Great Irish Sporting Myths

[quit yo jibbajabba]

2 that come to mind

A certain well known Dublin footballer back in the 80s had been in jail for stabbing someone

Sean Boylan used to send "civilians" on recon missions the week before the All Ireland to dig up dirt on opposing players, that would then be used to sledge them on the big day

A certain Mayo footballer crashed into closed  railway gates on the way home from the Galway Races and left the front number plate behind

Thats 3.

Or. Are you saying ones not a myth #plotthickens

[ONeill]

Kevin McCabe went for the point.

[Baile Brigín 2]

Paddy Cullen being Mr. X.

A categorically false rumour that went around every pub in Dublin in 1993/94.

The Pizzagate of its time.

Even after Mr X was jailed that rumour persisted. I always felt that one was pointedly malicious, someone gained from that.

[Boycey]

Stolen from Sid. Hill 16, built in 1915, was built with rubble from the rising. It was Hill 60 until the 30s.

The girl giving us the guided tour of Croker some years back asked our group about this. A Dublin father beamed with pride as young Johnny parroted the 1916 answer his father had no doubt taught him...

I couldn't stop myself putting him, the girl doing the tour and the whole group right. Jaysus I'm a spiteful cnut...

[magpie seanie]

Kieran McGeeney.

[Farrandeelin]

If only that Mayo team had shown a bit of respect in Foxford back in 1951.

Another belter. Is any of that saga true?

No.

[whitey]

If only that Mayo team had shown a bit of respect in Foxford back in 1951.

Another belter. Is any of that saga true?

No.

I took the tour at Foxford Woolen mills a few years ago and they had a quote up from Sean Flanagan-"the only thing warmer than a Foxford Blanket is a Foxford Welcome" (or something along those lines) Ironic seeing as that is where the curse was supposedly cast on the team by the priest

[Baile Brigín 2]

If only that Mayo team had shown a bit of respect in Foxford back in 1951.

Another belter. Is any of that saga true?

No.

Yet Mayo have allowed it psyche them out and use it as a justification for failure. There is a Phd in that. Or a box set.

[Rossfan]

Sean Kelly and Stephen Roche were as clean as the driven snow..

Charlie Haughey won the Tour de France.

[ONeill]

Michelle de Bruin pissed pure whiskey.

[StephenC]

Matt Gallagher never kicked the ball in the 1992 AI final.

[GetOverTheBar]

Paddy Cullen being Mr. X.

A categorically false rumour that went around every pub in Dublin in 1993/94.

The Pizzagate of its time.

Even after Mr X was jailed that rumour persisted. I always felt that one was pointedly malicious, someone gained from that.

Sorry lads your going to have to give me the story behind this one.....

[Boycey]

Paddy Cullen being Mr. X.

A categorically false rumour that went around every pub in Dublin in 1993/94.

The Pizzagate of its time.

Even after Mr X was jailed that rumour persisted. I always felt that one was pointedly malicious, someone gained from that.

Sorry lads your going to have to give me the story behind this one.....

Not an exact account but from memory 14 year old girl in Dublin had a baby, and it was 'fact' at the time that Paddy Cullen was the father

[whitey]

Paddy Cullen being Mr. X.

A categorically false rumour that went around every pub in Dublin in 1993/94.

The Pizzagate of its time.

Even after Mr X was jailed that rumour persisted. I always felt that one was pointedly malicious, someone gained from that.

Sorry lads your going to have to give me the story behind this one.....

Not an exact account but from memory 14 year old girl in Dublin had a baby, and it was 'fact' at the time that Paddy Cullen was the father

And the counter argument being floated to it being Paddy, was that he had just bought a new car, and sure why would he have bought a new car if the was going to jail

[Baile Brigín 2]

Paddy Cullen being Mr. X.

A categorically false rumour that went around every pub in Dublin in 1993/94.

The Pizzagate of its time.

Even after Mr X was jailed that rumour persisted. I always felt that one was pointedly malicious, someone gained from that.

Sorry lads your going to have to give me the story behind this one.....

The X case was an 14 year old who got pregnant after flinging with a married neighbour. She went to England and her folks were told DNA could be taken from the foetus for the statutory rape case. So they rang the Gardai who told them you have just told us you plan to commit a crime, come home and an injunctionwas put on them. This created a constitutional crisis and a couple of referendums.

A wildfire rumour started that Paddy Cullen was the rapist that was absolute Fact! He was destroyed and even the jailing of the geezer a number of years later didn't stop it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_General_v._X#:~:text=Attorney%20General%20v%20X%2C%20%5B1992,including%20the%20risk%20of%20suicide.