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Poll: Who do you think will win this year's All-Ireland football championship?

It’s still early in the year but who do you fancy?

THE SERIOUS BUSINESS is around the corner.

Now that the curtain has been drawn on the Allianz Football League campaigns, attention will swiftly turn to the provincial championships.

Roscommon survived a major scare on Sunday evening as they edged past New York in the preliminary round of the Connacht championship.

As we enter May, the fixtures will come thick and fast as counties embark on their journey to Croke Park.

At this early stage of the season, and judging by what you’ve seen over the course of the league campaign, we want to know who you’re tipping to lift the Sam Maguire in September.

Defending champions Dublin have already been installed as favourites but how do you see the summer panning out? Can Kerry come back stronger from last year’s defeat or will Mayo challenge again?

What about Mickey Harte and Tyrone as they come off the back of promotion to Division 1 and a league title? Let us know what you think.


Poll Results:

Dublin (4777)
Mayo (1379)
Kerry (1030)
Other (924)
Tyrone (502)
Donegal (183)

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    Mute Niall Mcgourty
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    May 2nd 2016, 5:52 PM

    Leitrims year this year we’ve been knocking on the door for the last 100 years.

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    Mute John C
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    May 2nd 2016, 6:03 PM

    Agree. Ye just weren’t good enough the other 32.

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    Mute Cllr Malachy Quinn
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    May 2nd 2016, 11:46 PM

    Well Niall with Leicester winning – maybe they will!

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    Mute Figo murphy
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    May 3rd 2016, 2:02 PM

    What county is Leitrem in?

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    Mute Pilib O Muiregan
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    May 2nd 2016, 5:50 PM

    I would say Dublin will win it. I doubt it will be easy this time though. Tyrone have been putting together this side for the past few years and they look to be on the verge of something.

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    Mute Jimmy Murphy
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    May 2nd 2016, 7:26 PM

    Who’s going to stop the Dubs in fairness? I’m not a Dub & I’m not going to rant about money, Croke Park, sponsorship, population, whatever. No matter what the reason is, they’re the best team in the country & that’s all there is to it.

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    Mute Seán McCarthy
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    May 3rd 2016, 8:51 AM

    The best, but not unbeatable. Any of the other top sides can beat them on any given day. Problem with the championship is they wint meet another top side till august.

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    Mute colm buckley
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    May 2nd 2016, 6:11 PM

    Ya Tyrone might come close,they have been building & will use arms Knees elbows pulling dragging diving fouling spitting there way to the Top!!
    A true a plague of Misery & disease to Football!!

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    Mute Jesse Pinkman
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    May 2nd 2016, 6:17 PM

    Similar to Kerry and Dublin so…

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    Mute P O Leary.
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    May 2nd 2016, 8:12 PM

    Its hard to look past the Dubs. But in football you just never know. Kerry,Mayo and Tyrone are the only ones that have a chance of beating them. It’s just a pity we will have to wait until August for clashes between the big teams.

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    Mute Just Some Guy
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    May 2nd 2016, 6:21 PM

    I’m not from Dublin but they will go on and win Sam Maguire again and next year they will do the same. No county in Ireland are good enough to beat Dublin.

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    Mute IrishOwl
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    May 2nd 2016, 6:33 PM

    Cork waiting in the long grass….

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    Mute GoT
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    May 2nd 2016, 9:36 PM

    Mayo seem to have plenty of things going well for them. The likes of Evan Regan and Conor O’Shea look well suited to top quality football. Diarmuid o Conner is going from strength to strength and I can see a few of his fellow U21 Winning Teammates making the step up in the next few years possibly even this year . Then again we never know with Mayo do we.

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    Mute Showbiz Babyyy
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    May 2nd 2016, 7:29 PM

    lol Mayo

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    Mute Merlin.
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    May 2nd 2016, 7:58 PM

    Mayo.

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    Mute Niall Campbell
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    May 2nd 2016, 6:05 PM

    I’m offended that you haven’t included Down!

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    Mute Alan b
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    May 2nd 2016, 6:11 PM

    Build a bridge Niall

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    Mute Just Some Guy
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    May 2nd 2016, 6:19 PM

    Down? Lmao

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    Mute Niall Campbell
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    May 2nd 2016, 6:21 PM

    Ah come on lads, it’s clearly a joke. We’re feckin terrible.

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    Mute judochop...
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    May 2nd 2016, 6:27 PM

    Some clowns just don’t understand funny

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    Mute Sean Minogue
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    May 2nd 2016, 7:20 PM

    I wouldn’t rule out roscommon after last night’s performance. They will grow in confidence as the year goes on

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    Mute Sean Bradley
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    May 2nd 2016, 8:44 PM

    Probably poll should have been just Dublin or others.

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    Mute Ollie Watson
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    May 2nd 2016, 7:40 PM

    I know this sounds absurd but Dublin are the only good team. The only team I can see challenging them is Tyrone. Kerry don’t have the players they used to and Mayo well they just have yellow bellies to be metaphorical. Dublin also have an amazing benchCostello, McMahon, Small to name a few. Dublin will win and they will win well.

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    Mute Aideen Thornton
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    May 3rd 2016, 12:09 PM

    McMahon and Small on the bench?

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    Mute ryan o sullivan
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    May 2nd 2016, 6:57 PM

    Silly question the dubs 100%

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    Mute Iarla Mac
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    May 2nd 2016, 8:34 PM

    Big year for Roscommon?

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    Mute Sean Reynolds
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    May 2nd 2016, 8:53 PM

    Leitrims year

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