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Good luck on Sunday...informally shout for Galway in the hurling but I honestly don't mind who wins..would be nice to see limerick end their famine...
yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11219 - 15/08/2018 11:57:54 2133538 Link 2 |
Varys slightly year on year but always involves spending a lot of time in the Palace Bar whether going to game or not. Pints from early on on Fleet Street then walk up to Croke Park getting food on the walk up to the ground then walk back to the Palace after the game and spend the night there DonaldDuck (Tipperary) - Posts: 544 - 15/08/2018 12:32:26 2133549 Link 0 |
But RD if you leave it that late to get up you'll have missed your favourite premier league team on Sky, plus you know that the referee will hold up the throw in until you are in your seat!
brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 15/08/2018 13:29:12 2133583 Link 0 |
Ha ha, very good, not a soccer man but I do get great pleasure in hearing now and then that Celtic got beaten because it pisses a lot of people off, plus anytime Man U or Liverpool get beat I also enjoy that because the 'following' they receive from this country p*sses ME off.
realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8571 - 15/08/2018 13:46:22 2133588 Link 4 |
Ambling round Drumcondra that morning watching the crowds and the colours building. 'Hats, flags, scarves and headbands' from the hawkers. The man flipping burgers outside his cafe near the railway bridge, probably an average burger but on match day it tastes fantastic. The gear on some lads and lassies showing worship for their counties. And then there's the vehicles, imaginatively customised in the county colours. A few tourists with little to do on an early Sunday afternoon would have a great time taking in the sights, the sounds, the smells and the camaraderie between supporters that you can't see at any sporting occasion like we have. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7290 - 16/08/2018 09:27:14 2133769 Link 2 |
Please Please can we keep soccer out of the conversation on such an IRISH weekend so to speak.
doubleginplease (Limerick) - Posts: 19 - 17/08/2018 12:57:21 2134042 Link 0 |
Yeah the irish weekend shown on sky sports arena of course. All we are missing out on is martin tyler roaring out "and its live" in the middle of amhran na bhfainn
WaitingInTheLongGrass (Roscommon) - Posts: 165 - 17/08/2018 17:31:15 2134106 Link 0 |
Sadly the gaa are now part of corporate Ireland and like it or not its going to become the norm going forward. I am lucky enough to be travelling up this morning having 2 tickets with me and one of these tickets is for an avid hurling fan from Westmeath whom I have gotten to know over the years.
doubleginplease (Limerick) - Posts: 19 - 18/08/2018 08:31:15 2134172 Link 0 |
Fly in on Friday evening, get the short bus journey into Drumcondra, collect my match ticket in a nearby hotel before the match, get in ahead of the minor game. Convince myself we can win prior to throw-in, lose all hope ten minutes into the senior final, raise my blood pressure and weaken my follicles, go home despondent. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 18/08/2018 12:59:32 2134216 Link 0 |
What you don't do is equally important. Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3830 - 18/08/2018 13:25:43 2134222 Link 0 |
You sound like great fun
yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11219 - 18/08/2018 13:51:03 2134230 Link 2 |
I lived in Dublin for almost 10 years. The zoo is worth going to if you have kids with you. If you are single, any where in town is great to go out in. You don't need advice where to go. I would suggest if you are single, spend the weekend in Dublin. Unfortunately, having been stung a few times by clampers it would likely ruin someones weekend so I am passing on the warning. The clampers will patrol north Dublin like sh1tehawks all afternoon. No harm to remind people so they can stretch their money a bit. Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3830 - 18/08/2018 15:02:01 2134244 Link 0 |
I always found Connolly Station good for parking on matchday, not a million miles away from Croke Park and most culchies don't know about it ;) Allows for a reasonably quick post-match getaway, should that be needed.
Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 18/08/2018 18:30:11 2134282 Link 0 |