Sports in Dublin

Ireland is recognized as the home of the world’s best golf courses and Dublin has a lot of these magnificent golf courses. Golf is an individual sport and can be called as gentleman or gentle lady’s’ game. It is a quiet and sophisticated sport. We see that there is a set of social rules that all golfers have to follow so; we can say that playing golf is just like having and practicing good table manners. The golf courses in Dublin can surely be marked as magnificent places for golf lovers to spend their holidays with fun and etiquettes. Dublin offers a broad variety of world famous golf courses to play. Almost all of these courses are appropriate for beginners and experts both. The ideal time for Golfing in Ireland is during the summer season. The most important Irish tournament of international level is the Murphy’s Irish Open Golf Tournament, which attracts thousands of sports lovers to watch.

Horse racing on a top class horse in the lush green wide lands is every adventurous man’s dream. Dublin is fairly known for its high breed horses and thrilling race-courses. These world class race-courses provide entertainment and exercise to the riders and the spectators. Horse racing is a popular historical game of Dublin, now it has become a great business as well.

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August 13th, 2010 by admin
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Irish Sports

When you are in Dublin, especially over the summer months, you should make an effort to see a game of Gaelic football or Hurling, two uniquely Irish sports which have passionate support throughout the country. The summer period is when the annual championships in both sports take place, and each county fields a team. The championships culminate in September and tickets are like a gold dust, but you might find another event earlier in the summer that isn’t sold out. The biggest stadium in Ireland – for any sport – is Croke Park, and that’s where the highest-profile events take place.

Gaelic football

Gaelic football became popular as early as the 16th century, when teams might have consisted of all the fit men of a town or parish. In those earliest days, the rather unorganized game would begin between the two towns and end when one side had managed to force the ball across a line into the other’s territory.

The modern game plays like a mix of soccer and rugby. Teams of 15 players kick or hand pass a ball around a grass pitch towards each others goals to either score a point over the bar or goal. The ball used in Gaelic football is round, slightly smaller than a soccer ball. The action is fast and furious, and play is rough. Protective equipment is nonexistent.

Hurling

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July 6th, 2010 by admin
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Sports, Golf, Tennis, Rugby, Football, Cricket, Billiards Playing Funny Dogs on Art prints



I have some of the funniest Sports Playing funny dogs and cats on art prints by various artists including Louis Wain 1860-1939 Funny Cats,Kittens and Animals. Below are links to my surplus collection which I am selling UK and World Wide via my Website.

I have over 20 types of fine art poster Pictures of Sports and Billiards playing funny dog breeds and cats:

 

http://fabprints.bravehost.com/SPORTS.html

 

The Hustler

Jack The Ripper

The Scratching Beagle

Hey One Leg On The Floor

The Golfing Slice

The Losing Bet

The Poker Friend

The Peeing Dogs

The Dogs Bath

The Motorbiking Dogs

The Driving & Drinking Dogs

The Partied Out Dogs

The Dogs Beer Drinking Competition

The Chess Playing Dogs

The Dice Playing Dogs 1

The Dice Playing Dogs 2

Football Playing and Spectating Dogs

Golf Playing Funny Cats

Cricket Playing funny Cats

Badminton Playing funny Cats

 

Funny Rules of Golf by Perrier and Golf Playing Funny Cats and Dogs on Art prints.

 

Horses and Jockeys on fine art prints by English artists from 17th. To 20th. Century.

 

Angling, Shooting, Hunting, FieldSports, Wildlife on fine art prints from 1700′s to 1900′s.

All pictures are 15 1/2 inches by 11 3/4 inches in size ( Picture Frames can be brought off the peg at any local retailer ) and art prints are sold for GB £13-99 each + GB £8 Post and Packing per Order.  Read more... (285 words, estimated 1:08 mins reading time)

May 20th, 2010 by admin
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