Éire Soccer Team

juvenal

It has been announced that the new Irish soccer jerseys will incorporate the Irish name 'Éire' for the upcoming WC qualifiers.

Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Éamon Ó Cuív has welcomed a move by the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) to incorporate the word 'Éire' on their international match day jerseys.
In a statement issued today by Minister Ó Cuív, he said he was 'delighted' that the FAI had decided to use the Irish name for Ireland.
The new shirts will be seen for the first time worn by players in first world cup qualifier matches in September.

"This is a welcome recognition of our national language by the FAI and I would particularly like to thank the Chief Executive, John Delaney, for raising this matter with his Board after my suggesting it to him," said Minister Ó Cuív.

"Following the acceptance of the Irish language as an official working language of the European Union, this move is yet a further enhancement of the language on the international stage."

"I wish the Irish team and their new manager every success in the coming campaign and I hope that the new jerseys will bring them luck," concluded the Minister.

This is a welcome move by the FAI, and before the anti-Gaeilge brigade come in with the "waste of a language" posts, it's good to see the soccer team further incorporate Irish culture into the sport.

In what is traditionally percieved as a "foreign" sport, it's great that Irish soccer is making further moves to identify with the country's language. It's sometimes sad to see that it takes some Irish people a trip to foreign countries to think about their national culture when they see how other countries promote theirs. Kudos to Eamon Ó Cúiv and John Delaney.

RuggieBear

erm..we have a soccer forum

Wreck

Pity the team are sh1te.

ThE_IVIAcIVIAIV

Wreck wrote: »

Pity the team are sh1te.

+1

juvenal

RuggieBear wrote: »

erm..we have a soccer forum

Yes, I'm aware of that

I felt that this was also regarding the Irish language and culture, and perhaps some local politics, so I wasn't sure which forum it should go, Soccer, Teach na nGealt or perhaps even Politics - ergo the cop-out into AH!

Blisterman

How many people here actually refer to the country as Eire though?
I've always seen it as a sort of thing English people do, when they're trying to be politically correct.
"Ireland", minus the "Republic of" is fine by me. It's the official name of the country.

Mint Sauce

now considering the recent revelations from the sponsors, will that awful logo be removed from the jersey as well

Orion

Blisterman wrote: »

How many people here actually refer to the country as Eire though?
I've always seen it as a sort of thing English people do, when they're trying to be politically correct.
"Ireland", minus the "Republic of" is fine by me. It's the official name of the country.

There's two official names for the country.

I think this is a good move. I don't speak much Irish myself to my regret and it is a minority language but it is part of our culture and heritage.

One name that I can't stand is "Southern Ireland". Some cross-border shops use it when you go to their sites. There is no such country as Southern Ireland twats!

juvenal

Blisterman wrote: »

How many people here actually refer to the country as Eire though?
I've always seen it as a sort of thing English people do, when they're trying to be politically correct.
"Ireland", minus the "Republic of" is fine by me. It's the official name of the country.

I agree that you mostly hear it from BBC Radio, PC-types

*cue Terry Venebles accent* Err-ah

Article 4 of The Constitution says that:

The name of the State is Éire, or, in the English language, Ireland

I think there's nothing wrong with the country using it's Irish name, and would welcome it. How many people know that Nippon is the native name for Japan? Not many. Far more people know that España is the Spanish for Spain. Nothing wrong with using both. Relaim Éire!

humanji

Blisterman wrote:

I've always seen it as a sort of thing English people do, when they're trying to be politically correct.

Yeah, I've only heard English people say Eire when they're being condescending towards Ireland. Also, I just don't like the word. It's too soft and airy sounding. They need to change it to something more rugged and cool, with more hard consonants. It definitely needs a "cht" in there.

kevmy

The thing is that in the English language the name of the country is Ireland. If the beeb want to learn Irish and give their broadcasts as Gaeilge then they can call us Eire all they want. Until then it's just condescending. You don't see them calling Spain Espana or Germany Deutchland

smackbunnybaby

and here are the World Cup Qualifier Results:

Suomi 2-1 Hrvati
Eire 0-0 Republika Makedonija
Polska 0-0 Engurland

darkman2

humanji wrote: »

Yeah, I've only heard English people say Eire when they're being condescending towards Ireland.

Yeah this is true. When we voted down the EU treaty the BEEB presenter of the 10 O'Clock news kept refering to us as 'Eire' - which I do find condescending. Maybe its just the word itself but it sounds like being talked down to when used with English.

LeixlipRed

Totally pointless idea. What's the point in doing this or not doing it? Another opportunity for Delaney the half wit to get his bad quiff on tv when he should be actually serving football in this country instead of courting the press.

Imhof Tank

The brits have issues with what to call us.

"Eire", "Southern Ireland", "The Republic" - anything except the obvious - they have to differentiate us from the Six Counties/ Black North/ Fourth Green Field

juvenal

LeixlipRed wrote: »

Totally pointless idea. What's the point in doing this or not doing it? Another opportunity for Delaney the half wit to get his bad quiff on tv when he should be actually serving football in this country instead of courting the press.

Ah sure we might as well send the team out in eleven white cotton t-shirts from Pennys if that's the attitude!

OT - I'm far from an expert on the inner workings of Irish soccer, but from what I can gather from more informed individuals Delaney has done a lot of good for the domestic game. Perhaps someone with more knowledge can speak on this. Our friends across the water have a storied record of FA cock-ups, have let the Premier League take over the domestic game, and with all their resources and talent at their disposal couldn't organise a successful qualification campaign for Euro 2008.

I agree that he comes across as a bit of a gobshíte on television and the past fiascos with the national team hardly paint the association in a good light. If Trap and the team qualify for South Africa then I'm sure there'll be a deluge of posts here waxing lyrically about the appointment and what a great man he is.

Imhof Tank

juvenal wrote: »

OT - If Trap and the team qualify for South Africa then I'm sure there'll be a deluge of posts here waxing lyrically about the appointment and what a great man he is.

Waxing lyrical about Denis O'Brien maybe, not JD

juvenal

Imhof Tank wrote: »

Waxing lyrical about Denis O'Brien maybe, not JD

Fair point!

Bobalicious93

Nothing annoys me more than when we are referred to as "The Emerald Isle".

Steriotypical (sp?) eejits

stepbar

Blisterman wrote: »

How many people here actually refer to the country as Eire though?.

The Brits.... Southern Ireland FTW

Ruu_Old

I only heard presenters on Sky News or Sky Sports use Eire usually in a jokey manner or filler at the end of a show, ah would you look at them over there in little old Eire. There was some sporting event they were promoting held in Ireland and the advert went something like, Eire, the land that time forgot. When I had an account with Sky, they used to always say "And you're in Southern Ireland, yes?"

JerryHandbag

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

Nothing annoys me more than when we are referred to as "The Emerald Isle".

Steriotypical (sp?) eejits

No, what annoys me more than this is when somebody from this country does well at something and they say its due to "The luck of the Irish".:mad: Sure arent we lucky as a country that we havent sunk in the Atlantic ocean by now?!:rolleyes:

pickarooney

French commentators always refer to us as 'Eire', pronounced 'Air', making us sound like soft-shoed moog enthusiasts. I reckon we get revenge by calling them 'France'.

Blisterman

Macros42 wrote: »

There's two official names for the country.

Yeah, sorry. What I meant was, Ireland is the official name for the country in English. Kevmy summed it up perfectly

Kevmy wrote: »

The thing is that in the English language the name of the country is Ireland. If the beeb want to learn Irish and give their broadcasts as Gaeilge then they can call us Eire all they want. Until then it's just condescending. You don't see them calling Spain Espana or Germany Deutchland

stovelid

Great move.

Is a team with exclusively Irish players next?