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A championship like no other. The 2022 GAA split season, as it was.

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A championship like no other. The 2022 GAA split season, as it was. By Steven Kelly  10/08/2022 Where to begin? It is fair to say that the 2022 GAA season didn’t disappoint for players and supporters alike. Before the GAA championship got underway this year, many pundits and analysts were left confused as to the logic of splitting and condensing the season between club and county and having the traditional All -Ireland finals from September moved to July. With the drama of Dublin being relegated to Division two and Limerick being beaten in the Hurling league, before championship 2022 even got underway, it was obvious that many teams saw this season as being more open than ever before. In Football we had the inaugural Tailteann Cup being introduced, which gave smaller counties exposure and an opportunity to get to Croke Park. Unlike the Tommy Murphy Cup competition, which had similar ideas, which Tipperary won back in 2005, teams bought into this idea of having a genuine day in the ...