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people supporting inter county teams

Amprodude

Whats your reason for supporting an Inter County Team? For me i support Cork because its where i was born and where I live.

I know one person who was born in Cork lives in Kerry but has a huge hatred of Cork. He supports Waterford in the hurling (no reason to)and Kerry in football and any team that plays against Cork. If i was living in Kerry or married to a kerry woman i would support them anytime Cork werent playing.

Do people support a county for no reason even with no connections to that county?

Thoughts.

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lertsnim

A friend of mine from Fermoy supports Waterford in the hurling. She spent most of her childhood in Waterford though.

Amprodude

lertsnim wrote: »

A friend of mine from Fermoy supports Waterford in the hurling. She spent most of her childhood in Waterford though.

She has a connection there though which is understandable why she supports Waterford.

Davin Stand

Some people support Manchester Utd., even though they were never in Manchester in their lives. Find that hard to understand.

markomuscle

The county where you grew up, it gets complicated when a father moves to a different county and then takes his children to watch his home counties games.
One thing I don't always understand is 'county pride', I live near the border of two different counties, I have no connection with the other half of my own county, I know people who hate my county yet they went to school in it and spend a great deal of their time there.

podmu80

Davin Stand wrote: »

Some people support Manchester Utd., even though they were never in Manchester in their lives. Find that hard to understand.

or Liverpool, or arsenal, or Milan etc. football is a global game, different ball game, literally!
most people will support the county of their birth, or have family connections with, live/work in etc.

krazyklown

Support my own county (Mayo) in the football and Galway in the hurling (been to Galways last two AI hurling finals). Have a soft spot for my mothers county, Leitrim and generally support any Connacht team when they are not playing Mayo. Have a general dislike for Roscommon though as went to secondary school with Ross people and they took too much enjoyment when we were beaten in 96 & 97. Still roared them on in the AI minor final in 2006 though that was easy as we had a common rival in Kerry on the day. Developing a grá for Dublin hurlers as living and playing hurling with a Dublin club these days.

Seans_Username

I'm from Donegal and I'm a mad Mayo fan.

My mum and dad are from Mayo and I spent a lot of my childhood holidays down there. I've a lot of family there and it's one of the greatest places I've ever been to. From the age of about 5 my dad took me to Mayo games in McHale Park and I was brought up to support them. After a few years we'd go to league games in Derry, Tyrone and Ballybofey.

I've got loads of people come up to me and wonder why I'm wearing a Mayo jersey when I'm from Donegal. All I can really say is that I was brought up to support Mayo.

I've loved following them since I can remember!

angelfire9

I was born and bred in Ennis though I don't support Eire Og (sorry Shane O'Donnell)

Obviously I support Clare
I went to college in Galway
Used to work in Limerick
Parents are from Roscommon & Leitrim so while I'd follow the Clare Hurlers to hell & back (the footballers don't do much unfortunately) I'd cheer for the Rossies or Leitrim against any other team (except Clare) and if those three are out Galway or Limerick

Having said that I cheered for Dalo's Dublin against KK but that's just because of Dalo, would have been the same with Bakers Offaly

And no matter who's against them I'd never support Tipp (thanks to Nicky English in '93) or Cork (thanks to the rabid Rebel neighbours)

So it's complicated :rolleyes:

Dirty Dingus McGee

I'm from Offaly and I support Offaly, simple as that.If I was from Westmeath I'd support them.

In my opinion its completely daft to support a county that your not brought up in or living in.There is a reason teams are named after towns/counties/cities etc as they represent the people from those places and not people from somewhere else.

TheMilkyPirate

I was born and bred in Wexford and even if I moved to another county for the rest of my life I'll always be a yellowbelly. Have no love whatsoever for any other county in GAA terms.

Can't get my head around people supporting a county that's not their own but whatever floats your boat.

Flukey

I am from Dublin, so I support Dublin. I have connections to Roscommon and Galway, so I keep an eye on them too. I like to see underdogs and teams with less success do well, so it was good to see Clare beat Cork, and but for they were playing Dublin, I'd like to have seen Mayo win.

As to supporting soccer clubs in England and other places, I don't support any team. I can however still enjoy watching matches as a neutral. You don't need to have a team to follow to enjoy a sport. People typically follow successful teams, so it is not really built on any loyalty. As GAA fans we support our counties no matter how good they are. It is my county, so I support them. In GAA someone from a weak county doesn't transfer their loyalties to successful counties. From the womb to the tomb, that is the way to support a team.

The players in GAA, with very few exceptions, are that way too. That brings a passion to their play that nothing else can, not even a big pay cheque. Soccer players don't have that kind of loyalty. They follow the pay cheques around with no strong affinity or loyalty to their team. Only when they play for their country, does anything like that happen in their realm. It is something that sets our games, our players and our fans apart.

Aineoil

I was born in Kilkenny and lived there until I was two. I was brought up in Kerry and now live in Clare.

I support Kerry in the football and Clare in the hurling. On a night like tonight it's easy to support Clare. Ennis has gone mad!

Amprodude

Aineoil wrote: »

I was born in Kilkenny and lived there until I was two. I was brought up in Kerry and now live in Clare.

I support Kerry in the football and Clare in the hurling. On a night like tonight it's easy to support Clare. Ennis has gone mad!

Do you support KK at all?

Aineoil

Amprodude wrote: »

Do you support KK at all?

I used to when I was younger. I am of a.. ahem..certain vintage age wise (old).

I loved Kilkenny when the likes of Eddie Kerr played and the early years of DJ Carey's career. I have great respect for DJ.

I still follow KK but in the last 10 years I don't care about the team as much as I used to. Maybe it's because I live in Clare now.

If Kilkenny were playing Clare yesterday, I would have wanted Clare to win.:D

Don't tell my uncles, aunts and cousins in Kilkenny! They'd kill me!

If Kerry were playing any sort of a game, against anyone, I would support Kerry all the way.

Syferus

Because it's where I was born and bred. No familial confusion either; all Roscommonn.

The bond between someone and their county team is perhaps the most intimate relationship possible in world sports. They litherally are you and you are them. In most counties the county team is also the most tangible representation of your county as an entity. It's a special connection that, for me, has only grown with time.

We are very lucky as sports fans to have been born in Ireland.

randd1

There's a guy down the road from us here in Kilkenny. Kilkenny born and bred. Hardly ever sets foot outside the county, loves his hurling, loves following the club.

Yet he supports and is as mad about Tipp as a Thurles man would be.

I can't figure it out, I find it mental, it pains me to even think about how a hurling mad Kilkenny man born and bred could place his allegiance to another county, never mind Tipp.

Mrs W

I'm born and bred in Louth, my dad is from here but never had any interest in football but my mum is from Wexford, I spent all my hols there with all my relations and going to plenty of matches so I'd class myself as a yellow belly.
DH is from Monaghan so would go to quite a few games with him, would probably support them over Louth too

Aineoil

randd1 wrote: »

There's a guy down the road from us here in Kilkenny. Kilkenny born and bred. Hardly ever sets foot outside the county, loves his hurling, loves following the club.

Yet he supports and is as mad about Tipp as a Thurles man would be.

I can't figure it out, I find it mental, it pains me to even think about how a hurling mad Kilkenny man born and bred could place his allegiance to another county, never mind Tipp.

That's strange.......on many levels

freddiek

Anyone but Dublin!!!!

Aineoil

freddiek wrote: »

Anyone but Dublin!!!!

But if you are from Kerry that's the mantra, sorry

debabyjesus

markomuscle wrote: »

The county where you grew up, it gets complicated when a father moves to a different county and then takes his children to watch his home counties games.
One thing I don't always understand is 'county pride', I live near the border of two different counties, I have no connection with the other half of my own county, I know people who hate my county yet they went to school in it and spend a great deal of their time there.

Tipperary?

markomuscle

debabyjesus wrote: »

Tipperary?

Derry, close enough

Limestone1

TheMilkyPirate wrote: »

I was born and bred in Wexford and even if I moved to another county for the rest of my life I'll always be a yellowbelly. Have no love whatsoever for any other county in GAA terms.

Can't get my head around people supporting a county that's not their own but whatever floats your boat.

So no interest in any game when Wexford aren't playing ? What about Dublin v Kilkenny this year ? No joy in seeing KK being bet ?

grenache

Born and reared in Limerick, so my allegiance is only to them in hurling & football. My cousin plays for the Limerick footballers and my other cousin is married to one. So it's been difficult seeing them come agonisingly close to winning Munster this past decade. I'm from a hurling club though so hurling is my priority.

Another cousin again is married to a hurling mad Waterford supporter so I like to see them do well, as well as Galway in the football (always thought Galway produced very stylish footballers).

Always_Running

Davin Stand wrote: »

Some people support Manchester Utd., even though they were never in Manchester in their lives. Find that hard to understand.

Following another sport like soccer is like religion to them. Plenty of people go to mass and pray but how many of them have been to Rome?

Amprodude wrote: »

its where i was born and where I live.

That should be the answer for most however as been said already you could be moved around the place and have connections with others but its where you kick your first football that matters most.

gammygils

Born and live in Galway. Support Galway. End of!

Both parents from Mayo. I hate Mayo!! Worked in Mayo for years & lived there
for 3 years.
My Dad hated Galway Footballers but loved Galway Hurlers.
That's my story.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Support Mayo and New York in football (Was born in New York, grew up in Mayo). So for what its worth, I'm a Mayo fan.

iDave

From Meath support Meath. Hate everyone else!

Kevhog1988

Born in kildare, Support Kildare. My son has a meath mammy, a kildare daddy, was born in westmeath & lives in offaly... have no idea what way hes going to fare out (he was bought a Kildare jersey at a week old)

munchkin_utd

funny, this "being born" thing seems to be made out to be relevant but actually isnt.
If you are in Longford you'll be born in Westmeath as thats the local maternity hospital.
If youre in Monaghan you'll be born in Cavan or Louth as they are the designated hospital locations.
And as for northern ireland. Sure they don't even have counties as an administrative region any more so the idea of having a hospital per county just doesnt even occur to them as being logical.

Its also arguably the reason why the GAA rule book now refers to first club rather than where you're born as thats actually a far better indication of your allegances than the location of the nearest maternity hospital!

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