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Dublin: 10 °C Saturday 25 May, 2013

19 signs you’re a sports fan from Kerry

Yerra, you might as well read it.

YOU DON’T KNOW Dublin but you can’t find your way from Croke Park to Harcourt Street handy enough. And 19 other signs you’re from the Kingdom:

19. Weeshie on Terrace Talk is your regular Monday night listening




YouTube: colly72

Is ‘Beyonce’ a band?

18. And you reckon you do a passable impression of him or Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh

Eamon î Muircheartaigh with greyhound puppy Caoimhe 25/6/2012

Pic: INPHO/Morgan Treacy

17. Every time you go to Fitzgerald Stadium, you describe the MacGillycuddy Reeks ‘as majestic’

A large crowd await the start 21/7/2012

Pic: INPHO/Cathal Noonan

And why not?

16. You model your fashion sense on Paul Galvin

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Pic: YouTube/RTÉ

Maybe not. But you’d like to.

15. You’re on first nickname terms around Tralee with the Bomber and the Star

Kieran Donaghy and Eoin 'Bomber' Liston 31/10/2011

INPHO/James Crombie

14. You got lost in Cork on your first trip to Páirc Uí Chaoimh

General view of Pairc Ui Chaoimh 25/11/2012

Pic: INPHO/Cathal Noonan

13. You had a word in Gaillimh’s ear before the Scotland match in 2000 about looking after Strings and O’Gara

Mick Galwey and Peter Stringer and Ronan O'Gara 4/3/2000

Pic: INPHO/Patrick Bolger

He has them Cork lads where he wants them

12. You practice Tadhg Kennelly’s jig while watching AFL

Tadhg Kenneally does a jig of delight 20/9/2009

INPHO/Lorraine O’Sullivan

Yeow!

11. You claim to have discovered The Gooch as a young fella

Colm Cooper 12/5/2002 DIGITAL

Pic INPHO/Lorraine O’Sullivan

10. You’re adamant the Irish Open was better when it was sponsored by Carroll’s and was held in Killarney

Rory McIlroy 31/7/2011

Pic: INPHO/Cathal Noonan

9. You reckon Donaghy would be in the NBA if he stuck to shooting hoops

Kieran Donaghy and LaShon Sheffield 28/1/2007

Pic: inpho

8. You will always argue that Seamus Darby did push Tommy Doyle




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7. When Tyrone and Armagh people boast of the four senior All-Ireland’s they have won between them…

Tomas, Darragh and Marc O'Se 12/9/2009

Pic: INPHO/James Crombie

…you point out that three brothers from Ard an Bhóthair have 15 between them.

6. You think this is the greatest piece of skill in GAA history




YouTube: KilkennyFootball

5. Actually this is fairly impressive as well




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4. No wait, this is also class




YouTube: KilkennyFootball

3. You played in the Castleisland basketball blitz

Nothing spells Stephen’s Day like some hoops

2. You know the commentary from Kerry’s Golden Years off by heart.

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1. You had your picture taken in the Sam Maguire as a baby

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Pic: INPHO/Lorraine O’Sullivan

What have we forgotten and which county is next? Let us know in the comment section below.

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