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st patricks day parade may be on sunday 18 due to garrycasle in final
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29-02-2012 11:07PM#1
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But why should this match have any effect on the Athlone Parade ???
Garrycastle people can go to their match.
The rest of us who... really couldnt give a 4x what happens out there in GC...can go to the parade.
Whats the problem ?
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whyulittle wrote: »Even better, lock the gates while they are out and don't let them back into the town!
down with that sort of thing!!!!
But with Junction 9 closed off from today its like they want to cut Garrycastle off from the rest of the town!!! :eek:0 -
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But why should this match have any effect on the Athlone Parade ???
Garrycastle people can go to their match.
The rest of us who... really couldnt give a 4x what happens out there in GC...can go to the parade.
Whats the problem ?
It is probably one of the most proudest and finest days for the Town of Athlone. A team from the region is playing in an All Ireland Final. It will be decades before Roscommon or Westmeath (depending on what side of the Shannon that you are from) Senior Team reaches an intercounty final.
It is only one year, and would be pretty petty to ignore the fact that the game is on. The parade is rubbish anyway. And if, GarryCastle do win it, it would be fitting that they were paraded through the town on the 18th.
I am not a Garrycastle Club man, but anyone who follows the sport, our national game, could not begrudge them.
Hopefully, most of the town will be dead anyway and actually go to Croker to shout them on.0 -
walrusgumble wrote: »It is probably one of the most proudest and finest days for the Town of Athlone.
Well maybe for you it is walrus , but for me it was that unforgetable day back in 197?whateveritwas when Athlone Town won the league of Ireland senior trophy...happy days
I agree it would be petty to begrudge the good people of Garrycastle their day out, more luck to them..... but why penalise the rest of us law abiding souls who enjoy the dayout at the parade.
This match has nothing to do with the town of Athlone.
So HANDS OFF OUR PARADE.....:mad:
Have yer own parade out in Garrycastle 0 -
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Well maybe for you it is walrus , but for me it was that unforgetable day back in 197?whateveritwas when Athlone Town won the league of Ireland senior trophy...happy days
I agree it would be petty to begrudge the good people of Garrycastle their day out, more luck to them..... but why penalise the rest of us law abiding souls who enjoy the dayout at the parade.
This match has nothing to do with the town of Athlone.
So HANDS OFF OUR PARADE.....:mad:
Have yer own parade out in Garrycastle
MArtin, that is completely fair enough.
I am also a long time suffering fan of de Town FC as well. But I did not have the privilege of being born during those great days, and the 1980's I was only a toddler.
I know the Town is a Soccer Town, well, the Roscommon Side of Town you would notice the County Flags during the Championship, Westmeath being a Mullingar thing......
However, these guys are locals and I would hope that most Athlonians would march to Lansdowne Road if Athlone was in the FAI Cup Final (or even any Athlone Club in a major soccer final like St Peter's a few years ago) or down to Lisseywollen if they actually stringed together some good performances. Either way, it would be correct for the Town Council to postpone the parade for them.
Coosan ,Garrycastle, Auburn, Retreat , Cartondrive ,Cornamaddy (common places where players are from) are part of the Town of Athlone and Hinterland. These lads are Athlonians. Alot of the lads who played for Athlone Town FC, down the years, are not even from Athlone (well, the great one's are from Athlone) Over 10,000 went to the Semi's. Many of the Garrycastle crowd are Athlonians who work in Athlone, lived all their lives in Athlone, went to school in Athlone, have business' in Athlone, support Athlone Town FC and Buccaneers RFC..................
Jesus, maybe your messing, but that is pretty petty, maybe your an Athlone GAA man (If it was Athlone GAA, what would you say then?), or just hate the GAA.
I think the leagues were won in the early 1980's, with a few league cups in between them0 -
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