Most embarrassing Irish sporting moment?

Sanity_Saviour · 29-06-2015 05:32PM

LorMal wrote: »

Indeed, there is nothing better than when we celebrate something we can actually be proud of.
But sometimes it is embarrassing when we are just self praising or attention seeking. Shows really poor self esteem.

Not really sure you understand what self-esteem is, positivity is actually a reliable predictor of self-esteem.

fryup · 29-06-2015 05:34PM

Jayop wrote: »

Countries changing their anthems to better represent the current situation or to prevent potentially insulting some other country/people happens.

Germany, South Africa, Holland, Russia and other have all changed their anthem.

I guess this'll be an unpopular post.

no, a very reasonable post i think

Tea 1000 · 29-06-2015 05:41PM

fiachr_a wrote: »

Ireland winning at the Olympics in boxing and nothing much else. A sport for working class people and travellers that outperforms other sports funded here when it comes to medals. A sport that's marginalised to the rougher parts of the country yet produces more world-class winners than better-funded sports. A sport where many of its participants wouldn't get served in plenty of pubs here. It'll be up to our boxers to prevent Ireland embarrassing itself yet again next year, at Rio.

We've got a very good sailor going too.

keeponhurling · 29-06-2015 05:55PM

Akrasia wrote: »

There was 2 minutes of normal time and Jimmy Cooney blew the whistle with Clare 3 points ahead

I don't think he ever refereed a championship game again

While the mistake he made was an embarrassment, it was nothing compared to the shocking behaviour of some of the gaa supporters who sent him death threats

Didn't he also admit that he didn't send off a player (Duignan) because Clare were a few points ahead.
So also admitting to deliberately making bad decisions.

Anyways, never reffing a match again was probably for the best.

Kirby42 · 29-06-2015 06:00PM

I dunno about the most embarrassing, but the proudest moment for me was when Viktor Krum caught the snitch but Ireland still won the world cup.

LorMal · 29-06-2015 06:05PM

Sanity_Saviour wrote: »

Not really sure you understand what self-esteem is, positivity is actually a reliable predictor of self-esteem.

Ah, I do yeah. Continuously seeking external affirmation is a reflection of poor self esteem.

mynamejeff · 29-06-2015 06:05PM

fiachr_a wrote: »

Ireland winning at the Olympics in boxing and nothing much else. A sport for working class people and travellers that outperforms other sports funded here when it comes to medals. A sport that's marginalised to the rougher parts of the country yet produces more world-class winners than better-funded sports. A sport where many of its participants wouldn't get served in plenty of pubs here. It'll be up to our boxers to prevent Ireland embarrassing itself yet again next year, at Rio.

Adam Nolan, katie taylor, paddy barnes and dean gardner are hardly marginalized from rougher parts of the country.

those persons who don't get served in pubs seem to have brought upon themselves.
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/district-court/john-joe-nevin-told-he-will-not-get-special-treatment-in-court-1.2178550

we do have a good record international record in boxing though

Jayop · 29-06-2015 06:07PM

LorMal wrote: »

Ah, I do yeah. Continuously seeking external affirmation is a reflection of poor self esteem.

I don't think they do it for external affirmation. They do it because they like to do it, they enjoy singing and supporting their team and will do so regardless of the result.

Not everyone is so concerned with what other people think of them.

LorMal · 29-06-2015 06:10PM

Jayop wrote: »

I don't think they do it for external affirmation. They do it because they like to do it, they enjoy singing and supporting their team and will do so regardless of the result.

Not everyone is so concerned with what other people think of them.

Okay. Shoes off to them.

Jayop · 29-06-2015 06:11PM

LorMal wrote: »

Okay. Shoes off to them.

Do you go to soccer matches?

LorMal · 29-06-2015 06:13PM

fiachr_a wrote: »

Ireland winning at the Olympics in boxing and nothing much else. A sport for working class people and travellers that outperforms other sports funded here when it comes to medals. A sport that's marginalised to the rougher parts of the country yet produces more world-class winners than better-funded sports. A sport where many of its participants wouldn't get served in plenty of pubs here. It'll be up to our boxers to prevent Ireland embarrassing itself yet again next year, at Rio.

I will never understand the Katie Taylor thing. We are supposed to be proud that we have a world class female boxer? Honestly, how many people EVER watches women's boxing before or since.
Pure guff.

29-06-2015 06:58PM

deadybai wrote: »

I agree with Ireland Call being embarrassing. I understand why its there but we must be the only team in the world to have two anthems.

Wales and Scotland don't have any anthem so use other songs that effectively became anthems.

Not sure why they didn't just go with some neutral song eg. Cockles and Mussels. They'd be better than that Ireland's Call effort.

Shemale · 29-06-2015 11:58PM

mynamejeff wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/district-court/john-joe-nevin-told-he-will-not-get-special-treatment-in-court-1.2178550

I would rather send a sheepdog to box for Ireland than a common criminal who is constantly involved in feuds who might bring home a bronze.

30-06-2015 12:15AM

Shemale wrote: »

I would rather send a sheepdog to box for Ireland than a common criminal who is constantly involved in feuds who might bring home a bronze.

Shane Horgan, Diarmuid Connolly, presumably plenty more sports stars out there have pretty serious rap sheets when it comes to assault.

funtime93 · 30-06-2015 12:16AM

Cyprus 5-2 Ireland, losing to Italy in rugby,

Shemale · 30-06-2015 12:34AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Shane Horgan, Diarmuid Connolly, presumably plenty more sports stars out there have pretty serious rap sheets when it comes to assault.

I know but the Olympic Council or Ireland are funding Nevin as an individual to represent Ireland in the Olympics.

The King of Moo · 30-06-2015 01:37AM

fiachr_a wrote: »

Ireland winning at the Olympics in boxing and nothing much else. A sport for working class people and travellers that outperforms other sports funded here when it comes to medals. A sport that's marginalised to the rougher parts of the country yet produces more world-class winners than better-funded sports. A sport where many of its participants wouldn't get served in plenty of pubs here. It'll be up to our boxers to prevent Ireland embarrassing itself yet again next year, at Rio.

What's the relevance of this?

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 30-06-2015 04:03AM

Not exactly a sports moment but Ger Brennan writing a opinion piece full of lies in the Irish Independent was embarrassing.

30-06-2015 05:04AM

Shemale wrote: »

I know but the Olympic Council or Ireland are funding Nevin as an individual to represent Ireland in the Olympics.

Um.

Surely the obvious difference is that they were convicted of serious and violent assaults that left victims with serious injuries, broken cheekbones, eye sockets etc. Nevin wasn't.

Never mind that "yeah but like one of them gets paid by the IRFU whereas the other gets a grant and he plays as an individual" to explain the difference. If you don't like him because Horgan seems respectable whereas Nevin's a traveller, have the courage to say that.

frostyjacks · 30-06-2015 07:33AM

funtime93 wrote: »

Cyprus 5-2 Ireland, losing to Italy in rugby,

Italy have beaten us a good few times, I wouldn't say one defeat was more embarrassing than the other.

Ryan McMenamin grabbing one of the Kerry fellas by the nuts was an awkward moment, and very much out of character for him.

il gatto · 30-06-2015 08:28AM

Roger_007 wrote: »

John Delaney whinging about being beaten by the Henry hand-ball and looking to be let in to the World Cup finals as the '33rd' team.

This. Undignified.
Getting beat out the gate by Spain in 2012 was bad too.
60-0 was awful and God knows how kidney kept his job but at least it was on Sky Sports at 7 a.m. Or something and was "only" a summer tour match plus we'd run them agonisingly close (b@llocks scrum penalty) the week before. Excruciating viewing but not on the world scale of John Delaney's display.

mynamejeff · 30-06-2015 02:07PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Um.

Surely the obvious difference is that they were convicted of serious and violent assaults that left victims with serious injuries, broken cheekbones, eye sockets etc. Nevin wasn't.

Never mind that "yeah but like one of them gets paid by the IRFU whereas the other gets a grant and he plays as an individual" to explain the difference. If you don't like him because Horgan seems respectable whereas Nevin's a traveller, have the courage to say that.

or could it be that horgan was involved in one single incident where he paid a large sum of money as compo

and that nevin had been involved in various and assorted incidents been in court multiple times for multiple reasons ?

OldMrBrennan83 · 30-06-2015 04:20PM

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ComfortKid · 30-06-2015 04:38PM

mynamejeff wrote:

and that nevin had been involved in various and assorted incidents been in court multiple times for multiple reasons ?

Is it becoz im a traavler

goldenboots · 30-06-2015 04:46PM

Anytime anyone sings 'Ole, Ole'. Does my head in. Especially when Irish people/teams are successful abroad. There's always one clown who probably thinks to himself, 'd'you know what'd be great now, a blast of 'ole, ole'. Everyone will think I am great craic for starting it'.

ohnonotgmail · 30-06-2015 05:23PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Shane Horgan, Diarmuid Connolly, presumably plenty more sports stars out there have pretty serious rap sheets when it comes to assault.

one old assault charge is a pretty serious rap sheet?

salmocab · 30-06-2015 05:29PM

How does anyone think boxers doing well is a sporting embarrassment? Boxing is reasonably well funded compared to other sports bar the obvious big ones. The top boxers get grants to train from the state, without doing any research I would imagine the money boxing gets compares reasonably well with the money other sports receive from the state allowing for the numbers participating

ComfortKid · 30-06-2015 05:32PM

salmocab wrote:

How does anyone think boxers doing well is a sporting embarrassment? Boxing is reasonably well funded compared to other sports bar the obvious big ones. The top boxers get grants to train from the state, without doing any research I would imagine the money boxing gets compares reasonably well with the money other sports receive from the state allowing for the numbers participating

According to Paddy Barnes, they get very little state funding and rely heavily on sponsorship deals.

fiachr_a · 30-06-2015 05:33PM

Austria 6 Ireland 0, 1952 football friendly.

irishlad12345 · 30-06-2015 05:37PM

that time it took a last minute goal to beat san marino (the worst ranked team in uefa at the time ) 2-1 after going 1 down

Most embarrassing Irish sporting moment?

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