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"half of Belfast is British" and what? The Brits don't make up half of Tyrone or any other of the 6 counties? What a pile of waffle that was. You'd have to give lessons on how to hold a hurl in most parts of Tyrone, never mind play the game. Antrim have been cleaning up in Ulster for so long they had to send their hurlers to Leinster since most of Ulster can't compete. Which makes Antrim the most successful Ulster county, whether your fake GAA concern wants to acknowledge that or not. Not a word on south Belfast and the GAA clubs there, with ever increasing numbers in Breda and Carryduff who are now starting to challenge the big guns in Down and making up their county teams too. So realistically Belfast represents two counties, who try to play both codes unlike most other Ulster counties. West Belfast has more GAA clubs in one area than anywhere else in the country, let alone Ulster. So your description of the place is typically ignorant village idiot folklore that they probably tell you on the way to matches in the big bad city. At least try to be realistic if you're going to have a pop.
SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2487 - 28/09/2024 10:16:00 2572173 Link 2 |
You say that nearly a third of the "ni" population live within the Belfast area, just to remind you this stadium is for the benefit off Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal as well.
tireoghainabu (Tyrone) - Posts: 319 - 28/09/2024 11:30:29 2572182 Link 2 |
Great post, building Casement was for the GAA a mini Croke Park in Belfast where they could rent out for big money spinner concerts, and to the tan ball crowd etc etc. It was never the right location for big games like the Ulster final, It was something SF could point to as a big win over the the unionists, look what we have got by being good little republicans and following the British rule book in Stormont. If we are going to have a new stadium to suit us all in Ulster it should be in mid Ulster as you suggest or else spend some money on Clones, it is a brilliant venue, the atmosphere in Clones town and at the ground on Ulster final day is fantastic. Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 2957 - 28/09/2024 12:31:54 2572187 Link 1 |
I'd say you'd have all the answers to the north's problems right enough.
SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2487 - 28/09/2024 13:37:12 2572193 Link 0 |
I'd say casement park is the least of the north's problems.
Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2054 - 28/09/2024 13:45:22 2572194 Link 1 |
And as ever, a sporting issue was turned into a political one.
SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2487 - 28/09/2024 13:51:56 2572196 Link 0 |
It was a 'political football' all along.
Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 2957 - 28/09/2024 13:58:17 2572198 Link 1 |
It was a practical solution for the future of Ulster GAA. Then it was hijacked and used as political point scoring and people like yourself were more interested in being 'right' that you were happy enough to believe the unionist lies about Casement while you ridicule political parties for "doing what the Brits tell them" at the same time. The irony.
SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2487 - 28/09/2024 14:19:03 2572200 Link 0 |