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Pointing out the shortcomings and despicible behavior of some in the Catholic Leadership (especially those in the US who like to molest children) and being anti-Catholic or being abusive to all Catholics is not the same.

"Sir" Anthony's newspaper the "Irish Independent" is neither rather its the "Irish" Daily Telegraph, petty mean spirited and Tory, so much for a unique Irish voice, fumble in your a greasy till and add your half pence to your pence …

Yes, it was a wonderful day. The tearful, emotional belting out of the national anthem by the Irish team, wonderful Rugby and a sweet scoreline at end. Beating England 43-13 in Croke Park was a fitting 'Thank You' to the GAA for allowing a 'foreign' game to be played in it's hallowed grounds.

I recall trips to the other Croke Park in the upper Bronx in Kingsbridge. Small it was in the starkest of contrasts to its big brother in Dublin. Often, the shouts of the crowd would be underscored by the passing of the "Ell", the elevated subway which ended at 242nd St which bordered Croke Park on Broadway.

As a resident of 242nd St., the roar of the crowds could be heard from our kitchen window.

That's a fine story about the rugby match. In thoses days - the 50's- it would have been considered unpatriotic for the Irish to play rugby, the English game.

God bless.

Patrick Malloy

The match at Croke park was an important moment right up there with the time the England team showed up in Dublin during the troubles to play the great game of rugby and received one of the longest standing ovations in rugby memory.

Many readers here will not this but English and Irish fans have been having fun together for decades and they get along better than fans of the different home nations.

Irish rugby is unusual since the team incorporates members from both nations (NI and RI)and as a result they have their own national anthem. The Irish rugby public at Croke Park did a great thing but they have been doing great things for ages in a land where sectarian bullies and bigotry have been rife. It is a testament to the sport and the devotees who play and enjoy matches together.

cheers from america y'all and happy st patricks day where everyone is irish on this day-

a sober irish american

Tony,
Good on ya! We're well rid of the bad auld days of the 'fifties when I had to creep from playing a rugby game on a Sunday morning in Limerick to play a hurling game in the afternoon...all the while taking care to avoid detection by the 'Ban' thought police.

Well, Tony O'Reilly, Ireland played a grand rugby game today and I'm hoping that we win the Six Nations.

I also hope you didn't--you wouldn't, would you?--read some of the anti-Catholic abuse on the pages of the 'Faith' section of the WaPo. They could have been penned by Paisleyites during the Troubles!

Has Ireland left the worst of its religious discrimination era as America enters a new one?

The comments by 'Billy McMillen' and 'No Fool' are typical of the small-minded bigotry that has held back the people of Ireland, North and South for far too long. Opening up Croke Park to 'foreign games' like football and rugby, and the reaction to the visit of the England rugby team are positive signs of the mentality of the nation moving on from the 'chip-on-the-shoulder' attitudes we've had towards the British. Long may it continue.

Love of one's country is great - bigotry in the name of it is a stain on us all.

As someone caught in the dilemma of either playing rugby or gaelic football some 50 years ago in Ireland I read O'Reilly with appreciation. The old hard men of the early Irish republic are mainly gone and with them the crippling memories and attitudes that isolated Ireland for so long. Today Ireland is a confident country, proud of its long struggles for freedom, but with its eyes turned toward a future of unity and leadership in the world.
Forgiveness is a grand thing.

Fantastic news. In my many trips to Ireland I've hoped for a day like that. Wish I had been there.

Jim

Oh yes, check out 'Sir' Tony ...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_O'Reilly

'Sir' Anthony O'Reilly is a west brit and publisher of trashy 'newspapers' like the 'Irish Independent' filled with the scribblings of self-loathers like eoghan harris and co. All he's happy about is seeing people stand for the Queen. Get lost.

Great story.

Thanks.