The historic Ó Donnell family crest surrounded by the green and gold of Tír Conaill, I wouldn't change a thing...

Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1416 - 16/12/2009 09:47:25    515224

The campaign to save the Rossie sheep starts here. All those in favour BAA BAA BACK US UP

maroon2gold (Westmeath) - Posts: 551 - 16/12/2009 10:05:33    515242

I for one love the Roscommon crest, wouldn't change a thing

Mick14 (Limerick) - Posts: 766 - 16/12/2009 10:08:06    515245

Leave our sheeps head alone.

I was at a match in Ballinlough a few years ago and an auld buck was explaining how we became known as the sheepstealers. Apparently in the 19noughties there was a serious dearth of single women in the Ballinlough area and myth and lore had it that Ballyhaunis had oodles of beautiful single maiden. It was decided to mount a raid and bring back a heap of them. Ever since the raiding party got to Ballyhaunis and set eyes on these comely maidens we were known as the sheep stealers. All that travel, you couldn't come home empty handed.

thelongfella (Roscommon) - Posts: 66 - 16/12/2009 10:31:23    515256

Donegal_abroad
County: Donegal
Posts: 117

515224 The historic Ó Donnell family crest surrounded by the green and gold of Tír Conaill, I wouldn't change a thing...



Ah, God bless Daniel O'Donnell!

blu (Down) - Posts: 1240 - 16/12/2009 12:23:29    515332

Here's all the old county crests...

http://www.shamrockmercantile.com/servlet/the-Irish-County-Crest/searchpath/22788/start/1/total/32/Categories

I think Orlaith is right about the Derry one, it's not the nicest..

Banisteoir (Louth) - Posts: 60 - 16/12/2009 13:14:47    515368

15/12/2009 20:24:03
Orlaith
County: Derry
Posts: 2125

514921 I would change the Crest for Derry, Not the GAA one, The one with the UGLY skeleton on a rock with a castle behind and the Flag of Ulster/England at the top. I hate seeing that it is as ugly!


You defo right there. That is a horrible crest. Scary almost. What is it meant to symbolise anyways?

Plastic Paddy (Tyrone) - Posts: 664 - 16/12/2009 13:22:29    515376

I knew i opened a can of worms with that one!!!


maroon2gold
County: Westmeath
Posts: 111

515242 The campaign to save the Rossie sheep starts here. All those in favour BAA BAA BACK US UP

Would you not try to start a campaign to get a decent football team???

rossielassie (Roscommon) - Posts: 672 - 16/12/2009 14:37:04    515448

Agree with th Derry one, thanksfully it's not on their GAA jersies. I don't know the origin of it, but looking at it, it looks like a British-influenced crest, cannot possibly see what local connections it has unless someone can clarify?

Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1416 - 16/12/2009 15:06:29    515477

15/12/2009 19:50:44
Loyal2TheRoyal
County: Meath
Posts: 3148

514868 I think Meath should change theirs to an Oak Leaf or an acorn or something!

Seems to bring success to other counties who have used it in the past.

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aye its done a wonder of good for derry alright.

joan_balantine (UK) - Posts: 824 - 16/12/2009 15:07:29    515480

16/12/2009 00:46:28
Greengrass
County: Louth
Posts: 460

515166 RLF, it wasn't discussed ay a county board meeting. The crest was changed at the county convention as a result of a motion from The O Raghallaighs being debated and passed.

Cheers greengrass but I was already aware.

Real Louth fan (Louth) - Posts: 3157 - 16/12/2009 15:44:05    515530

rossielassie
County: Roscommon
Posts: 44

515448 I knew i opened a can of worms with that one!!!


maroon2gold
County: Westmeath
Posts: 111

515242 The campaign to save the Rossie sheep starts here. All those in favour BAA BAA BACK US UP

Would you not try to start a campaign to get a decent football team???


To be fair to your footballers they re-grouped well after the Mayo thing and went on to win a game or two. Running Meath to 5-6 points in Navan was better than a lot would do, so hopefully a few of that good minor team will "Shine" next year so best of luck in 2010.

maroon2gold (Westmeath) - Posts: 551 - 16/12/2009 16:55:57    515639

charlotted
County: Leitrim
Posts: 474

514959
we had a competition a few years ago where anyone from the county or resident here could offer a crest to be considered for the county jersey. think it was 4 years ago


charlotted is the competition still open??

danpaddyandy (Kildare) - Posts: 260 - 16/12/2009 18:39:19    515791

If I can remember primary school I think the castle is to do with the caslte in Greencastle Co.Donegal, About Norman de Burgos who owned something in Derry, and then one of them died after a big row then hundreds of years after they found the skeleton in the Greencastle castle,

Orlaith (Derry) - Posts: 4282 - 16/12/2009 19:02:50    515816

We changed ours a few times in the last decade from the old traditional bore and book, to benbulben in black and white to the now coloured benbulben with book and shell.

I think changing crests every now and then isnt a bad thing. I mean look at the old crests and they'd look out of place on todays jerseys. God be with the days when it was a joy to pull the stiched crest off a rivals club jersey.

datsrite (Sligo) - Posts: 473 - 16/12/2009 19:19:19    515847

the Roscommon crest was just redesigned using the images on the old one. best way forward instead of coming up with fancy new crests with no meaning and looking like an 8 year old with crayons designed them - see Longford

and you're wrong on where the sheepstealers nickname came from: I think it came from around the time of the famine when people used to be sent to "Van Diemens Land" after being found guilty of commiting a crime and a high percentage of the convicts from Roscommon were done for Sheep Stealing so some smart ass gave Roscommon people the nickname.

Also Roscommon is the origin of the last known/recorded cattle raid (a practice several thousand years old) in Ireland during the civil war when a group of rustlers ventured from North Roscommon across Leitrim and into the new juristicion of NI to steal some animals. the animals were herded back to north Roscommon

iblah (Westmeath) - Posts: 5 - 16/12/2009 21:58:40    516050

The Roscommon Crest is Baaaaa'd

Burnsey (Down) - Posts: 561 - 16/12/2009 23:05:40    516157

Kildare changed theirs a few years back, not a big fan of it. The old one was much better.

JPM1981 (Kildare) - Posts: 825 - 17/12/2009 15:35:47    516565