[Dub2]

Originally Posted by Kierenj

You're an idiot and a WUM... goodbye.

This from a man who claims an Irish golfer only played for Ireland because he couldn`t travel over to the UK for team UK golfing events.

[Dub2]

Originally Posted by Davser

Oh dear, the ignorance is inbred in this one it seems.

If you care to check his profile on the European Tour etc you will find that the flag beside his name is the flag of Ulster/Northern Ireland.

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Rory is a member of the Golf union of Ireland. His flag is the Irish tricolor.

Get back to me when the sick counties organise their own union and separate from the rest of the country.

[Davser]

Originally Posted by Dub2

Rory is a member of the Golf union of Ireland. His flag is the Irish tricolor.

Get back to me when the sick counties organise their own union and separate from the rest of the country.

And? He represents Northern ireland.

Like I said - check his European Tour profile. He is classed as Northern Irish and the flag next to his name is the Red Hand of Ulster flag, no tricolour.

Check when he plays in the US as well. Next to his name you will see NIR which as you know is Northern Ireland.

Now at last check Northern Ireland is a part of the UK. not Eire or Republic Of Ireland.

So you see, the bodies that run golf (R&A and USPGA) see that McIlroy doesn't represent Ireland, like Padriag Harrington does, but represents Northern Ireland.

So G Mac and Darren Clarke are exactly the same.

Essentially this means your entire thread is a joke.

Now trot on and find me a link that shows McIlroy represents Eire or Republic of Ireland or even all ireland!

You'll struggle because no governing body of golf regards teh Island of ireland as one country. Thye all split it between the Republic and BNorthern Ireland which as you know is a part of the UK.

Can't wait to see your source, should be a laugh.

Anyway follow this little linky

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...1c.W8AR1YWkcRM

[roger_50]

It's not worth it Davser. Not once in the thread has Dub actually responded properly to any of these posts. He's just copied and pasted the same "He's proper Irish. You're bitter!" line every time.

He's not interested in actual reasoned debate on the subject.

[Davser]

Can't resist pwning!

[Ignazio]

Originally Posted by Dub2

So much for the British sense of fair play. Your nearest neighbour, a tiny island, covers itself in glory in a massive international sport, yet not one word of congratulation, just pathetic quibbling over the nationality of an Irish born, Irish trained, Irish golfer who represents Ireland.

Just in case anyone missed it, this is a list of European Major winners this century, and the countries they represent.

You may notice they all have one thing in common.

2007 Pádraig Harrington - British Open - IRELAND

2008 Pádraig Harrington - British Open - IRELAND

2008 Pádraig Harrington - PGA - IRELAND

2010 Graeme McDowell - US Open - IRELAND

2011 Darren Clarke - British Open - IRELAND

2011 Rory McIlroy - US Open - IRELAND

2012 Rory McIlroy - PGA - IRELAND

I'm not joining in the 'nationality of Rory McIlroy' debate - but I will say that spectators at the Olympics gave a mighty cheer for every ROI athlete - so I think the BIB is unfair and unwarranted.

In addition to this I would make the point that Ireland (both north and south) have produced some fine golfers - probably in disproportionate numbers to their population.

[indiana44]

Originally Posted by roger_50

It's not worth it Davser. Not once in the thread has Dub actually responded properly to any of these posts. He's just copied and pasted the same "He's proper Irish. You're bitter!" line every time.

He's not interested in actual reasoned debate on the subject.

...which is a great shame, because to his own ends ( claiming they are all "IRELAND" and more particularly nothing to do with the UK ) he takes away from what could have been a really positive thread and the fact that it is such a huge achievement ( as I recognised earlier ) that so many majors have been won from that small island ( the Republic and Northen Ireland ), and certainly cemparative to mainland GB.

[getzls]

Originally Posted by Dub2

Rory is a member of the Golf union of Ireland. His flag is the Irish tricolor.

Get back to me when the sick counties organise their own union and separate from the rest of the country.

When Rory won the U.S. open and was walking off the final green someone threw him an Irish Tricolour. He threw it down on the ground. Not his flag.

[eirpoc]

Originally Posted by getzls

When Rory won the U.S. open and was walking off the final green someone threw him an Irish Tricolour. He threw it down on the ground. Not his flag.

No Rory didn't throw any flag on the ground, someone from the crowd threw the flag towards him and it landed on the ground where the security guards then quickly made the flag disappear.

Don't put around something which he did not do,I am sure Rory has more respect for himself then to ever do something so stupid like that, I can assure you if anyone treated the Irish tri-colour like that they wouldn't generate the support he gets from the republic whoever he declares for.

[getzls]

Originally Posted by eirpoc

No Rory didn't throw any flag on the ground, someone from the crowd threw the flag towards him and it landed on the ground where the security guards then quickly made the flag disappear.

Don't put around something which he did not do,I am sure Rory has more respect for himself then to ever do something so stupid like that, I can assure you if anyone treated the Irish tri-colour like that they wouldn't generate the support he gets from the republic whoever he declares for.

O.K. fair enough i seem to be wrong, though he did not pick it up. Really people should leave Rorys nationality out of his golf. He's Irish, Northern Irish and British.

[indiana44]

Originally Posted by getzls

O.K. fair enough i seem to be wrong, though he did not pick it up. Really people should leave Rorys nationality out of his golf. He's Irish, Northern Irish and British.

Yes, and for clarification, at the time he was getting rushed through the crowd by security, The flag thrown, which was at no time in his possesion, and the fact that Rory didn't and couldn't even react to it is an absolute non issue and irrelevance.

[Dub2]

Originally Posted by Davser

And? He represents Northern ireland.

Like I said - check his European Tour profile. He is classed as Northern Irish and the flag next to his name is the Red Hand of Ulster flag, no tricolour.

Check when he plays in the US as well. Next to his name you will see NIR which as you know is Northern Ireland.

Now at last check Northern Ireland is a part of the UK. not Eire or Republic Of Ireland.

So you see, the bodies that run golf (R&A and USPGA) see that McIlroy doesn't represent Ireland, like Padriag Harrington does, but represents Northern Ireland.

So G Mac and Darren Clarke are exactly the same.

Essentially this means your entire thread is a joke.

Now trot on and find me a link that shows McIlroy represents Eire or Republic of Ireland or even all ireland!

You'll struggle because no governing body of golf regards teh Island of ireland as one country. Thye all split it between the Republic and BNorthern Ireland which as you know is a part of the UK.

Can't wait to see your source, should be a laugh.

Anyway follow this little linky

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...1c.W8AR1YWkcRM

This is Rory raising his National flag

http://sites.duke.edu/belfast2011/fi...y-Tricolor.jpg

The lad is Irish and has represented Ireland throughout his golfing career. He has never represented the six counties , as they aren`t a nation, and he has certainly never represented GB or the UK.

But hey, thanks for totally destroying a thread designed to congratulate a small nation on it`s incredible success in a major sport .

[getzls]

Originally Posted by Dub2

This is Rory raising his National flag

http://sites.duke.edu/belfast2011/fi...y-Tricolor.jpg

The lad is Irish and has represented Ireland throughout his golfing career. He has never represented the six counties , as they aren`t a nation, and he has certainly never represented GB or the UK.

But hey, thanks for totally destroying a thread designed to congratulate a small nation on it`s incredible success in a major sport .

Your getting boring. Stay off the drink too.

[Irishguy123]

Can this thread please be shut down, it's only going around in circles -__-