As Eamon Dunphy once said and can be attributed to most sports “you need poverty to create great footballers”
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Fascism he said made for great footballers.
A desperate country more like… Roche 
Is McGuigan even Irish?
Two juicers…
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Poverty and dictatorships is the full line
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Just because you don’t like someone doesn’t make them not Irish. We have a COTY contest for a reason
I have no dislike of him… He’s not on my radar at all. It was a genuine question.
I was in Croke Park for the Leinster Final when the news rippled through Stephen Roche had won Le Tour.
A ripple of applause grew to loud cheers.
Spine tingling. Then Meath sent us home with our tae in a mug.
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Same happened in n Pairc Ui Chaoimh, it was Cork and Kerry in that great drawn Munster Final, announcement at half time
He’s from Monaghan mate
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Fuck off? Didn’t he box for NI in commonwealth games? And has an MBE… I always thought he was from the other side of the border. What’s the story there? Was there some controversy about the Irish anthem also?
They played Danny Boy as opposed to AnaB for his world title fight
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Seems bizarre he’d box for NI in the commonwealth games. Can anyone from the South do that?
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Monaghan man?
Born and bred.
Apparently.
That’s mad. He must be a right weird fucker.
I was in Boston. We were in the Isle of Innisfree getting a cheque cashed on a Sunday when it came on the telly. We had a good laugh at that spoofer Haughey.
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You forgot eamon D’Arcy and the dunhill cup