[dublintvfan]

have noticed theres not any threads on gaa? is there any gaa id say mostly irish supporters here

[dessiemc27]

Yes I'm one. The unusual pairing of Donegal and Mayo in the All Ireland final this year... I will be cheering on The Tir Conall men ( as I'm married to a girl from the town ) but would not begrudge mayo an all ireland. They have been waiting 60 years and have endured some painfully close efforts in beaten finals since their back to back wins all those years ago.

Donegal have beaten Cork, Kerry, Down, Tyrone , Derry and Cavan.... I hope it's a good one.

Kilkenny should also regain the hurling in their 'rematch' with Galway , again though , from a largely neutral viewpoint a western double would be great for the game...

[Lucidia2011]

I'm the only gaa in the village.

[MeicY]

Go Wexford.

[eirpoc]

Doesn't seem to be many of our British friends interested in the old GAA but i'm sure thats because many of them don't even know what the GAA is.

Brilliant All-Ireland hurling final yesterday between Kilkenny and Galway and a replay was a fair result in the end.

What I would love to do is sit down the millions of premier league fans in Britain and show them yesterdays game, a packed 82,000 capacity crowd in Croke Park, the players playing for the love of the sport, respect for tradition and not receiving a euro for it. It really would show up the premier league money grabbing players.

[Lucidia2011]

On our holidays to Ireland growing up we watched plenty of GAA, some good times. Fun sports

[godlives]

Originally Posted by dublintvfan

have noticed theres not any threads on gaa? is there any gaa id say mostly irish supporters here

donegal lass here will be cheering them on sunday as jimmy is still winning matches

[Hullboy]

I used to enjoy watching it on TV when I used to spend holidays in Cavan as a kid and would probably watch it if covered regularly here in the UK. Have relatives in Mayo so will have to be rooting for them in the final.

[MGBCTV]

Followed GAA for many years although my relatives who live in Mayo will no doubt be following the Green and Red.

BTW cracking Camogie final on Sunday

[MeicY]

Originally Posted by MGBCTV

Followed GAA for many years although my relatives who live in Mayo will no doubt be following the Green and Red.

BTW cracking Camogie final on Sunday

Good on Wexford - 3 years in a row.

[CGG_12]

Indeed. Hopefully heading up to croker on sunday for the football. Come on Mayo! It's very hard to call

[sorcha_healy27]

Originally Posted by dublintvfan

have noticed theres not any threads on gaa? is there any gaa id say mostly irish supporters here

woo hoo
supporting mayo v donegal

[Pamthehound]

Ulster team again to win...come on Donegal

[sorcha_healy27]

Originally Posted by Pamthehound

Ulster team again to win...come on Donegal

we'll see..........

[MGBCTV]

I have just stumbled across this documentary on RTÉ Radio 1 about the days when some of the London pubs were the only way to be able to view GAA matches Long before the days of Setanta,Premier sports or those with Sky boxes with Ireland cards

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/do...ideotapes.html

[KathySpark]

I have a son that plays football and Hurling so I am getting more and more into it in the last few years.

Come on Donegal .

[bean999]

Originally Posted by eirpoc

Doesn't seem to be many of our British friends interested in the old GAA but i'm sure thats because many of them don't even know what the GAA is...

Probably so. The BBC finds a small amount of room for it on the web and also covers shinty on the Alba channel:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/h...00/3150975.stm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/norther.../gaelic-games/

http://www.shinty.com/news/new-caman...e-on-bbc-alba/

But of course you're more likely to get baseball and NFL on mainstream BBC than sports from closer to home.

[KathySpark]

Feel for them. Watching the All Ireland Hurling final a few weeks ago was brilliant even though I didnt really care who won and it ended in a draw. One of the most exciting sports games I have ever watched.

[KathySpark]

We can get BBC Scotland, BBC London and BBC Wales here, so can they not get BBC Northern Ireland over there. They show a lot of the games.

[MeicY]

Originally Posted by KathySpark

We can get BBC Scotland, BBC London and BBC Wales here, so can they not get BBC Northern Ireland over there. They show a lot of the games.

We can get the channels but the sports are geolocked.

[fast left]

Originally Posted by MGBCTV

I have just stumbled across this documentary on RTÉ Radio 1 about the days when some of the London pubs were the only way to be able to view GAA matches Long before the days of Setanta,Premier sports or those with Sky boxes with Ireland cards

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/do...ideotapes.html

great find my old man played with and against Ambrose in plenty of hurling games

Galway need a minor miracle to win their hurling reply,but they will .mayo for the football tomorrow .

[Sifter22]

I'm British and I'll be watching it tomorrow. Not bothered who wins cos neither are my Counties but looking forward to the game.

[getzls]

Originally Posted by Pamthehound

Ulster team again to win...come on Donegal

Donegall played like a well oiled machine in the semi.

Mayo will be no push overs but it has to be Donegall.