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19 signs you’re a sports fan from Carlow

It’s the turn of the Barrowsiders… or Scallion-Eaters, if you prefer.

1. You always knew with a surname like Rainbow and with your jersey colours, this man was destined to manage your county’s footballers

Credit: INPHO/Lorraine O’Sullivan

2. And he sets the bar high in trendy woolly hats

Credit: INPHO/James Crombie

3. There’s only one Tullow Tank

Credit: Inpho

4. And Sean O’Brien isn’t bad at the oul’ farming either

Credit: INPHO/Billy Stickland

5. You’ve heard legendary tales from your grandparents about 1944 when Carlow won their only Leinster football title

Credit: INPHO/Donall Farmer

6. You began taking an interest in Portuguese football when Padraig Amond joined Pacos de Ferreira

Credit: INPHO/Donall Farmer

7. You think that Johnny Nevin is harshly overlooked in debates about great dual stars

Credit: INPHO/Patrick Bolger

8. You’re aware that some of the world’s finest horses are trained in Closutton, Bagenalstown

Credit: INPHO/Billy Stickland

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

Credit: INPHO/Patrick Bolger

10. You bought everyone in your house Bernard Jackman’s autobiography for Christmas in 2010

Credit: INPHO/Lorraine O’Sullivan

11. And you always tune into Newstalk when he’s on

Credit: INPHO/James Crombie

12. Otherwise, this is where you get all your sporting goodness (when you’re not on TheScore.ie)

Credit: KCLR.com

13. You’ll live off that U21 hurling victory over Dublin for quite a while

Credit: INPHO/Lorraine O’Sullivan

14. You’re big into the Sydney Swans and the Irish International Rules side because of Brendan Murphy

Credit: INPHO/James Crombie

15. But you’re happy to see him back in county colours

Credit: INPHO/Donall Farmer

16. You watched RTE's Rapid as a child because of Kathryn Thomas and are only too delighted when she's on the telly

Credit: INPHO/Billy Stickland

17. You're not afraid to dress like a bit of a clown to support your county

Credit: INPHO/Tom Honan

18. You're adamant Tom Daly and twins Bryan and Edward Byrne are the future of Irish rugby

Daly. Credit: INPHO/Michel Renac

The Byrnes. Credit: INPHO/Ryan Byrne

19. You know this arena will be remembered for staging the first Friday night GAA inter-county championship game

Credit: INPHO/Cathal Noonan

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    Jun 27th 2013, 10:12 PM

    You’ve drunkenly gotten very lost in the Foundry.

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    Jun 27th 2013, 10:06 PM

    Me arse!!! C’mon the scallionaters… Till I die!! Curse n swear….

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    Jun 27th 2013, 11:03 PM

    No mention of Brian Kearney from Lorum, runner up on 1994 Know Your Sport. Carlows greatest sporting fan. Also closely linked with The Town

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    Jun 28th 2013, 6:26 AM

    What about Carlow rep on Blackboard Jungle? (Now more known as an interesting Sidney Poirier movie.)

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    Jun 28th 2013, 7:03 AM

    You’re some Nicky Caaaahil

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    Jun 27th 2013, 10:27 PM

    Do carlow have a gaelic football team?!! Who knew?!!!! I jest I jest! Relax! Did many gigs years ago in the foundry…..

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    Jun 27th 2013, 10:57 PM

    No mention of Mark Mullins from The Town who went ahhnn to captain Cork. Ah lad…

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    Jun 28th 2013, 5:48 AM

    Carlow? You mean the mythical county that exists like Brigadoon as no-one is quite certain where it is? Also the home of unicorns and honest Irish politicians.

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    Jun 28th 2013, 12:31 AM

    Heh heh heh Carlow

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    Jun 28th 2013, 1:15 AM

    Gavin your sum bender !

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    Jun 27th 2013, 9:43 PM

    Nelson Mandela is about to die, I assume this is an advert to the main scoop. Poor one, mind….

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    Jun 28th 2013, 7:54 AM

    Where’s Carlow again?

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    Jun 28th 2013, 3:27 PM

    Any chance ye could do Longford and Sligo next – I want to put them in a little book for My dad!!

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    Jun 28th 2013, 9:39 AM

    They should be called the reggae boys with county colors like that.

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    Jun 29th 2013, 1:47 AM

    20. You support Cameroon at the World Cup ‘cos they’ve the same county colours..

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    Jun 28th 2013, 10:13 AM

    Never knew that Woody Wannabe Jackson was from Carla ! One useless individual !

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