Episode 1730: Why Knock-Out Gaelic Football Might Be Making A Comeback, Mike Quirke’s Pretty Mad First 6 Months In Inter-County Management, Conor McGregor’s National Address
Only 1 of the first 20 All-Ireland football championships were decided within the calendar year, so if there’s one thing for certain, it’s that there will be a 2020 All-Ireland champion crowned, eventually.
On this day in 1895 the much delayed All-Ireland Senior Championship Finals of 1894 took place at Clonturk Park in the Drumcondra suburb of Dublin. Both Finals featured @OfficialCorkGAA and @DubGAAOfficial, with @RockiesCork and Nils Desperandum representing @OfficialCorkGAA pic.twitter.com/60It2GB37v
— Cork Hurling History (@HurlingHistory) March 24, 2020
What looks like the most time-efficient way of deciding that champion might be a return to straight knock-out championship, and to discuss why it was gotten rid of in the first place, and the winner-take-all benefits of it, we reunite the old gang of Oisin McConville and Mike Quirke. And Mike tells us what being an inter-county manager is like in these strange, strange times.
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Plus we commend our leader Conor McGregor on his speech to the nation, we hear from Pat Kenny, and Murph defends his native Irish brogue.
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— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) March 25, 2020
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