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Replying To hill16no1man: "yeah if you ever read dub sub confidential by the ex dublin sub keeper john leonard he mentions a meeting with billy connolly in it, its actually a brilliant book too sport only makes up a part of it his life story is well worth the read. I posted on the drinking ban culture thread a link to an article in sundays paper you should take a read its pretty informative about a certain oohh ahhh paul mcgrath vs tyrones cathal mccaronn on how different the public treats pretty much the same problem of addiction." Great book,hill.I read it in one go last year.Think it took about 5 hours as i couldn't put it down. cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 15/11/2016 15:19:53 1934399 Link
I don't think there's alcohol sold like that at soccer matches? I don't wonder why... keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 15/11/2016 16:07:23 1934416 Link
Replying To cuederocket: "Great book,hill.I read it in one go last year.Think it took about 5 hours as i couldn't put it down." yeah he had some mad adventures alright hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 15/11/2016 17:28:56 1934440 Link
hillman- was right at an exit on the steps that they kept coming down so was no choice but move a bit each time or have the drink spilled on me when they tried brushing past me. us auld thomond park seadogs are experienced enough to know to why i always avoid standing by the the exits.more people likely to drink there its closer to bars, janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 15/11/2016 19:26:39 1934487 Link
im always in limerick as im married to a limerick woman I know only too well the rain it never stops there probably one of the only things frank mccourt got right with his book im led to believe but thats for another day haha hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts:11363 - 15/11/2016 15:01:03 Richard harris was once asked would angelas ashes win an oscar- he said yes it will get best special effects for rain!! Harris used to go to young munster games on his trips home and go into the clubhouse after meet all his old limerick pals and sing songs! janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 15/11/2016 19:36:03 1934490 Link
hill16no1man - if you going to be down shannonside nov 25th drop out to tom clifford park coz young munster play garryowen in ulster bank league the standard is good. its limericks old firm/el clasico!! janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 15/11/2016 19:40:46 1934494 Link
hill16no1man - if you going to be down shannonside nov 25th drop out to tom clifford park coz young munster play garryowen in ulster bank league the standard is good. its limericks old firm/el clasico!! janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 15/11/2016 19:41:53 1934496 Link
Replying To janesboro: "hillman- was right at an exit on the steps that they kept coming down so was no choice but move a bit each time or have the drink spilled on me when they tried brushing past me. us auld thomond park seadogs are experienced enough to know to why i always avoid standing by the the exits.more people likely to drink there its closer to bars," haha yeah not my choice , the people I went with arent like me as in when im going to a dubs match im in early to get a bar to lean on for the day. always find it awkward without a bar as never know where to leave my hands haha hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 16/11/2016 09:29:04 1934588 Link
Replying To janesboro: "im always in limerick as im married to a limerick woman I know only too well the rain it never stops there probably one of the only things frank mccourt got right with his book im led to believe but thats for another day haha hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts:11363 - 15/11/2016 15:01:03 Richard harris was once asked would angelas ashes win an oscar- he said yes it will get best special effects for rain!! Harris used to go to young munster games on his trips home and go into the clubhouse after meet all his old limerick pals and sing songs!" also didnt he have a house in kilkee, seen his tennis playing days statue up near the restaurant at the edge of the sea in kilkee hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 16/11/2016 09:31:14 1934590 Link
Replying To janesboro: "hill16no1man - if you going to be down shannonside nov 25th drop out to tom clifford park coz young munster play garryowen in ulster bank league the standard is good. its limericks old firm/el clasico!!" haha yeah a nephew playing for young munster only a kid though,the rest of his family were all st marys always gets called a wasp haha hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 16/11/2016 09:34:37 1934591 Link
Tomsmith from Cavan here Did you ever see as much PRO Rugger stuff in the papers from all the Haughtey Taughtey Jurno's after Ireland got beat It sure shows how pro Rugby most Jurno's are tomsmith (Cavan) - Posts: 4060 - 20/11/2016 19:09:19 1935610 Link
Replying To janesboro: "hill16no1man - if you going to be down shannonside nov 25th drop out to tom clifford park coz young munster play garryowen in ulster bank league the standard is good. its limericks old firm/el clasico!!" maybe this, along with some others, is the reason Limerick GAA have not won any Senior hurling titles since 1973. Or any Munster football titles either. Funny for such a "sports mad" place. galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2625 - 20/11/2016 19:28:53 1935612 Link
Galway minor football have a good team. So there is hope for Galway going forward in both Hurling and football. galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2625 - 20/11/2016 19:33:48 1935615 Link
One thing the GAA can take pride in is their stadia. They are so good at building them that the Rugby lads need them for the Rugby World cup. So well done to the good GAA folk of Castlebar, Galway city and Belfast and Cork. Has a GAA match ever been played in a Rugby or Soccer pitch? I think not. So let us give credit to the Cumann Luas Cleas Gael for this. galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2625 - 20/11/2016 19:41:54 1935617 Link
One rule I would make is if Ireland play any rugby match on GAA grounds in future the National Anthem from the 2 countries involved be played, that pub song Ireland's wake up call or Ireland's booty call, whatever it's called, should not be played, it's a disgrace to our country, a pub song riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 20/11/2016 20:30:55 1935633 Link
Replying To riverboys: "One rule I would make is if Ireland play any rugby match on GAA grounds in future the National Anthem from the 2 countries involved be played, that pub song Ireland's wake up call or Ireland's booty call, whatever it's called, should not be played, it's a disgrace to our country, a pub song" Anhrann na bhfainn is a terrible anthem too. 98% of the people its supposed to represent dont understand it. bloodyban (Limerick) - Posts: 1710 - 20/11/2016 21:27:22 1935637 Link
Replying To bloodyban: "Anhrann na bhfainn is a terrible anthem too. 98% of the people its supposed to represent dont understand it." i rather enjoy our national anthem myself alano12 (Dublin) - Posts: 2208 - 20/11/2016 22:27:16 1935644 Link
i rather enjoy our national anthem myself alano12 (Dublin) - Posts:987 - 20/11/2016 22:27:16 19 yeah me too - i always sing it janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 21/11/2016 10:10:16 1935691 Link
One rule I would make is if Ireland play any rugby match on GAA grounds in future the National Anthem from the 2 countries involved be played, that pub song Ireland's wake up call or Ireland's booty call, whatever it's called, should not be played, it's a disgrace to our country, a pub song riverboys (Mayo) - Posts:762 - 20/11/2016 20:30:55 1 any time ireland played in croke park amhran nabhfiannwas played and it got full respect and nobody started cheering before it ended, doe that always happen at GAA games? janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 21/11/2016 10:14:13 1935694 Link
galwayford Has a GAA match ever been played in a Rugby or Soccer pitch? I think not. i think yes -numerous gaa games have taken place in wembley , google it, cuala gaa have used blackrock college rfcs pitch, clontarf gaa use clontarf rfcs pitch London Irish have given london gaa use of grounds during ruislip redevelopment keep them facts coming!!! lansdowne road has hosted soccer since 70s , thomond park has held soccer matches since the 60s, musgrave park had uefa cup in 1991 (dave barry being the cork city scorer), soccer has allowed rugyb in its grounds lots and lots of times you could say rugby has led the way in sharing facilities with other sports ...sorry other codes!! So let us give credit to the Cumann Luas Cleas Gael for this. Whats the cumann luas cleas gael - a new train service out west is it but yes gaa grounds are brillians esp at club level , got great club grounds in limerick all with covered terracinge.g. bruff cappamore caherconlish kilmallock ncw rathkeale kilteely janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 21/11/2016 10:23:09 1935699 Link