Huge congratulations to the Irish Rugby team – unprecedented and historic. Wonderful stuff.
mildred st. meadowlark
They played their hearts out. Well done to the lads! Delighted for them!
Janet, I ate my avatar
a joy !
topsy
Pity the “Irish” team didn’t sing the “Irish” national anthem.
ReproBertie
For many years the tradition in rugby was that the home anthem was played at international tests but never the away one. This was the case until the first World Cup in 1987 in New Zealand when both anthems were played. This change was news to the Irish team and led to the infamous playing of The Rose of Tralee at Ireland’s first game. None of the players had any objection to Amhráinn na bhFiann being played but the Union decided against it and eventually we ended up with Ireland’s Call.
The playing of Ireland’s Call at away games instead of Amhráinn na bhFiann makes Ireland the only union sticking to the old tradition of not playing the away team’s anthem, albeit inadvertently, so stick that up your miserablist, joyless jacksie.
What a fabulous performance and an incredible victory. Well done one and all. Here’s hoping they manage a repeat in a fortnight.
TheDude
+111!
Kieran NYC
“Pity the “Irish” team didn’t sing the “Irish” national anthem.”
I bet you’re one of those people who wants to ‘take back de North’ but doesn’t realise we’d have to change the anthem then too
Tony
One of the most selfloathingly cringing things I have seen as an Irishman is our country playing abroad without our anthem. Why? In case snowflake nordies get offended? Tippin me forelock and beggin your pardon bwana. Disgusting and craven. On the other hand, g’wan the goys!
Anomanomanom
Your clearly just a bigot, actually, bigot and moron.
It may not be bigotry but I’ll tell you this, it is mean-minded pettiness. The Irish rugby team played an absolute blinder yesterday, a team made up of players from every corner of this island. It was a wonderful match and showed how unifying sports can be.
It is nothing but pettiness and a nasty spirit to make an issue out of a national anthem not being sung. It is not about that.
I can’t believe that some people watched that match and all they took away from it was regret that Amhrán na bhFiann wasn’t sung. Really.
realPolithicks
This^
Kieran NYC
But it’s not satisfying if you can’t stick it to the Prods somehow!
Mr Reality
Ireland played out of their skins and i’ve never been prouder, it’s been 11 years since the all blacks had 40+ points put passed them, an absolute milestone, however that Irelands call is a pathetic attempt at an anthem
Anomanomanom
Clearly your a bigot as well and cant read obviously. “nordies” reference is bigoted.
durty Tipp timber merchants
ET Ugly Kilkenny filthy tramps
Durty fouling Kerry mongrels
Don’t rule out the Galway (heron) Chokers
Banner mucksavages
Meath knackers
Jackeens
D’ya want more?
Nordie Prods isn’t too bad really
…
D’ya want more?
I take it you must be a foreigner
Anomanomanom
Thank you. I don’t need to say more.
Ting-Tong
Go on Frilly, give it to him hot and heavy
topsy
Anon. Hackneyed cliché. It’s you’re not your btw.
Anomanomanom
I tell my phones dictionary thanks.
topsy
Anon. Is that a sentence?
Bingo
I remember Khalid Kelly from ‘Liveline’ years ago.
Oh how he did wind up poor aul Joe!
Still, he was a dangerous sort and chose a very dangerous road.
ceo
Just his name and the head on him, I can’t help but think he’s like a character Sasha Baron Cohen would have produced. Hard on his family that be chose this path but the words bed, made & lie spring to mind.
Brother Barnabas
hardly a tragedy. he knew his fate and went gladly towards it.
Good. That’s probably because they don’t care about it.
Peter Dempsey
They don’t approve of it. Too middle class for them and a lot of their posters.
Stev
And that’s absolutely fine. Enjoy your celebrations and don’t worry that not everyone gives a monkey’s about it.
Charger Salmons
Good to see Ireland revelling in the success of its national rugby team …. until the all-London derby kicked off then it was back to business as usual.
Wahaay !
SOQ
Very good piece by Gene Kerrigan in the Indo about the US elections, including Friday’s stupidity.
Too busy retweeting Prickieleaks shyte from @broadsheetForTrump
SOQ
The one thing I have learned in my (relatively) long life is that when you say you are gay, it is pretty much an absolute. No come back. A line is crossed.
So many poppies, it’s like a garden centre.
Huge congratulations to the Irish Rugby team – unprecedented and historic. Wonderful stuff.
They played their hearts out. Well done to the lads! Delighted for them!
a joy !
Pity the “Irish” team didn’t sing the “Irish” national anthem.
For many years the tradition in rugby was that the home anthem was played at international tests but never the away one. This was the case until the first World Cup in 1987 in New Zealand when both anthems were played. This change was news to the Irish team and led to the infamous playing of The Rose of Tralee at Ireland’s first game. None of the players had any objection to Amhráinn na bhFiann being played but the Union decided against it and eventually we ended up with Ireland’s Call.
The playing of Ireland’s Call at away games instead of Amhráinn na bhFiann makes Ireland the only union sticking to the old tradition of not playing the away team’s anthem, albeit inadvertently, so stick that up your miserablist, joyless jacksie.
What a fabulous performance and an incredible victory. Well done one and all. Here’s hoping they manage a repeat in a fortnight.
+111!
“Pity the “Irish” team didn’t sing the “Irish” national anthem.”
I bet you’re one of those people who wants to ‘take back de North’ but doesn’t realise we’d have to change the anthem then too
One of the most selfloathingly cringing things I have seen as an Irishman is our country playing abroad without our anthem. Why? In case snowflake nordies get offended? Tippin me forelock and beggin your pardon bwana. Disgusting and craven. On the other hand, g’wan the goys!
Your clearly just a bigot, actually, bigot and moron.
Its got nothing t’do with Bigotry
You’re the moron
It may not be bigotry but I’ll tell you this, it is mean-minded pettiness. The Irish rugby team played an absolute blinder yesterday, a team made up of players from every corner of this island. It was a wonderful match and showed how unifying sports can be.
It is nothing but pettiness and a nasty spirit to make an issue out of a national anthem not being sung. It is not about that.
I can’t believe that some people watched that match and all they took away from it was regret that Amhrán na bhFiann wasn’t sung. Really.
This^
But it’s not satisfying if you can’t stick it to the Prods somehow!
Ireland played out of their skins and i’ve never been prouder, it’s been 11 years since the all blacks had 40+ points put passed them, an absolute milestone, however that Irelands call is a pathetic attempt at an anthem
Clearly your a bigot as well and cant read obviously. “nordies” reference is bigoted.
No its not
durty Tipp timber merchants
ET Ugly Kilkenny filthy tramps
Durty fouling Kerry mongrels
Don’t rule out the Galway (heron) Chokers
Banner mucksavages
Meath knackers
Jackeens
D’ya want more?
Nordie Prods isn’t too bad really
…
D’ya want more?
I take it you must be a foreigner
Thank you. I don’t need to say more.
Go on Frilly, give it to him hot and heavy
Anon. Hackneyed cliché. It’s you’re not your btw.
I tell my phones dictionary thanks.
Anon. Is that a sentence?
I remember Khalid Kelly from ‘Liveline’ years ago.
Oh how he did wind up poor aul Joe!
Still, he was a dangerous sort and chose a very dangerous road.
Just his name and the head on him, I can’t help but think he’s like a character Sasha Baron Cohen would have produced. Hard on his family that be chose this path but the words bed, made & lie spring to mind.
hardly a tragedy. he knew his fate and went gladly towards it.
Sur isn’t he having a grand time now with all the virgins he was promised
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dxpMTFBg48
Nothing on Rabble about the rugby.
Good. That’s probably because they don’t care about it.
They don’t approve of it. Too middle class for them and a lot of their posters.
And that’s absolutely fine. Enjoy your celebrations and don’t worry that not everyone gives a monkey’s about it.
Good to see Ireland revelling in the success of its national rugby team …. until the all-London derby kicked off then it was back to business as usual.
Wahaay !
Very good piece by Gene Kerrigan in the Indo about the US elections, including Friday’s stupidity.
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/gene-kerrigan/obama-is-muslim-and-clinton-eats-children-35191633.html
…crooked Hillary eats children…you’d have to be pretty gullible to believe that…she kills loads of them but I don’t believe she eats them…
Maybe that’s the way Septics spell chicken
she’s the Democratic version of bush, after all
Good read, thanks SOQ
+ 1 Hope Gene Kerrigan got an award at that journalism malarkey the other day. He really gets to the nub of it.
Indeed he does. Clear sighted and experienced – nonetheless, he appears to be a lone, sane voice, crying in the wilderness.
“…Silly Charges…”
Pretty much sums up their shameful cod of a Democracy
Altar Boy becomes ISIS suicide bomber. From one extremist organization to another.
definitely some deep-seated religious psychosis there, alright.
Any sign of Bodger and his anti Hilary post yet?
He is itching to click post.
I can hear the tinfoil crinkling.
Too busy retweeting Prickieleaks shyte from @broadsheetForTrump
The one thing I have learned in my (relatively) long life is that when you say you are gay, it is pretty much an absolute. No come back. A line is crossed.
tic tok
And?