Great stuff snuff...
Any chance of a similar thread educating the 'great unwashed' in the GAA history of Ireland?

eiregocroi (Cork) - Posts: 201 - 03/03/2009 07:17:31    222617

Cows can walk up staircases, but not down them !!

Burnsey (Down) - Posts: 561 - 03/03/2009 13:30:34    222848

Anybody know if the GAA presidency is a paid position, seeing as the incoming man is giving up his job in FAS

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 03/03/2009 19:36:05    223282

dhorse
County: Laois
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223282 Anybody know if the GAA presidency is a paid position, seeing as the incoming man is giving up his job in FAS


Yes he gets a wage and more than he would get in his current work .

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 03/03/2009 20:30:55    223343

'Amhrain Na bhFainn' was written 'The Soldiers Song' in English in 1907 by Peader Kearney (uncle of Brendan Behan) and was translated by a man called Liam O'Rinn into the Irish version we all know and love, rather than the other way around!!

The song was sung at the GPO on Easter Week 1916 and the latter internment camps where it gathered popularity and then replaced 'God Save Ireland' as the national anthem.

On a side note about Kearney, he actually was at Béal Na mBláth when Collins was shot. He also wrote 'The Foggy Dew' a song beloved by the whole country!

G'won the bould Dorset St. boy!!

Regards,

Snufalufagus....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 20/03/2009 15:35:50    235746

The same Peadar Kearney who played Batty Brennan in the "Riordans."...........................

yellabelly (Wexford) - Posts: 1062 - 20/03/2009 16:04:20    235771

Peader Kearney was born in Colon.

gaelantrim (Antrim) - Posts: 1616 - 20/03/2009 16:11:21    235781

Peader Kearney was born on Dorset St lad.

There is a plaque there for him!

Regards,

Snufalufagus....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 04/04/2009 16:12:09    248207

20/03/2009 16:11:21
gaelantrim
County: Antrim
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235781 Peader Kearney was born in Colon.


Nah Dorset Street D1!! Plaque there on corner for all to see. His grandson or nephew (taught himself Irish) not sure was on a chat show on TG4 recently. I believe that he lived a bit of his life in Drogheda too? Snuf?

Real Louth fan (Louth) - Posts: 3157 - 04/04/2009 16:29:09    248211

If you are ever on Moore St ("5 for a pound the oranges") in Dublin look for a side alley at the Parnell St end called O'Rahilly Parade and there high upon the wall is a magnificent plaque about 4' x 3'!

The plaque is a copy (using the handwriting and all) of the note written by The O'Rahilly to his mother right after he got shot and crawled into a doorway arter leading a charge whilst trying to escape from the GPO garrison and join the Four Courts garrison!

It is a fantastic plaque! Pity its so hidden away!

Check it out next time ye head up to Croker!

Regards,

Snufalufagus.....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 20/04/2009 19:12:21    263252

Long Long ago Mayo actually won an all-Ireland..

Gaillimh2 (Galway) - Posts: 155 - 21/04/2009 17:43:02    264361

Want to do my college work for me Snuff?

wex... (Wexford) - Posts: 253 - 21/04/2009 18:55:42    264456

to commemamorate the rebellions who played their part in the 1916 easter rising,each of the main train stations around the country was named after one of the main leaders on the fiftieth anniversary in 1966.in dundalk the train station is called clarke.in drogheda its called macbride.

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 21/04/2009 23:13:33    264715

Ollie,

I like that one. Didnt know that. Thanks for sharing.

Regards,

Snufalufagus....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 22/04/2009 15:23:29    265268

Snuff. O'Rahilly had the club in Tralee named after him. When Charlie Kerins was excuted in early forties,and a also a player with O'Rahillys, the club was re-named Kerins O'Rahillys.

Real Kerry Fan (None) - Posts: 2957 - 22/04/2009 15:47:31    265296

Each King in a deck of playing cards represents a great King in history

Spades: King David Clubs: Alexander the Great Hearts: Charlemagne Diamonds: Julius Ceaser

The plane that crashed causing the death of Buddy Holly was called American Pie, Hece the name of Don Mc Cleans song

The phrase ''Rule of Thumb'' comes from an old English law which states that one cannot beat their wife with anything wider than their thumb

Dr.Shephard (Leitrim) - Posts: 2187 - 22/04/2009 18:03:04    265482

no problem at all snuff.in 1960s seven ballymun block towers were build and each one was named after the seven leaders of the 1916 rising.the only one that is still standing is the plunkett tower.

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 22/04/2009 21:59:46    265711

In 1152 the High King of Leister Diarmatt Mac Murrough lost a battle to the prince of Breffni Tiernan O' Rourke. As revenge he went to O' Rourkes castle in Dromahair in North Leitrim and kidnapped O' Rourkes wife Dervorgilla who was 20 years younger than her husband. It is widely believed that she was a willing captive as at the time O' rourke was away on pilgramage to seek penance for beating his wife with a whip.
Numerous battles ensued which eventually led to Mac Murrough being banished. He fled to England and sought help from King HenryII who although unwilling to help himself authorised Richard De Clare Earl of Pembroke to lead the FIRST Anglo-Norman incursion into Ireland.

I suppose you could say that this event changed the course of Irish history forever

Dr.Shephard (Leitrim) - Posts: 2187 - 22/04/2009 22:28:09    265750

hey guys im new to this thread but ya might find this interesting...i recently visited cuba and in old havana which is a protected world heritage site there is actually a street called oreilly street....at the beginning of the street there is a plaque on the wall which reads "sraid ui raigheallai, muintir dha oilean sa bhfarraige coibhlinte agus dochais ceanna...cuba agus eire...this translates as "two island people in the same sea of struggle and hope"...cuba and ireland...considering one of the main commanders of the cuban revolution "ernesto geuvara lynch" had irish descendants i thought it was a nice touch....

seany16 (Dublin) - Posts: 1663 - 23/04/2009 00:40:29    265862

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned what happened at the GPO in Dublin 93 years ago today.

Wests_Awake (Galway) - Posts: 877 - 24/04/2009 16:05:29    267456