Colm 'Gooch' Cooper
David 'Jinksy' Beggy
Seamus 'Shaq' O'Neill
Eoin 'The Bomber' Liston

Some great stories of how they got also known as, many fictional.

Anthony 'Larry' Finnerty named after Fat Larrys Band following a good summer in the US.

There's loads more aka's, in many cases the story behind the name is better than the name!

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8603 - 06/08/2014 10:02:16    1632254

Please add any good ones and/or good stories behind the names.

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8603 - 06/08/2014 11:21:21    1632309

Paddy 'hands' Cunningham, by all accounts a huge set of paws on him

frankbhoy77 (Antrim) - Posts: 1300 - 06/08/2014 11:26:18    1632314

Darach "Jigger" O Conner - His auld fellas nickname
Dermot "Brick" Molloy
Christy "Magnus" Toye - Mainly hear the McGees use this one so it might be a personal thing.

I'm sure there are others from the current Donegal team but cant think right now.

dstuction (Donegal) - Posts: 1209 - 06/08/2014 11:31:43    1632323

'Friar' Mannion...baldness pattern
'5 Chins' Doyle
'Snaggletooth' Dempsey

Regards,

Snufalufagus....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 06/08/2014 11:50:47    1632340

Tom Cunniffe is often called 'Turbo' by his club and county team-mates, as he was a cross-country champion in school and is generally pretty quick across the grass. Think Keith Higgins is 'Zippy' for the same reason.

Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 06/08/2014 12:00:53    1632343

Brick Molloy being called brick because his Dad was called Block. Apparently

square_ball_69 (Westmeath) - Posts: 826 - 06/08/2014 12:37:32    1632368

I know a guy from a club down here whose nickname is "the clock" as he has one hand longer than the other!

Tizcold (Galway) - Posts: 239 - 06/08/2014 12:58:21    1632384

Isn't Paul Caffrey nicknamed Pillar?

ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1778 - 06/08/2014 13:02:54    1632391

He is Ashure. But I'd love to hear how he was so named.

There must be some good names for players known as tough men on the pitch. Diarmuid 'The Rock' O-Sullivan, aptly named.

Anyone know of nicknames for Gerry McEntee, Brian Lohan, Mick Lyons or John Mullane?

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8603 - 06/08/2014 13:53:11    1632430

Open to correction on this but Eamonn Callaghan seemingly got his nickname 'Leper' straight from a dictionary. Most of the team at the time had nicknames and it was decided to get Eamonn his from a random page and place in the dictionary !

Prefer to think of him as 'untouchable' in terms of flair and talent!

St.Conleth (Kildare) - Posts: 1745 - 06/08/2014 13:58:24    1632434

Kieran (star) Donaghy Kerry

mod (Mayo) - Posts: 859 - 06/08/2014 14:19:02    1632456

Tizcold
County: Galway
Posts: 102

1632384 I know a guy from a club down here whose nickname is "the clock" as he has one hand longer than the other!
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Ha, thats just so Irish, love it!

brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 06/08/2014 14:20:33    1632459

Heard off a young lad whose nickname was "Chillie". Guy on sideline heres his name being called by his teammates and asks whats with the name ,another guy says "ah that Con Carneys son"

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 06/08/2014 16:12:05    1632535

Tom Cunniffe is often called 'Turbo' by his club and county team-mates, as he was a cross-country champion in school and is generally pretty quick across the grass. Think Keith Higgins is 'Zippy' for the same reason.

Sure it's a well known fact that Chuck Norris wears Tom Cunniffe pyjamas!

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8603 - 06/08/2014 20:10:26    1632661

Henry "The King" Shefflin


Speaks for itself.


Funniest one I know of is the nickname given to our own goalie Conor "Frano" Gilsenan. Google him and you'll see why!!

cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5331 - 06/08/2014 21:55:46    1632728

keith 'rio' rossiter,
liam 'jippo' ryan,
ciaran 'sambo' kenny
diarmuid 'deo' o'keefe

perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 07/08/2014 10:33:23    1632807

Love the 'chillie' and 'the clock' ones! Didn't 'The Slab' Murphy play for Louth?

Brolly (Monaghan) - Posts: 4472 - 07/08/2014 10:57:47    1632821

I heard a story about how Michael 'Brick' Walsh got his aka.
Apparently his oldest brother is known as 'Block'.
Michael then became known as 'Brick', and has a younger brother who then became known as 'Slab'

H_Bomb12 (Waterford) - Posts: 32 - 07/08/2014 11:42:02    1632865

Brolly the slabster played with Armagh.

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 07/08/2014 12:12:15    1632898