I was very disappointed that nobody on radio or TV managed to say "last Gasperoni" about Ireland's win and in reference to San Marino's number 11.
Can never get what almost seems like a pride football and rugby fans take in not visiting Croke Park, like it's a badge of honour. No problem if you don't like Gaelic football or hurling (but how could any one not love hurling?), but sometimes it seems more than that, like because Croke Park is the home of traditional Irish sports it's somehow uncool? God lads, come to terms with it: you're Irish.
PS I've been a regular in Croke Park and Lansdowne all my life so I'm terribly ecumenical.
It could be argued that somebody who gets up off their behind and coaches kids in the codes has more practical interest in them than somebody who sits on theirs just watching others play. You know - doers and watchers and all that... Anybody who takes time out to coach kids in sport deserves credit in my opinion. Who cares if they don't spectate?Strange that you would coach kids in hurling and football when you have no interest in GAA sports.
Wouldn't you get more enjoyment from coaching underage rugby instead?
Agree 100%. The most valuable thing we can give is our time.It could be argued that somebody who gets up off their behind and coaches kids in the codes has more practical interest in them than somebody who sits on theirs just watching others play. You know - doers and watchers and all that... Anybody who takes time out to coach kids in sport deserves credit in my opinion. Who cares if they don't spectate?
This doesn't make me any less Irish than the next person and, in my opinion, only a bigot would think otherwise.
Maybe you were having a pop at me, maybe you weren't. FWIW the reason I have only ever been to one match in Croke Park is that GAA football or hurling were never part of my life. That wasn't a lifestyle choice, it's just how things turned out.....
An all-Ireland team is playing a game of Rugby in grounds owned by another all Ireland sporting body. BTW the oldest football club in the world in the rugby club in TCD.What's going on in Croke park this weekend? (I don't listen to RTÉ)
An all-Ireland team is playing a game of Rugby
Strange that you would coach kids in hurling and football when you have no interest in GAA sports.
No mangling required in order to take the following comments as implying that non attendance at Croker and/or not supporting/liking Gaelic games is somehow incompatible with being truly Irish.Had a feeling there'd be a reply like that, completely mangling the meaning of my comment.
Can never get what almost seems like a pride football and rugby fans take in not visiting Croke Park, like it's a badge of honour. No problem if you don't like Gaelic football or hurling (but how could any one not love hurling?), but sometimes it seems more than that, like because Croke Park is the home of traditional Irish sports it's somehow uncool? God lads, come to terms with it: you're Irish.
A friend of mine who is a London born, Dublin bred, cricket playing, Bohs supporter uses the term "monkey tennis" which sort of sums it up for me.There's no doubting it though, I hear it all the time, there's an astonishing level of snobbery towards the GAA, particularly from rugby supporters, a little less from football fans ("bogball" and all that). All very curious.
No mangling required in order to take the following comments as implying that non attendance at Croker and/or not supporting/liking Gaelic games is somehow incompatible with being truly Irish.
A friend of mine who is a Londonborn, Dublinbred, cricket playing, Bohs supporter uses the term "monkey tennis" which sort of sums it up for me.
I was going to quote you here......Where did I post that I "have no interest in GAA sports"?
........and say you can't have much interest in GAA if you've only been to Croke Park once. But then I remembered my Sligo cousin who's a GAA diehard....not sure he's ever been to Croke Park, but that's more to do with the fact that his county are sh1teFWIW the reason I have only ever been to one match in Croke Park is that GAA football or hurling were never part of my life.
Simple question then - what was the point/relevance of this comment?Truly comical. This reminds me of the letters to the papers about Enda Kenny's speech about immigration. Can't abide the fella, or his party, but I thought his speech was largely thoughtful, thought-provoking and intelligent. The reaction? It was racist!!It wasn't. But that seems to be the standard of debate in this country, if someone doesn’t agree with your opinion they toss those oh-so-easy tags at ya, ‘bigot’, ‘racist’, bla, bla, bla, instead of at least attempting to enter a semi-intelligent debate. It’s mind-numbingly dull at this stage.
But no Clubman, I didn’t say anything remotely close to ‘you're not truly Irish if you don't like Gaelic games’, as you know. Why did you feel the need to mangle? What on earth is the point?! I’m not particularly a fan of Gaelic football, I love hurling – so am I calling myself only half ‘truly’ Irish??!!
God lads, come to terms with it: you're Irish.
I don't know. Why don't you ask some of these people?I wondered why some Irish sports fans seem to almost take pride in the fact that they’d never (or rarely) visited Croke Park – I’ve actually heard umpteen people boast about this over the years. I simply asked: what’s that all about?
I wonder the same thing myself about something traditional (since 1890) and Irish that is actually close to my heart - Bohemian FC.So, why do some people sneer at the GAA, Gaelic games and its supporters? Is it because – as I’ve found with some – that because Gaelic games are the traditional Irish sports they are somehow looked upon as being uncool? If yes, why is something traditional and Irish regarded as uncool….by Irish people?
He's not really. Bit of a geek actually.Jaysus, very cool.
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