It's been a good year for the more obscure GAA tales. The stories that will never live as long in the memory as great games or moments but at the same time, the stories which endear us even more to the sport.
Here are 14 of our favourites in no particular order...
1. There's something odd about this MotM award presentation
2. The story of Crossmaglen's county quarter-final
Crossmalen beat Dromintee in the Armagh championship quarter-final in a match that wasn't exactly competitive. Their opponents had tried to get the date changed due to a clash with a wedding but alas it had to go ahead so a few jeans wearing club officials had to take to the field to fulfill the fixture.
Bizarre #ArmaghSFC game tonight,as 3 Dromintee players wore jeans vCrossmaglen! Sought a switch over players wedding. pic.twitter.com/oi17x8S5Zd
— Des Cahill (@sportsdes) September 19, 2014
3. The strangest umpiring decision of the year
Should have went to Specsavers. Wha? Wide of the mark! from Jerome Quinn on Vimeo.
4. The case of the lost teeth in Mayo
Jays, I knew I was missing something!
5. Who wants to buy a helmet?
All it wants is a second chance!
6. Referee has new way of throwing in the ball
You often har the praise 'Throw it in to hell and let them get on with the game!' That's exactly what this referee in Meath.
7. Man lies down on pitch in protest resulting in junior final being abandoned
Hammy Dawson of St Patrick's GAA in Limerick staged a sit-down protest at this year's junior hurling final after his club were forced to give a walkover in the semi-final. Dawson was unhappy at the county board's decision to refuse to move the semi-final fixture which meant that eight of his club's players were unavailable due to county football commitments. Hammy was not for moving.
St Patricks Club delegate Hammy Dawson sits in middle of Ballybrown pitch in protest to the way his club was treated pic.twitter.com/upnVXwQCCJ — Limerick GAA (@LimerickCLG) June 7, 2014
Here comes trouble #hammydawson pic.twitter.com/2QrmDAKrSg
— Padraic Kennedy (@podgekennedy) June 7, 2014
8. Always take the weather with you
Yet another odd story from Meath. This time is raining one end of the pitch and bone dry at the other!
9. The GAA announcement of the year
Sure who'd steal that yoke!?
The stadium announcer in Tuam has told the whole place that the owner of some 12 DL car has left the window down. More later ... — Alan Foley (@alanfoley79) November 30, 2014
10. These two buckos
Some pair of lads!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb4OnoOIRPk
11. That time someone painted 'Loch Garman Abú' on the side of an elephant
@sportsdes News of the Wexford hurling renaissance has even reached India #dancingatthecrossroads pic.twitter.com/TcQ2TOpd9r
— McGoverns of Gorey (@MCGOVPUB) July 22, 2014
12. Rihanna becomes an umpire
You can stand under my umbrella...ella...ella...ay...ay...ay
13. British politicians getting in on GAA
2014 will always be remembered as the year the British reacted to GAA on Twitter. Lest we ever forget.
Whose idea was it to put HURLING on Sky? You are a genious, it's fantastic !!!!
— Cllr Bob Copland (@CllrBobCopland) September 7, 2014
14. Could the owner of the black and white friesian, tag number AGI228...
...please remove it from the pitch as it is causing an obstruction.
