Beechwoodspark wrote: » I'd say that photo will potentially fall foul of the blasphemy laws here.
_Kaiser_ wrote: » Wouldn't go out of my way to watch it myself (including changing the channel), but that said it's entertaining enough anytime I have seen a game.. certainly more so than a dull 0-0 draw in the premier league It's more the culture of the GAA and influence on society I don't like
keith_sixteen wrote: » To be fair, Paddy Powers loutish sense of humor is offensive enough by itself.
Mrs OBumble wrote: » Mayo - is that where mayonnaise comes from?
Rumpy Pumpy wrote: » This culture and influence of the GAA somehow being a negative on Irish society is often spouted out, but doesn't stand up to any sort of critique. An organisation that promotes exercise, team sport, and community is one that has to be admired. There are excellent sporting facilities in almost every town and village in the country, and it brings together everyone from young kids kicking their first ball, to auld lads who derive a sense of self-worth from their involvement. It's a hugely successful organisation; they've managed to grow both of the main sports, distribute 10's of millions of gate receipts back into communities, and are widely regarded as one the most professional and well ran organisations in the country.
Omackeral wrote: » Do you know what's really funny? When people say Mayo for Sam. And then when someone else says Dublin for Sam, Mayo for Sandwiches. I love that.
Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: » Just checked and there isn't one.
danganabu wrote: » I would worry for the Mayo players if they do win - that's 30 prime candidates for alcoholism if ever there was, when their done with ridin every young wan in the county of course.
JCX BXC wrote: » I find it dull, often quite backwards and old style and stinks too much of the "ah sure its grand" dismissive attitude we have alot of in Ireland. That's my personal opinion on it, and I respect that many have a massive love for the GAA and really enjoy everything around it.
bananabread12 wrote: » Mayo represents that insular, "let's do it for the parish" culture and tribal narrow-mindedness that has plagued not only the GAA organisation as a whole but the entirety of this country and it's people for generations while Dublin is the image of the modern, multicultural and internationally inclusively outward looking cosmopolitan Ireland that has dragged the game, albeit kicking and screaming, into the twenty first century. Both sides represent something polar opposite to one another. This is not just a game to decide who takes a title home, it's a battle for the very future of the GAA and I for one do not wish to see the country sport being relegated to the kind of vision, or lack thereof, of an uncultured, unsophisticated riff-raff like Mayo and it's ilk.
Pure tashte wrote: » Fair play to Philly McMahon et al for representing the "internationally inclusively outward looking cosmopolitan Ireland"
Pure tashte wrote: Is it just Mayo or are all non-Dubliners of the same lower base lineage?
This post is like the antithesis to the Irish Times article about insufferable Dubliners.
Nettle Soup wrote: » Yeah Joe Duffy was full of oul women calling Paddy Power blasphemous. It was distressing. Why is it always women defending the church when they are clearly 2nd class citizens within it???
bananabread12 wrote: » Depends on attitudes and culture. There are plenty of people from rural Ireland with a modern outlook and who participate in the 21st century but the inward-looking "do it for the parish" bog standard tribalism has no place in our modern society. Countless country people will be wearing Dublin jerseys and supporting everything Dublin represents in three weeks time.
Fr_Dougal wrote: » Conor McGregor has just announced that he wants to fight the Mayo team. He declined a match with the Dublin team because they were too dirty.
JupiterKid wrote: » I may be a Dub but I hope Mayo get the Sam. They've been waiting long enough in my opinion.
Atoms for Peace wrote: » Is Joe Duffy actually the king of unintentional parody? An 'oul dried up holly-joe was on the same show complaining that Marty Morrisey had spoken at a mass in Knock and the horror that his top botton was undone and to make it worse he isn't even a priest:eek:. When asked by Joe if it would be acceptable for a nun to speak at mass the caller was unsure and would have to ask a priest to check.
BarryD2 wrote: » You're bananas ... in three weeks time it will 31 counties hoping for one result only
Beechwoodspark wrote: » I'd say that photo will potentially fall foul of the blasphemy laws here. Paddy power could be in serious doo doo over it. F them, thieving cnuts
