TO CELEBRATE LOSING the Super Bowl this month, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kapernick added to his already extensive tattoo collection.
Kapernick, who was subject to some ridiculous criticism of his ink late last year, had the tribal tattoo done last week and took to Instagram to show his legion of fans the result.
It’s an impressive piece of work and had those of us in the office with a pathological fear of needles shaking in our boots.
It did, however, get us thinking about some of our favourite – and least favourite – Irish sporting tattoos:
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Paul Galvin has more tattoo than skin on his left arm
Inked in: 10 great, and not so great, Irish sports tattoos
TO CELEBRATE LOSING the Super Bowl this month, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kapernick added to his already extensive tattoo collection.
Kapernick, who was subject to some ridiculous criticism of his ink late last year, had the tribal tattoo done last week and took to Instagram to show his legion of fans the result.
It’s an impressive piece of work and had those of us in the office with a pathological fear of needles shaking in our boots.
It did, however, get us thinking about some of our favourite – and least favourite – Irish sporting tattoos:
Paul Galvin has more tattoo than skin on his left arm
And you shouldn’t make make Andy Lee cross
Fellow boxers, like David Oliver Joyce, favour fighting tattoos
While Olympians, such as Gearoid Towey, remind us where they’ve been
We’re guessing basketballer Jason Killeen REALLY loves Limerick
And Gary McCabe shoots for the stars
While James McClean, well, he’s for the birds
Religion is a common theme as Danny Baker proves
As are tribal designs like Colm Parkinson’s
As we’ve shown, Dan Shanahan is not the only one who can’t keep the tattoo artist at arm’s length
Who have we forgotten? What are the best and worst Irish sporting tattoos?
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