To win back to back and three in four years… That’s a dynasty.
To be a Hall of Famer you have at a basic minimum, have played in some of the greatest games of all time.
All the Dublin lads did that, the Mayo lads did that, some Kerry lads did.
In hurling the Tipp, Kilkenny and some Galway lads did that.
Whether ye like it or not, the Limerick lads haven’t yet.
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People forget games over time, you don’t forget dynasties.
Is Philly a household name for being a great player? I wouldn’t have thought so. He’s way down the list of best players on recent Dublin teams.
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You wouldn’t rate the 2018 semi v cork no? Or last years Munster final. ?
That’s a fair point about all time great games. It was a typical sneaky dirty Tipperary trick to decide to become shit when we were good.
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Yeah, beating teams in consecutive All-Ireland finals by 11 and 16 points respectively will always go against them in the Hall of Famer debate.
Would be better off to have lost at least one of them.
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No sure I’m saying Davy Fitz is the most famous. Hardly judging it on playing ability alone
Kyle Hayes with three All Ireland medals at 23 years of age.
Its incredible stuff. The young man was motm in the 2018 breakthrough All Ireland for Limerick as well at 19 years of age.
That is something else. Not to mention his goals in the 2019 and 2021 Munster finals.
A legend he is already.
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It’s about having personality on and off the pitch.
The Dublin Boys had it in spades. Bar Cian Lynch and The Dow, the Limerick lads don’t cut it.
Are Tipp running out of Mahers?
Covid definitely has taken away from Limerick a bit there’s no doubt about it. They’ll probably put that right in front of full houses in next few years though. They badly need a close rival though. A dubs to Kerry in 70s, tipp or cork to Cody’s Kilkenny, mayo to the modern dubs.
The league isn’t starting a mi ute too late judging by some of the posts. Lads need to get out for a bit of fresh air and clear the lungs
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There is one game of hurling worth attending this spring and it is on in Croker Saturday week .
The rest is pointless all told
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Great to have the 22 Centra/Supervalu shops in Limerick selling tickets for the league.
Galway at home on a Saturday night will be box office.
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In terms of relevance I agree with you but in terms of shaking g off the winter cobwebs, it’s good to get out rather than having to watch another "super Sunday " on sky sports
The Limerick lads probably don’t know what game you are referring to.
There are Mayo people I know who regard the All Ireland football wins garnered by Roscommon in 43/44 during “The Emergency” in the same light.
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There are different genres of GAA personalities. This doesn’t even scratch the surface and some of the following fall into multiple categories, and there are other categories I have not included.
The head the balls - Pat Spillane, Davy Fitzgerald, John Mullane, Ger Loughnane, Anthony Daly, Liam Hayes etc.
The media goys - Berno, Aido, Lee Chin
The harmless oul’ divils - Cyril Farrell, Marty Morrissey, Larry O’Gorman
The cult idols - Seanie Leary, Kevin Hennessy, Dan Shanahan, Tommy Walsh, John Leahy, Kieran Duff, Joe McNally, Dermo, Jimmy Keaveney, Sean Quigley
The contrarians - Brolly, and eh that’s it
The “commands respect without trying” crowd - Peter Canavan, Anthony Tohill, Sean Cavanagh, Podrick Joyce, Tomas O’Se, James McCarthy
The geniuses - Ciaran Carey, Ken McGrath, Ray McCarron, Ja Fallon, Ciaran McDonald, Dermo, John Troy
The poachers - John Fitzgibbon, Stevie McDonnell, Cillian O’Connor, Bernard Flynn
The longevity men - Shefflin, Colm O’Rourke, Johnny Doyle
The mentalists - Keith Barr, Eamon Heery, Eamon Breen, John Small, Liam Dunne, Paidi O’Se
The silent men - Cluxton, Dermo, McGeeney, Ciaran McDonald, Maurice Fitzgerald, Mick Lyons, Francie Bellew
The triers - Colm Boyle, Dessie Mone, Francie Bellew
The fatsos - Francie Bellew, Joe McNally, Vinnie Murphy, Sean Quigley, Seanie Leary, Geoffrey McGonigle
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