It’s time to reconsider the possibility of two Dublins

In the age of Twitter, there’s never a shortage of people in with the obvious quip. Any prospect of a draw, from the Super Bowl to the All-Ireland series, and the replay’s in Limerick. And as for when a Dublin football team loses a game at minor, U21, or senior? Split Dublin in two. Ha, ha.

Only at this point there’s nothing funny about it. Instead, as Colm O’Rourke reminded people last weekend, there’s something very sensible about it. Or splitting Dublin into three or four, for that matter. Why should over a quarter of the country’s population only provide 3% of its inter-county football teams?

For sure there’ll be Dublin fans who’ll take umbrage at the very suggestion, but really, Dublin GAA should take it as the ultimate compliment.