The Greatest Irish Sportsman Ever

[Aidan1150]

wtf is christy ring (who dat)

Christy Ring was arguably one of the finest ever players of our national game, hurling.

Many would argue that DJ Carey was every bit as good, but there is little doubt that if he plays another few seasons then Henry Shefflin will be regarded as the best ever. A fine hurler.

Now you know where the name DJ in our house comes from.

 

[Hairnet600]

ahh ok

dj know about

more into the footy

 

[(RIP) petcul]

Can't understand How Sean Kelly didn't come first in that. One of Ireland's greatest achievers ever in a sport that makes all the others look like Saturday afternoon armchair soft options

My hero forever

 

[Corporal Punishment]

Should've known a fargin golfer would win it. It's not a sport y'know.

 

[Ravenbyrne]

Should've known a fargin golfer would win it. It's not a sport y'know.

Is there anything that makes you happy or that you can agreed with

 

[(RIP) petcul]

Can't understand How Sean Kelly didn't come first in that. One of Ireland's greatest achievers ever in a sport that makes all the others look like Saturday afternoon armchair soft options

My hero forever

...and what's more they seem to have completely ignored Cu Chulainn. Christy Ring wasn't in it when it came to deadly shots with the sliothar

 

[Decster]

Can't understand How Sean Kelly didn't come first in that. One of Ireland's greatest achievers ever in a sport that makes all the others look like Saturday afternoon armchair soft options

Might have something to do with the fact that he used substances as a cyclist

still a great athlete, but with a ? over him...

 

[Kanazawa]

sean Kelly may have used substances but 99% of them were at it,He was top dog for 10 years they even changed the ranking system and he still ended up on top for another couple of years.

 

[DrFarkoff]

Best,

Dunlop,

Keane.

I'd hate to pick between the top two though.

Thats easy The top one should never have been on the list in the first place and he's got a fucking airport named after him the Fuckin waster !!!!!

Pardon My french BUt that Person had it all and a liver off someone and what did they do with it? WASTED And they name a Fuckin airport after him!

When a Humble family man (cue Mr Joey Dunlop) climbs thru the ranks and is still humble enough to load a van of stuff for orphans etc and drive across Europe at his own expense

I know who I'd rather have on the list

Pardon the Rant!

I mnet Joey in Person away from the racetrack a couple of times as my Dad and his mates were involved in the racing and the background work in fact he was on the boat the night it sank leaving strangford

Joey was a True Gent!

Mods if you need to mod the language I understand! So Be It!

 

[Mandylicious]

Thats easy The top one should never have been on the list in the first place and he's got a fucking airport named after him the Fuckin waster !!!!!

Pardon My french BUt that Person had it all and a liver off someone and what did they do with it? WASTED And they name a Fuckin airport after him!

When a Humble family man (cue Mr Joey Dunlop) climbs thru the ranks and is still humble enough to load a van of stuff for orphans etc and drive across Europe at his own expense

I know who I'd rather have on the list

Pardon the Rant!



I mnet Joey in Person away from the racetrack a couple of times as my Dad and his mates were involved in the racing and the background work in fact he was on the boat the night it sank leaving strangford

Joey was a True Gent!

Mods if you need to mod the language I understand! So Be It!

Best came in 4th, Joey 3rd Keane 5th. If I recall right O'Driscoll was 2nd and Harrington 1st

 

[Corporal Punishment]

Is there anything that makes you happy or that you can agreed with

I'd be happy if they redesignated golf as a pastime.

 

[Dezidero]

Thats easy The top one should never have been on the list in the first place and he's got a fucking airport named after him the Fuckin waster !!!!!

Pardon My french BUt that Person had it all and a liver off someone and what did they do with it? WASTED And they name a Fuckin airport after him!

When a Humble family man (cue Mr Joey Dunlop) climbs thru the ranks and is still humble enough to load a van of stuff for orphans etc and drive across Europe at his own expense

I know who I'd rather have on the list

Pardon the Rant!

I mnet Joey in Person away from the racetrack a couple of times as my Dad and his mates were involved in the racing and the background work in fact he was on the boat the night it sank leaving strangford

Joey was a True Gent!

Mods if you need to mod the language I understand! So Be It!

eh read the post again SPORTSMAN . BEFORE he foolishly wasted his career he was without doubt equal to Pele as No1 footballer of all time. YOU DO YOUR COUNTRYMEN PROUD !! WOULD JOEY SAY YOU WERE A GENT IF HE READ THIS ?
Besty wasted his talent , thats were SPORTSMAN ends !

 

[Smudge]

Mike Gibson .......

.....should have been right up there, along with Willie John Mcbride......

 

[Ravenbyrne]

Should've known a fargin golfer would win it. It's not a sport y'know.

This is the dictionary's definition of "Sport" Notice how golf is listed in line ONE!


1. an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
2. a particular form of this, esp. in the out of doors.
3. diversion; recreation; pleasant pastime.
4. jest; fun; mirth; pleasantry: What he said in sport was taken seriously.
5. mockery; ridicule; derision: They made sport of him.
6. an object of derision; laughingstock.
7. something treated lightly or tossed about like a plaything.
8. something or someone subject to the whims or vicissitudes of fate, circumstances, etc.
9. a sportsman.
10. Informal. a person who behaves in a sportsmanlike, fair, or admirable manner; an accommodating person: He was a sport and took his defeat well.
11. Informal. a person who is interested in sports as an occasion for gambling; gambler.
12. Informal. a flashy person; one who wears showy clothes, affects smart manners, pursues pleasurable pastimes, or the like; a bon vivant.
13. Biology. an organism or part that shows an unusual or singular deviation from the normal or parent type; mutation.
14. Obsolete. amorous dalliance.
–adjective 15. of, pertaining to, or used in sports or a particular sport.
16. suitable for outdoor or informal wear: sport clothes.
–verb (used without object) 17. to amuse oneself with some pleasant pastime or recreation.
18. to play, frolic, or gambol, as a child or an animal.
19. to engage in some open-air or athletic pastime or sport.
20. to trifle or treat lightly: to sport with another's emotions.
21. to mock, scoff, or tease: to sport at suburban life.
22. Botany. to mutate.
–verb (used with object) 23. to pass (time) in amusement or sport.
24. to spend or squander lightly or recklessly (often fol. by away).
25. Informal. to wear, display, carry, etc., esp. with ostentation; show off: to sport a new mink coat.
26. Archaic. to amuse (esp. oneself).
—Idiom27. sport one's oak. oak (def. 5).

 

[DrFarkoff]

eh read the post again SPORTSMAN . BEFORE he foolishly wasted his career he was without doubt equal to Pele as No1 footballer of all time. YOU DO YOUR COUNTRYMEN PROUD !! WOULD JOEY SAY YOU WERE A GENT IF HE READ THIS ?
Besty wasted his talent , thats were SPORTSMAN ends !

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Sorry I don't understand the question? If you're a football fan and I offended ya "Sorry bout that!"

Basically I called Besty a waster and I stand by that, I never was a Football fan, But Yes perhaps he was a good footballer so what did he (or for that matter, Roy Keane) do with it??

Big Bunch o Jessies runnin around the football field kissing each other when they score and crying when they are kicked in the shins!



I never knew the guys but feel about them probably what the Geordies felt about Gazza before he went off the rails "Pride followed by a fall!"
In later years He brought shame upon his country! Himself by his own hand not by mine or anyone elses???

I know Joey started from Humble roots and worked to get where he got to and I know he drove the van to Eastern europe to help the folks out the re I believe from folks who know because he thought it was the right thing to do! The same van he used to run his bike to races in!

Yes he is/was one of my heroes Along with Robert Dunlop, John Britten, Mark Farmer, Sid James, Benny Hill, And Roger Moore to name a few Did ya know MArk Farmer was from here too???

 

[GerryC]

Best had lots of talent talent and some application.
Joey had some talent and lots of application.

Discuss

 

[JimmyC]

WOULD JOEY SAY YOU WERE A GENT IF HE READ THIS ?

Having know Joey for many years he would have said...as he lit another fag...........................and took a few drags.....and thought another wee minute....










"well Jaythro sur....yer right about that yin"....................

 

[Corporal Punishment]

This is the dictionary's definition of "Sport" Notice how golf is listed in line ONE!

1. an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.


I'm glad you mentioned line ONE, cause the first three words are....an ATHLETIC ACTIVITY.