HE’S THE MAN everyone has been talking about over the past couple of days.
When Ireland fan Eamon Keegan decided to lean in and get acquainted with a Croatian fan’s breast, little did he know it would make front page news back in Ireland.
The 20-year-old UCD student from Sallins, Co Kildare, was in Poznan with several thousand other supporters for Ireland’s Euro 2012 opening game with Croatia on Sunday when the incident occurred.
“Before the game, we were all in Poznan square when two Croat girls walked by us,” he told Tom Dunne on Newstalk this morning. “So we all start chanting ‘get your t**s out for the lads!’. Next thing you know, it didn’t take much for them to oblige.
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“They just seemed to be up for the craic I think!”
The now-famous picture (NSFW) quickly spread on Twitter, with the help of Ireland defender Sean St Ledger, and has been picked up by several news outlets since. And although Keegan admits it was a comical moment, he can’t believe all the coverage it has been given.
“Me and the lads can’t get our heads around the whole thing. It is a funny picture but I don’t know how it blew up so much back home. One of my friends rang me the night after the game, laughing, and told me there was picture of me trending on Twitter.
I thought he was messing and then it just clicked in my head what it was, and I thought ‘oh Jesus’. I was just hoping my ma didn’t see it.”
Not surprisingly, she did see it.
“I’ve spoken to her since. She said she’s mortified and that it was disgraceful but is seeing the funny side of it now.
“Sean St Ledger thought it was hilarious. He has tweeted me since just asking if I was sorted for match tickets and that so he seems like a top man. Pity I have them already.”
“I’d say her mother is a lot more ashamed of her,” he joked.
Keegan is currently in Poland ahead of Ireland’s second Group C meeting with holders Spain tomorrow and isn’t quite sure how he can top his antics in Poznan if Trap’s army claim an unlikely win.
“If Ireland qualify for the quarter-finals, Jesus, I don’t know what I’ll do!”
Who would blame him those beautiful Eastern European women make are girls look awful.Can you imagine if they had the same disposable income as our girls they would all look like models.nScapla Purcell or Rosanna Davidson would not stand out over there.
Tara don’t be mad. There’s a million Irish men forming a queue who’d be happy to suck one of yer nipples. Men are preprogrammed from birth to never look a gift nipple in the mouth.
Nice to have something for he youngsters to enjoy, there’s feck all for them to laugh at back home, thanks Bertie and cronies, It’s not the young ones who fecked up things, though they’ll be payin’ for it for a long time yet to come. Have some craic boys and girls, and SOD THE BEGRUDGERS!!!
I don’t care about this … Actually laughed when seeing it on main pages of newspapers and thought of the earful his mother would give him but if that was an Irish girl with her boob out and a Croatian hanging off it I don’t think we’d be seeing ‘legend’ in comments. Might test the theory in Croker on All Ireland Sunday ;)
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“[...]two Croat girls walked by us,’ he told Tom Dunne on Newstalk this morning. ‘So we all start chanting ‘get your t**s out for the lads!’”
Charmer.
Banter
milking it.
Here suck, suck, suck, suck
Legend :)
Fair play to him…Hope he enjoys his moment of glory,he can embarrass his kids with the picture in yrs to come:)
I shudder to think what Katherine Dunne and the Labour Women are thinking of all this.
I think he should be given honorary membership of the Association of Lactation Consultants in Ireland
What a tit…
the one he’s sucking on?
Mmmm…….. Bittttyyyyy !!
Legend !
Coz he went to the Euro’s sucked a booby and now is famous!!
Wow, what an inspiration.
Aahh now suzanne, is that jealously or begrudgery talking ???
Who would blame him those beautiful Eastern European women make are girls look awful.Can you imagine if they had the same disposable income as our girls they would all look like models.nScapla Purcell or Rosanna Davidson would not stand out over there.
If we are all so rotten looking maybe you do us all a favour & piss off over there….
Our not are, brainiac.
You were right to post it twice Tara, what a stupid thing to say. Bloody clown !
He’s a yound lad having the craic so where’s the harm in that? I noticed the only bitter ones to complain are in fact jealous Irish women
I wonder if the woman is getting the same coverage back home? :P
I think the headlines wouldn’t be as nice
Tara don’t be mad. There’s a million Irish men forming a queue who’d be happy to suck one of yer nipples. Men are preprogrammed from birth to never look a gift nipple in the mouth.
Slurp slurp
Diddy or diddy not?
Another tit-alating story from the journo,well done
Hopefully it will start a whole new trend ……………………
Nice to have something for he youngsters to enjoy, there’s feck all for them to laugh at back home, thanks Bertie and cronies, It’s not the young ones who fecked up things, though they’ll be payin’ for it for a long time yet to come. Have some craic boys and girls, and SOD THE BEGRUDGERS!!!
Why is he a legend??
I think that’s pretty obvious
I don’t care about this … Actually laughed when seeing it on main pages of newspapers and thought of the earful his mother would give him but if that was an Irish girl with her boob out and a Croatian hanging off it I don’t think we’d be seeing ‘legend’ in comments. Might test the theory in Croker on All Ireland Sunday ;)
Give a shout, give a yell, suck a tit for old Rydel…
Go on Tara I said!
Bitty! :)
legend
Slow news day.
Yeah i wouldn’t mind a bit of death or some sort of miserable news.
NEWSFLASH: Irish lad abroad makes a tit of himself