Mark Conway: ‘We have allowed Dublin to choke Ireland in GAA terms’

Mark Conway was a member of the GAA’s Strategic Review Committee in 2002 which recommended the splitting of Dublin into two (he among other members of the group suggested it be divided in four based on the county’s councils)

Dublin’s population means it is unlikely to ever again dip into the doldrums when it comes to Gaelic football. Unless there are fundamental changes to the intercounty competition they will dominate in perpetuity according to Mark Conway.

Frithionsaí a Dhéanamh… Rural Strikes Back?’ 

When a County of 1,345,402 people, 479,683 households/families, 4 x Universities, 49 (!) x Hospitals, 8 x national railways, the LUAS and DART, 8 x national motorways, 200 bus routes, 43 x museums, 30 x art galleries, 46 x libraries, Ireland’s biggest port and airport, the national Parliament, the seat of government and administration, 19 x government departments, over 150 x national public organisations, the national media and broadcasting base, the national GAA stadium, the GAA’s National (???) Games Development Centre and the biggest and unrivalled levels of GAA funding, comes up against a ‘brother/sister rural County of Ireland’s periphery’ in tomorrow’s All-Ireland final, then our hearts have to be with the men and women of the West.”