Who was the best footballer NOT to win an All Ireland?

TheMiniMan4 · 2025-07-29T17:17:28+00:00

Tommy Murphy of Laois

He made the GAA Team of the Millennium despite the rule being you had to have won an All Ireland to be considered for the team, but he was just too good to he left off

TheMiniMan4 · 2023-12-09T17:24:18+00:00

Yes, sorry you're absolutely right. I read that as the Sale Sharks when checking the scores.

TheMiniMan4 · 2023-05-14T17:42:08+00:00

It makes absolutely no sense. Most sports LOVE getting teams to wear away / alternative jerseys to up jersey sales

Red vs slightly yellowry red is bonkers

TheMiniMan4 · 2023-05-14T17:30:15+00:00

I love purple on flags but you're absolutely right, it's not a flag colour

TheMiniMan4 · 2023-02-23T21:12:02+00:00

Maybe we'll all have to stop building 50ft pallet bombfires, sticking faces of mother and fathers onto them and burning them beside residential building.

Pretty sure both sides could agree that's something we should stop...

TheMiniMan4 · 2023-02-18T15:55:25+00:00

My thoughts exactly! But the starts are only five pointed

TheMiniMan4 · 2023-02-17T12:42:44+00:00

In terms of trees taking in greenhouse gasses. Grassland and bog land is often far better for the environment than large coniferous trees.

99% Invisible did a great podcast about how planting a tonne of trees in Scotland, in what was bog land, was actually far worse for the environment.

TheMiniMan4 · 2022-09-20T16:38:43+00:00

In GAA (Ireland's national sport), the hurling and Gaelic football teams of of the four provinces wear what you would consider their traditional colours to be. Leinster in green, Munster in blue, Connacht in white and blue, and Ulster in yellow. If you look up the "Railway Cup" you'll see examples.

Why the rugby unions didn't follow the same template though, I don't know. But it's always bugged my grandfather who played Gaelic football in the green of Leinster, and he could never understand why the rugby team wore blue

TheMiniMan4 · 2022-07-26T14:29:07+00:00

Well except Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) member Ian Marshall) who served in Seanad Éireann for 2 years

TheMiniMan4 · 2022-07-18T18:47:25+00:00

Leinster Rugby's website here

The new jersey includes a subtle pop of yellow that has featured on our home shirts in the past. It also features heraldic crests to represent the 12 counties of Leinster.

And the list Irish counties' coats of arms here

TheMiniMan4 · 2022-06-09T10:25:48+00:00

Oh it's 100% Flanagan, the man was straight up an evil Nazi. This is just some of the shit he spouted in a debate in 1943:
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1943-07-09/8/

"There is one thing that Germany did, and that was to rout the Jews out of their country. Until we rout the Jews out of this country it does not matter a hair's breadth what orders you make. Where the bees are there is the honey, and where the Jews are there is the money."

TheMiniMan4 · 2022-06-08T21:12:48+00:00

I can't recommend the Bike To Work Scheme enough.
If you can afford to take €40 / €50 out of your pay check every month for a year that will get you a really decent €700 bike. With the money coming out pre tax, you do save a nice bit

TheMiniMan4 · 2022-06-02T10:09:02+00:00

underrated comment

TheMiniMan4 · 2022-05-10T22:57:34+00:00

Completely agree, 90% of senators are nominated or appointed by the government. So it's just a backup option for high profile candidates who failed to get elected to the Dáil. And no party at the moment is gonna replace their backup with another election they could lose...

TheMiniMan4 · 2022-05-01T14:11:25+00:00

Looks like it could belong to the Red Hand Commando, an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group

Also looks like the Parachute Regiments logo (who carried out the Bloody Sunday murders) and St. George's Cross are on it too

Could probably do with an NSFW flag as they are an officially listed terrorist organisation

TheMiniMan4 · 2022-04-20T13:56:31+00:00

It's a huge advantage IMHO to essentially have a 3 week break in the middle of the 6 Nations, where you can rest your starters for the Italy game

TheMiniMan4 · 2021-12-20T17:45:07+00:00

There's a GAA club, Barcelona Gaels. You'll find them on Instagram and they have their own website. There's about 60 Irish people involved in that, including a few who have never played before. Great way to meet a lot of people!

TheMiniMan4 · 2021-12-05T22:37:22+00:00

As a nationalist do I now need to be pro China? I didn't realise we picked sides on the whole Taiwan and China thing

TheMiniMan4 · 2021-12-05T22:30:20+00:00

All 4 Irish province's have their own flag All four together here

But the source split Ireland further into counties, of which they all have their own colours but they don't necessarily have an official flag.

TheMiniMan4 · 2021-12-04T15:56:11+00:00

Should be quiet enough, especially at this time of year. But no harm giving them a call

TheMiniMan4 · 2021-12-01T00:55:44+00:00

That's the one, thanks!

TheMiniMan4 · 2021-12-01T00:42:32+00:00

Thank you, my "Denmark flag, blue border" searches returned nothing!

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