The ALL IRELAND, thoughts
Our national game, the big day when the country gets behind our national sport and cheers for a county team to lift the national cup and gain the bragging rights. The Sam mcguire cup or trophy depending on how you want to call it.
What I think about this is two things that have been just keeping me up at night lately (not).
1. The match will be held in Dublin in the massive expensive stadium that is part of our history as a nation. We Irish have our own island games if you like and this is it. Gaelic football it is known as. The organisation is the backbone of Ireland from as far reaching as the remote rural villages to now today, center stage in the "big smoke" Dublin City. There have been a few rants here and there about the cost of the tickets and how hard it is for people to grab a hold of one so that they can attend. The crowds of people at the match deservedly want to be there for another piece of history as it is made. The teams that will play are the county team of Dublin V the county team of Kerry. Two great great counties and as a matter of fact all of the counties in Ireland are great because they are what makes up Ireland, so of course they are all great.
The conflict of things becomes interesting though as being Irish means this is our national sport. This is our great day of pride when the All Ireland is played. Each county seeking to lift the cup. They will battle and they will battle hard as this is no soft type of game at all. This game is football and it could easily be called a Mosh pit with a referee and a ball, the hits get hard and fast on All Ireland day. I hail from a little village outside of Dublin City and it is part of the county of Dublin yet I am wishing that Kerry win. Why?
Being Irish means so many things to so many people and today of all days when our national sport is played out for the cup of the All Ireland, it is that being Irish means we know this game inside out. It is part of everybody on this island and beyond. Irish all over the world will find a bar or a way to tune in and watch this game. This is the superbowl of the Irish. This is who we are.
The conflicting part is that we Irish also have an ingrained nature of always pulling for the underdog. We the Irish have been the underdog all of our living history. The brexit folks next door to us have had a funny way in their colonial times of trying their very best to make it so. We the underdog, the fighting Irish have always rose up from our challenges and kept on going. Being Irish means just that. To come from behind in the race, to work harder and dig deeper to not cave in and bend on one knee in front of any monarch. We the Irish are not known as fighting Irish because we punch each other all of the time. Our history has shown us that determination and hard work has brought us out from the clutches of being colonised and being owned as slaves. In our blood runs the very irons of warriors and fighters. On the pitch today this will be displayed as the two counties will square up to each other and represent their respective counties well. The conflict of being Irish and being the fighting underdog, being Irish and always pulling for the underdog. Kerry are the underdog today as Dublin have won this 4 times now already and are seeking a 5th title. I say conflicted, come on Kerry, come on the Kingdom of Ireland. We Irish pull for the underdog as we know the role oh too well.
2. Our country and history is all about our culture as an island nation and our language and our sport and our politics are all deep rooted in Gaelic. Gaelic is who we are. The organisation of the sporting event is the league of the GAA at the highest level possible. Gaelic football is played from parish to parish and village to village. From school boy teams to county panels and eventually the highest level possible the day of the all Ireland. Children dream to one day represent their county in this great final.
The Gaelic association has been around a very long time and is a very fine establishment, they are in every community providing for children to play sports. Pitches available and clubhouses have almost been the youth centers of our country for more than decades. The men who will line up to play in the all Ireland final today will do so with great pride. They have risen to the top and now have the chance to shine in history for the rest of our country to admire.
The cost of the tickets to the match have been outrageous and many people are disappointed at the fancy price tags and cannot attend. The price tags and the amount of money this game today will generate is astronomical. The stadium is one of the largest in all of Europe with a record capacity of somewhere in excess of 82 thousand people. This might help give you an idea of the enormity of the day that it is and what this game will be like.
Where is the conflict here though? Perhaps not as far away as a mile or so will be an area of Dublin city where over 10 thousand people will line up to be handed out soup and a sandwich because they are homeless. Many of these homeless will wish to have been to see the game and probably are wearing their County jerseys today in support of the game. The sad fact of the matter is while in one part of the city our national trophy will be lifted by a team in an event where many mlions will be generated, not too far away others will stand in line for scraps. Standing in line with hands out for a warm blanket for the night and a hot meal.
Tell me why the GAA has taken the all Ireland day to such massive money making levels and why the homeless lines have gotten longer? How can the divide within two miles of each other, how has it grown so far apart?
The same Irish people that will sit in the stadium today and soak in the all Ireland final are the brothers and sisters of the Irish people who walk the streets and look for a spot to sleep tonight. We are all Irish, we all deserve the same. Those who wish to divide us by creating such a social gap between us are not of our island. They are not the ones who know the rules of the game.
You my good friends had the beat opportunity ever to make a statement to the world and show that you care about your fellow men. The statement of how the fighting Irish fight for each other. It seems to have become part of our own mythology. The boycott of boycotts could have changed your country today. There will be talk from many about how they loved the all Ireland final and then they will follow on with a rant about our government. They will moan and complain about our politicians and why it is all someone else's fault never seeing how they play right in to it.
The all Ireland final and to boycott it was your chance Ireland to make a statement and insist immediate change in the homeless crisis. Opportunity missed again folks. As long as you keep on supporting the big fat cats, hey they might even build a bigger stadium some day to house more of you while they drag their heels in building houses, raise tents and someday maybe there will be 82 thousand homeless. Who really knows?
The opportunity to make change on our island was today folks and ya all hit this one wide of the bar.
Follow me on twitter @TWOsonsTOOmany
What I think about this is two things that have been just keeping me up at night lately (not).
1. The match will be held in Dublin in the massive expensive stadium that is part of our history as a nation. We Irish have our own island games if you like and this is it. Gaelic football it is known as. The organisation is the backbone of Ireland from as far reaching as the remote rural villages to now today, center stage in the "big smoke" Dublin City. There have been a few rants here and there about the cost of the tickets and how hard it is for people to grab a hold of one so that they can attend. The crowds of people at the match deservedly want to be there for another piece of history as it is made. The teams that will play are the county team of Dublin V the county team of Kerry. Two great great counties and as a matter of fact all of the counties in Ireland are great because they are what makes up Ireland, so of course they are all great.
The conflict of things becomes interesting though as being Irish means this is our national sport. This is our great day of pride when the All Ireland is played. Each county seeking to lift the cup. They will battle and they will battle hard as this is no soft type of game at all. This game is football and it could easily be called a Mosh pit with a referee and a ball, the hits get hard and fast on All Ireland day. I hail from a little village outside of Dublin City and it is part of the county of Dublin yet I am wishing that Kerry win. Why?
Being Irish means so many things to so many people and today of all days when our national sport is played out for the cup of the All Ireland, it is that being Irish means we know this game inside out. It is part of everybody on this island and beyond. Irish all over the world will find a bar or a way to tune in and watch this game. This is the superbowl of the Irish. This is who we are.
The conflicting part is that we Irish also have an ingrained nature of always pulling for the underdog. We the Irish have been the underdog all of our living history. The brexit folks next door to us have had a funny way in their colonial times of trying their very best to make it so. We the underdog, the fighting Irish have always rose up from our challenges and kept on going. Being Irish means just that. To come from behind in the race, to work harder and dig deeper to not cave in and bend on one knee in front of any monarch. We the Irish are not known as fighting Irish because we punch each other all of the time. Our history has shown us that determination and hard work has brought us out from the clutches of being colonised and being owned as slaves. In our blood runs the very irons of warriors and fighters. On the pitch today this will be displayed as the two counties will square up to each other and represent their respective counties well. The conflict of being Irish and being the fighting underdog, being Irish and always pulling for the underdog. Kerry are the underdog today as Dublin have won this 4 times now already and are seeking a 5th title. I say conflicted, come on Kerry, come on the Kingdom of Ireland. We Irish pull for the underdog as we know the role oh too well.
2. Our country and history is all about our culture as an island nation and our language and our sport and our politics are all deep rooted in Gaelic. Gaelic is who we are. The organisation of the sporting event is the league of the GAA at the highest level possible. Gaelic football is played from parish to parish and village to village. From school boy teams to county panels and eventually the highest level possible the day of the all Ireland. Children dream to one day represent their county in this great final.
The Gaelic association has been around a very long time and is a very fine establishment, they are in every community providing for children to play sports. Pitches available and clubhouses have almost been the youth centers of our country for more than decades. The men who will line up to play in the all Ireland final today will do so with great pride. They have risen to the top and now have the chance to shine in history for the rest of our country to admire.
The cost of the tickets to the match have been outrageous and many people are disappointed at the fancy price tags and cannot attend. The price tags and the amount of money this game today will generate is astronomical. The stadium is one of the largest in all of Europe with a record capacity of somewhere in excess of 82 thousand people. This might help give you an idea of the enormity of the day that it is and what this game will be like.
Where is the conflict here though? Perhaps not as far away as a mile or so will be an area of Dublin city where over 10 thousand people will line up to be handed out soup and a sandwich because they are homeless. Many of these homeless will wish to have been to see the game and probably are wearing their County jerseys today in support of the game. The sad fact of the matter is while in one part of the city our national trophy will be lifted by a team in an event where many mlions will be generated, not too far away others will stand in line for scraps. Standing in line with hands out for a warm blanket for the night and a hot meal.
Tell me why the GAA has taken the all Ireland day to such massive money making levels and why the homeless lines have gotten longer? How can the divide within two miles of each other, how has it grown so far apart?
The same Irish people that will sit in the stadium today and soak in the all Ireland final are the brothers and sisters of the Irish people who walk the streets and look for a spot to sleep tonight. We are all Irish, we all deserve the same. Those who wish to divide us by creating such a social gap between us are not of our island. They are not the ones who know the rules of the game.
You my good friends had the beat opportunity ever to make a statement to the world and show that you care about your fellow men. The statement of how the fighting Irish fight for each other. It seems to have become part of our own mythology. The boycott of boycotts could have changed your country today. There will be talk from many about how they loved the all Ireland final and then they will follow on with a rant about our government. They will moan and complain about our politicians and why it is all someone else's fault never seeing how they play right in to it.
The all Ireland final and to boycott it was your chance Ireland to make a statement and insist immediate change in the homeless crisis. Opportunity missed again folks. As long as you keep on supporting the big fat cats, hey they might even build a bigger stadium some day to house more of you while they drag their heels in building houses, raise tents and someday maybe there will be 82 thousand homeless. Who really knows?
The opportunity to make change on our island was today folks and ya all hit this one wide of the bar.
Follow me on twitter @TWOsonsTOOmany
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