=âNick Rivers, post: 1004522, member: 2763â]17 is very old to be going for trials. Roy Keane went for trials at 18 and was accepted with Nottingham Forest but that is considered to be freakish. 13-15 is the norm. Limerick City FC wouldnât be the best comparison, theyâre getting stronger now but for a long while there were a handful of junior teams in the city that were better than them.
Weâre going to lose some of that minor team, we have to accept that. Just look at Galway and Dublin.[/QUOTE]
Shane Long played minor with Tipp and headed off after??