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Roscrea's Senior Cup victory tour might be even more entertaining than their march to glory

The Offaly school are bringing the trophy on a whistle-stop tour of Ireland.

Rob Wharton with the cup Dan Sheridan / INPHO Dan Sheridan / INPHO / INPHO

ROSCREA’S WIN OVER Belvedere in the Leinster Schools Senior Cup final on Tuesday was a great moment for the competition (and those who backed them at 3/1) as it meant CCR’s name could be etched on the trophy for the very first time.

The players and supporters celebrated wildly on the pitch afterwards (star number eight Dan Trayers even greeted viewers with a pre-watershed f**k) and it looks like they are still enjoying themselves in the aftermath.

The trophy has been taken on a scenic tour and in a great picture shared by Schools Cup legend Ross O’Carroll Kelly, the photographer wondered what the traditional Leinster Schools Cup behemoth would make of the location of the victory celebration.

Roscrea earned the right to have a bit of fun with Blackrock after ending the south Dublin school’s three in-a-row bid in a dramatic quarter-final finish.

And you got a sense that the Offaly schools celebrations would be eye-catching when they unveiled this banner after beating Belvo in the St Patrick’s Day decider.

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    Feb 1st 2023, 10:25 PM

    Grab All Association acting true to form.

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    Feb 1st 2023, 10:30 PM

    @Richard Starling: sadly predictable! Typical GAA,could the Aviva not host it??

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    Mute Daniel Roche
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    Feb 1st 2023, 10:33 PM

    @Richard Starling: Ya association the trains children up and down the country, association that saves money and makes money for the Irish exchequer,you know nothing what the GAA do with that comment.

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    Feb 1st 2023, 11:13 PM

    @Richard Starling: very original.

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    Mute Philip Kennedy
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    Feb 1st 2023, 11:21 PM

    Agree with you Daniel but don’t bother with someone who says grab all association.

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    Mute Daniel Roche
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    Feb 1st 2023, 11:38 PM

    @Philip Kennedy: I know I shouldn’t, involved with the GAA 30 years,I’ll defend it.

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    Feb 1st 2023, 11:52 PM

    @Daniel Roche: many of my relatives have been involved too. It’s hard to listen to people who say grab all etc.

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    Feb 1st 2023, 11:54 PM

    @Philip Kennedy: Spot on.

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 8:34 AM

    @Daniel Roche: they do a tremendous job no doubt. But they also get millions in tax payers money and sports grants, yet exclude other sports from their facilities – even on a rental basis. The focus of spending tax players money should be on promoting sport as whole in this country – not funding ideologue protectionism.

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 11:18 AM

    @michael murray: European Cup final is on in the Aviva the same day, not logicisticall feasible

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 1:29 PM

    @Mark Sheehan: wasn’t aware of that! Thanks

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    Feb 1st 2023, 10:30 PM

    Well Done Grab All Association!

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    Feb 1st 2023, 10:33 PM

    @Shirley Moran Breslin: Any facts with that comment.

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    Feb 1st 2023, 10:39 PM

    @Daniel Roche: Cork County Board springs to me mind.

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    Feb 1st 2023, 11:22 PM

    @Shirley Moran Breslin: here’s another one. Very original.

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    Feb 1st 2023, 11:38 PM

    @Leonard Barry: So no facts.

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    Feb 1st 2023, 11:55 PM

    @Shirley Moran Breslin: you can’t be serious. Shirley. Geddit?

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 12:20 AM

    @Philip Kennedy:
    LOL – I am serious…

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 12:31 AM

    @Shirley Moran Breslin: at least you have a sense of humour!

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 10:26 AM

    @Shirley Moran Breslin:

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    Feb 1st 2023, 10:34 PM

    Eddie Hearn looking for handouts from the Irish tax payer…. Them promoters are a greedy bunch!!!

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 8:14 PM

    @Paul Linehan: no he looking for a fair deal for our no 1 sports person she has brought so much to this country and this is an outrage

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    Feb 1st 2023, 10:39 PM

    what an absolute joke of an organisation. Between….this year alone so far…..the O’Byrne cup fiasco’s (plural), the club championship (we won’t take action unless Glen complain), and now this international embarrassement. Well done to all at the GAA. Absolute Dinasaurs.

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    Feb 1st 2023, 11:30 PM

    @Ziggy Stardust: dinosaur. Or do you mean absolute beginner ziggy, if that’s your real name. Jaysus.

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    Feb 1st 2023, 11:52 PM

    @Ziggy Stardust: So you have no idea about the GAA and what it does,you look at click bait articles and you make your open,have you heard the side of the GAA,no but you will go with a boxing fella with no problems with the kinahans,joke of organisation that had the brains to build a top level stadium late 80′s/early 90′s,joke of organisation that used Irish owned companies to build the stadium bar the roof cause we didn’t have some,joke of organisation that coaches children up and down the country,joke of organisation that makes millions for the Irish Exchequer,joke of organisation that doesn’t make a profit and the money is reinvested into clubs, counties, everything,a joke of organisation that owns every major stadium and nearly every club field up and down our country.Some joke.

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    Feb 1st 2023, 11:58 PM

    @Philip Kennedy: yeah Ziggy is my real name, and just to correct you, it’s absolute beginners (again plural).

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 12:11 AM

    @Ziggy Stardust: awful movie. Even worse soundtrack.

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 12:13 AM

    @Daniel Roche: the steam coming from Daniels nostrils….
    It’s ok Daniel, you can defend the amateur organisation that you love but they are a laughing stock to true sports fans. Amateur by name, amateur by nature.
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    You say “make millions for the irish exchequer”? can you share your data as I just read an article from the IT about grants, grants and more grants from the government. Croke Park is full to capacity (excluding Garth Brooks concerts) four times a year. joke, tax payer, joke, tax payer, joke, tax payer……

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 12:16 AM

    @Ziggy Stardust: is there really life on Mars?

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 12:20 AM

    @Philip Kennedy: love it Phil. There absolutely is, but only of you’re an absolute beginner.

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 12:50 AM

    @Ziggy Stardust: stick to playing guitar ziggy.

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 1:07 AM

    @Philip Kennedy: Stop thinking you’re funny Philip. Seriously. It’s all in your head.

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 1:08 AM

    @Philip Kennedy: left hand (singular)

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    Feb 1st 2023, 10:33 PM

    This country has notions way above its station. Shocking stuff.

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    Feb 1st 2023, 10:51 PM

    GAA not covering themselves in glory over the last week

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    Feb 1st 2023, 11:56 PM

    @IAmTheTruth: So your just taking the word of a fella who had no problems dealing with the kinahans.

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    Feb 1st 2023, 10:50 PM

    As opposed to being the fault of the GAA is it not more a reflection of the cost of doing business in Ireland at this moment in time? Is it also the reason why Beyonce isn’t stopping here during her upcoming world tour?

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    Feb 1st 2023, 11:43 PM

    @Dec: @Dec: It utterly amazes me why successive governments haven’t clamped down on all the bogus insurance claims and ridiculously high payouts. I know they have made some progress on this but way, way too little. The amount of businesses I know that have failed, or couldn’t even start, due to crazy insurance premiums, is a scandal. Can the politicians not see the blindingly obvious?

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    Feb 1st 2023, 10:28 PM

    Ireland is going down the Swanee at a rapid rate of knots.

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 1:02 AM

    So we are to believe Mr Hearne playing the beal bocht…..wouldn.t make enough money from 80k tickets plus the pay per view receipts, sponsors……no it was the GAA charging too much…..bull

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    Feb 1st 2023, 10:58 PM

    Barry Hearn looking for a handout ….. It’s called business Barry .

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 6:42 AM

    @Aunties: it’s Eddie

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 12:17 AM

    Stadiums are terrible for boxing. The photos look good but unless you’re seated at ringside you’re better off watching on telly

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 5:18 AM

    @Conor Pocock: Exactly give me indoors please

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    Feb 1st 2023, 10:35 PM

    Surely, surely they could do a deal. Its money for jam, if not would the Avia or Pairc ui Chaoimh not work ? Tbh I wouldn’t waste my money watching it in Croke Park better off watching ships on a horizon

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 12:00 AM

    @David Quinlan: Don’t be one bit surprised if the Cork GAA aren’t sniffing around this already.

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 1:27 AM

    @Leonard Barry: sniffing around?! You wouldn’t want them to host it I assume is it?

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 12:13 AM

    Ah for the love of christ they couldn’t do a turn for one of our own. The mask has truly fallen off the GAA with this one

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 1:27 AM

    @Tom Collins: or Hearn wasn’t going to make enough out of it?!

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 1:19 AM

    I wouldn’t believe a word out of that spoofer Hearn’s mouth.

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 7:54 AM

    No disrespect intended but I don’t think 80,000 people would come to watch that fight. I’m not sure a boxing ring in the center of croagh park would provide the viewing spectacle people would want or pay for irrespective of who was fighting. And a half empty park would create a poor atmosphere

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 1:40 PM

    @Gerard Reynolds: You must be trolling. It would sell out in minutes.

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 6:41 AM

    The GAA must be charging a humongous fee if hearn is saying the fighters will earn more from a 9000 seat venue than 80000 in croker. I’d say a bit of bargain ploy by Eddie. Putting pressure on them and Govt.

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 7:43 AM

    Poor Eddie, wasn’t going to make the millions he thought he was from this fight.

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 8:26 AM

    Hmmm, very biased article taken only from Eddie Hearn’s perspective. Is it actually three times as must to host an event in Croke Park than Wembley… maybe the Journal could do their jobs and fact check that. And they were ‘surprised’ at the additional costs… did they not ask what was covered in the rental price?!

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 12:47 AM

    Sure isn’t prize fighting a fordn sport anyway? But anyway, could you see anything in Croke Park? Would have thought it woukd be hard enough to make out a tiny boxing ring from the top of tge Cusack stand…

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 1:23 AM

    @Colm de Cleir: you’d have to turn to watch it on the big screens in there I’d say yeah….haha!

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 12:39 PM

    @Colm de Cleir: Didn’t Cassius Clay (as he was at the time) fight in Croke Park? Early 1970s?

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    Feb 1st 2023, 11:41 PM

    This would have been a huge tourist boost.

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    Feb 1st 2023, 11:54 PM

    @Ian James Burgess: It’s still for Ireland.

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 3:22 AM

    How much does it cost ?
    Everything except that in the article.
    How much is wembley ?
    Yes, Crime park is always going to be more expensive than the English place, she doesn’t want to fight in London, she is not British Eddie, she’s Irish.
    Organise Coke Park and be done with it, accept a deal on a ticket price and 80,000 fans , or ticket sales, do a TV/Dazn deal, end of story.

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 3:53 AM

    Again the Short cited vision by the Old brass at The GAA HQ, can’t see the big picture
    Shameful
    The week for the GAA went from Bad to worse
    Embarrassing

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 1:29 PM

    @colm buckley: What is the big picture Colm? What about the legal conditions they allowed to rent the stadium for? They can only rent it to a limited number of sports or events. Unlike venues, there are limits to the amount and types of events it can host. It’s a sports stadium with planning permission limits on what it can host rather than a venue.
    Maybe the promoters and the GAA are holding out. Maybe the GAAs event and sport type slots are filled. Maybe the GAA want to keep a slot for something that runs over three nights or maybe the promoter wants to maximise profits.

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 7:54 AM

    No disrespect intended but I don’t think 80,000 people would come to watch that fight. I’m not sure a boxing ring in the center of croke park would provide the viewing spectacle people would want or pay for irrespective of who was fighting. And a half empty park would create a poor atmosphere

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 7:45 AM

    I think this is the pot calling the kettle black, there’s pure greed on both sides. I think the suggestion that the GAA should be stepping in is laughable, should they step in to sort out all private business deals. Also, this still is very much a bad news story for the GAA, on a week that they needed a win in a lot of people’s minds.

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 8:37 AM

    @Daniel Roche: I sense a dyed in the wool GAA can do no wrong supporter here.

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 9:56 AM

    Shame on you. Katie deserves respect for what she has done for Irish sports. You didn’t have any problems with garth Brooks.

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 12:18 PM

    @Simon Dwyer: I’d always like to hear both sides of a story, before I could say shame on anybody.

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 5:18 AM

    Can I join the ticketmaster Q now?

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 2:50 PM

    My heart bleeds for the poor honest boxing promoter.

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 3:51 AM

    Agin

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    Feb 2nd 2023, 12:15 PM

    No chance of getting a ticket now

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