Leinster Rugby’s Fergus McFadden and models Michelle McGrath (right) and Hayley Ryan launching the Irish Rugby Village in the I.F.S.C., Dublin
Heave!
For the next three weeks, George’s Dock in Dublin’s I.F.S.C. will be home to the repurposed Oktoberfest tent Irish Rugby Village.
The 2,000-capacity venue will offer a canopy for big screens, a street food market, live entertainment and fully stocked bar with craft beers.
Kicking the carnival of rugby off will be New Zealand versus Tonga tonight, Friday and then every match every weekend, through to the final on Saturday October 31.
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“Carnival of rugby”
Ffs
Would ye climb out of yere own arses
And take a good look at yereselves while reading
“Fully bar stocked with craft beers” out loud
Not that’s the kinda entertainment I’d expect from a “Carnival of Rugby”
Someone is starting the weekend in good form.
Those cheap-ass Carrolls rugby shirts – horrendge!
I wonder were they afraid of people thinking it was an official thing if they wore the IRFU ones.
I’m pretty sure my local will have the matches on, a good crowd in and a fully stocked bar/fridge so what’s the USP here?
I’d imagine that was the reasoning behind it. The IRFU likes to get PAID!
Would your local hold 2000? Enhanced atmosphere would be the USP I suppose. And Frilly Keane, please relax yourself. Enjoying a decent, but different, beer while watching rugby doesn’t take away from your hang sandwiches at head quarters getting pissed on in September. Take your angst and apply it elsewhere.
Are 2000 required to enhance an atmosphere?
Is having another option other than the local, not allowed? I was in town last Sunday for the Italy match and went into Madigan’s thinking they’ll have it on. They had one small telly on mute and about 12 people watching it. Ran up to the Living Room as it was the nearest option and the match had already started and there was about 200 people watching 10 large projector screens/TVs. The atmosphere was more enhanced being with the 200 (majority Irish some Italians) than the former option. So ye, I can imagine the atmosphere would be very enhanced with 2000. Once there’s plenty of good quality screens and enough bar staff for a quick turn around. Yes. I would prefer the tent to the usual local.
I never suggested other options weren’t allowed. I was just pointing out that I could see nothing unique on offer here and I didn’t see the draw. Obviously others will and good luck to them. Clearly I’ve just reached that age.
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No angst reflex going on
Just pointing out the potential for some goy’styled comedy
Frilly, thats nonsense – an angst reflex is exactly what you have.. You’ve an entire bag of chips on your shoulder about rugby (misplaced ones at that) because someone from Dublin was mean to you when you were studying commerce in UCD. You’re a worse stereotype by far than any of the “goys” you’re always banging on about.
It’s not complete nonsense what Frilly is saying though
For a Carnival of Rugby to be worthy of the epithet you’d expect the possible features of the event to include , inter alia
a) inbreeding with horsey-looking lasses who attend Loreto, who play hockey and wear deck shoes or,
b) with some Munster-jersey wearing malformed trollop a dog wouldn’t piss on or
c) several bars of a gratuitously offensive ditty roared and bawled out by a gathering of burly, stereotypically creatine-fed youths who all think this is hilarious or
d) Heineken (What’s with this craft beer nonsense?) or
e) all of the above
PS if rugby ‘goys’ are really all drinking craft beers now it’s time for this writer to go back to the waiting arms of Diageo
b)
Of course. And don’t forget that all soccer fans are knuckle dragging knackers and dole-cheating car thieves. Ooh, and don’t forget the one about all GAA fans being mouth-breathing muck-savages, gaelgoirs and IRA sympathisers who’ve never left their parish and eat nothing but hang-sangidges.
Real cutting edge and original stuff. Definitely not lazy or on the whole incorrect. Thats some Swiftian level satire there Ban Doyle. Keep up theb incisive commentary.
Wha’how’ya’bhoyo!!!!!
‘Still have it
I did think I was losing me touch there for a while
But naw
Thanks for the bites.
With a special mwaw mwaw to you Gav
BTW. Send me to UCD again an’you’ll find batter with them chips.
Night night all
Long day ahead tomorrow with another carnival of uppity boys n’ their OMGs
Clongowes Open Day
€6.50 for a pint and surrounded by financial ₩@nk€r$.
oh its a carnival alright.
You are correct. Nobody ever goes to anything in Georges Dock except for financial ₩@nk€r$.
Or ehm cheap plonk or cans of cider on the sofa with the broadsheet app open reading your dirge.
Give me financial onanists any day
Amused @ Ban Doyle. #BS onanist
I count three people in the photo, and two names in the caption……Damn good photobomber or what?
Dead handy for the organisers, an endless supply of craft beer can be scooped directly from the canal, little or no transportation costs or overly elaborate semi-fictional craft brewery back-story to make up – up there for thinkin’ – 6.50 please.
I’d be afraid to cough the next day, or make any sudden movements.