Just seen Cork's new jersey commemorating Tomas Mac Curtain and Terance Macswiney it's a beautiful jersey it also has the boys of Kilmichael and burning of Cork depicted on the jersey. Would love if Limerick did something similar with Patrick Sarsfield and the seige of Limerick and with Sean South depicted on it too.

DUALSUPPORT (Limerick) - Posts: 1038 - 20/02/2020 21:23:50    2268687

Breezy (Limerick) - Posts: 1236 - 20/02/2020 22:56:53    2268694

Also never knew his full name was Tomas Mac Curtain Koolite

Breezy (Limerick) - Posts: 1236 - 20/02/2020 23:27:57    2268701

find it cringey,and think commemorative jerseys of people from the past are nonsense,modern ireland doesnt need more dwelling on history

perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 21/02/2020 08:56:11    2268723

Thomas McCurtains GAA club in east London/Essex are celebrating their Centenary this year and are in Cork weekend of the commeration celebrations. One of the oldest clubs outside of Ireland, team were always known as the Cork team in London due to their close association with Fords factory in Dagenham and in 1954 the Cork All Ireland winning team with Christy Ring came to Dagenham to play McCurtains. In fact Dagenham was known as Little Cork. Only club in Britain with adult hurling and football, ladies football and camoige and underage hurling and football.

Rosineri1 (UK) - Posts: 2099 - 21/02/2020 09:36:51    2268731

Love it, I also noticed chill insurance isn't in a big white box, please do they same in the red jersey

DuhallowRed (Cork) - Posts: 268 - 21/02/2020 10:36:11    2268742

Fairplay to Cork for remembering their local hero's with this beautiful jersey . Hopefully more counties follow suit.

11jm11 (Kildare) - Posts: 365 - 21/02/2020 10:39:51    2268744

catch22 (USA) - Posts: 2148 - 21/02/2020 11:32:28    2268759

witnof (Dublin) - Posts: 1604 - 21/02/2020 12:57:53    2268783

Cork are the rebel county, they say, so FairPlay. Every county has them. I wonder would the GAA allow the Hunger Strikers on jerseys? 40th Anniversary coming up? I'm fine with it.

suckvalleypaddy (Galway) - Posts: 1669 - 21/02/2020 13:23:03    2268792

and to show our magnanimous nature we could adorn it with a poppy and maybe a few viking runic staves
(awaits the perpetually angry little red thumb man)

Maroonatic (Galway) - Posts: 1060 - 21/02/2020 13:52:09    2268802

ConnollyDub (Dublin) - Posts: 2007 - 21/02/2020 14:08:42    2268806

The Dubs and Tipp are going to have a challenge game before the International Rules game this year in Nov as a commemorative event marking the centenary of Bloody Sunday as well as other commemorative events both in Dublin and Tipp and on the day itself.

Honoring our shared history and heritage is massively important.

TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 21/02/2020 14:39:41    2268809

Mayfair (Galway) - Posts: 65 - 21/02/2020 15:03:46    2268815

Breezy (Limerick) - Posts: 1236 - 21/02/2020 15:06:47    2268816

I have a feeling I am taking somewhat of a minority position, but I'm opposed to this proposal.
Will it mean we can finally put to bed the argument that the GAA isn't a political organization and the next time a unionist makes that assertion we can all agree with them? Were McSweeney and MacCurtain involved in the GAA in Cork? And whatever about that, I'm not sure what the burning of Cork has to do with the GAA or why it should appear on a jersey. What's next? Louth to have a jersey for the sack of Drogheda? Galway for Aughrim? Roscommon for the siege of Athlone (sorry West Meath, the part of the city that held out was in Connacht!)? The siege of Limerick? Etc. etc. Every county has an endless list of historic events and personages they could produce jerseys for (why am I not surprised it's Cork that needs to assert it's 'republican' heritage), but have chosen not to for very good reasons; 1. the GAA is not a political entity and ought to be inclusive; 2. Because it's bloody stupid.

I realize the inherent contradiction of my position given the names of many GAA clubs (Liam Mellows, in my own county springs to mind) which I absolutely do not have a problem with, but those names were adopted 80-90 years ago. Times have changed, and a lot has happened since then.

Also raises questions about which events we will allow to be commemorated, and which ones we won't. Think of the debacle over the ill-conceived RIC Anniversary event. Once this door is opened how do we close it?

Keep politics off the playing field.

festinog (Galway) - Posts: 3097 - 21/02/2020 16:45:19    2268834

DuhallowRed (Cork) - Posts: 268 - 21/02/2020 16:55:45    2268837

Mayfair (Galway) - Posts: 65 - 21/02/2020 18:14:33    2268854

festinog (Galway) - Posts: 3097 - 21/02/2020 18:33:19    2268857

pkboher (Cork) - Posts: 49 - 21/02/2020 19:13:13    2268860