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General discussion / Festivals
March 11, 2010, 02:26:37 PM
Anyone heading to any festivals this summer apart from Oxegen and EP?
Benicassim sounds good
Benicassim sounds good
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General discussion / Remember This....Get you in the mood for St Patricks Day
March 10, 2010, 03:32:51 PM #4
GAA Discussion / Moran to pull on handball gloves
November 24, 2009, 09:50:38 AM
http://www.gaahandball.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=463:moran-to-pull-on-handball-gloves&catid=3:latest-news
In 1884, handball was included in the GAA Charter as one of the sports to be promoted by the new Association and 125 years later, the game has evolved into the only truly international game under the Gaelic games umbrella. To close the GAA 125 celebrations, players from all codes will come together at the Irish Handball Centre in Croke Park on December 5th for the GAA Handball Showdown. All-Star nominee, Mayo's Andy Moran, will be among these and the former underage All-Ireland Champion is looking forward to the event.
"Handball is a great game and I'm really looking forward to getting back into the alley," said the Ballaghaderreen club, whose brother, Vinny is a top senior handballer.
"It definitely doesn't get the profile it deserves and when you see how hard some of those guys train, it is on par with any inter-county player."
Moran will partner fellow Ballaghaderreen clubman, Joe McCann, who collected the All-Ireland Senior Doubles title with Dessie Keegan earlier in the year. McCann's first All-Ireland came on the same Community Games team as Moran, and the duo also won an U-14 All-Ireland Doubles title, as well as two Féile crowns, so they could be the pair to watch.
According to the 1932 Census, handball was the most widely played sport in Ireland. Sadly the game dwindled in numbers in the middle of the last century; the reasons for this are lost to memory and are now largely speculative. It could simply have been that team sports allowed more people to become involved.
It might have been that parish identity and loyalty came to be better expressed through team sports and greater media interest in inter-county hurling and football may have been a factor as well. However, handball is the slumbering giant of Irish sport and on December 5th, top hurlers, footballers, camógs, ladies footballers and even a rounders player will come together to test their skills in the alley.
The Showdown involves pairing high-ranking handball players, such as Cavan's Paul Brady, Dublin's Eoin Kennedy and Cork's Tony Healy, with athletes from other codes within the GAA, who do not normally play handball. Some of the players, such as Moran, Cork's Donnacha O'Connor, Kilkenny's Tommy Walsh and Antrim's Ciaran Herron, did play in their youth but many of the pairings will be made up of an expert and a novice.
The competition will involve pitting handballers against each other in a 10-minute singles match, while their novice partners from the same county will then play a six-minute match. The total aces will be added up for each pair and the most aces progress to the next round. There will be competition in both 40x20 and 60x30 courts.
Many of the GAA stars have already been confirmed, including Kerry captain, Darren O'Sullivan; hurler of the year, Kilkenny's Tommy Walsh; Tyrone footballer, Conor Gormley; Tipperary midfielder, Shane McGrath; Cork forward, Donnacha O'Connor; Dublin dual star, Conal Keaney; former All-Star, Westmeath's Dessie Dolan; top Ladies footballer, Mayo's Cora Staunton and Dublin goalkeeper and All-Star, Cliodhna O'Connor, and Camógs, Derry's Katie McAuley and Galway's Aisling Connolly.
FOR TICKET INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: Niamh Egan on 01-8192383 or email niamh@handball.ie
In 1884, handball was included in the GAA Charter as one of the sports to be promoted by the new Association and 125 years later, the game has evolved into the only truly international game under the Gaelic games umbrella. To close the GAA 125 celebrations, players from all codes will come together at the Irish Handball Centre in Croke Park on December 5th for the GAA Handball Showdown. All-Star nominee, Mayo's Andy Moran, will be among these and the former underage All-Ireland Champion is looking forward to the event.
"Handball is a great game and I'm really looking forward to getting back into the alley," said the Ballaghaderreen club, whose brother, Vinny is a top senior handballer.
"It definitely doesn't get the profile it deserves and when you see how hard some of those guys train, it is on par with any inter-county player."
Moran will partner fellow Ballaghaderreen clubman, Joe McCann, who collected the All-Ireland Senior Doubles title with Dessie Keegan earlier in the year. McCann's first All-Ireland came on the same Community Games team as Moran, and the duo also won an U-14 All-Ireland Doubles title, as well as two Féile crowns, so they could be the pair to watch.
According to the 1932 Census, handball was the most widely played sport in Ireland. Sadly the game dwindled in numbers in the middle of the last century; the reasons for this are lost to memory and are now largely speculative. It could simply have been that team sports allowed more people to become involved.
It might have been that parish identity and loyalty came to be better expressed through team sports and greater media interest in inter-county hurling and football may have been a factor as well. However, handball is the slumbering giant of Irish sport and on December 5th, top hurlers, footballers, camógs, ladies footballers and even a rounders player will come together to test their skills in the alley.
The Showdown involves pairing high-ranking handball players, such as Cavan's Paul Brady, Dublin's Eoin Kennedy and Cork's Tony Healy, with athletes from other codes within the GAA, who do not normally play handball. Some of the players, such as Moran, Cork's Donnacha O'Connor, Kilkenny's Tommy Walsh and Antrim's Ciaran Herron, did play in their youth but many of the pairings will be made up of an expert and a novice.
The competition will involve pitting handballers against each other in a 10-minute singles match, while their novice partners from the same county will then play a six-minute match. The total aces will be added up for each pair and the most aces progress to the next round. There will be competition in both 40x20 and 60x30 courts.
Many of the GAA stars have already been confirmed, including Kerry captain, Darren O'Sullivan; hurler of the year, Kilkenny's Tommy Walsh; Tyrone footballer, Conor Gormley; Tipperary midfielder, Shane McGrath; Cork forward, Donnacha O'Connor; Dublin dual star, Conal Keaney; former All-Star, Westmeath's Dessie Dolan; top Ladies footballer, Mayo's Cora Staunton and Dublin goalkeeper and All-Star, Cliodhna O'Connor, and Camógs, Derry's Katie McAuley and Galway's Aisling Connolly.
FOR TICKET INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: Niamh Egan on 01-8192383 or email niamh@handball.ie
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General discussion / Messi Aged 10 video - amazing skill
September 14, 2009, 04:40:17 PM #6
General discussion / Buy a MAC for college and get a free ipod touch
July 17, 2009, 02:27:41 AM
Im in the process of getting a new Mac for University and just saw this offer on the Apple website. It says that if you are a member of a University or College either student or member of staff, you can buy a new Mac a get a free iPod touch. The Apple UK site has the MacBook at £703, while on the Apple Ireland site it works out at £765 and on Apple.com it comes in at £576.
Has anyone made use of this deal and is it possible to buy it from America to get it for the dollars price?
Apple UK http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/campaigns/back_to_school?cid=AOS-EMEA-BTS09-com-home-UK
Apple Ireland http://store.apple.com/ie/browse/campaigns/back_to_school?cid=AOS-EMEA-BTS09-com-home-IE
Apple.com http://store.apple.com/us/browse/campaigns/back_to_school?cid=WWW-NAUS-BTS20090507-00032
Has anyone made use of this deal and is it possible to buy it from America to get it for the dollars price?
Apple UK http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/campaigns/back_to_school?cid=AOS-EMEA-BTS09-com-home-UK
Apple Ireland http://store.apple.com/ie/browse/campaigns/back_to_school?cid=AOS-EMEA-BTS09-com-home-IE
Apple.com http://store.apple.com/us/browse/campaigns/back_to_school?cid=WWW-NAUS-BTS20090507-00032
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General discussion / The Killers Marley Park
August 19, 2008, 01:54:28 AM
Is anyone heading to this gig?
MCD.ie says first act is on at 6pm
Are there any other warm up acts other than Bloc Party?
MCD.ie says first act is on at 6pm
Are there any other warm up acts other than Bloc Party?
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General discussion / 2 Penalty Point For displaying R plates
August 14, 2008, 02:31:25 AM
Im a restricted driver (in N. Ireland) for another few months and have the R plates up in my oul boys car which im insured on so I can drive about.
A few days ago he got stopped by the police and got 2 penalty points for not taking the R plates down when he was driving because he was not an R driver and I wasn't in the car. However he wasn't doing over 45 or anything else that an R driver can't do.
I think the policeman might have got it wrong because I remember when I was doing lessons my instructor told me it was ok for my da to drive around with my L plates up, the same way its ok for driving instructors to drive around with L plates when there going to pick up a learner or when their just using their car their self?
Was the cop wrong?
A few days ago he got stopped by the police and got 2 penalty points for not taking the R plates down when he was driving because he was not an R driver and I wasn't in the car. However he wasn't doing over 45 or anything else that an R driver can't do.
I think the policeman might have got it wrong because I remember when I was doing lessons my instructor told me it was ok for my da to drive around with my L plates up, the same way its ok for driving instructors to drive around with L plates when there going to pick up a learner or when their just using their car their self?
Was the cop wrong?
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General discussion / Pigeon Detectives Tickets
September 29, 2007, 12:17:14 AM
The Pigeon Detectives are playing in Queens Mandela Hall on October the 10th and the tickets are sold out. Im wondering if anyone knows where i could get my hands on a pair of them?
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GAA Discussion / Secret to success. Good gameplan or high skill levels?
November 27, 2006, 02:15:31 AM
Lets have your opinions guys
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