Given the place the GAA has in Irish heritage you would think this sort of thing would be more common.
I know that Cork has the Jack Lynch Tunnel and there's the Ring Road in Ballymena.
Can anybody come up with examples form other Counties?
http://www.galwayfirst.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1353&Itemid=663 (http://www.galwayfirst.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1353&Itemid=663)
;D ;D
Great wind up - however Tuam has two roads named after the Terrible Twins, Stockwell and Purcell
Quote from: Lecale2 on July 26, 2007, 07:28:44 AM
I know that Cork has the Jack Lynch Tunnel and there's the Ring Road in Ballymena.
The Ring Road? :D :D :D
Galway All Star Ollie Kilkenny has a Road in Carlow named after him.
Not many roads called after mayo players but I managed to research some other interesting facts about the current green and red crop.
There is a chain of restaurants named after the great ciaran macdonald.
A television show after the bradys of mayo,"brady bunch". And "gardners world" tv programme after peadar gardiner,
Harte to harte was a production based on the off field life of pat harte,it starred robert wagner as pat and los angeles was used as a ballina double.
"howleys,believe it or not" was a show about the unreal stuff they have in knockmore and was compered by trevor howley.
Steve mcgarrett was the stage name for ronan mcgarrity when they were making the tv series "mayo 51" shortly after the originall series "hawaii 50" was cancelled because of crowd trouble.
Any others?
There's a street in Armagh named after Tipp hurler Nicky English.
(http://star.arm.ac.uk/tourist-info/armagh.gif)
Quote from: Lecale2 on July 26, 2007, 07:28:44 AM
I know that Cork has the Jack Lynch Tunnel and there's the Ring Road in Ballymena.
Theres a deadly statue outside Cork airport.
Theres a whole county named after Barry Monaghan
Quote from: thebandit on July 26, 2007, 09:30:27 AM
Theres a whole county named after Barry Monaghan
:D :D :D :D
There's an annimal named after that cute hoor, Pat Fox.
Bull dung is named after some critter Spillane.
Blackrock is named after Barney Rock.
Its a bit racist though.
Where is County Barry?
Barry Town is in Wales
Our Ma always said she'd a county named after her also.
Dicksboro's not a county...
;) sorry, couldn't resist!
The Stevie from Killeavey Roundabout on the Newry bypass!!!!!!!!!
m50 is called after the meath team,m for meath and 50 for the amount of thumps they land in a game on average.
They reckon County Meaths named after a team of thugs.
Quote from: thebandit on July 26, 2007, 11:46:56 AM
Barry Town is in Wales
Castlebar used to be called Castle Barry
On a seperate issue does anyone know wher Ringsend is?
Buy a good full length mirror
Cork is named after the object stuck up Colm O'Rourkes hole.
jason shercock :D :D :D
MARSden has a whole planet named after him :D :D
The cathderal in Monaghan is called St McCartan's after James Senior.
(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:Ii1AizjccZgo4M:http://www.clogherdiocese.ie/monaghanandrackwallace/stmacartanscathedral3.jpg)
Quote from: neutral on July 26, 2007, 01:04:31 PM
On a seperate issue does anyone know wher Ringsend is?
If your talking Politics its Westport, Michael Rings end of the Country.
If your talking Sport its County Cork, Christy Rings end of the Country.
We named an entire town after former Tyrone manager Art McCrory
(http://www.omagh.gov.uk/images/the_council_electoral_map01.jpg)
We named our county after our gaelic football team :o
In Tralee we have the John Joe Sheehy road, the Dan Spring Roundabout and I think a JJ Landers roundabout. We have Stacks park named after Austin Stack while in Killarney, Fitzgerald Stadium is named after dual All Ireland winning captain Dick Fitzgerald. He was the last Kerry captain in 1913-1914 to captain back to back winning Kerry teams. If Declan O'Sullivan can lead us to glory this year, he will join him as a double captain. John Joe Sheehy and Joe Barrett also captained winning teams twice but there were a few years between the wins, Joe Barret would have been a double winning captain in 1931 and 1932 only for him handing the captaincy to Con Brosnan in 1931 thus healing a civil war divide as Con Brosnan was in the regular free state army and Barrett had strong ties to the IRA.
While probably unique in any county there are 2 GAA grounds named after a father and son in Kerry. JP O'Sullivan was a member of the first Kerry team to play in an All Ireland, and Laune Rangers grounds in Killorglin is named after him, while his son the legendary Dr Eamonn O'Sullivan, trainer of 8 winning Kerry teams from the 1920's to the 1960's, has the grounds in Firies named after him. The Stand in Fitzgerald Stadium is also named after Eamonn.
Mick O' Dwyer has a chipper named after him, Micko's, in Killorglin. Question is will he get a more lasting recognition in the years to come.
Mike you bore.
The inhabitants of an entire continent are named after the Antrim hurling manager :P
Mike
In Kerry do they still absolutely worship Micko for his achievements with the team or would they feel it was more the players. When he was Kerry manager I seem to remember him, Spilliane et all pictured in white vests and y fronts prior to an all ireland final, this was before sponsorship was allowed. They were I believe advertising persil or daz and a resultant media uproar was vociferously defended by many of the Kerry greats. It begs the question - it and the Jack O Connorgate stories. Did Kerrymen receive big endorsements in their smalls at the height of their powers and did Mick get paid within his own county?
Micko would still be well received in most parts but the younger generation probably would have no time for him. I think he stayed on too long and was too loyal to his core group of players. We suffered in the early 90's because of this due to lack of talent coming through and there would be a lot of feeling about that. Of course Micko had a great group of players who were dedicated to winning but he still had to get them fit and mentally right after some of the yearly winter excesses, and he was consistantly able to do that, they would have been a strong minded bunch espeically in latter years so it took a good man to control them and get the best out of them.
As regards the advert it was for Bendix washing machines, I believe there was no direct payment but a contribution to the teams holiday fund, if I am not mistaken it was 1981 the year of the 4 in a row and they went on a round the world trip which would have been expensive at the time.
Micko did not receive payment from the county board only for milage, its still the same today except the manager as Jack has stated gets his phone paid for as well.
Quote from: Kerry Mike on July 27, 2007, 02:25:37 PM
As regards the advert it was for Bendix washing machines, I believe there was no direct payment but a contribution to the teams holiday fund, if I am not mistaken it was 1981 the year of the 4 in a row and they went on a round the world trip which would have been expensive at the time.
P Sé has a copy of this ad framed on the wall of his pub in Ventry....I'm sure them boys still get stick over it :D
I remember reading that.... was it the indo or the sunday press. Id have been 6 at the time. It caused massive ructions in the GAA and in a 6 year olds GAA head. I suppose spillane spent that much time on the ground in the 1980 AIF he needed a washing machine to get the grass out ;)