This kind of carry on?
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All the time, never forget where you came from pal.
This âmanufactured hurlerâ line is a lazy throwaway thatâs persisted for years about Dublin.
Show me the hurler that isnât manufactured. Everyone has to learn, everyone has to be coached. Itâs utter bullshit to claim that there are ânaturalâ hurlers. Yes, some children may have better athletic and co-ordination skills than others, but nobody is born with a hurl in their hand.
Now, the supporters, administration and funding are a different matter entirely, granted.
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This could have been yours if your grandad hadnât decided 4 young fellas on the land was enough, and so decided to fuck the softest of the lot out on the road to Dublin
Not from a farming background, thank fuck, happy to be from a long line of peasants and labourers.
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The tractor destroyed rural Ireland as a viable entity .
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Any priests or nuns ?
Nah, all girls drowned at birth.
It definitely seems to be more of a Dublin thing although there are a few posters here who have a fondness for their auld ladâs home county - myself included. The more irksome aspect of it for me is when some glory hunting Dublin chap supports their auld ladâs county in hurling but Dublin in football. I know a few of these gimps through various jobs down through the years. I think Dublin are primed to become a hurling force provided they make the right managerial appointment. That âmanufactured hurlerâ thing was harsh but had some truth in it but theyâve got some very wristy and knacky / nacky (are knacky or nacky words?) coming through.
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Yes, as did his father and my maternal grand-father.
They all also worked as labourers at various stages in their lives.
The word is knack. It can be used in a number of ways.
@Bandage was a knacky hurler
@Chocolatemice is a knack
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My son wouldnât go across the street to watch the Dublin footballers. Iâd take him to see them if he wanted to go.
I support Dublin in hurling but in Gaelic football I support Down, Armagh, Monaghan and Tyrone in that order, despite having no relations from three of those counties.
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Given the state of ulster football maybe they could amalgamate and then youâd only have to support one.
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Be fair awkward staying on the same side of the street all the way from your gaff to Croke park to see them.
Kammy and Jeff didnât even know they played gaelic football in the north â thatâs how far the game has slid down the pecking order up there.
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Not half as awkward as whatever pun you were trying to make there.
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I think he did a similar one with someone else before, but the Herity podcast out now is a great listen