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The county board might tbe the keyholders but the ground is still a source of substantial income for the Tullamore club each year. basically no tullamore team is allowed to train or play matches in there unless a letter is written to the county board first acsking for permission. that for me means i...

My recollection of the O’Connor park issue is that when the county board initially investigated the development of the ground they found that they could not draw down the grants normally given to county grounds unless they had legal title to the ground. They approached Tullamore club with a view to ...

There must have been nothing doing in either Laois or Westmeath last Sunday aft but Radio3 carried a commentary of the final quarter of Gracefield v Shamrocks! Anyway, the commentator noted that one side was playing into the 'Town end' of OCP (OK, some people call the Arden Road end the town end eve...

The first round after the summer break is probably the most difficult to preview – even moreso that the first round of the spring. Very little is known about how the teams are going fololwoing the summer break, who’s in form and who’s available or unavailable. A definite picture as to the mood of th...

Tullamore (F) vs Drumcullen (U) Tullamore
Seir Kieran (F) vs Belmont (U) Clareen
Kilcormac/Killoughey (F) vs Shamrocks (U) Kilcormac
Kinnitty vs Shinrone Kinnitty
Coolderry (F) vs St Rynaghs (U) 'Rynagh's
Birr (-8pts) vs Lusmagh (+8pts) Lusmagh outright

In fairness, Theman, you clearly stated that you didn’t know when there would be a match; you made that clear. I suppose if there was a simple solution to this it would have been implemented years ago. It’s a personal opinion of mine that the county teams should be allowed prepare without the interr...

Theman, a master fixtures list was published back in early May and was posted and discussed on this forum. It's currently halfway down page 4 herein. The second round of the football was scheduled back then for the first weekend in August, which is what happened. Leaving aside the rights and wrongs ...

Edenderry (F) v Tubber (U) Edenderry
Erin Rovers (U) v Ballycumber (F) Ballycumber
Clara v St Rynaghs (+7pts) Cloghan
Rhode v Shannonbridge (+7pts) Rhode
Shamrocks v Gracefield Shamrocks
Tullamore (F) v Ferbane (U) Tullamore

Watch out for the next 'trick' over the coming weeks and months in the aftermath of Clare's second goal last Sunday - that of hurlers under pressure throwing/dropping the ball over the goalline!

Pip featured on Gift grub this morning, starring as a dwarf on helium

You may be right about Morkam/Treacy. I kept getting the pair mixed up owing to them both wearing blue helmets. I know Morkam is taller but he actually looked a similar size to Treacy when he was up against taller Kilkenny men - even allowing for the vertical stripes making Kilkenny look taller anyw...

During the year there was a noteable divergence between the ways the senior and under 21’s were approaching their matches, largely because the under 21’s were more adept at catching the ball. During the two recent qualifier matches the senior management placed their two best hurlers at midfield wher...

I wonder who's refereeing?

If he was in the New Stand there's no way he could have moved five yards in a short space of time. The seats are incredibly close together and it's impossible to move without falling over, even if those seated are good enough to stand up as you pass. I don't recall the benched seats in the 'old' New...

1968 Kilkenny 4-8 Offaly 2-6 1969 Kilkenny 3-8 Offaly 1-5 1971 Kilkenny 0-15 Offaly 1-3 1972 Offaly 5-7 Kilkenny 2-6 1977 Kilkenny 0-14 Offaly 2-8 Replay Kilkenny 1-15 Offaly 1-5 1981 Kilkenny 3-17 Offaly 2-4 1982 Kilkenny 5-20 Offaly 2-6 FINAL 1985 Kilkenny 6-9 Offaly 2-7 1988 Kilkenny 3-13 Offaly ...