Originally posted by postman:
Given their almost total dominance of Gaelic football, is it not time Kerry were divided into two teams. Say North Kerry and South Kerry.
This might revitalise the Munster Football championship, and also help teams like Tipperary, Limerick and Clare succeed. After all for example Galway hurlers joined the Leinster hurling championship. It could be an experiment for we'll say 5 years.slán

Originally posted by postman:
Given their almost total dominance of Gaelic football, is it not time Kerry were divided into two teams. Say North Kerry and South Kerry.
This might revitalise the Munster Football championship, and also help teams like Tipperary, Limerick and Clare succeed. After all for example Galway hurlers joined the Leinster hurling championship. It could be an experiment for we'll say 5 years.slán

Originally posted by postman:
Given their almost total dominance of Gaelic football, is it not time Kerry were divided into two teams. Say North Kerry and South Kerry.
This might revitalise the Munster Football championship, and also help teams like Tipperary, Limerick and Clare succeed. After all for example Galway hurlers joined the Leinster hurling championship. It could be an experiment for we'll say 5 years.slán

Originally posted by Rebel CNC:

You might also need to combine Kerry with say Clare or Limerick at underage level to make them competitive at these grades!!

Originally posted by postman:
Given their almost total dominance of Gaelic football, is it not time Kerry were divided into two teams. Say North Kerry and South Kerry.
This might revitalise the Munster Football championship, and also help teams like Tipperary, Limerick and Clare succeed. After all for example Galway hurlers joined the Leinster hurling championship. It could be an experiment for we'll say 5 years.slán

Originally posted by Bannerboy:
Ridiculous stuffAh sure why stop with Kerry;Lets Divide the following - Kilkenny into two for the hurling
- Cork into two for the football
- When the Cork hurlers get strong again lets divide them into two! - Donegal look like they are getting strong so lets divide them into East and West as well

Originally posted by Finian:
Poor wum, but here is something that might not be too far down the line, splitting Dublin into north and south for football. Certainly the other counties in Leinster might agree, they have won 7 out of the last 8 Leinsters, and it would be no surprise to anyone if they won the next 4 or 5. The under 21 footballers won the All Ireland at a canter this year, no one has come within 10 points off the minors in Leinster this year. Dublin seem to have imporved their underage structures in the last 10 years, and given their numbers this will spell dominance. Think about it, not one of the under 21 All Ireland team is starting for the seniors , their back 6 is all under 25 , and they have some scary forward talent coming through, and that fella O'Conghaile will be some midfielder in a few years time.

Originally posted by postman:
Given their almost total dominance of Gaelic football, is it not time Kerry were divided into two teams. Say North Kerry and South Kerry.
This might revitalise the Munster Football championship, and also help teams like Tipperary, Limerick and Clare succeed. After all for example Galway hurlers joined the Leinster hurling championship. It could be an experiment for we'll say 5 years.slán

Originally posted by Bannerboy:
Ah sure why stop with Kerry;
Lets Divide the following

- Kilkenny into two for the hurling
- Cork into two for the football
- When the Cork hurlers get strong again lets divide them into two! - Donegal look like they are getting strong so lets divide them into East and West as well

Originally posted by Dench:

Hah you could throw Cork in aswell with Tipp hoovering up most underage tournaments

Originally posted by m_the_d:
I'm all for it, split in two.Westcork .....

Originally posted by Rebel CNC:
Plenty of GAA folk in West Cork believe that Cork would have plenty more AIs if this was the case!!

Originally posted by Roberto Jordan:
While I dont think the OP was entirely serious and I dont think any county would agree to being split a couple of things1) I too have heard many many west cork men say in a 90% serious way that they thought they would win nearly as much on their own....this doesnt necessarily stand up to scrutiny but it is the case that , IMHO, winning a cork junior football championship by coming out of the Carbery division is probably the hardest championship I am aware of at club level given the uniform decent standard of the west cork championship which must first be won......A west cork county team would be unlikely to match Kerry or a "united" cork team but it would be as good or better than than most countys based on numbers alone (currently circa 6 or 7 senior clubs, 2 ??intermediate, 20+ junior )
2) Regarding dublin and other large population centres..... splitting will not happen in my lifetime but if you consider that leitrim can get a county team , albeit div 4 standard, out of a population around 1/5 the size of blanchardstown it is ridiculous to opine that a split dublin would be unable to, after a couple of years, field two division 1 standard teams..........inter county players are part nature and part nuture and the ,ore guys yu expose to hgh level preparation and games, the more good inter county standard players you end up with.......

Originally posted by rebelrebel30:
Really....7 Munster U21s in last 9 years won by cork including 4 in a row and 2 all irelands
2 munster minors in last 5 years.......Think you far off, Cork underage football is very strong.

Originally posted by Finian:
Poor wum, but here is something that might not be too far down the line, splitting Dublin into north and south for football. Certainly the other counties in Leinster might agree, they have won 7 out of the last 8 Leinsters, and it would be no surprise to anyone if they won the next 4 or 5. The under 21 footballers won the All Ireland at a canter this year, no one has come within 10 points off the minors in Leinster this year. Dublin seem to have imporved their underage structures in the last 10 years, and given their numbers this will spell dominance. Think about it, not one of the under 21 All Ireland team is starting for the seniors , their back 6 is all under 25 , and they have some scary forward talent coming through, and that fella O'Conghaile will be some midfielder in a few years time.

Originally posted by JoNinety:
I think the West Cork team would do well. What they'd lose in personnel they'd gain with the sense of identity and bond with fellow West Cork men.
Does someone from Urhan really have much of a sense of identity with someone from Douglas or Knocknaheeney?

Originally posted by dubliner 2:
Dublin won't be split. Never going to happen. Mooted about ten years ago. Utterly rejected by the county and would be again.

Originally posted by postman:
Given their almost total dominance of Gaelic football, is it not time Kerry were divided into two teams. Say North Kerry and South Kerry.
This might revitalise the Munster Football championship, and also help teams like Tipperary, Limerick and Clare succeed. After all for example Galway hurlers joined the Leinster hurling championship. It could be an experiment for we'll say 5 years.slán

Originally posted by Ivor Doherty:
Instead of that, ye could just fcuk off out of munster and try yere luck in say Ulster, Im sure they would be star struck by yere presence!

Originally posted by Dench:
Really I was making reference to Tipp winning u14 15 16 17 and minor last year. With 200+ clubs Cork are always going to win trophies. Probably should be winning more

This message has been edited - 24-jul-2012 @ 19:01

Originally posted by dunkindonut:
Wouldn't be in favour of a Dublin split but I think its will happen and will be decided at congress by all 32 delegates