I don't think even your average Irish football diehard could put up a defence of those two games, they were grim and a dire advert for the game here.
The only excuse I could make for the teams is that the season has just begun and a lot of new players were being fielded, so it'll take them time to get it right.
But as someone who has fought a brave, if fruitless battle
o), trying to defend Irish football in arguments about how rubbish it is next to the Premiership, etc, I'm close to waving a white flag. To be honest, I
do think the standard is generally crap. I saw 30 to 35 games last season and maybe 2 or 3 were excellent, some were average, the majority were painful.
If you want to see and support live Irish sport, after events of the past day, I'd opt for cricket