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19 signs you’re a sports fan from Carlow
1. You always knew with a surname like Rainbow and with your jersey colours, this man was destined to manage your county’s footballers
2. And he sets the bar high in trendy woolly hats
3. There’s only one Tullow Tank
4. And Sean O’Brien isn’t bad at the oul’ farming either
5. You’ve heard legendary tales from your grandparents about 1944 when Carlow won their only Leinster football title
6. You began taking an interest in Portuguese football when Padraig Amond joined Pacos de Ferreira
7. You think that Johnny Nevin is harshly overlooked in debates about great dual stars
8. You’re aware that some of the world’s finest horses are trained in Closutton, Bagenalstown
9. They may not have won an All-Ireland but you know winning 5 Leinster club football titles between 1992 and 1999 made Eire Og great
10. You bought everyone in your house Bernard Jackman’s autobiography for Christmas in 2010
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11. And you always tune into Newstalk when he’s on
12. Otherwise, this is where you get all your sporting goodness (when you’re not on TheScore.ie)
13. You’ll live off that U21 hurling victory over Dublin for quite a while
14. You’re big into the Sydney Swans and the Irish International Rules side because of Brendan Murphy
15. But you’re happy to see him back in county colours
16. You watched RTE's Rapid as a child because of Kathryn Thomas and are only too delighted when she's on the telly
17. You're not afraid to dress like a bit of a clown to support your county
18. You're adamant Tom Daly and twins Bryan and Edward Byrne are the future of Irish rugby
19. You know this arena will be remembered for staging the first Friday night GAA inter-county championship game
21 signs you're a sports fan from Wicklow
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