Saw this on youtube highlighting the boarder rivalary between KK and Tipp. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlM0ihe7IfA

I reckon the rivalary is great between boarder counties with some funny scullduggery and craic; last year in the Kerry/Cork boarder, dogs were kidnapped from the Kerry side and painted red and white and released back and vica versa. People in Kerry woke up in the morning in the days before the AI final to find sculptures, bins, etc painted red and white. An excellent video came on youtube about the "Kerry animals". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkPHRH11TTc

Any other counties have similar stories

kerrykerry (Kerry) - Posts: 1779 - 02/09/2010 12:18:07    763252

KerryKerry,

I don't have any GAA stories, but I did read Gerry Adams autobiography and he says that the British army once raided his home and took his dog and trained the Dog to work as a sniffer. Many years later he encountered the same dog in another raid sniffing his way around the place. He reckons the dog briefly recognised him before being led away.

Hilarious!

slayer (Limerick) - Posts: 6628 - 02/09/2010 12:38:46    763278

Very funny Slayer!

Those sneaky Brits, turn a mans dog against him!

Redfoot (Cork) - Posts: 388 - 02/09/2010 15:08:07    763499

Kerry and cork have a great sporting rivalry but, I think that the people of both counties, are very much alike in many ways!
I have never met a Corkman,who wasn't a good sport.
Oh Yes, Cork : our Sister County!!

Bigapple (Kerry) - Posts: 495 - 02/09/2010 17:01:18    763649

there is a divide in Cork between Tipp in hurling and Kerry in football. For me the football has taken over in the last few years but as of yet nothing comes close to the big games against Tipp in Thurles, what a day out! The Kerry rivalry is more full on however as half the population of Kerry seems to be living in Cork, many of my neighbours are now Kerrymen and there would be as many Kerry flags around the place as Cork flags. Trips to Dingle and Killarney can be sickening of late but hopefully their is a reversal on the way and I look forward to my next visit.

tj09 (Cork) - Posts: 481 - 02/09/2010 17:52:04    763734

live a mile from the galway/tipp border, 15 miles from the galway/offaly border and 12 miles from the clare/galway border and they have all won all irelands since our last one.

fatchops (None) - Posts: 127 - 02/09/2010 20:52:59    763955

I can be very hard to live in laois in august and september!!! esp the hurling area as I live a mile from both the tipp and kk border!!!! Even Offaly in the 80's and 90's were bringing hom liam!! It must be one of the great gaa mysteries why a county surounded by kk, tipp and offaly can't be competitve in hurling!! As for footbal our neighbours to the east have had a great year again!! We live in hope!!

Ben (None) - Posts: 108 - 03/09/2010 09:36:32    764077

mmmmm I love the Cork accent

Orlaith (Derry) - Posts: 4282 - 03/09/2010 10:50:31    764121

I grew up on the Kildare laois border, was always great rivalry between the supporters of both counties but when Laois won the leinster I was cheering them on and waved at the fans driving home with their blue and whit flags flying, its all a bit of craic and good natured banter, would like to see them do well against any team except Kildare of course.

bryanadams (Kildare) - Posts: 733 - 03/09/2010 14:04:36    764370

A couple of years ago, on the eve of Clonguish playing in the Longford county football final, they had an auld car painted green & white (the club colours) parked outside the village. In the dead of night though, some fiendish rascals (obviously from the neighbouring parish - club colours white & green) sprayed UP KILLOE on it. Class.

keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4105 - 03/09/2010 16:31:04    764531

bryanadams
County: Kildare
Posts: 146

764370 I grew up on the Kildare laois border, was always great rivalry between the supporters of both counties but when Laois won the leinster I was cheering them on and waved at the fans driving home with their blue and whit flags flying, its all a bit of craic and good natured banter, would like to see them do well against any team except Kildare of course.

Why did you cheer them sure they beat Kildare in the final????

tonorio (Offaly) - Posts: 609 - 03/09/2010 16:42:46    764542

Well my x was from tralee so we use to not talk for days when Cork and Kerry played. She had no real interested but did her best to wind me up. We still get on so i guess its only a bit of rivalry. I hate Kerry when it comes to football but i like Kerry people. God i cant believe im actually admitting that.

Tipp are our big rivals in munster but i have great respect for the tipp boys,

rebeltrev (Cork) - Posts: 344 - 03/09/2010 19:05:54    764678

G'wan orlaith like! LOL!

cork v kerry rivalry is great craic...going to school in a school only a bit away from kerry and shure half the people in the town are from kerry!
we have been invaded! BUT WE WILL BE VICTORIOUS!

rebelsrock (Cork) - Posts: 550 - 03/09/2010 19:27:38    764689

well rebelsrock, I hope ye are victorious this year especially as Kerry is out! Am married to a Cork person myself and the craic can be great-though a wounded animal can be hard to deal with!!!!

kerrykerry (Kerry) - Posts: 1779 - 03/09/2010 19:53:49    764706

kerrykerry
thanks! :) can you tell your fellow county people to support cork (not that we need YOUR support!)?? they started shouting at me when i was in tralee and kilarney.... ah the rivalry!

rebelsrock (Cork) - Posts: 550 - 03/09/2010 20:04:08    764714

As long as they keep dumping their sludge in our fields there'll never be peace !!

Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 04/09/2010 12:04:08    764879

id say its alot worse along the ireland, northern ireland border as its a border between countries and us irish alway like to get one over the ould enemy and im sure those in the north would like the same

liathroidboy (Mayo) - Posts: 4921 - 05/09/2010 15:15:01    765543

liathroidboy
County: Mayo
Posts: 378

Its a 32 county island of Ireland, we're all Irish here :S Pathetic comment to make.

MourneArmy (Down) - Posts: 1787 - 05/09/2010 15:17:26    765548

spot on mourne its a 32 county island- but its also two different countries- walk down the street in any part of northern ireland and commit a crime and see are you covered by irish law, what you would like it to be is largely irrelevant when its a factual answer not an opinion.

liathroidboy (Mayo) - Posts: 4921 - 05/09/2010 15:45:08    765576

liathroid,ridiclious thing to say we are ALL Irish, WUM

b.mullins (Dublin) - Posts: 1413 - 05/09/2010 15:50:42    765580