Do people in England who are not who are not of Irish origin follow GAA at all?
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The 6 counties are not a part of England. They are a part of the United Kingdom which is something different. The UK is comprised of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nGaelic games are only shown on televisions in Northern Ireland and Ireland as well as some satellite channels, so few people are able to follow them outside Ireland. However it would be reasonable to expect that some people who are not Irish are big fans, just as a small proportion of Northern Ireland protestants follow the games also.
1122110
No. \n\nHere's an example "Owen Hargreaves was actually born in Canada but due to heritage was eligible to play for either the English, Welsh, Canadian, or German national teams. He chose England."
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I think I see what you mean.......eg. the olympics, if the a Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish person wins they will be 'British' but if an English person wins they will be English!\n\nIts a superiority complex....laughable really lol.
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NO,YOU CAN HAVE DUEL NATIONALITY AND USE YOUR HOST COUNTRIES PASSPORT.YOU CAN PLAY FOR ENGLAND IF ONE OF YOUR GRANDPARENTS WAS ENGLISH EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY NEVER OF BEEN TO ENGLAND YOURSELF.
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There is a natural insularity in England which fosters the belief that England and all things English is superior to anything foreign. The English media fosters this illusion by extravagant claims that the premiership is the "best league in the world" when in reality England is only playing catch up with the rest of the major footballing nations. Ironically, English football has only become attractive and exiting in recent years due to the influx of foreign players. The England players however have too much respect for the quality of the major football teams to believe that winning the World Cup is their "birthright"
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I spent my first 25 years in England and the rest (33) over here and I don't know why they don't like us, but being a Brit from birth I can tell you that they are opinionated and a tough audience so don't take it personal. They have no reason to not like Americans. Could be envy couldn't it?
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No footballs mine but I live in the UK!
395759
Irish clubs have nothing like the money, the numbers of supporters or the talent pool available to UK clubs. Ireland has a population of 4 million compared to 60 million in the UK, and soccer is not even the biggest sport here. Consequently the Irish clubs cannot afford to pay their players the large wages available in the UK, and  because the wage differences are so high, any good Irish player will jump at the opportunity to go to the UK to play for a big club. As a result very few top-class Irish players continue to play in the Irish leagues. \n\nIn fairness though, many people in Ireland support local soccer teams while also supporting a major UK club like United or Celtic etc.
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In UK the simple answer is no. Some people play Madden but as not many people in the UK play American Football not many people have the understanding or passion for the game to play friendlies. Even the people I know who play the occasional game of Madden won't touch the career mode at all.\n\nPeople in the UK mostly play sims of sports we play, i.e. Fifa, Pro Evo, Tiger Woods Golf, Jonah Lomu Rugby, Brian Lara Cricket, etc.
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Your not the Irish Police by any chance ?
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It has to do with Irish independence.  Those who want to be an independent country are usually Catholic.  Those who support the British monarchy are usually Protestant, following the Church of England.
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The problem with Team GB as you suggest is that players from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland wouldn't get into the team! It would be made up solely of English players therefore there is no point lad.\n\nBirds are genetically designed to be un interested in football. If you were then us blokes would never get any peace.\n\nOf course you girlies always complain when Coronation Street or Eastenders is taken off for footie. The world cup is every 4 years. That crap is on every bloody night. Lets have some perspective on it.
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Yep me too and I live in Liverpool. I have Irish grandparents, so that makes me, confused. My kids want England to win and have draped English flags from the windows.  I have my Tricolour in the bedroom and I sing Kevin Barry and Danny Boy to them every night.\nDrives them crackers.\nVIVA  ESP ANIA........!!!!!!!
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Many mixed race people have Irish descent!  There just may be other nationalities tossed in such as French or English.
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No, we dont, you wont see a lot of Irish people wearing green on Paddy's Day, we dont eat corned beef, drink green beer or dye rivers green either. These are all american customs. In Ireland on Paddy's Day, we watch the parade, go to the pub, and party all day and night. It's not that solemn an event, the religious people might go to mass, other then that it's a party weekend.
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It's simple in a odd kinda way. U see both Rangers & Celtic are from the west of Scotland where a lot of Irish moved to way back when.\n\nCeltic was formed by a priest and have a largely catholic following, they carry green white and yellow flags as well as Irish banners and sing the fields of athenrie.\n\nRangers on the other hand have a predominantly protestant following, fly the Union Jack and sing their own Irish protestant songs.\n\nReligion has no place in soccer, nor does singing songs about protestant paramillitary groups or the IRA, however, I am sad to say both the Rangers & Celtic fans think this is o.k.\n\nThe away fans are generally the worst, when they visit other grounds.  There is comming a day when this will be stamped out but sadly it's very much a part of the west of Scotland culture
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nope, im not from Hungary living in Ireland, but Im from the States living in Hungary.