Soccer Pitch ploughed during night on instrutions of GAA Club

[FrankSpeaks]

Are you threatening me? What is M.O.?

Modus Operandi. Look it up.

[Glennshane]

Modus Operandi. Look it up.

Why do you Southerners use such pompous language? And why are you so arrogant?

[orbit]

According to my mole in the Kerry GAA there is a complicated background.

The land was vested to the state by a local anglo family before they returned home in the 30's for use as a community sports field. The Land Commission gave the land to the GAA (where the GAA got most of their land) to maintain on behalf of the community and a three person commission was founded to do so.

The land was used for all sorts over the years, but never GAA. The three person committee still stands and was 2 GAA members to one non member. The non member died recently and was replaced by a third GAA man. At that point a decision was made to apply for planning permission to build a car park on part of the field and do a general tidy up job.

Croke Park got involved and dictated that the field should be considered GAA property and ordered the club to enforce Rule 42 or face the consequences. The local club then had the pitch ploughed after dark and stated that after the work, that only sports that are not banned on GAA pitches (anything other than football, rugby, cricket and for some reason horse racing) would be permitted to be played there but it will not be a GAA pitch. So its still a 'communtty' amenity, but under rule 42 the local GAA club get to dictate who gets to use it.

The local football club have found another pitch about 10 miles away.

Sounds to me like the committee that are entrusted to represent the community changed their allegences and in fact represented one private club at the expense of another.

Where this leaves the easter and summer camps for the kids is another issue. Collateral in a crusade I suppose.

That sounds credible. I'd say the land is owned by a trust, and the trustees have taken their interpretation of "community amenity" directly from GAA HQ. I'm not a lawyer, but I seriously hope that the soccer club has gotten legal advice on whether they were justified in doing this. I know of other community playing fields that are owned in this way, and there hasn't been problems like this, largely because trustees, have to operate according to the rules of the trust, rather than the GAA's rule book.

It's surprising as well that the soccer club doesn't have some rights, by virtue of occupying the land over a long period of time.

It is ironic though that the GAA, which grew out of the struggle for land in this country, has acted in this way, and rather than addressing the actual rights and wrongs of the question, just hides behind its own rule book. Where have we seen that before?

[FrankSpeaks]

Why do you Southerners use such pompous language? And why are you so arrogant?

Have you ever watched any police\detective TV shows, the term "M.O." is often used in them to describe someone who has the same habits as the criminal they are looking for and therefore I would not consider it pompous language.

You are entitled to think that I am arrogant, however you know what they say about opinions, they are like ar$eholes, everybody has got one.

[Glennshane]

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"Have you ever watched any police\detective TV shows, the term "M.O." is often used in them to describe someone who has the same habits as the criminal they are looking for and therefore I would not consider it pompous language."

No, I never watch fiction. I disapprove of fiction.

"You are entitled to think that I am arrogant, however you know what they say about opinions, they are like ar$eholes, everybody has got one."

Why are you Free State folk so vulgar? Please, keep it to yourself.

[scratchnsniff]

[quote=Glennshane;1567599]

"Have you ever watched any police\detective TV shows, the term "M.O." is often used in them to describe someone who has the same habits as the criminal they are looking for and therefore I would not consider it pompous language."

No, I never watch fiction. I disapprove of fiction.

"You are entitled to think that I am arrogant, however you know what they say about opinions, they are like ar$eholes, everybody has got one."

Why are you Free State folk so vulgar? Please, keep it to yourself.

Your entire persona is fiction, Dull repetitive unimaginative fiction true, but you obviously get something out of it.
The GAA on this point are being extremely anti community here. I realy cant understand it, most of their young players would enjoy participating in other codes and are probably directly affected by this stupidity. In the long run this sort of thing could do them some lasting damage. The players and supporters here need to wrestle control away from the fools that did this.

[Glennshane]

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" Your entire persona is fiction, Dull repetitive unimaginative fiction true, but you obviously get something out of it."

You probably believe that because you have never met an oppressed Ulster Catholic.

"The GAA on this point are being extremely anti community here."

What would be wrong with the GAA being anti-community? The GAA has a duty to promote Gaelic games - nothing else.

"I realy cant understand it, most of their young players would enjoy participating in other codes and are probably directly affected by this stupidity."

Is it stupidy? If the GAA owns the land, it would be very stupid to allow its land to be used to promote rival products.

"In the long run this sort of thing could do them some lasting damage. The players and supporters here need to wrestle control away from the fools that did this."

Now, now, now you are being naughty. Leave that sort of decisison to the members of the GAA.

[finnharps4life]

I hate the GAA, and tbh I was fairly good I probably could have played at senior level.

[Rebus2008]

I hate the GAA, and tbh I was fairly good I probably could have played at senior level.

I will alert the relevant parties in Croke Park and request that some notable refernece be made in the annuals of the history of the GAA about the missed opportunity. The GAA's very own Pele lost before he solo'd a ball.
The GAA's loss is the LOI's gain...some day the gaa will recover after the blow, when I just can't say.

A memorable post indeed. The "cavemans" I hate with no explanation followed by the self praise worthy of any pub stool hero. You're wasted on the barren lonely stands in in Finn Park (is it that?) wet and windy Donegal. Get your boots out, I'd say u'd still get a game for them.

[oscartango]

To be fair, if he supports Finn Harps you can see how he'd make a good GAA player.