Ireland v England

Ireland v England

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pies

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13,116 posts

257 months

Friday 2nd February 2007
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Just got back from working in Cork and thought id mention that the Irish are seriously up for this so dont waste too much money on an England win


wikipiedia said:

On November 21, 1920 Croke Park was the scene of a massacre by the Auxiliary Division. British police auxiliaries entered the ground, shooting indiscriminately into the crowd killing 13 during a Dublin-Tipperary football match. The dead included 12 spectators and one player, Michael Hogan. The latter, Tipperary's captain, gave his name posthumously to the Hogan stand built four years later in 1924. These shootings, on the day which became known as Bloody Sunday, were a reprisal for the assassination of 12 or 13 British Intelligence officers, known as the Cairo Gang, by Michael Collins' squad earlier that day.

360stimo

701 posts

229 months

Friday 2nd February 2007
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pies said:
Just got back from working in Cork and thought id mention that the Irish are seriously up for this so dont waste too much money on an England win


wikipiedia said:

On November 21, 1920 Croke Park was the scene of a massacre by the Auxiliary Division. British police auxiliaries entered the ground, shooting indiscriminately into the crowd killing 13 during a Dublin-Tipperary football match. The dead included 12 spectators and one player, Michael Hogan. The latter, Tipperary's captain, gave his name posthumously to the Hogan stand built four years later in 1924. These shootings, on the day which became known as Bloody Sunday, were a reprisal for the assassination of 12 or 13 British Intelligence officers, known as the Cairo Gang, by Michael Collins' squad earlier that day.



When are the Irish ever not up for it ?

Ireland would much prefer to be playing in Dublin than here.



Edited by 360stimo on Friday 2nd February 20:59