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I know it's not a GAA sport but what a fantastic achievement by the Irish girls. Maroonatic (Galway) - Posts: 1060 - 05/08/2018 16:55:38 2129436 Link 0 |
great achievement,i and everyone in the bar where i work are frantically trying to figure out the rules perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 05/08/2018 17:06:15 2129445 Link 0 |
Scandalous that the GAA put on two football matches at the same time as the hockey final ballydalane (Kilkenny) - Posts: 1246 - 05/08/2018 18:02:57 2129507 Link 0 |
Getting my post in before someone starts talking about how hockey is the sport of warriors or some other nonsense and someone else says there's no skill or tactics in it effin (Fermanagh) - Posts: 39 - 05/08/2018 18:16:14 2129524 Link 0 |
Irish But Never Held A Hockey Stick? Cockney_Cat (UK) - Posts: 2474 - 05/08/2018 18:36:39 2129545 Link 3 |
Hockey is not what it used to be. I mean the games called hock-ey not puck-ey. I didn't see one hock the whole game. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4226 - 05/08/2018 18:47:26 2129559 Link 0 |
Male or female?
PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 1903 - 05/08/2018 19:04:14 2129576 Link 2 |
From Wikipedia: The word hockey itself is of unknown origin. One supposition is that it is a derivative of hoquet, a Middle French word for a shepherd's stave. The curved, or "hooked" ends of the sticks used for hockey would indeed have resembled these staves. Another supposition derives from the known use of cork bungs, (stoppers) in place of wooden balls to play the game. The stoppers came from barrels containing "hock" ale, also called "hocky". Cockney_Cat (UK) - Posts: 2474 - 05/08/2018 19:08:35 2129580 Link 0 |
What difference does it make?
Cockney_Cat (UK) - Posts: 2474 - 05/08/2018 19:14:57 2129587 Link 0 |
ive been hockeyed a few times,where did that originate from? perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 05/08/2018 22:05:07 2129710 Link 0 |
Heffernan's?
Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4226 - 05/08/2018 22:22:09 2129724 Link 0 |
Watching the RTE news segment on it, boy did the RTE crew lap this stuff up, is it just my imagination or do the Dublin 4 type brigade all talk very funny out of the corner of their mouths in a funny kind of a posh accent? Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 2749 - 05/08/2018 22:30:08 2129732 Link 0 |
Is a brilliant achievement, great advertisement for the sport. oakleafersir (Derry) - Posts: 808 - 05/08/2018 23:19:40 2129756 Link 0 |
What difference does it make?"]I would!
Workingclass (Mayo) - Posts: 26 - 06/08/2018 00:11:02 2129775 Link 0 |
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Sure did. There is a peculiar accent beloved of Dublin4 types, called a 'Dort accent' used by denizens of the South Dublin suburbs.By the way someone on RTE mentioned teams lining up for the anthems before the match. Since when is Ireland's Call our anthem ? It was a great achievement, to come through to the final, doing it the hard way. As for a comment that the final clashed with two football games, it was only one game, preceded by a hurling replay. The Super 8 fixtures were decided long before the hockey tournament, getting to the World Cup final was an unexpected bonus, giving RTE a dilemma. I kept an eye on both matches. thelongridge (Offaly) - Posts: 1741 - 06/08/2018 12:24:01 2129943 Link 2 |
King Con's mother played in nets for Ireland in the '80s
witnof (Dublin) - Posts: 1604 - 06/08/2018 12:42:48 2129960 Link 0 |
Conal Keaney's mam? He was a great hurler himself.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7346 - 06/08/2018 14:45:00 2130040 Link 1 |
I think one of those girls is a daughter of Derek Daley. Derek was a bit of wild man behind the wheel of a car in his formula racing days Maroonatic (Galway) - Posts: 1060 - 06/08/2018 16:20:41 2130077 Link 0 |
There would be a large number of unionists playing for the Ireland hockey team. As with the rugby for the sake of inclusivity it is right that Ireland's call be played. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4226 - 06/08/2018 18:24:03 2130111 Link 1 |