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1 Star 2 Bubbles 3 Ricey 4 Gooch 5 Mugsy Are there any good GAA nicknames out there? The Tyrone and Kerry teams of the 2000s battled it out for crap nicknames as much as they did on the field. Star came in and made the difference for Kerry imho. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4221 - 05/09/2016 16:46:00 1910337 Link
Henry Shefflin: "The King" Always thought it was a good nickname, and very apt of course. cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5012 - 05/09/2016 17:07:11 1910348 Link
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I am referred to as "small balls liam" by my team mates...... Never knew why..... Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8166 - 05/09/2016 17:48:24 1910366 Link
Replying To Liamwalkinstown: "I am referred to as "small balls liam" by my team mates...... Never knew why....." lol, I was called the 'wide receiver' and I've no idea why either :D realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8591 - 05/09/2016 18:06:56 1910375 Link
Some of my ex team mates were known as the knife, the terminator, the rist, mad dog and the bstard. We were generally considered tough but fair ;) Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 05/09/2016 18:30:14 1910384 Link
When he first came on the senior scene in 1978 Eoin Liston was known as The Brown Bomber. Later it was fortunately shortened to The Bomber". avonali (Dublin) - Posts: 1974 - 05/09/2016 19:07:47 1910390 Link
Seamus 'Shaq' O'Neill. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7344 - 05/09/2016 19:34:32 1910395 Link
Replying To Whammo86: "1 Star 2 Bubbles 3 Ricey 4 Gooch 5 Mugsy Are there any good GAA nicknames out there? The Tyrone and Kerry teams of the 2000s battled it out for crap nicknames as much as they did on the field. Star came in and made the difference for Kerry imho." Star is the worst nickname I've ever heard. DBo183 (USA) - Posts: 16 - 05/09/2016 19:39:57 1910398 Link
Replying To DBo183: "Star is the worst nickname I've ever heard." I do well not to smash my TV every time Joe Brolly uses it. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4221 - 05/09/2016 19:48:47 1910401 Link
Replying To Whammo86: "1 Star 2 Bubbles 3 Ricey 4 Gooch 5 Mugsy Are there any good GAA nicknames out there? The Tyrone and Kerry teams of the 2000s battled it out for crap nicknames as much as they did on the field. Star came in and made the difference for Kerry imho." Just thinking of our '89 team Whammo and some of the nicknames: Bubbles (Patterson) Bear (Donnelly) Cloot (McFetridge) Woody (McKinley) Hippy (Donnelly) Humpy (McKillen) Sambo (McNaughton) Beaver (MCarry) Probably forgetting a few too! Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 05/09/2016 19:50:07 1910402 Link
Cloot (McFetridge) is a brilliant nickname!!!!! Read in the Irish News a Donegal club player was Yank. Great name. The_Fridge (Tyrone) - Posts: 2088 - 05/09/2016 20:03:29 1910406 Link
Replying To Offside_Rule: "Just thinking of our '89 team Whammo and some of the nicknames: Bubbles (Patterson) Bear (Donnelly) Cloot (McFetridge) Woody (McKinley) Hippy (Donnelly) Humpy (McKillen) Sambo (McNaughton) Beaver (MCarry) Probably forgetting a few too!" I'm far from impartial but I think most of those are crackers. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4221 - 05/09/2016 20:14:09 1910414 Link
Yeah "King" Henry always bugged the hell out of me, always think Brick sounds brutal too Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 1908 - 05/09/2016 20:40:24 1910420 Link
Replying To Offside_Rule: "Just thinking of our '89 team Whammo and some of the nicknames: Bubbles (Patterson) Bear (Donnelly) Cloot (McFetridge) Woody (McKinley) Hippy (Donnelly) Humpy (McKillen) Sambo (McNaughton) Beaver (MCarry) Probably forgetting a few too!" Care to share the 'beaver' story? :D realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8591 - 05/09/2016 23:36:04 1910491 Link
Replying To GreenandRed: "Seamus 'Shaq' O'Neill." Who calls him that?? I've only ever heard him referred to as "big Seamie" O'Neill. cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5012 - 06/09/2016 08:38:46 1910516 Link
I'm far from impartial but I think most of those are crackers. Agreed - this was in response to the question does anyone know any good nicknames :-) Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 06/09/2016 09:03:12 1910523 Link
Replying To realdub: "Care to share the 'beaver' story? :D" lol - I don't know it but as I was putting them up yesterday I did wonder where the origins lay. GIven that there is no evidence to suggest we ever had the animal here it does send the mind down another road but maybe some of my fellow Countymen can give the answer. Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 06/09/2016 09:05:10 1910524 Link
Replying To Whammo86: "I'm far from impartial but I think most of those are crackers." "Cloot McFetridge" is possibly the great name of all time...love it! :-) avonali (Dublin) - Posts: 1974 - 06/09/2016 09:23:28 1910531 Link
And just thinking more about the '89 team and there also was Pappy O'Kane and Dew McMullan (was Mushy McMullan in the panel that year?). In fact, I wonder did any player not have a nickname on that team? From my own days playing I remember some of the nicknames of the players you would have been up against (underage and adult): Wiggsy Scaldy Ghosty Nipper Satan Skinny Lanky Skunk Bog Rat And some others which wouldn't pass the moderation.... Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 06/09/2016 09:24:30 1910532 Link