Olympic Torch

tHE vAGGABOND

Bernard Brogan handing over to Paul Mc Grath within shouting distance from work, good stuff

gerard65

Jedward have it now, so exciting:p

Bambaata

kittymiss wrote: »

live on rte there, fair cringe-worthy viewing, wondering what rhe insurers are thinking seeing no one seems to have their safty belts up on the gaa skywalk....

You dont technically have to be wearing them.

thirtyfoot

Apparently Lord Coe remarked that Shefflin is as fine an athlete as he has seen in any sport ever and would be a match for any athlete in any sport that will be in London. Couldn't believe he was amateur.

ThisRegard

tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »

Bernard Brogan handing over to Paul Mc Grath within shouting distance from work, good stuff

And we have McGrath to Mark Pollock.

robinph

Think they must have hit their 3G data roaming limit in the TV van that is following the torch, no pictures getting transmitted any more.

Krusty_Clown

I was thrilled to see a guy running with a flaming torch here in Clondalkin, before realizing that the Olympic torch relay doesn't pass anywhere near here.

Given the day that's in it, the Olympic torch relay has its roots steeped in nazi propaganda:

Though propagandists portrayed the torch relay as ancient tradition stretching back to the original Greek competitions, the event was in fact a Nazi invention, one typical of the Reich's love of flashy ceremonies and historical allusions to the old empires. And it's a tradition we still continue today, with this morning's lighting of the flame in Olympia, the birthplace of the original games circa 776 B.C., from which it will be carried by a series of relay runners to the site of the games, in this case London.

Something to think about, as you stand by, saluting the torch.

ThisRegard

Was a nice little spectacle to see, I think most of the kids on the route were more interested in following the torch bearers bus behind the current carriers as Jedward were being their usual self, posing for pics etc.

Pherekydes

thirtyfoot wrote: »

Apparently Lord Coe remarked that Shefflin is as fine an athlete as he has seen in any sport ever and would be a match for any athlete in any sport that will be in London. Couldn't believe he was amateur.

Can we enter him in the Decathlon?

clear thinking

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

I was thrilled to see a guy running with a flaming torch here in Clondalkin, before realizing that the Olympic torch relay doesn't pass anywhere near here.

Given the day that's in it, the Olympic torch relay has its roots steeped in nazi propaganda:



Something to think about, as you stand by, saluting the torch.

No surprise then that it got into Croker despite the GAA having ongoing bans on Olympic sports.

YFlyer

thirtyfoot wrote: »

Apparently Lord Coe remarked that Shefflin is as fine an athlete as he has seen in any sport ever and would be a match for any athlete in any sport that will be in London. Couldn't believe he was amateur.

Or did he read Hartmann's book?