From the programme on RTE 2 at the moment 2 beauties. Ireland were invited to participate in the 1930 World Cup but had to decline because they had no money and Ireland were the first team to beat England in England.
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First foreign / over seas team to beat them at home afaik. Think they had lost a few games at home to Scotland at that stage.
Just looking it up there now and they lost a ball of games at home to Scotland, a handful to wales and a couple to Ireland before the Republic of Ireland beat them at Goodison in 1949.
Youâre right actually they did say foreign too so my bad.
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The 21st century began on Jan 1st 2001.
In 1938 Douglas Hyde when he was president was banned from the gaa because he attended a football match in Poland.
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Rule 27 in all its magnificence. Abolished in 1971 by which time the incorrigible and contrarian Rossies had christened the county ground after him.
Limerickâs late hero Mick Mackey had himself appointed to the vigilante committee* in order to watch the dreaded soccerâŚ
- I kid you not - thatâs what it was called.
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They done right as well. Ah backward clowns. I always thought it amazing that Nickey Rackard never got banned. He was playing rugby in Dublin around the early days he was playing for Wexford. What a loss he would have been, he must have had pals in that committee.
The ban had its uses
Youâre close enough, but it was rubby that Mackey was a fan of, and it was the âVigilanceâ committee
Thanks for that, we were always told it was the vigilante committee but clearly I was misinformed. A good job that youâre here as a sort of a vigilante to correct errant posters when they resort to posting ânearly rightâ anecdotes. 
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Seems the type
The majority of Irish citizens outside the state are in Northern Ireland.
The GGA also banned foreign dancing mate
Its why most people see them as green orangemen
The Ghaliban
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They should never have repealed the ban.
Not sure what we gained
The vast majority of the left leaning British media have never watched Game of Thrones.
JP McManus was born in Dublin
He bought his first JCB in Cark.