Toast Welcome Liam O’Connell

[sammm]

Cork’s Liam O’Connell the latest promising footballer to make move Down Under to St Kilda

Another promising Gaelic footballer is set for a career in the AFL with Cork's Liam O'Connell signing for St Kilda.

m.independent.ie

 

[stfan]

Blow for Ballincollig and Cork as Liam O'Connell agrees AFL move to St Kilda

Cork U20 O’Connell has attracted interest from Carlton and Melbourne in recent weeks and months, but it’s with St Kilda he has signed the dotted line

www.irishexaminer.com

He lived in Australia between the ages of four and 11 so he has knowledge of the game

St Kilda reportedly pips rivals to sign 20-year-old Gaelic star

The Saints are understood to have beat out a pair of Victorian clubs to sign the Irishman.

www.zerohanger.com

The Saints, in an exciting development for the club ahead of this year's finals series, are understood to have acquired the services of Irishman Liam O'Connell from the Ballincollig Gaelic Football Club U20s in Cork, Ireland.

 

[Miha]

Always rated Liam

 

[stfan]

Arrives at St Kilda in about 2 weeks.

Premier SFC: Liam O'Connell departs Ballincollig with a win over Carrigaline

Collig manager Podsie O'Mahony revealed after the game that young player Liam O'Connell will depart for down under in two weeks time

www.echolive.ie

 

[Remboy]

Arrives at St Kilda in about 2 weeks.

Premier SFC: Liam O'Connell departs Ballincollig with a win over Carrigaline

Collig manager Podsie O'Mahony revealed after the game that young player Liam O'Connell will depart for down under in two weeks time

www.echolive.ie

Just in time for the first final. Big time debut.

 

[Munga]

He lived in Australia between the ages of four and 11 so he has knowledge of the game

I lived in Ireland between the ages of 30 and 30 so I have extensive knowledge of Baileys

 

[stfan]

I lived in Ireland between the ages of 30 and 30 so I have extensive knowledge of Baileys

But not of maths it would seem.

 

[Munga]

But not of maths it would seem.

It was a joke, mate. And a true story

 

[stfan]

It was a joke, mate. And a true story

All good.. Mine was too. 30-30 = 0 So no time to drink any Baileys

 

[SteeleSaints]

Go n-eirí an t-ádh leat is one way of wishing 'good luck' which literally means, 'That luck may rise with you! ' Another well-known phrase that wishes good fortune is go n-éirí an bóthar leat.

All the best and welcome to the Saints Liam!

 

[Alabakis train]

plays a mid/half forward role
188cm
and apparently has plenty of pace to burn

 

[Munga]

Found a little footage of him at the 18 second mark of this clip. He's the tall blonde forward wearing the red white and black #12. No joke.





I just looked up Ballincollig and realised that I nearly set foot in the town a few years back, I was literally the other side of the river.

Liam is also in this match wearing #11:

 

[Joffaboy]

Just in time for the first final. Big time debut.

Mini pre season then the Granny, I've heard.

 

[stfan]

Found a little footage of him at the 18 second mark of this clip. He's the tall blonde forward wearing the red white and black #12. No joke.

Check out the opposition goalie in the first video..... He can barely move, let alone, jump! The opposition must have been struggling for players that week.

 

[Mavefromdelburn]

No.12

 

[tomjoad]

Ádh Mór Liam, tá súil go n-oibríonn sé amach go maith.
Níos tá bhachtai fós tá súil agam go n-èireoidh go maith linn.
Beidh sé ardtús

Cad a bheidh, a bheidh.

In fairness like most people in Ireland, that only know a few phrases of their language here and there, he won't know what any of the above means.
Oh, well

 

[paddygunner]

An bhfuil cead agam dul go dtí an leithreas

 

[tomjoad]

An bhfuil cead agam dul go dtí an leithreas

You don't need permission Paddy (my 8 year old is laughing his head off)

 

[gringo2011]

You don't need permission Paddy (my 8 year old is laughing his head off)

When I googled it, they suggested that that's the only thing most people remember from Irish lessons at school.

 

[tomjoad]

When I googled it, they suggested that that's the only thing most people remember from Irish lessons at school.

Well, my kid says that his classmates go to the toilet a whole lot more when the Irish lessons happen
Years ago I went to the Aran Islands, where the Irish language is very much alive and well... I thought I had a phrase or two to get me by...however it turned out that I'd been calling everyone a horse for the night
It doesn't exactly roll off the tongue easily, hey!?

 

[gringo2011]

Well, my kid says that his classmates go to the toilet a whole lot more when the Irish lessons happen
Years ago I went to the Aran Islands, where the Irish language is very much alive and well... I thought I had a phrase or two to get me by...however it turned out that I'd been calling everyone a horse for the night
It doesn't exactly roll off the tongue easily, hey!?

Yeah, I used to learn Italian and all the families of friends spoke weird regional dialects or something because I couldn't understand anything they said and they thought I spoke Italian like a dickhead. Same. Pretty sure I propositioned an old lady by accident once.

 

[CaptainRisky]

Yeah, I used to learn Italian and all the families of friends spoke weird regional dialects or something because I couldn't understand anything they said and they thought I spoke Italian like a dickhead. Same. Pretty sure I propositioned an old lady by accident once.

That was no accident

 

[George]

Surprised he knew so much about the slang of the game