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Tullamore For Kerry/Meath. Ridiculous.

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Kerry fans are outraged at again having to travel much further than their opponents. Tralee to Tullamore is 213km. Navan to Tullamore is 84km. Aibrean (Kerry) - Posts: 339 - 03/06/2025 20:08:15 2614667 Link
raised an eyebrow at that too in fairness, some trek from south kerry. dont think kerry will travel in numbers anyway. however it really is swings and roundabouts with this sort of thing, like in 1999 in league quater final Meath had to play Kerry in Gaelic Grounds in Limerick for some reason, Meath winning 0-14 to 0-10 for the record. the famous league semi final the next year was played in thurles, wasnt it something like 4-11 to 1-19? some players on show that day, a lot of pundits would say it was the greatest league match ever. dickie10 (UK) - Posts: 841 - 03/06/2025 22:06:16 2614680 Link
Replying To Aibrean: "Kerry fans are outraged at again having to travel much further than their opponents. Tralee to Tullamore is 213km. Navan to Tullamore is 84km." Bad neutral venue choice. Roscommon v Cork should be in Ennis. Kerry v Meath preferably in Thurles, otherwise Portlaoise. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 8894 - 03/06/2025 22:30:27 2614684 Link
Replying To Aibrean: "Kerry fans are outraged at again having to travel much further than their opponents. Tralee to Tullamore is 213km. Navan to Tullamore is 84km." Won't ye be all staying atvhome waiting for the Final? Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 2383 - 03/06/2025 23:13:26 2614704 Link
Replying To Aibrean: "Kerry fans are outraged at again having to travel much further than their opponents. Tralee to Tullamore is 213km. Navan to Tullamore is 84km." Galway in same situation. Alwaysencourage (Galway) - Posts: 455 - 04/06/2025 02:03:37 2614718 Link
Strange alright. Thurles would be approximately half way for both counties. dakid (Australia) - Posts: 299 - 04/06/2025 06:29:05 2614720 Link
The hardest part of Kerry's freewheel to the quarter final is return spin to Tullamore. They'll cope. Eddie the Exile (Monaghan) - Posts: 1230 - 04/06/2025 09:35:45 2614740 Link
You can't always have a venue right in middle for both teams. Venue availability or any other reasons could stop a specific ground being available on specific date. KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3771 - 04/06/2025 10:09:57 2614748 Link
Replying To Aibrean: "Kerry fans are outraged at again having to travel much further than their opponents. Tralee to Tullamore is 213km. Navan to Tullamore is 84km." great venue and if kerry are as good as they think they wont mind mickcunningham (Westmeath) - Posts: 1899 - 04/06/2025 10:33:39 2614753 Link
Donegal having to go to Roscommon on Mayo's doorstep is even worse. gunman (Donegal) - Posts: 1167 - 04/06/2025 10:49:26 2614757 Link
God there is literally nothing the GAA can do without cranks having a whinge about how every decision is inconvenient for them personally. I'd refix the game for Portaferry or somewhere out of spite. Let them eat cake or whatever Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12378 - 04/06/2025 10:50:51 2614758 Link
Replying To dakid: "Strange alright. Thurles would be approximately half way for both counties." They know few will travel from Kerry no matter where but lots from Meath will go if it's not too far. Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 2383 - 04/06/2025 11:06:30 2614761 Link
Replying To gunman: "Donegal having to go to Roscommon on Mayo's doorstep is even worse." I thought that game would havd been in Carrick at least. Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1354 - 04/06/2025 11:23:46 2614767 Link
Replying To gunman: "Donegal having to go to Roscommon on Mayo's doorstep is even worse." Gunman - I am not disagreeing with you, we found ourselves in same position in the past. However there didn't seem to be many options. Jim McGuinness seemed to be against Croke Park, Sligo is closed, Leitrim to small, Cavan and Tyrone playing at the same time so that ruled them out. Mfs (Mayo) - Posts: 265 - 04/06/2025 11:31:16 2614774 Link
Replying To gunman: "Donegal having to go to Roscommon on Mayo's doorstep is even worse." Best to refix it for Valentia Island then Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12378 - 04/06/2025 11:48:29 2614782 Link
And I forgot: Tullamore is not - at least non easily - reached by train from Kerry. Unlike Thurles or Portlaoise. So the many seniors, and others, who nowadays travel by train to matches are also inconvenienced. Aibrean (Kerry) - Posts: 339 - 04/06/2025 12:17:27 2614792 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "Bad neutral venue choice. Roscommon v Cork should be in Ennis. Kerry v Meath preferably in Thurles, otherwise Portlaoise." Why are they poor choices? At least give a reason why you think they're poor decisions KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3771 - 04/06/2025 12:28:56 2614795 Link
Replying To legendzxix: "Bad neutral venue choice. Roscommon v Cork should be in Ennis. Kerry v Meath preferably in Thurles, otherwise Portlaoise." Portlaoise was the suitabie neutral choice of venue for our game. Not a Connacht or Munster venue. Páirc Uí Chaoimh to O'Moore park is a 1 hour 45 minute drive and from Hyde Park it's 1 hour 30 minutes. The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 4074 - 04/06/2025 12:32:41 2614797 Link
1947 All Ireland Cavan v Kerry was a neutral venue.Cavan had a longer trek but still won.Kerry is closer to New York. CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 3958 - 04/06/2025 12:36:35 2614799 Link
Replying To Aibrean: "And I forgot: Tullamore is not - at least non easily - reached by train from Kerry. Unlike Thurles or Portlaoise. So the many seniors, and others, who nowadays travel by train to matches are also inconvenienced." Oh no the privilege of the train is not convenient enough for you in very specific circumtances, such a shame. How do you all manage to get out of bed in the morning faced with such hardships Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12378 - 04/06/2025 12:48:36 2614803 Link