No, a team that has won one All Ireland since 1996 isn’t dominating GAA.

Is this even a serious proposal? Just because you have a higher percentage of population doesn’t gaurantee success! Training from underage and structures in place etc are what make a county successful. True Dublin may enjoy more investment but it doesn’t mean they’ve dominated at any level. Every county just goes through a golden era with talented players. Should we split Kilkenny just because they’ve enjoyed a sustained period of success in hurling?

whatever about Football, it definitley wouldnt work for Hurling in Dublin, Theres so few teams at the top in hurling so far ahead of the restonly about 4 real contenders every year , Hurling needs a good strong united county dublin team.

Sure may aswel split Kilkenny, Cork, Tyrone & Kerry in 2 aswel while they’re at it!

I remember this crap being discussed before. Absolutely stupid idea!! Dublin has a bigger population, fair enough but during the day, get on a bus in the capital and see how many Dublin accents of playing age you hear. Very few is the answer. Once you take out the many students from other counties who still play for their home club and would obviously choose their home countys shirt, the many people from other countries that (presuming) dont play the game, the competition from the likes of soccer, which exists everywhere and opinions differ but personally think Dublin has more competition that most, there is still a population advantage but it is significantly reduced! If the GAA think the county system is unfair or isnt working due to certain advantages, then bring in a transfers system similar to soccer/rugby or scrap the county system all together. Both those ideas would do just as much damage to the game as this ridiculous suggestion!!

Give it 10 years and see then, if things keep going the way they are Dublin should start dominating

No I wouldnt split the county at senior level. And it will never happen.
But having said that I would divide it at underage levels. So many good underage players never get a chance to play at county level and this would only help the GAA get stronger. I would do the same in Cork and other well populated counties. The more young players playing at a high level would only help the games.

P*ss of colm o’rourke just because Meath have f all chance of a Leinster as things stand.worry about your own county

Surprise surprise the “unbiased” colm o rourke has jumped on the bandwagon of this.
The Gaa community in Dublin is not as big as the population of dublin suggests and breaking up the dubs and hill 16 would destroy the game in Dublin. We’ve won one all Ireland in 17 years and the current underage success took donkeys years of hard work to accomplish.
Sounds like the wishful thinking of embittered Dublin haters to me

Colm O’Rourke writes an article and it has run & run for two weeks now. Impressive!

Ridicules. Underage success does not always lead to senior success. When you factor in immigration and other circumstances, the same players may not be around. Dublin has always had a population advantage but rarely dominate outside of Leinster.

The bigger problem I find is the Munster and Connacht championships being a far easier passage to the All-Ireland than Leinster and Ulser. An open draw All-Ireland should be introduced to make it a level playing field.

Isn’t this already kinda happening with Fingal in the hurling?

nah leave dublin alone, they’ve 1.3 million in the county and still win 1 all ireland since 1996 at senior level when it counts.. dont embarrass them anymore than they have to be! let the “culchies” show them how its done

G’wan Longford ha ha

Serious monies being pumped into clubs in Dublin (from the GAA and local).
With 1.2million and growing population Dublin will dominate at underage at an unfair advantage to other counties.
This starting to come through now – Leinster minor & u21 are becoming mon events. Leinster senior football has been a parade for the dubs.

Here we go again more S***** from GAA hacks

Personally don’t think it would be a bad idea. A lot of very talented underage hurlers and footballers are been lost to game as unless they are exceptionally talented underage they can forget about ever making it onto a county team in Dublin. Dublin have far more strength in debt than other counties, and dublin could probably put out a B side each year at most grades and still have realistic expectations of both sides making a Leinster final.

Don’t see this as a runner at all. Even in years to come if they turn this current underage success into senior success, it will be up to the rest of the country to match them.

They do have a big advantage over every other county with much greater funding and resources…but that’s just the way it’s going to be. I’d be very surprised if in 6/8 years time they are dominating at senior level like they are in underage at the minute, it’s just not going to happen.

Do they mean split hurling and football like galway had with 2 county boards or split the county?