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Former Donegal All-Ireland winning great Martin Shovlin was christened 'Duracell' recently after a local paper covered a league game in which he was playing. 47 years young and he just keeps going.... Others you might be interested in - Kevin McMenamin - Wappa Paul Durcan - Pappa We also had a minor player a few years back who was nicknamed 'Chadwick' as he had the misfortune of looking like former United winger Luke. theboydonegood (Donegal) - Posts: 522 - 22/08/2008 12:32:27 82429 Link
Chainsaw , thanks for explaining the origin of 'The Bombers' nickname. Makes sense now that I've heard it. dubupnorth (Dublin) - Posts: 1897 - 22/08/2008 13:11:30 82483 Link
I reckon one in every 3/4 clubs has somebody named Bomber, they are generally a bit overweight (and thats putting it nicely), sport a beard or a mop of hair or both, slow as a rainy week but can catch a ball and create general chaos in around the area. I reckon thats how Bomber Liston got his name as well! I know a neighboureing club of ours in Wexford (Monageer) has a guy named Bomber who fits this bill as well. Another few our Wexford friend forgot - Sambo (Ciaran Kenny), Rio (Keith Rossiter). Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 22/08/2008 13:40:28 82504 Link
eoin mulligan - mugsy? no idea! ryan mc menamin - ricey? no idea! peter canavan - god? aye well now ders one dat makes sense! eochair (Tyrone) - Posts: 213 - 22/08/2008 14:00:02 82544 Link
I heard once before that the technical definition (if there is such a thing) of a bomber is a large target man with limited mobility. Post_Splitter (Meath) - Posts: 51 - 22/08/2008 14:45:49 82603 Link
Replying To Bald Eagle: "For the third time of trying......... I played against a fella in Derry whose nickname rhymed with Dosser, and started with the next letter to S in the alphabet!!" You're lucky I tried 4-5 times still nothing!!! IrishGael3 (USA) - Posts: 1092 - 24/09/2016 09:27:05 1918616 Link
Replying To Bald Eagle: "For the third time of trying......... I played against a fella in Derry whose nickname rhymed with Dosser, and started with the next letter to S in the alphabet!!" Rosser? Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 24/09/2016 12:25:00 1918649 Link
Replying To daytona11: "gary white from kildare is called chalky........i cant see why." There was an Irish swimmer in the 1970s called 'Chalky' White. Is Gary a grandson of 'the Boiler' White a Kildare star of the distant past? tommy58 (Dublin) - Posts: 169 - 24/09/2016 22:29:34 1918790 Link
Replying To mid-mon man: "As far as monaghan players go: Padraig McBennett - Butsy Dermot McArdle - Strimmer Eoin Lennon - Spindly Stephen Gollogly - Jinxy Paul Finlay - Jap They're the only real nicknames which aren't a different form of their actual name. Finlay and Gollogly inherited them names from their aul boys I think, not exactly sure what they mean though. Don't know the origin of the other three boys' nicknames either. And then there's the most famous monaghan player of all, Nudie Hughes, well I don't know why he's called that and I don't want to know either!" I heard 'Nudie' Hughes got his nickname from his pronunciation of his name 'Eugene' as a 4-year old starting school. tommy58 (Dublin) - Posts: 169 - 24/09/2016 22:32:27 1918792 Link
Replying To tommy58: "There was an Irish swimmer in the 1970s called 'Chalky' White. Is Gary a grandson of 'the Boiler' White a Kildare star of the distant past?" Yes Tommy he is indeed a grandson of the boiler white ! DUBJOHN (Dublin) - Posts: 932 - 26/09/2016 19:04:00 1919411 Link
Replying To tommy58: "There was an Irish swimmer in the 1970s called 'Chalky' White. Is Gary a grandson of 'the Boiler' White a Kildare star of the distant past?" Yes tommy58 he is indeed a grandson of the boiler White ! DUBJOHN (Dublin) - Posts: 932 - 26/09/2016 19:20:34 1919414 Link
Our club had a few players with the nicknames, Shoddy, Lurch, Crow###te, Rhode players, Braxty, Hefty, Super, and in the past Beezly. Good at the alternates over there! thelongridge (Offaly) - Posts: 1745 - 26/09/2016 19:38:00 1919421 Link
Bubbles O'Dwyer was named after Michael Jackson's monkey ! GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7355 - 27/09/2016 09:59:11 1919537 Link
Owen Mulligan-Mugsy Mark O Riordan-Razor Johnny McCarthy-Johnny Concrete Mike O Brien-Banger Tim Kennely-Horse Diarmuid O Sullivan-Rock Ryan Macminim-Ricey gorby580 (Limerick) - Posts: 165 - 27/09/2016 11:34:03 1919579 Link
Replying To eochair: "eoin mulligan - mugsy? no idea! ryan mc menamin - ricey? no idea! peter canavan - god? aye well now ders one dat makes sense!" Ryan-Ricey...just a spin on the name Ryan, no other reason id imagine? gorby580 (Limerick) - Posts: 165 - 27/09/2016 11:44:19 1919586 Link
Michael 'Brick' Walsh GameOfTyrones (Tyrone) - Posts: 469 - 27/09/2016 13:14:16 1919623 Link
Replying To theboydonegood: "Former Donegal All-Ireland winning great Martin Shovlin was christened 'Duracell' recently after a local paper covered a league game in which he was playing. 47 years young and he just keeps going.... Others you might be interested in - Kevin McMenamin - Wappa Paul Durcan - Pappa We also had a minor player a few years back who was nicknamed 'Chadwick' as he had the misfortune of looking like former United winger Luke." What's this 47 years 'young' shite? why are people afraid of age? anyway Shovlin is 56 years old now,get your facts right. TirChonaillabu2 (Donegal) - Posts: 344 - 27/09/2016 16:06:13 1919734 Link

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