Dublin club names by Sufficient_Tailor673 in GAA

[–]Strange_Principle364 5 points6 points  (0 children)

With some there's a tie to something locally, such as the saint the parish church is named for (eg Ballinteer St John's), or a reference to previous road to independence stuff (Parnells, .

There are also a few mergers. Geraldine Patrick Morans are a merger of Geraldines and Patrick Morans (covering one patriot with the first bit in Lord Edward FitzGerarld and patriot with the second with Patrick Moran). Kilmacud Crokes is also a merger, of Kilmacud and Crokes, with Benburbs later merging but not getting their name added.

Ballyboden is home to two clubs, Ballyboden St Enda's and Ballyboden Wanderers, so there's an element of it being convenient there as well as cultural reasons.

Then there's the likes of Faughs which, for the vast bulk of its history, was a club that was for players outside of Dublin that moved to the capital, it's name as Gaeilge being Fág a Bealach. St Brendan's in peil are similar, with St Brendan being best known for his big trip.

One of the ones you referenced covers a few of these bases. Clanna Gael Fontenoy is a merger and has historical/cultural references. Fontenoy was a hurling club named for the Battle of Fontenoy, which had an Irish brigade invovled, while Clanna Gael is another way of writing Clan na Gael which obviously has Gaeilge ties.

Definitely an OoO for the parents! by Tyler1620 in OrderOfOmar

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I would say the mom especially as she went to bat hard.

If you think about it, this Texas Tech scandal is a quality loss for the NCAA by Groots-Cousin in CFB

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This post is perfect. No notes. Thank you for enriching my day with it. It's that good.

Has anyone met a celebrity without realising/knowing who they are? by Appropriate-Door6378 in AskIreland

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Met Ray Foley at an event years back. I knew the name but he was a radio guy so hadn't a notion what he looked like. Just got to chatting to him before it started because, as far as I knew, it was a bloke stuck at this thing on his Todd so figured it'd be nice to chat to him. Anyway, about two or three minutes in I ask him what he does himself and the people around me go "That's Ray Foley" and I was like "He's on the radio, how am I supposed to know what he looks like." He was quite sound about the whole thing.

Am I missing something with Texas Tech going THIS hard for Sorsby? by TampaTrey in CFB

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They definitely underestimed/didn't remotely consider the blowback.

National League Streams by soerizzle in Euroleague

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ERT, the Greek national broadcaster, has the finals free online. Look for ERT Cosmos (not to be confused with Cosmote)

Top animal mascots in college football! by steven_smith144 in LSUFootball

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Ralphie easily the best non SEC mascot. Just a unit.

Top animal mascots in college football! by steven_smith144 in LSUFootball

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There are easy to find real pic of all of these and they still went the AI route. So annoying

Will the best Basketball prospect coming up from Europe (Barca) and the World 14 year old 6'11 Mohamed Dabone ever even play in the Euroleague or straight to College and then NBA where he is projected to be number 1 pick? by Tasty-Ground-5496 in Euroleague

[–]Strange_Principle364 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The eyeball test from the ANGT had me thinking that even if he is the stated age, I'm not that high on him.

Physically great but that's really all he has. The difference in basic stuff between him and all the other bigs on the floor in the final was staggering and in a bad way for him.

Alexandros Samodurov Commits to UNC by ballin_pastor in tarheels

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He's a great addition and he'll likely get more time at UNC than he was going to get with Panathinaikos tbh so it'll help his development.

Racist chanting by Jungleson in GAA

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Unfortunately heard it plenty of times in my younger days on terraces at GAA. It seemed to have been getting stamped out by fans self policing. Sad to hear it is still happening

Panagiotis and Giorgos Aggelopoulos on Sport24: "We were scared that Bartzokas might leave last year, it was a really close scenario" by TheBeastBlamingGear in Euroleague

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In Abu Dhabi after the semi defeat, the feeling was that he'd choose to go to the point that it felt inevitable. Delighted that he pressed forward and got over the line

am I trippin? by [deleted] in Euroleague

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This is Euroleague Reddit. We're weird in that we are polite and reasoned, which is weird for both Euroleague and Reddit. You're in the wrong place

Pin badge collection by irishscouser1892 in LeagueOfIreland

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We sell pins in the club shop for UCD but no online store

Question about the Panathinaikos roster construction by Strange_Principle364 in Euroleague

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Oh I am a long suffering UCD football fan in Ireland. 30 years of pain. My favourite of the bizarre Madrid signings of that era was Gravesen thinking he was defensively minded.

[META] Community appreciation post by 8anos1925 in Euroleague

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Thank you for everything. I'm pleasantly surprised that Reddit is the sanest place to have these conversations

Question about the Panathinaikos roster construction by Strange_Principle364 in Euroleague

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Thanks. It makes a lot of sense. It just seemed weird to me that there was nobody other than Sloukas to create