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Why do so many Irish people wear GAA jerseys in Australia?

Pisco Sour

Whats the deal with loads of Irish people in Australia wearing their GAA jerseys everywhere? Surely going to live in a new country is an opportunity to interact with the locals and immerse yourself in the culture of that country. I havent seen a single person from another country wear their sports jerseys here. Why do the Irish have to do it? Is it a case of people trying to remind everybody where they are from? It looks ridiculous and embarrassing to be honest.

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prinz

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Strewth mate you can't say that!

Flamin' galah.

paky

Xavi6 wrote: »

It's not begrudgery from folk who didn't go, if anything it's being annoyed that these people are lucky enough to have the opportunity to go but instead literally piss it away.

I have friends who would give their left one to go but can't because of kids, a mortgage etc and then you have these wasters who do absolutely nothing with their visa except get gee eyed with a load of Irish in an Irish bar for 12 months.

I have zero problem with the Irish who go to Oz to make a career and a living for themselves but I make no apologies for seeing the (stereotypically) GAA jersey brigade as nothing more than trouble making scum who I'll avoid at all cost.

its the same old story with alot of irish people. anywhere theres a cause for celebration their out getten pissed, not everyone but alot. take college for instance, the amount of people who get grants and free fees for college and completely throw away the opportunity getten pissed outof their heads is enormous. its a cultural problem we have in ireland and bondi beach shows us how shocking the problem really is.

charlemont

prinz wrote: »

Yes, there was a time when flying was a glamourous gentleman's pursuit. Now we let any riff-raff get off the ground.

Thats almost exactly what Neil Prendeville said several years back on his radio show, ironic, considering what eventually happened him..

I dont even own a GAA jersey, honestly id prefer to mingle with the locals...

jimmmy

paky wrote: »

you have to understand that immigrants stick together. they occupy a social grouping. for example, how many polish people do you hang around with at home?

paky wrote: »

. the same principle goes for the irish in australia as far as integration is concerned. alot of australians may not want to integrate with them

Getting drunk 24/7 and puking sick with fellow irish people all dressed in gaa tops ...is not the way to integrate in to the country you are going to.
I suppose we have a history of not always integrating well / blending in to other countries.

bonerm

The wearing of GAA jerseys in places like Australia is actually a secret underground movement set in place to promote Irish business abroad. Leading Irish companies such as Supermacs, Bush Hotel, Crenagh Concrete (and of course Tracey Concrete) have all benefited enormously from the sight of pasty ginger haired men dressed in their garishly coloured local motley, proudly proclaiming the name of this and that company across the chest.

All in all it's been a great marketing success, in no small part due to the active participation of these ex-pats. In fact, Sports fans as so enthusiastic about this arrangement that rather than seek compensation for effectively converting themselves into walking sandwich boards they instead *pay* for the privilege of doing so!

AnonoBoy

SIMPLYTHE wrote: »

Australia doesn't have any culture!

Strewth mate you can't say that!

SIMPLYTHE

Australia doesn't have any culture!

AnonoBoy

df1985 wrote: »

There's a serious begrudgery on boards of people heading off to australia. A lot of people seem to have a chip on their shoulder that they cant go or didnt have the opportunity to go.

A lot of people have been out there and seen it first hand so I don't think they're jealous about 'going away on the big airplane'.

prinz

df1985 wrote: »

There's a serious begrudgery on boards of people heading off to australia. A lot of people seem to have a chip on their shoulder that they cant go or didnt have the opportunity to go.

Doesn't really have anything to do with Australia at all tbh. Could be any country. I don't like people leaving a bad impression of the Irish wherever they go....and like it or not this happens with increasing regularity and the GAA-jersey wearing types are generally to blame. It has nothing to do with begrudgery.

Xavi6

df1985 wrote: »

Its their year or so abroad, let them do with it as they please, even if that mainly involves wearing gaa jerseys and drinking with Irish. How does it affect anyone else? There's a serious begrudgery on boards of people heading off to australia. A lot of people seem to have a chip on their shoulder that they cant go or didnt have the opportunity to go.

It's not begrudgery from folk who didn't go, if anything it's being annoyed that these people are lucky enough to have the opportunity to go but instead literally piss it away.

I have friends who would give their left one to go but can't because of kids, a mortgage etc and then you have these wasters who do absolutely nothing with their visa except get gee eyed with a load of Irish in an Irish bar for 12 months.

I have zero problem with the Irish who go to Oz to make a career and a living for themselves but I make no apologies for seeing the (stereotypically) GAA jersey brigade as nothing more than trouble making scum who I'll avoid at all cost.

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df1985 wrote: »

Its their year or so abroad, let them do with it as they please, even if that mainly involves wearing gaa jerseys and drinking with Irish. How does it affect anyone else? There's a serious begrudgery on boards of people heading off to australia. A lot of people seem to have a chip on their shoulder that they cant go or didnt have the opportunity to go.

How does it affect anyone else?

Communities get terrorized an vandalized. People are involved in fights. That's how it affects anyone else.

david75

Irish become more and more stereortypically Irish the further from ireland they get. Fact. And like Guinness, we dont always travel well.

df1985

Its their year or so abroad, let them do with it as they please, even if that mainly involves wearing gaa jerseys and drinking with Irish. How does it affect anyone else? There's a serious begrudgery on boards of people heading off to australia. A lot of people seem to have a chip on their shoulder that they cant go or didnt have the opportunity to go.

paky

AnonoBoy wrote: »

If you read my posts you'll find I've absolutely nothing against the GAA. In fact I played it all the way through school.

I'm not saying every Irish person that goes there does that. I'm talking about the people who do go there and do that though.

A lot of the people who act like complete idiots abroad aren't the ones who stay there. A lot of them run home to Mammy's cooking and washing machine within the year.

As I've already said, it's not about throwing away your own identity and culture - it's the people who deliberately isolate themselves when they're abroad and make no effort whatsoever to even experience another culture. All these fools want to do is drink all day and show themselves up for what they are - f*cking eejits.

i here what your saying. but you have to understand that immigrants stick together. they occupy a social grouping. for example, how many polish people do you hang around with at home? i'd say if you were working class maybe a few but the higher up the social ladder you go the less you'd probably know. the same principle goes for the irish in australia as far as integration is concerned. alot of australians may not want to integrate with them

AnonoBoy

Amy33 wrote: »

I'm from Clare and when I was in Australia I used cross the street whenever I saw a Clare jersey in the distance coming towards me.

I would too. Spooky sh*t, a jersey floating towards you in the distance!

Rookster

aDeener wrote: »

it's been said on one of the many gaa bashing threads before that women don't look great in gaa jerseys.

I prefer when they are out of the jersey myself.:p

Amy33

I'm from Clare and when I was in Australia I used cross the street whenever I saw a Clare jersey in the distance coming towards me.

aDeener

Deleted User wrote: »

What GAA bashing threads? The jerseys are revolting anyway. They should go back to the olders ones with the white collars. Same with rugby jerseys.

It most certainly does.

oh bless you must have impeccably high standards

aDeener

Badgermonkey wrote: »

Oh, for Gods sake.

The jerseys look cheap and nasty, there has never been any appreciation of or interest in good design principles and the added value design can bring to marketing.

The o'neills short-shorts don't help I suppose.

maybe not threads started off specifically about the gaa, but look at any of the ones regarding irish culture and the amount of sad, bitter comments about the gaa will be fairly evident

Badgermonkey

aDeener wrote: »

it's been said on one of the many gaa bashing threads

Oh, for Gods sake.

The jerseys look cheap and nasty, there has never been any appreciation of or interest in good design principles and the added value design can bring to marketing.

The o'neills short-shorts don't help I suppose.

JerryHandbag

Some of the GAA jerseys are going a bit retro and look very nice indeed IMO, much better than most of their modern jerseys.

http://www.oneills.com/DatabaseImages/prd_9254025.jpg

[Deleted User]

aDeener wrote: »

it's been said on one of the many gaa bashing threads before that women don't look great in gaa jerseys.

What GAA bashing threads? The jerseys are revolting anyway. They should go back to the olders ones with the white collars. Same with rugby jerseys.

aDeener wrote: »

It certainly doesn't take away from her there.

It most certainly does.

AnonoBoy

aDeener wrote: »

it's a GAA thing. there is a sad group of people on here that for one reason or another hate everything and anything to do with the GAA, probably because they were left out when they were younger when everyone else was playing it and still hold the grudge

If you read my posts you'll find I've absolutely nothing against the GAA. In fact I played it all the way through school.

spider guardian wrote: »

Usual generalisations in this thread. Not every Irish person who goes over to Australia spends all day in Bondi Junction p1ssed out of their heads.

I'm not saying every Irish person that goes there does that. I'm talking about the people who do go there and do that though.

Has it not occurred to people here that people don't just emigrate and then integrate with the local culture straight away, it takes time to settle in. From my experience in Australia the Irish got on very well with the locals and other nationalities. Why do you get such a mix of nationalities in the Irish Bars?

A lot of the people who act like complete idiots abroad aren't the ones who stay there. A lot of them run home to Mammy's cooking and washing machine within the year.

Of course you should make an effort to integrate abroad and to present your country in a good light but that doesn't mean you just throw away your own identity and culture.

As I've already said, it's not about throwing away your own identity and culture - it's the people who deliberately isolate themselves when they're abroad and make no effort whatsoever to even experience another culture. All these fools want to do is drink all day and show themselves up for what they are - f*cking eejits.

Pisco Sour

aDeener wrote: »

it's been said on one of the many gaa bashing threads before that women don't look great in gaa jerseys.

it certainly doesn't take away from her there.

Or you could say that she is so hot that she even looks good with a GAA jersey on...

aDeener

04072511 wrote: »

The chick looks great. Doesnt make the jersey look any better though.

it's been said on one of the many gaa bashing threads before that women don't look great in gaa jerseys.

it certainly doesn't take away from her there.

Pisco Sour

aDeener wrote: »

yeah you're right they look horrendous

http://twitpic.com/2ln6ew

The chick looks great. Doesnt make the jersey look any better though.

Badgermonkey

aDeener wrote: »

yeah you're right they look horrendous

http://twitpic.com/2ln6ew

eh, I think she'd look better if she removed it.

aDeener

hotmail.com wrote: »

GAA jerseys aren't nice, that's the key point. They look horrible.

yeah you're right they look horrendous

http://twitpic.com/2ln6ew

[Deleted User]

paky wrote: »

cause they think people care that their irish

Care that their Irish what?

yosemite_sam

AntiMatter wrote: »

To disassociate themselves from the British.

Because discerning Australian sports fans can tell the difference between an English league jersey and a GAA jersey.

It's in case they get lost or are found drunk, the authorities will then know where to send them. You would see more Irish wearing English Premier League jerseys than English, it's strange I know I can't work it out either