Itâs an indictment of the FAI that they have failed to mobilise and monetise the armchair and housewife fan taking into account a large number of soccer fans would be on disability benefit and not capable of attending games.
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Pffft
I need the dutch twitter reaction if Iâm to be convinced
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Itâs a bit âbhĂ an ghriain ag taitneamh sa spĂŠirâ
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The opening few lines is the only bit of any use :
The Hogan Stand is located in the grim, depraved Ballybough, one of the poorest districts of Dublin.
One day of the year the neighbourhood is lifted from the misery, and finds itself to be the centre of all of Ireland.
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Thatâs a mugging off
The national media are very guilty of looking for any sort of praise for our national games.
Itâs strange behaviorâŚ
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Its an irish thing in general. We are so unique we are insecure about our uniqueness. Which is so very irish.
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Itâs actually a very colonial attitude - on the part of those colonized that is.
The other main hangover from colonialism is large sections of the previously colonized subscribe to the culture of the colonizers as it is seen as progressive while they distance themselves from their own culture which is seen as backwards⌠Another thing thatâs very evident in Ireland.
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Covert introvert narcissists marred by self obsession with low self esteem
Actually one or two on here based on these signs
- Quiet Smugness/Superiority
- Self-Absorption
- Lack of Empathy
- Passive-Aggressiveness
- Highly Sensitive
- The âMisunderstood Special Personâ
- Impersonal and Difficult Relationships
Naming no names 
I dare you to write that post again the next time san Miguel is on a seven for ten offer in Supervalue
In other words a lot of cunts in this country read the sun ; follow Brit soccerball, attend rugby , watch stoopid soaps , etc âŚ
Youâre rattled
Like dice in a cup.
AlthoughâŚ
FAO Attention of @ChocolateMice
Theres some gems in there, the bit about the Clare hurling team, and how handsome they were 
Clonaslee, way back in 1914 folks
After one club match between Kilcotton and Clonaslee, Bob OâKeeffe had written that by the time they âhave cleared up [doctorsâ] fees for the battle with Clonaslee we may go bankruptâ.
They were brave men in fairness. They stayed in a hotel on Gardiner St.
It must have been dangerous on Gardiner Street back then, what would your memories of it have been around that time?
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Fairly obvious reading that that the Clare fellas were on drugs in 1914.
Another dozen sliotars were bought from James Lalor from Three Castles in Kilkenny, while his brother, Martin Lalor, was asked to make hurleys for the players, at a cost of 3s. 6d. apiece. Getting the sliotars from Lalor proved no straightforward task. He made six and sent them up to Maryborough. He then sent up two more, and then two more again, apologising for the delay. A rather bizarre letter was received from Lalorâs wife in the midst of the transactions. She wrote to Higgins on 29 October 1914 and asked that her husband not be paid until she sent word for this to happen. A month later, on 30 November, Mrs. Lalor wrote again to say that it was now fine to pay her husband and asked that Higgins ânot mention when sending that I caused the delay as he didnât know anything about itâ.
Sounds like Mr. Lalor was a fiend for the sauce
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