So explain why he is considering representing Great Britain in the Olympics if he’s not even from there? I’m confused. Has it something to do with winning?

Where do you get the idea that he is British? I thought he was Irish being a citizen of Great Britian and NORTHERN IRELAND. People from Northern Ireland are Irish, not English, not Welsh, not even Scottish.

Does that mean the Polish guy that represented Ireland in canoeing is actually Irish and not Polish?

The only reason the Polish guy went to the Irish team in Olympics is he would not have made team in Poland. We had 10 medals in the Olympics. And people weren’t embarrassing themselves by getting drunk like the Irish after one gold medal.

Andrzej,
I didn’t ask why he went with the irish team.
Nor did I ask how many medals Poland won.
Nor did I ask how anyone celebrated Katie’s win.

Repeat: Does that mean the Polish guy that represented Ireland in canoeing is actually Irish and not Polish?

Just for the record 10 medals from a population of 30 to 40 million isn’t very good compared to 5 medals from a population of 5 or 6 million.

Noddy, the Polish man is Polish as he was born in Poland. He cannot handle the pace in his home country so gets a free trip to the Olympics for a lesser nation. Rory McIlroy was born in Britain, lives in Britain and calls himself British. He never claims to be Irish. The only people who try to claim him are the uneducated Irish who hope they can steal a British success.

“The Polish man is Polish as he was born in Poland”
Correct. Just as McIlroy is Irish as he was born in Ireland. You can call him Northern Irish if you prefer, but still Irish of a sort.

“He cannot handle the pace in his home country so gets a free trip to the Olympics for a lesser nation”
Irrelevant and off topic.

“Rory McIlroy was born in Britain, lives in Britain and calls himself British”
Incorrect. Britain (or Great Britain) consists of England, Scotland & Wales.
The UK (or United Kingdom) consists of Great Britain & Northern Ireland. Hence the term ‘The United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland’.

“He never claims to be Irish”
Incorrect. He has both Irish and British passports. It’s called dual citizenship

“The only people who try to claim him are the uneducated Irish who hope they can steal a British success”
Incorrect. As outlined above it is not possible for him to be British as Northern Ireland is not part of Britain.

Hey Andrzej Kubiz!

Poland 40 million but just 2 gold medals. Pretty disappointing return there for such a population. I can see why the Polish chap declared for Ireland after upgrading to Irish citizenship. ;)

Sure, an MBE doesnt mean he is British. But you know what makes him British? The fact he is British.

If he see’s himself as British than best of luck to him. I’ll still support him because he’s a great talent. You’re trolling because if you knew anything about northern Ireland, it’s that some people consider themselves Irish, some British. We should respect that either way

I think you may find this doesn’t work at the Olympics. You will end up supporting everyone. Also doesn’t make the Ryder cup much fun.

With respect to the Ryder Cup, I’m from Ireland and support the European team, but it doesn’t matter to me if the USA win, it’s about the joy of watching great golf and a great team spirit among both teams. That’s the thing I like about golf, no violence unlike football, golfers and supporters respect each other, pity the same can’t be said about football.

Rory’s Irish, nuf said!
Come on Rory

I’m not sure you meant what you meant to mean. And you need to be careful with your “Great Britain” and “United Kingdom” sometimes. :-) Still, it would definitely be great to see Rory win another – and GMac and Harrington finish well too.

Oh, my mistake. I thought because Rory was an MBE and going to represent Great Britain at the Olympics in 2016, he must be from there. Go Irish Rory!

I think it’s fairly obvious that Rory considers himself British, especially since he has constantly shown his support for team GB, and that’s fair enough, but there’s no point in saying otherwise.

Why the racist remarks? I simply stated that Rory is British. Is this not the truth? Surely Ireland don’t need to poach other countries winning sportsmen?

Why the disparaging remarks about Irish people, Andrzej? Also, Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski were both born in Poland but represent Germany in soccer. Are you going to dictate what nationality they are too?

Irish, but British ! ;) Just like Andy Murray is British, but Scottish! He is from Ireland after-all.

Good effort at trolling though.

Now now Andrzej Kubiz,

When you guys bent over in September 1939 and let the old Germans have a free run into your own back yard and occupy you, we never called you Germans now did you? ;)