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Does Cork produce the greatest sports people in Ireland

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    #32
    Specialun
    Registered Users Posts: 3,068 ✭✭✭Specialun


    If doing heroin was a sport then dublin would be class at it


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    #33
    The Rape of Lucretia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭The Rape of Lucretia


    Specialun wrote: »
    If doing heroin was a sport then dublin would be class at it

    Its not one of the Olympic drugs. The IOC offers so many to choose from, turns a blind eye to tests, etc, but heroin just isnt one of them.


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    #34
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users Posts: 33,014 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    Specialun wrote: »
    If doing heroin was a sport then dublin would be class at it

    Nowhere near world championship level though. We'd be a small fish in a big pond.

    Might have more chanve with tea-drinking.

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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    #35
    XR3i
    Site Banned Posts: 6,498 ✭✭✭XR3i


    does cork really exist, i knmow i heare people talking about it and people have allegedly been un cork, but thats only hearsay, no further questions, your honor


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    #36
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 75,285 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Belfast hasn't done badly with the likes of George Best, Alex Higgins and Carl Frampton


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    #37
    andekwarhola
    Registered Users Posts: 4,638 ✭✭✭andekwarhola


    If they manage to get whining inferiority complex classified as an Olympic sport, there will be no hope for the rest of the country.


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    #38
    billie1b
    Registered Users Posts: 3,804 ✭✭✭billie1b


    Specialun wrote: »
    If doing heroin was a sport then dublin would be class at it

    Actually latest figures show that Galway has the biggest heroin problem in Ireland followed by Cork and then Dublin. If having a chip on your shoulder was an olympic event Cork folk would be gold medalists


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    #39
    TheRiverman
    Registered Users Posts: 6,052 ✭✭✭TheRiverman


    Former Taoiseach Jack Lynch was one of the greatest Cork sportsmen ever.Just check out his achievements in both Gaelic Football and Hurling.


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    #40
    Pablo Escobar
    Registered Users Posts: 636 ✭✭✭Pablo Escobar


    billie1b wrote: »
    Actually latest figures show that Galway has the biggest heroin problem in Ireland followed by Cork and then Dublin. If having a chip on your shoulder was an olympic event Cork folk would be gold medalists

    Just another medal to add to the list then ;)


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    #41
    everlast75
    Registered Users Posts: 18,972 ✭✭✭✭everlast75


    *taps mic*

    "did you hear about the man from Cork with an inferiority complex?

    He thought he was the same as everybody else"

    thank you and goodnight...


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    #42
    Sir Osis of Liver.
    Registered Users Posts: 2,793 ✭✭✭Sir Osis of Liver.


    In fairness to Cork,if hot chicks were an Olympic sport they'd be contenders for the gold.
    (yes,I married a hot cork bitch)

    If annoying fcuking accents were an Olympic sport,they would also be contenders for the gold.


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    #43
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users Posts: 33,014 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    TheRiverman wrote: »
    Former Taoiseach Jack Lynch was one of the greatest Cork sportsmen ever.Just check out his achievements in both Gaelic Football and Hurling.

    One of the best in the world, I believe.

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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    #44
    mackcracknsack
    Registered Users Posts: 91 ✭✭mackcracknsack


    Harrington
    O'Driscoll
    Roche
    Robbie Keane
    Paul McGrath
    John Giles
    Katie Taylor

    To name but a few........
    Forget about it Cork!!!!


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    #45
    Arsemageddon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭Arsemageddon


    TheRiverman wrote: »
    Former Taoiseach Jack Lynch was one of the greatest Cork sportsmen ever.Just check out his achievements in both Gaelic Football and Hurling.

    He might have been handy at the ga, but he was a sh1t Taoiseach - same as most FF lads who got that job I suppose


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    #46
    Pablo Escobar
    Registered Users Posts: 636 ✭✭✭Pablo Escobar


    mackcracknsack wrote: »
    Harrington
    O'Driscoll
    Roche
    Robbie Keane
    Paul McGrath
    John Giles
    Katie Taylor

    To name but a few........
    Forget about it Cork!!!!

    Is that a 'Rest of Ireland' selection?


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    #47
    andekwarhola
    Registered Users Posts: 4,638 ✭✭✭andekwarhola


    Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »
    yes,I married a hot cork bitch.

    You silver-tongued rogue, you.


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    #48
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users Posts: 5,733 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    This thread shows how far Cork has regressed.

    Once they would have believed they were the greatest sports people in the world!


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    #49
    andekwarhola
    Registered Users Posts: 4,638 ✭✭✭andekwarhola


    Beasty wrote: »
    Belfast hasn't done badly with the likes of George Best, Alex Higgins and Carl Frampton

    Joey Dunlop and Danny Blanchflower too.


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    #50
    Arcade_Tryer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭Arcade_Tryer


    An inferiority complex combined with a strong nationalist sentiment often results in success in sport.

    So Cork is in with a shout.


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    #51
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,499 ✭✭✭John_Rambo


    Ireland. Super cool Ireland, cities, provinces, counties, towns, villages and hinterlands.

    A small Island on the Western seaboard training hard, working hard, performing hard, winning gold, winning silver, winning bronze... from all the four corners of the island... boxing, sailing, rugby, rally driving, athletics, swimming, soccer, rowing, cycling... and all other forms of sport, inside and outside of the Olympics, professional and amature... yellow jerseys, Worldwide recognition, respect and kudos.

    Unified in glory? No. Lets divide it up and dampen the spirit and pick a parish that we've perceived is better than another one.

    Fook off Princess Consuela Bananahammock. We, as a nation and as an Island are punching way above our weight. And, we're doing all right. We're together and cheering each other on. And will continue to do so!

    COYBIG COYGIG. United in sports.


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    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users Posts: 33,014 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    John_Rambo wrote: »
    Ireland. Super cool Ireland, cities, provinces, counties, towns, villages and hinterlands.

    A small Island on the Western seaboard training hard, working hard, performing hard, winning gold, winning silver, winning bronze... from all the four corners of the island... boxing, sailing, rugby, rally driving, athletics, swimming, soccer, rowing, cycling... and all other forms of sport, inside and outside of the Olympics, professional and amature... yellow jerseys, Worldwide recognition, respect and kudos.

    Unified in glory? No. Lets divide it up and dampen the spirit and pick a parish that we've perceived is better than another one.

    Fook off Princess Consuela Bananahammock. We, as a nation and as an Island are punching way above our weight. And, we're doing all right. We're together and cheering each other on. And will continue to do so!

    COYBIG COYGIG. United in sports.

    Did you lift that from the Discover Ireand wesbite? You did, dind't you? Ok - maybe not the last paragraph - but still!

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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    #53
    andekwarhola
    Registered Users Posts: 4,638 ✭✭✭andekwarhola


    John_Rambo wrote: »
    Ireland. Super cool Ireland, cities, provinces, counties, towns, villages and hinterlands.

    A small Island on the Western seaboard training hard, working hard, performing hard, winning gold, winning silver, winning bronze... from all the four corners of the island... boxing, sailing, rugby, rally driving, athletics, swimming, soccer, rowing, cycling... and all other forms of sport, inside and outside of the Olympics, professional and amature... yellow jerseys, Worldwide recognition, respect and kudos.

    Unified in glory? No. Lets divide it up and dampen the spirit and pick a parish that we've perceived is better than another one.

    Fook off Princess Consuela Bananahammock. We, as a nation and as an Island are punching way above our weight. And, we're doing all right. We're together and cheering each other on. And will continue to do so!

    COYBIG COYGIG. United in sports.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krZEfzKAhD4


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    #54
    andekwarhola
    Registered Users Posts: 4,638 ✭✭✭andekwarhola


    Posted that as a pisstake but now enjoying watching it in 80s nostalgia and patriotism.


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    #55
    nehe milner skudder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,182 ✭✭✭nehe milner skudder


    Fabulous sporting county.


    No so good at elocution . English in particular.


    That sound genuinely comical when they talk .


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    #56
    Water John
    Registered Users Posts: 21,113 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    Know we have a lilty accent that lifts at the end of a sentence. there are about five Cork accents, three in the city alone.
    But call centres say its the best accent for them in Ireland, Geordie accent in the UK.

    Evans after his match saying he was going for steak and fries was very good.


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    #57
    TheBully
    Registered Users Posts: 876 ✭✭✭TheBully


    mackcracknsack wrote: »
    Harrington
    O'Driscoll
    Roche
    Robbie Keane
    Paul McGrath
    John Giles
    Katie Taylor

    To name but a few........
    Forget about it Cork!!!!

    Katie Taylor is from Wicklow, Paul McGrath was born in england.... Il give u the rest


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    #58
    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭mansize


    SebastianT wrote: »
    Running anywhere with 7 Premier League, 4 FA Cup and a Champions League medal in your back pocket is great going.

    Who keeps medals in their back pocket??? Is it a Cork thing???

    (Did he get a European Cup medal?)


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    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭mansize


    mackcracknsack wrote: »
    Harrington
    O'Driscoll
    Roche
    Robbie Keane
    Paul McGrath
    John Giles
    Katie Taylor

    To name but a few........
    Forget about it Cork!!!!

    Harri has Cork connections tbf


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    #60
    foxatron
    Registered Users Posts: 252 ✭✭foxatron


    This thread is a joke..... right?!


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    #61
    Water John
    Registered Users Posts: 21,113 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    Both sides of Bertie Ahern's family come from Cork but we aren't telling any one.
    Bertie's sport was juggling.


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