IrishMacca said:
I am not a man and I am not from Kilkenny. But am going over to Kilkenny in July for the first time. To see where the ancestors came from in the 1870's.
If you want a fight then we need to consult my diary/agenda for the trip . ;-)
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I am not a man and I am not from Kilkenny. But am going over to Kilkenny in July for the first time. To see where the ancestors came from in the 1870's.
If you want a fight then we need to consult my diary/agenda for the trip . ;-)
bigquinn772
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1.618034 said:Maternal Grandmother was Northern Irish Catholic (Magherafelt).
Not to far where I'm from :-)
Born and raised in Tyrone, only moved to the States 10 years ago.
1.618034
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bigquinn772 said:1.618034 said:Maternal Grandmother was Northern Irish Catholic (Magherafelt).
Not to far where I'm from :-)
Born and raised in Tyrone, only moved to the States 10 years ago.
Her name was Kearns/Cairns... She went to the states with her siblings who stayed there (Philly/NY... I think) but she came back and went to Manchester.
jimharri
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It's a hurling thing Mac. The Cats (Kilkenny) are top dogs now (have been for a while the Rebels (Cork) used to be, way back when. And they're a bit like the scousers in that they don't like seeing other teams winning what they regard as their trophy. Sad really; the only thing the Cork hurlers seem to have done in recent years is go on strike!mackenzie said:IrishMacca said:I said I was from Cork..if you were a real Kilkenny man you'd know what's wrong with it..
I am not a man and I am not from Kilkenny. But am going over to Kilkenny in July for the first time. To see where the ancestors came from in the 1870's.
If you want a fight then we need to consult my diary/agenda for the trip . ;-)
ManCityTom
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Im sure im related to James Connolly the Ira dude something like great grandad i think.
jimharri
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Ah; he's Scottish, not Irish!TomInce93 said:Im sure im related to James Connolly the Ira dude something like great grandad i think.
ManCityTom
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jimharri said:Ah; he's Scottish, not Irish!TomInce93 said:Im sure im related to James Connolly the Ira dude something like great grandad i think.
Smartman born to irish parents in scotland but executed in ireland the man was.
IrishMacca
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jimharri said:It's a hurling thing Mac. The Cats (Kilkenny) are top dogs now (have been for a while the Rebels (Cork) used to be, way back when. And they're a bit like the scousers in that they don't like seeing other teams winning what they regard as their trophy. Sad really; the only thing the Cork hurlers seem to have done in recent years is go on strike!mackenzie said:I am not a man and I am not from Kilkenny. But am going over to Kilkenny in July for the first time. To see where the ancestors came from in the 1870's.
If you want a fight then we need to consult my diary/agenda for the trip . ;-)
It is our trophey, last time I checked the lads name on the cup was from Cork as well.
Way back when, 4 years ago isn't that long.
We have had disrupted season after disrupted season, no real chance to give the competition a go.
A board that would sooner push us the clubs and the IC team off a cliff then help us, a CB that went 100% against the will of the clubs last years without blinking an eyelid.
Where one man controls the entire GAA, good ole Frank say jump they all say how high. Vote this way..1 week later he changes his might and without doubt so does every other person in that room. No questions asked.
This year though..a new manager, a quiet winter, a happier camp, Cork unbeaten so far this season, both footballers and hurlers both into the League final. Things are going well.
And for me, it's not fully about them winning and us not. It's about the fact that they've had it so easy, when we've walked the path alone. They could have made life 100 times easier had they walked with us.
We've been the whipping boys in the media for the last 2/3 years. While Kilkenny, lets just say while Cork have had their problems with strikes over the years. They've taken the easy road, and while everyone's battered Cork in the media they have been looked at as the prime example.
They let us hang out and dry by ourselves but benefited from it all the same.
The more troubles we have, the more strife we have in Cork, the more pointedly 'of the establishment' Kilkenny seem to become.
The land of milk and honey, the GAA's version of the 'The Stepford Wives.'
We'll take the hammerings from the media while the KK players will take the free cars.
..Not bitter at all.
m7mcfc
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Mother from Tipperary. Dads from Limerick.