These buckos are apparently knocking it out of the park. Lads over from Germany for a social game of football being chased all over the pitch by a bunch of young lads who wouldn’t look out of place at the Olympics. I’m going in to support them later.
Personally, from an environmental point of view, I don’t think these bonfires should be allowed.
They had to set it on fire a day early as the police were trying to ‘shut it down’.
Also, a few houses got burned down there on the 12th with the embers from these bonfires.
Whether there were Catholics or Protestants in these houses, I don’t know, I’d assume local protestants.
Let them parade away, but stop this bonfire madness…
The jarly is probably a key element in the sports international appeal. The only possible reason I can think for keeping it.
Our u10 team have played a few blitzes with 3 points for over the bar one point for under. Obviously to encourage the kicking of points but becomes a Jarlorama
They were winners off the field too. The local kids really got into their chants and dances in their after match celebrations. And they gave a great exhibition of native song and dance up in the Mount Sion club on Tuesday.
He wasn’t a bad footballer himself. Played a bit of junior and the odd senior game for Scoil but had an aversion to the way the club hierarchy treated hurling so that limited his involvement