Great Irish Sporting Myths

[HiMucker]

Michelle de Bruin pissed pure whiskey.

very good

[armaghniac]

The fake news about the 70s Brazilian soccer player having studied in Dublin and played for UCD/College of Surgeons.
https://www.the42.ie/socrates-ireland-4082766-Jun2018/

[Eamonnca1]

The game is called "football" because you use your foot to kick the ball.

Nobody in GAA grounds was called a "patron" until Christie Cooney became GAA President.

[From the Bunker]

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

Another belter. Is any of that saga true?

I watched a show on the TV about Aidan O'Shea trying his hand at NFL and he met the flying doctor. The veteran Mayo man says he can't remember any of it atall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kocuYdf5aOI

[From the Bunker]

The game is called "football" because you use your foot to kick the ball.

Nobody in GAA grounds was called a "patron" until Christie Cooney became GAA President.

American Football is called football aswell and the fecking ball is hardly ever kicked in a game!

[Main Street]

Larry Reilly

[Baile Brigín 2]

The fake news about the 70s Brazilian soccer player having studied in Dublin and played for UCD/College of Surgeons.
https://www.the42.ie/socrates-ireland-4082766-Jun2018/

Bewildering that someone in both the FAI and UCD confirmed it

[Never beat the deeler]

Biddy Early curse

[sid waddell]

The Socrates yarn is great craic, which is why it still has legs.

But most importantly, like the existence of Santa Claus, it's true.   

[Main Street]

The fake news about the 70s Brazilian soccer player having studied in Dublin and played for UCD/College of Surgeons.
https://www.the42.ie/socrates-ireland-4082766-Jun2018/

Bewildering that someone in both the FAI and UCD confirmed it

Nothing bewilders me about the FAI but you have been taken for a ride by the  'someone in the UCD'.
There was no  UCD contact,  just a Guardian reader and he obviously took the Guardian and yourself for a bit of a ride and in true fashion he added on to the yarn another absurdity.  And there was no Dr. Terry  there was a Dr.Tony O'Neill, the renowned UCD coach.

[Sportacus]

Go Games are non-competitive.

[Orior]

There used to be a myth that Armagh would never win an All-Ireland while they wore orange jerseys.Or maybe it was a curse.

[Main Street]

The wide open spaces of Croke Park.

[lurganblue]

Go Games are non-competitive.

But they do always end in a draw

[johnnycool]

Go Games are non-competitive.

But they do always end in a draw

I was officiating a wee go games blitz and a parent of one of the kids who played asked me at the end who won. I told them they all won. I think then he knew he was being a knob or at least knew I thought he was being a knob.