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The Brendan's didn't field any teams last year and the same thing this year. One hears lots of rumors about what happened, but frankly I don't know and I don't give a fiddler's f*ck. They were never a favorite of mine. They seemed to be a bunch of whingers and bad sports who couldn't take a beating on the field. Went running to the Central Divisional Board and then if they didn't get what they wanted from them, sure enough a objection would be lodged with the North American County Board.  Good riddance to bad rubbish.

The Wolfe Tones are still playing. They only have a senior team now, the guys aren't coming to the US in the numbers that they were 10-15 years ago. The economy isn't helping things either. The downturn in building really hit the Irish hard 4 years ago and it still is pretty bad.

No, Fiddler's went under about 6-7 years ago. Never was in the place. The Goalpost's still around and going strong. You did know the Brendan's don't exist as a club anymore. I guess what goes around, comes around...    

If you are going to be on the Southside Cullen's Pub on Southwest Highway in Oak Lawn and Gaelic Park on West 147th Street in Oak Forest are your two options. Both are all right to watch games in, but I prefer to watch them at home from my computer.

Fado is very pricey and the Abbey Pub still shows the games. The Mayo woman still runs the place, Deel Rover, her name is Breige Looney. I don't like Fado but the Abbey is spot on.

As for Eagle River, WI, I don't have a clue. You could try to see if any pubs in Cheeseheadland show the GAA games at Setanta.

Final score in tonights game St Colmans 0  - 17 St Marys 0  -06 Very handy win for College tonight . 1 st time i was ever at a game and heard the tannoy saying the College fans would be held back for 10 mins after the St Marys fans . Thought i was at a Celtic Rangers game , silly stuff for what seemed to be harmless banter

That St Colemans crowd are at it all the time, this is not the first time they have been involved with opposition fans.

I'm sick and tired of posters coming on the board and denigrating the supporters of St. Colman's. This bullpucky has been going on since 2010 with absolutely nothing to back it up. There hasn't been one documented incident regarding St. Colman's supporters who supposedly are "at it all the time".

So what if their supporters are loud, remember, these kids are just that -- kids, and I'm sure everyone one of us did something as a teenager that we look back on and cringe at it..

Wonderful win for the Violet Hills boys. I hope they can keep on going.

Mrs.redandblack4ever

Re: Anton McArdle

How stupid could the Burren club be letting a suspended player play. I'm a Yank born and bred and even I know that when you're suspended from the GAA it means at all codes and levels. 

Mrs. redandblack4ever

No, they just didn't have their shooting boots on them tonight. I think they had a total of 17 or 18 wides.

Mrs. redandblack4ever

Half time in Newry Down 1-4 St. Mary's 0-3. Just started listening, Kalum King got the goal for Down. Down has a total of 11 wides in the first half.

No Muppet. That picture was taken as they were all watching Osama Bin Laden getting his just desserts from the US Navy Seals live.

Wonderful video, Eamonn. Too bad weather conditions and pitch conditions wouldn't allow the All-Stars to come to Chicago. It's been a very long time since we had an All-Star team play in Gaelic Park. I agree with Pat Uniacke completely, wonderful for the All Stars to spend time with the children.  I'm sure it's something they will never forget.

Mrs. redandblack4ever

Enjoyed the beat down da Bears put on the Lions. Back in yer box there lads.

The theory that Stafford is hugely overrated and is lucky to have Megatron to lob the ball to gains more credence.

Bears 6-3 with the AFC West to play in the next 4 weeks. Next week could be good craic with Rivers and co coming to Chicago.

There was a lot of talking last night on the sports roundups about the Lions playing "disrespectfully". I guess in the first game the Lions did a lot of trash talking and stuff like that. It was nice to see my Bears playing well. I really don't care if they get a playoff spot or not, that would be gravy, but I do want them to beat the Packers. The Bears could go 1-15 for a season, but if they beat the Packers, that would satisfy me. Expecially in Green Bay....

Stew, just FYI we didn't protest at the game itself, which I belive was played either at Soldier Field or in Bridgeview at the Fire's home ground. To be completely honest, it was so long ago I can't remember. The protest which we were involved in was at Chicago Gaelic Park because TPTB at Gaelic Park invited them to train on the pitch and some of us took exception to that fact. The protest was a silent one and the the turnout was substantially more than 12 people and it included people from your own county. But then again, all of the participants are only "bigots" in your view.

So if you saw some people protesting at the game itself, they didn't include myself. my husband or any of the other participants at Gaelic Park, so your hilarity was for naught

Stew, do yourself a favor and please don't reply. As I said before you're beyond redemption and I really don't care what your opinion of me is.

Have a nice life.

Mrs. redandblack4ever

[mainly because of people like yourself and Green Bay Stew from Armagh, with your attitude that so many of your ilk have, "I've got mine, f**k everyone else" we have decided to live the rest of our lives in my husband's hometown in Co. Down in our own house which is completely paid for.]

Listen sweetie, don't talk to me about paying taxes. I've been paying taxes in this country since 1969 and my husband has been paying them since 1980 which I'm sure is far longer than you have. Don't worry your head over us paying our taxes, our accountant will be sure to see that they are paid on time and correctly.

This isn't a pissing contest about taxes anyway, but since you have a problem with the fact that my husband and I both have become disgusted about this country, mainly because of people like yourself and Green Bay Stew from Armagh, with your attitude that so many of your ilk have, "I've got mine, f**k everyone else" we have decided to live the rest of our lives in my husband's hometown in Co. Down in our own house which is completely paid for. I could give a fiddler's f**k if either of you approve or not.

As I said I feel sorry for you and I hope that nothing catastrophic befalls you or anyone that belongs to you. You have heard of the expression, "there but for the grace of God, go I", well take those words and think about them because bad luck, losing your job, or illness can happpen to all of us including you and Stew. As Mr. Wonderful says "there's a long road with no turn on".

Now if that's not an oxymoron... you've got yours and you're bailing FFS
Oh and protesting the soccer team You do know they laugh at dumb plastic yanks like you back there
with your trying to be more Irish than they are...mostly behind your back though so not to worry!

TO, don't think I was the only one protesting when the NI soccer team was invited to train at Gaelic Park in Chicago back in 2006. In fact, one of the organizers of the protest was a fella from your own county. I wouldn't call him a "plastic yank" or a plastic paddy, that's for sure.

As well, don't think I'm trying to be more Irish than the natives either. I know how small people in small towns in Ireland think and as long as they keep themselves to themselves, they'll have no problem with me. I have never taken shite from anyone in  my  life and believe me, I'm not going to start now and that includes yourself.

Have a nice life, like Stew, you are beyond redemption.

Mrs. redandblack4ever

Stew, yeah I do hate Green Bay. I hate the Green Bay Packers and all their cheesehead fans. I've been a Chicago Bears fan my entire life and my opinion of the Slackers ain't gonna change. It's rather funny that you think I hate Green Bay just because of you, do you really think you're that important? Guess what you're not...

I noticed that you claim to be an Armagh man first, last and always. Well I thought that most Armagh people have some decency, but it's quite clear that you don't. You've never met me in your life, yet you've used two perjoratives referring to me in your last two posts. Oh, well what do expect from a pig but a grunt.

Don't worry I won't be bothering you again. You're beyond redemption.

Listen sweetie, don't talk to me about paying taxes. I've been paying taxes in this country since 1969 and my husband has been paying them since 1980 which I'm sure is far longer than you have. Don't worry your head over us paying our taxes, our accountant will be sure to see that they are paid on time and correctly.

This isn't a pissing contest about taxes anyway, but since you have a problem with the fact that my husband and I both have become disgusted about this country, mainly because of people like yourself and Green Bay Stew from Armagh, with your attitude that so many of your ilk have, "I've got mine, f**k everyone else" we have decided to live the rest of our lives in my husband's hometown in Co. Down in our own house which is completely paid for. I could give a fiddler's f**k if either of you approve or not.

As I said I feel sorry for you and I hope that nothing catastrophic befalls you or anyone that belongs to you. You have heard of the expression, "there but for the grace of God, go I", well take those words and think about them because bad luck, losing your job, or illness can happpen to all of us including you and Stew. As Mr. Wonderful says "there's a long road with no turn on".

Matt Taibbi is definitely not a lefty European weenie. But to TO and Stew anything he says will reek of that damn liberal bias that's the main problem with the American media. TO and Stew will probably say that as a writer for Rolling Stone, he's just one of those Americans who hate America, long hair hippies still stuck in the 60's who support Obama.

And Stew, if you want to call me names, go right ahead. Sticks and stones and all that, by using a perjorative term for me, you only make yourself look bad. But then again you live in Green Bay, so what else should I expect. And for your information Al Gore won the popular vote in the 2000 election not Bush. Look it up, its the truth. And as for 2004, there was something going on in Ohio with votes being switched from Kerry to Bush. I suspect Karl Rove was behind it all, but we'll never know will we. Check that out as well, if you can stomach it.

TO, it's none of your business but my husband and I are not running back to Co. Down to suck off the British government. We own a house, pay rates and since neither of us is gettiing any younger, at least you don't have to bankrupt yourself to get care/help for youself when you can no longer do it for yourself. My husband has worked for the same company here in Chicago since he arrived here in 1979, so he'll have an adequate union pension to keep us going.

I really do feel sorry for the two of you. Talk about begrudgers, you two take the cake.