Irish sports

RedOrDead said:
On a separate note, Sunderland must be the only city in the uk without an Irish pub. None that I know of anyway. Not talking about theme bars either like whatever life of Riley used to be. Paddywhacks. Can’t think of any in Newcastle either apart from the Irish centre and that was minging dirty last time I was in a few year back. Most cities have got loads.
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flanagans back in the day
Ember said:
Hilarious. Do you have any "jokes" about blacks and Pakistanis as well?
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Miserable sod aren't you,thought it wasn't a bad joke myself:lol::lol::lol::lol:
 


Charmless Man said:
Hurling is fantastic. Has everything you could want in a sport.
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My brother's missus is Irish and all of her family are into Hurling.

Not long after they'd met he was taken to watch a match in Dublin. He absolutely loved it - said he'd never seen so much blood and so many teeth left lying on the pitch at the end of any game yet the players were all walking off at the end laughing and joking with each other, looking forward to their post-match beer and a bit 'craic'.
 
Kingdom Bhoy said:
Durty Nellys was at the Mowbray Park hotel site and Rosie Malones was where Yeates is now.

Both cracking pubs but my favourite was TJ Doyles.

Still loads of Irish students in Sunderland studying Medicine Nursing Pharmacy Journalism Business Studies etc.

Some of them drink and work in the Saltgrass.
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That's it. Forgot about TJs. I'd just woken up. Yes, was a great spot too. Deptford was great then as well.
 
keema naan said:
Miserable sod aren't you,thought it wasn't a bad joke myself:lol::lol::lol::lol:
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I'm not a miserable sod. I'm one that isn't thick enough to enjoy "jokes" implying Irish people are stupid. I thought British people had moved on to the 21st century, obviously many haven't.
Jap Stammer said:
My brother's missus is Irish and all of her family are into Hurling.

Not long after they'd met he was taken to watch a match in Dublin. He absolutely loved it - said he'd never seen so much blood and so many teeth left lying on the pitch at the end of any game yet the players were all walking off at the end laughing and joking with each other, looking forward to their post-match beer and a bit 'craic'.
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I think you are over egging the injury aspect of hurling quite a bit. Hurlers wear helmets and mouth protection so you dont have "teeth lying on the pitch ". In fact at the highest level the game has evolved into quite a tactical one, with sweeper systems, restart strategies and the like being introduced by different coaches.
 
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Ember said:
I'm not a miserable sod. I'm one that isn't thick enough to enjoy "jokes" implying Irish people are stupid. I thought British people had moved on to the 21st century, obviously many haven't.


I think you are over egging the injury aspect of hurling quite a bit. Hurlers wear helmets and mouth protection so you dont have "teeth lying on the pitch ". In fact at the highest level the game has evolved into quite a tactical one, with sweeper systems, restart strategies and the like being introduced by different coaches.
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Lighten up man:lol::lol::lol:literally the least offensive joke I've ever heard iirc there
 
Ember said:
I'm not a miserable sod. I'm one that isn't thick enough to enjoy "jokes" implying Irish people are stupid. I thought British people had moved on to the 21st century, obviously many haven't.


I think you are over egging the injury aspect of hurling quite a bit. Hurlers wear helmets and mouth protection so you dont have "teeth lying on the pitch ". In fact at the highest level the game has evolved into quite a tactical one, with sweeper systems, restart strategies and the like being introduced by different coaches.
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Don't shoot the messenger.

Just quoting what he (my brother) said - I've never personally been to a Hurling match so have no personal experience to fall back on.

Very possible he 'over-egged' it for effect.
 
Jap Stammer said:
My brother's missus is Irish and all of her family are into Hurling.

Not long after they'd met he was taken to watch a match in Dublin. He absolutely loved it - said he'd never seen so much blood and so many teeth left lying on the pitch at the end of any game yet the players were all walking off at the end laughing and joking with each other, looking forward to their post-match beer and a bit 'craic'.
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Your brother is full of shit. 🤦‍♂️
 
I've been to a couple of games in Inverness where the shinty lads took on the hurling boys in a mishmash international challenge. It's just like an 80 minute pub fight with pool cues.

A marra of mine is a Mayo supporter. Poor sod, especially after last year's final. He's convinced there's a curse on them.
 
keema naan said:
Cheap tat

It wasn't even a thick paddy jokethere iirc there mate,he literally Google's jokes and theres been a pile on to get a few likes from the irish diaspora about Who CAn be most offended.
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The Irish bobsleigh team at the Winter Olympics are refusing to race until the course has been gritted

It’s inferring the Irish are that thick they turn up to a sport on ice and won’t compete till it’s gritted to stop it being slippy and you don’t think that’s a offensive?

It’s an old reinforcement of stereotypes that’s inherently racist
 

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