Tier 1: Dublin
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Tier 2: The rest

Is it Dublins fault? It is their fault that they were ambitious and had a plan.
The made a plan.
They had top class people implementing the plan.

Dublin GAA were playing Chess while everyone else was playing chequers. https://twitter.com/TheSundayGame/status/1335302259165589507

People talk about money being the main issue, and yes, it is a large reason for their success. But, they had a plan, with targets, to get benefit for the money they received.

Any money gained from central council, sport Ireland, Croke Park etc would be matched by the clubs...

Dublin GAA employs 50-60 GPOs, who work on the ground. Coaching in schools, in juvenile sections in clubs, upskilling coaches in clubs and basically being a brand ambassador for their club.

Clubs fund over 50% of their wages. Some clubs fund 100% of the wages for the coaches..

Every child in every single primary school in Dublin gets an introduction to Gaelic Games by a professional coach. Someone who gets brilliant internal training from Dublin GAA. First impressions last. The first impression most children have of the GAA in Dublin is hugely positive

So, Things Dublin GAA has going for it:
1. Population
2. Money
3. A plan
4. Top class personnel keeping the train on the tracks

Let's look at "3. A plan"...

How many other counties have a plan resembling "The Blue Wave", a 7 year plan Dublin released in 2011??

I don't know of any but maybe there are a few.

Let's look at "4. Top class personnel keeping the train on the tracks".

Dublin have top class personnel. John Costello is probably the best administrator in Irish sport. He is just one of the team..

As Tomas O'Sé said, there is no point giving Leitrim €1m. Well, if they had a plan that would give value for money, and someone to implement the plan, then maybe €1m would be a great help to them.

Population can't be main reason, if that was the case Kilkenny, who are 9th in population out of the 10 teams in the Liam McCarthy would never win the All Ireland.

Money is a factor. Dublin have more of it than any others. But they also use it better.

Dublin, I would say spend a higher proportion of their annual budget on coaching and games development than any other county.

I don't have figures to back it up but they spend approx 20% of income on Coaching & Games going by recent financial reports.

Things they do better than most others:

•Full time regular coaching in primary schools.
•Strong post primary school links.
•Regular, meaningful games program for all ages from U8 to Adult.
•Strong in-club coach education opportunities.

If counties diverted 25% of money spent on their 1/2 senior inter county teams to juvenile games development in the county, and then had that money matched by the clubs, then inroads could be made.

It won't happen overnight. It is a long term project.

Don't punish Dublin for being proactive and making the GAA attractive to the thousands of kids in Dublin.

How can we help other counties to do the same for their kids??

How can we do better to provide a more meaningful experience for the children in every other county?

"If we try to play like the Yankees in here, we will lose to the Yankees out there" Billy Beane, Moneyball

Counties must look at different ways of doing things and the things they need to do start at the bottom, at grassroots, far away from the bright lights of inter county.

This phrase from Moneyball also comes to mind.

"What's the problem?"..

People think the Dublin senior football team is the problem, then I'm afraid this problem will stay the same...