Favourite GAA Club names

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There's a few colourful ones around the country alright. Some I like:

Longford Slashers
Starlights (Wexford)
The Rock (Laois)
Curry (Sligo- Think it's a place name but still good)

That's all I can think of but anyone have any more slightly eccentric club names?

The Rooster

There's a Starlights in Dublin too. And a club called "Wild Geese".

Man-o-War is a funny one too, like Curry, not just a football team but the name of an actual place.

kevmy

Oulart-The Ballagh in Wexford (I always loved that one)
and O' Donovan Rossa in Cork(?)

Cooee

Fighting Cocks GAA club, Carlow

I kid you not......start your search engines

Kojak

kevmy wrote:

O' Donovan Rossa in Cork(?)

I thought they were from Antrim??

Maybe there are 2 clubs by that name.

kevmy

Kojak wrote:

Maybe there are 2 clubs by that name.

There is indeed one in Magherafelt but there is also one in Cork. Maybe there's more I don't know.

chubba1984

There are O'Donovan Rossa clubs in both Antrim and Cork, don't see how it's an eccentric name though, every bit as much an Irish hero as Wolfe Tone, Pearse, Cuchulainn, Davitt etc., after whom many clubs are named.

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Cooee wrote:

Fighting Cocks GAA club, Carlow

I kid you not......start your search engines

Knew I had made one glaring omission alright! I knew it was in Carlow alright.

One starlights is odd but two? It's not an obvious name I would have thought...

kevmy

chubba1984 wrote:

There are O'Donovan Rossa clubs in both Antrim and Cork, don't see how it's an eccentric name though, every bit as much an Irish hero as Wolfe Tone, Pearse, Cuchulainn, Davitt etc., after whom many clubs are named.

I know but I just love the name. It's kinda like "hell man what do I want a first name for I'll just have two surnames"

thirdmantackle

Tulsk Lord Edwards

chubba1984

kevmy wrote:

I know but I just love the name. It's kinda like "hell man what do I want a first name for I'll just have two surnames"

His first name was Jeremiah, as in Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, same as Jimmy Barry Murphy, apologies for being off topic.

kevmy

chubba1984 wrote:

His first name was Jeremiah, as in Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, same as Jimmy Barry Murphy, apologies for being off topic.

Awww! That's kinda wrecked it on me now.

Supermanscat

Im from Curry! County champions! Fighting Cocks wins though!

redzerdrog

ya cant beat good old Muff GFC