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Twenty counties to debate 'Dublin GAA’s unfair funding advantage' Ex-Westmeath footballer John Connellan has garnered the support of some of the game’s leading counties. By Paul Dollery Tuesday 25 May 2021, 5:09 PM Tue 2:16 PM 41,724 Views 87 Comments Updated Tue 5:09 PM Dublin's Dean Rock and Ciaran Kilkenny lifting the Sam Maguire Cup after last year's All-Ireland final. THE SHARE OF GAA funding being distributed to Dublin has move...

Ó Fátharta predicting end of Dublin’s reign within next year or two Independent.ie 08/02/2021 Frank Roche The eternal debate about Dublin’s seemingly never-ending football domination got another twist this week, sparked by the convention speech of Leinster chairman Pat Teehan and the incredulous response of former Westmeath player John Connellan. The Leinster championship may be “dead and buried”, to quote Connellan, but what about the bigger All-Ireland picture? Galway U-20 manager Donal Ó Fátharta, for one, is upbeat about the prospects of Dublin’s six-year S...

Forty-one years ago last Sunday, I attended the Dublin County Convention where serious concerns were expressed over the All-Ireland football championship. In fact, there was such disquiet over its perceived inadequacies that a large majority of delegates voted for change. They wanted an open draw introduced in 1981, with the four 1980 provincial winners seeded so that they couldn’t meet in the early rounds. From 1982 on, the eight quarter-finalists would be seeded for the Round 1 draw. Dublin certainly couldn’t be accused of selfish motives as they were Leinster six-in-a-row champions (19...