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Ireland : Land of sporting greats

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  1. Hash.

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    Why does this little island on the western edge of Europe produce such great sporting heroes? You only need to look at the golf right now and see Irelands proud son Rory McIlroy looking down the leaderboard at his rivals on a record score.

    Irelands sporting superheroes arent just confined to golf , oh no we've had great cyclists Sean Kelly and Stephen Roche. Great boxing champions Barry McGuigan, Steve Collins, Wayne McCullough, Katie Taylor, Michael Gomez to name but a few and football we've produced some of the worlds best Roy Keane, Liam Brady , Johnny Giles, Paul McGrath , Shay Given, Neil Lennon, George Best and a langer load more.

    Even the noble sport of swimming Michelle Smith 4 olympic golds, athletics Sonia O'Sullivan, Derval O'Rourke. Horse racing christ us Irish own it.

    Ronan O'Gara, Brian O'Driscoll just two of many Rugby heroes.

    The two Eddies Irvine and Jordan , our cricketers. Ken Doherty, Alex Higgins, Dennis Taylor heroes all.

    When i think about this there will obviously be millions more names to add to this. So why does the 'The Emerald Isle' produce so many sporting legends including Cuchulainn a great hurler in his day
     
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  2. Sam Axe

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    It's the Guinness, it makes you big and strong.
     
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  3. Reggie

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    Is the answer they are all midgets?
     
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    err, potatoes?
     
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  5. Hash.

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  6. John Smith

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    To crawl yourselves out of poverty?
     
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  7. Jip Jaap Stam

    Jip Jaap Stam General Chat Moderator
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    Sports - good
    Judging how much housing to build - not so good
     
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  8. Hash.

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    where in the thread does it mention housing
     
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  9. Sweats

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    Never heard of the boxer Katie Taylor ....
     
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  10. Hash.

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    european and world champion

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    Legend

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  12. Sweats

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    An Neil Lennon was ****.. He wasnt good enough to clean Roy keanes boots..



    You are also missing that Ireland's contribution to music should really warrant dropping a few nukes on the place...

    U2 = ****s
    Boyzone = massive ****s
    Westlife = biggest ****s ever
    Louis Walsh = ****
     
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  13. Hash.

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    Make your own thread on the ****e music if you like. This thread is purely on the enigma of a small island punching way above its weight in terms of producing sporting greats <ok>
     
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  14. Sweats

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    You've missed Darren Clarke too.. Top bloke an great golfer!!
     
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  15. Hash.

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    yep theres literally millions ive missed as i didnt really put much thought into it
     
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  16. Sweats

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    You should re edit really neil Lennon should NOT be mentioned alongside keano and Georgie best.

    Loved Paul McGrath too when I was a kid... Would be interesting to see how good he could have been if he played sober
     
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  17. Jip Jaap Stam

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    We're on GC so kindly swivel
     
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  18. Hash.

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    i never said you cant talk about housing did i ? i asked where in this thread with 'sporting' in the title does it mention houses , make a thread about houses if you want to it is general chat as you say <geebag>
     
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  19. Jip Jaap Stam

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    Sorry sword, it was just an excuse for a cheap dig.
     
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    Jip Jaap Stam, Jun 17, 2011
  20. Moltisanti

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    Hash I mentioned Rory when the Masters was on and you hadn't even heard of him! TSKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
     
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