Ollie ‘The Fla’ O’Flaherty (top)
The first installment of Fáilte Ireland’s venture into the world of V.R. and 3D footage of the Wild Atlantic Way.
A virtually gnarly 360′ of Ollie ‘The Fla‘ O’Flaherty riding the surf beneath the Cliffs of Moher, County Clare.
Next week: sheep scaring on the Burren.
Thanks Oval Head
Tommy Tropp and Friends – Balls On Fire: Vi bär fram Sverige
Tommy Tropp writes:
I’m a Swede who lives in Dublin since 2012. Me and a few of my friends have written a Euro Cup song (above) for the Swedish team. We might be rivals in the group stage but only for one game :-).
Update:
Those controversial lyrics translated…
Balls On Fire – Vi bär fram Sverige (We carry Sweden forward,):
Once again we’re getting ready
With this, the national team’s tribute song
A team who fights through thick and thin
Will bring victory to our fortress
With Zlatan as our guide
He’ll show the way with his global class
Soon winds approach with the flavour of final
We’ll stand topmost in the hall of the kings
Now we’re chanting for our blue and yellow squad…
We carry Sweden forward
Our Sweden – to triumph in this summer’s fight
We carry Sweden forward
Our Sweden – when the dream is true we have peace
We look to the future but remember nighty-four
Great old days and conquests
Embrace equal parts finesse and strength
Becoming heroes we will worship
From all the cities of Sweden we dress up in blue and yellow
It’s the Euros, it’s party, we’re the loudest of fans
What a squad, what a lot – which teams will get smashed (Ireland, Italy, Belgium)
The blue and yellow eleven who give all Sweden hope
With Isak furthest and Zlatan up front
We carry Sweden forward
Our Sweden – to triumph in this summer’s fight
We carry Sweden forward
Our Sweden – when the dream is true we have peace
We carry Sweden forward
Our Sweden – to triumph in this summer’s fight
We carry Sweden forward
Our Sweden – when the dream is true we have peace
We carry Sweden forward
Our Sweden – to the gold who will be ours
We carry Sweden forward
Our Sweden – in July we have made something big
Goddamn.
It’s so catchy.
Fight!
Euro songs to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘For Euro Consideration’.
Meanwhile…
Sinead Finnegan writes:
As I’m sure you all know we are just around the corner from Ireland’s first game in France, and with that in mind, we want to share the very first of the Life Style Sports #FootbALLorNothing Fan Guides. Up first, we have the beautiful Swedes!
For the month that’s in it.
The European Championships, Wednesday, June 15, 1988.
The Niedersachsenstation, Hanover, West Germany.
Jackie’s Army travelled north to face Dynamo Kiev the Soviet Union achieving a stunning, unexpected and comprehensive 1-1 draw.
Kevin Myers, in the Irish Times, ruminated:
If there had been a little more justice in the world and a little less discreet burning of votive candles in the Kremlin, Ireland would have bagged three goals and we would be booking our hotels in Munich.
This Irish side showed itself to be one of great class, sophistication and courage. The days of eye-rubbing disbelief, suggestion that we had all been smoking illicit vegetables and were having the most preposterous hallucination should now be dispelled forever.
Vegetables?
You’re doing it wrong.
Pic via Joe.ie
John Cummins – Road To Euro 2016
A spoken word contribution to the Euro 2016 build up by hairy, Dublin-based self styled.’poetician’.
John is a previous holder of the All Ireland Slam Poetry Championships, where he beat a callow, smooth chinned pre-‘rick a day poet named John Moynes.
FIGHT!
This morning.
The Olympic Council of Ireland launches the 2016 Irish Olympic Kit from American (was it for this?) footwear giant New Balance in the Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin 1 ahead of the Rio Olympics in Brazil this Summer.
Top from left: Athletics – Thomas Barr, gymnast Ellis O Reilly, diver Oliver Dingley, middle distance runner Ciara Mageean, athlete Arthur Lanigan, boxer Katie Taylor, runner Mick Clohisey, badminton player Chloe Magee and hockey goalkeeper Davey Harte.
Why isn’t the male runner wearing a crop top?
Anyone/FIGHT!
Sam Boal/Rollingnews
Na Fianna – Je Suis Irelandais
All proceeds go towards sending the Irish Homeless Street League Team to the Homeless World Cup in Glasgow from July 10-16.
Euro songs to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘For Euro Consideration’
The greatest of them all.
Muhammad Ali has died at the age of 74.
Meanwhile….
September 1, 2009
Ali leaves Turnpike Road in Ennis, County Clare, the location of the birthplace of his great grandfather Abe O’Grady. Earlier he had been made the first Freeman of Ennis.
Eamonn Farrell/Rollingnews
From left: Damian Lawlor Marty Morrissey and Brenda Donohue
Should GAA be your ‘bag’.
The Marty Squad led by Marty Morrissey and comprising Damian Lawlor and Brenda Donohue returns to RTÉ Radio 1 this Sunday at 6pm.
Marty (and squad) will be LIVE in Thurles, Co Tipperary direct from Semple Stadium.
Pic: Tony Kinlan
Past Irish football glory prints by Howaya.ie
Starring from top: John Aldridge. Paul McGrath and Ray Houghton.
Colin writes:
You don’t need to travel to Stuttgart (or France) for great Irish footie moments. Check out our Illustrated tribute to past competitions here…
Previously: Win The Men In Green
This afternoon.
Outside the Halfway House Pub at Ashtown, Dublin 7.
Thanks O
