Conference tallis::celt

    
    Is there any chance of Ken Hogan lining out for Kilkenny in the final?
    
    Denis.

    Does anybody know if the final will shown on channel 4 (scottish).
    There are quite a few Gaklwgians over here at present and we are
    thinking of organising a day out to watch it.
    
    Stephen
    
    

    
    I think all the Galway lads must still be recuperating .....  :-)
    
    
    

    
    
    The galway lads did well...even if they won by that soft goal (which is
    an insult to the word soft). They were the better team by far.. I
    suppose Tipp were bound to have an off day now and then -) -) -).
    
    A good day out...Mr Darcy himself appeared for the match..
    
    Kilkenny had an easy win over Antrim..and must be favourites beat
    galway...then again tipp were favourites on Sunday. 
    
    
    
    

    
    Yes, I heard Mr. Mod was at the match.  He hit Dublin on Friday or
    Saturday....I have spies keeping an eye on him!
    
    /jen
    

    We hope Kilkenny are favourites, it keeps the presure off the Galway
    lads.
    
    
    
    Bernie

    There are a few of us Galwegians in Ayr at present and it seems we will
    not be able to see the final live. The GAA have sold the T.V. rites to
    CRYSTALIS who in turn have sold them to RTE (IRELAND), BBC (N. IRELAND)
    & SATANTA (BRITIAN). BBC are not showing the match live and Satanta has
    no outlets in Scotland. Does anybody know if you can pick up RTE
    anywhere near AYR. We keep on hoping.
    
    Stephen
    
    P.S. Channell 4 used to show it for the 4 years and everybody in
    Britian got a chance to watch it but it seems its money that counts
    nowadays not the sport.
    

    Stephen,
    
    Is there any Irish pubs in Ayr.   When my husband, Eamon, used to 
    work in Southampton in his single days, he always saw the All-Ireland
    Finals either in an Irish pub or a cinema, where they would beam
    it in via-satellite.
    
    
    Bernie

    Bernie,
            There are no Irish clubs in AYR. Santana have the rites so they
            would know if it was been beamed into Scotland. Its looking
            more and more like the radio, but who cares when Galway wins it
            anyway.
    
    Stephen
    
    
     

    Ask about, there re many places in Ayr, or just outside to the south
    that pick up NI BBC so you should eaily find a pub.
    
    Good luck to Galway.
    
    	DENIS

    I hope Santana are not into religion; the word is rights not rites.
    

    
    I'll check with my sister in Edinburgh. There's an Irish club there,
    they may have some plans for showing it.
    
    --John

    Enough talk about the hurling, let's talk about Sunday's football semifinal
    between Mayo and Cork. I suppose ye all have Mayo written off already,
    but I'll tell ye now that Jack O'Shea won't let them out on the field
    without fire water in their bellies to beat Cork. 
    So let's see the West Awake in '93!
    
    Joe

    Galway footballers are in the minor semi-final.
    
    As Joe states, lets keep the West Awake in '93
    
    
    Up Galway and Mayo.
    
    
    
    Bernie

    
    Fire water in their bellies!!
    
    They will need every drop !....Should be a good match...Mayo very lucky
    to have Liam "punch-in-the-face" Macale playing. How he only got a two week
    suspension after being caught on camera ..off the ball..punching an
    opponent is amazing...Considering the suspension Tommy carr got for
    giving a donegal player a tap on the leg -).
    
    Still would be good to see Mayo get through...But two lucky breaks for
    the west in 2 weeks would be hard to believe.
    
    
    Mick
    

    OK, OK, no slagging please... I was at the match and yes it was
    disastrous, however the scoreline is a bit misleading, there were three
    goals in the last four minutes for Cork, but it certainly was a
    drubbing by an exceptional Cork team.
    
    On a more positive note, Jack O'Shea's management has been good for the
    Mayo team. Gone are the "Up we go with Willie Joe" days, Mayo made
    great passing movements from the back line up to the half-forwards, but
    there they ran into a brick wall defence, and failed to convert most of
    their chances. Believe it or not they had most of the posession in the
    second half. 
    
    I'm afraid yesterday was probably the last day TJ Kilgallon will wear
    the green and red of Mayo and for those of us in the stands the
    decision not to bring him on at half-time is a real head-scratcher.
    Worse still they brought on that useless gubaan (can't find the fada
    key) Padraic Brogan. Once again he put on a thoughtless and
    disaster-ridden performance for Mayo. His passing attempts had to be
    seen to be believed and he broke Mayo's run of play at least three
    times in the second half. Anthony (Fat Larry) Finnerty played well when
    he came on, a cute hoor of a player if ever there was one, but the tide
    against him was just too strong and he failed to convert as he did in
    '89.
    
    Anyway it was a sad day for me, as I won't be in Croke Park again for
    many years and I had hoped to see Mayo do better. I hope Jack O'Shea
    stays as Mayo manager, as he certainly has changed Mayo's style and
    another year or two could see great rewards for the effort. Now all he
    has to do is teach the half-forwards how to kick points.
    
    Ah well...
    
    Joe.
    
    PS we were laughing at the Galway minors for losing by so much, the
    biggest cheer of the day was when they scored their first point with 20
    minutes gone in the second half. I suppose what comes around goes 
    around.

    
    A cracking game yesterday, Derry came back and beat Dublin by a point.
    Probably the best football game of the year.
    
    That Derry team have bottle and should beat Cork.
    
    Galway beat Cork in the U21 Hurling Semi-Final on Sat. evening.
    Galway V Kilkenny in Minor, U21 & Senior. Football maybe bad in
    Connacht but hurling is in a VERY healthy state in Galway.
    
    Rgds,
    
    --John

Galway won because Tipp had not had to play a game of Hurling in Munster this year.
Also Tipp on the day did not have a forward worthy of the name (with the exception
of Michael Cleary). It should also be noted that the Tipp sideline panicked and
upset the team without any need. This gave great encouragement to Galway. That and
the candidate for the flukiest goal of the year.

It also didn't help that Tipp were not able to stand up to the physical intimidation

Even so there were still in it with 10 minutes to go. Signs of panic crept into the
Galway team at this point. In the end Tipp could easily have stolen this one.

MBr

    Galway, did not have a championship game before the semi-final with
    Tipperary, so we had no experience to fall back on, to change players
    etc.   At least Tipperary had some games, admittedly poor games.
    
    
    Bernie

    
    
    We tired them out for ye ...		:-)
    
    
    
    
	keVin
    

	I listened to the game on the radio...sounded like a real cracker! 
Channel 4 are showing the highlights in the UK (at least in England, hopefully
in Scotland too) at about 12:30 AM (yes AM!!) Tuesday morning so get the VCR
set. Kilkenny won both minor and senior games by 5 points, apparently the 
minor game was excellent also. So the kute kats kreep ahead of us once more!
Galway showed the result against Tipp was no fluke though so I wouldn't be 
putting too much money on a Kilkenny 3-in-a-row.

Sean

    
    Yes indeed an excellent game to watch...I though Kilkenny had lost it
    when galway took that one point lead but as you say the "kute kats".
    Galway are a young team they will be back for sure....
    
    2 sundays to go untill the football...Derry v Cork..should be a another
    good one

    As a postscript to a memorable game the Galway Senior and Minor teams
    made their return  trip to the county stopping off for speeches in
    Balinsloe, Athenry and Oranmore among other places, finally reaching
    the city at 12 midnight with large crowds to meet them along the way.
    The under 21 team is to meet Kilkenny for their game next Sunday in
    Tullamore.
    

Well Galway lost this one because they went and opened a 
SUPERMACS fish and chipper in Kilkenny without proper planning
permission. That upset the Cats.

Joking aside this one was a cracker. All the hype and planning
in Galway was about holding Power and D.J. Carey. However 
Kilkenny had a trick or 2 up their sleeve. P.J. Delaney gave
Sean Tracey a roasting. He scored 1-4 and made another 1-2 off
the full back. The match was basically won and lost in this
area. Amazingly Galway made no attempt to correct this area.

Padraig Kelly for Galway had a good second half. However his 
immediate opponent scored 4 points and made a few more. 

Kilkenny as usual won this one from the backs. Tight 
unspectular marking and flicking. No use trying to run with a
ball on a hurley in there. It will be removed smartly. Pat 
Dwyer - the Kilkenny full back was sound - even though carrying 
a serious groin injury. 

My abiding memory of the minor match was one little gem of 
skill. It was a ball- tapped from the air into a forward's hand
and the tapped neatly over the bar. I havent seen that done
for a long time.

MBr

>Well Galway lost this one because they went and opened a 
>SUPERMACS fish and chipper in Kilkenny without proper planning
>permission.
    
    They lost cuz they *ate* at the SUPERMACS prior to match.
    It's a sad week for the tribes...

    
    
    How many points will Derry win by on Sunday ??

    
    
    Will be close....Derry to take it by 2 points...and the celebrations
    to last a month!

    Derry to win by 1 - 3 pints.
    
    
    
    Bernie
    

      
    
    
    	OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooh I wish I was back home in Derry !!!!!!