The debate started yesterday and ignoring the rights and wrongs of a list like this, here we are. An immediate caveat- the best GAA brawls tend to happen where there are no cameras. But this list proves that, despite the outcry over the Dromid-Derrytresk melee, there's nothing new about GAA brawls (although that is the first 'bench-clearing' brawl) we've seen. where th If you have any other suggestions or videos, get in touch.
Meath v Mayo 1996 All Ireland Replay - Sean Boylan's men won this one as Mayo's best player Liam McHale got the line with born tough man Colm Coyle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBnWAMf5DNQ
Dublin V Tyrone - Proof that the league does matter. Alan Brogan takes it to the sideline.
Louth V Laois in 1991, some serious boxing in this one. Float like a butterfly, sting like an uppercut all the way from Ardee.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvaIx3gqROE
Ballybrown (Limerick) vs Clarecastle (Clare) 1991 Munster Senior Club Hurling Cship - Music warning with this one. It's arguably the craziest GAA brawl. What is the guy from the sidelines doing wading into a brawl with mem with hurleys?
Moorefield Kildare vs Dromard Longford - some serious slaps in this one, and a crowd of blood hungry subs. This is the classic GAA club brawl. It's interesting that so many of the nastiest club brawls take place between clubs from other counties.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGYAj6odXyk&feature=related
H/T Conor Dillon Evan McDermott Kevin Gorman and
Henry Martin
