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Topic: Unusual GAA Club Names
seanstack
(695 Posts)
Posted: 09-Feb-2010 00:08
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Ye Faire Citie (1925 Kilkenny club champions ) 
TommyLarkin
(842 Posts)
Posted: 09-Feb-2010 07:28
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The Fighting Cocks should get a mention, great name  (though i think actually called after the area? ) 
Domhnach Cearnach
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Posted: 09-Feb-2010 07:43
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Originally posted by TommyLarkin:
The Fighting Cocks should get a mention, great name   (though i think actually called after the area?  )  

Named after a local pub where the club was formed, as far as I know

Dreadnots in Louth is surely worth a mention
deiseboy
(609 Posts)
Posted: 09-Feb-2010 08:09
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De La Salle in Waterford, Black and Whites in Kilkenny, Starlights and Buffers Alley in Wexford and Ramor United in Cavan are a few that come to mind.
eamonn
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Posted: 09-Feb-2010 08:17
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Seiche Camogie Club, Milwaukee. From wiki:

A seiche   (pronounced /ˈ..seɪ..ʃ../ "saysh"  )   is a standing wave in an enclosed or partially enclosed body of water. Seiches and seiche-related phenomena have been observed on lakes, reservoirs, swimming pools, bays, and seas. The key requirement for formation of a seiche is that the body of water be at least partially bounded, allowing the formation of the standing wave.

The term was promoted by the Swiss hydrologist François-Alphonse Forel in 1890, who was the first to make scientific observations of the effect in Lake Geneva, Switzerland.[1] The word originates in a Swiss French dialect word that means "to sway back and forth", which had apparently long been used in the region to describe oscillations in alpine lakes.
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Rilers
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Posted: 09-Feb-2010 13:41
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Longford Slashers and Ballymun Kickhams are two great names
blueprint
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Posted: 09-Feb-2010 13:49
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Originally posted by Rilers:
Longford Slashers and Ballymun Kickhams are two great names

Not forgetting the Cooley Kickhams of course .
JohnDillon
(746 Posts)
Posted: 09-Feb-2010 13:54
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Originally posted by blueprint:


Not forgetting the Cooley Kickhams of course .

Isn`t there a team called Raperees  (sic )  in Wexford?

Where did that name come from?
Fr Murphys Ghost
(967 Posts)
Posted: 09-Feb-2010 14:00
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Originally posted by JohnDillon:


Isn`t there a team called Raperees   (sic  )   in Wexford?

Where did that name come from?

The Club name is Raparees/Starlights from Enniscorthy. The hurling team are the Rapparees and the football team are the Starlights, not sure where the name comes from.
blueprint
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Posted: 09-Feb-2010 14:01
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Open to plenty of correction from the Wexford lads , but ,
Rapparees are a Wexford club from around Enniscorthy afaik , a Rapparee is another name for a Pikeman  ( pike wielding soldier , as opposed to some sort of fisherman  ) .
two course duffer
(237 Posts)
Posted: 09-Feb-2010 14:05
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Intermediate hurling club in Kerry called Lady`s Walk
Torcaill
(218 Posts)
Posted: 09-Feb-2010 14:07
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Erin Go Breagh, Stars of Erin, Man O War, Fingal Ravens, Geraldine Patrick Moran, GARDA !!!!  (All Dublin Clubs ) 
OneLeggedDancer
(3,520 Posts)
Posted: 09-Feb-2010 15:01
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d**+++sboro, probably should be called Williesboro for AFR monitoring purposes.
Alf Tupper
(329 Posts)
Posted: 09-Feb-2010 15:07
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Peregrines in Dublin
a skanger darkly
(659 Posts)
Posted: 09-Feb-2010 17:18
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Although we`re well used to the names here in Limerick, a lot of people from outside the county find the name Effin unusual.
You could also add Staker Wallace and Garryspillane.

New Two Pot House in Cork and Tempo Maguires of Fermanagh are personal favourites.
blueprint
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Posted: 09-Feb-2010 17:23
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and there`s that well known football club in Donegal called Muff .

You wouldn`t want to be caught throwing yourself theatrically to the ground looking for a free playing for them , or would you ?
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afunchofbucks
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Posted: 09-Feb-2010 17:34
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Originally posted by blueprint:
and there`s that well known football club in Donegal called Muff .

You wouldn`t want to be caught throwing yourself theatrically to the ground looking for a free playing for them , or would you ?

its probably better playing for the gaa club in muff than being a member of the  (scuba ) diving club there!!!!!
blackpanther
(123 Posts)
Posted: 09-Feb-2010 18:22
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scelp
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Posted: 09-Feb-2010 19:41
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Does Nad near Banteer have a club? A great little place-name in any case
dickvantastic
(134 Posts)
Posted: 09-Feb-2010 20:16
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Nadd comes under Killshannig paish. No club in New two Pot House either.
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Bearhunter
(206 Posts)
Posted: 09-Feb-2010 20:44
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Bunclody-Halfway House was one that always conjured up images of a hostel for the insane or alcoholics for me. And there used to be a club in Ross called Gymnasiums.
4 All Irelands
(1,993 Posts)
Posted: 09-Feb-2010 21:07
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Carrick Swans in Tipperary.
sambomcnaughton
(347 Posts)
Posted: 09-Feb-2010 21:33
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Skeheenarinky GAA Club in Tipperary.
LimerickExileInClare
(749 Posts)
Posted: 09-Feb-2010 22:22
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Originally posted by sambomcnaughton:
Skeheenarinky GAA Club in Tipperary.

Skeheenarinky great name nt to mention The Garry Bouncers
 ( Garryspillane ) 
Blood-And-Bandages
(487 Posts)
Posted: 10-Feb-2010 10:14
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Originally posted by LimerickExileInClare:


Skeheenarinky great name nt to mention The Garry Bouncers
  ( Garryspillane  )  

What bout Horse and Jockey in Tipp? Not to mention Moycarkey-Borris

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