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Ultimate Battle of Britain and Ireland

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  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,245 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    Kolido wrote: »
    Both look awfully strange, will go Connaught though.

    Yeah, this for me. A Habsburg eagle waving a sword in its arm is something different. Like a Jeff Goldblum experiment gone wrong


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭ari101


    Connacht* - fierce, who wouldn't want a half eagle and a knights arm!

    A bitta Eddie the Eagle for ye all :D
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    (*cough, clearly not from Connacht if you accept the West Brit spelling :p And I was determined not to get political :pac:)


  • Registered Users Posts: 184 ✭✭ScoobyDosent


    To "hell with it", I'll go
    Connacht
    😜


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    I honestly never knew there were two spellings!!


  • Registered Users Posts: 17,541 ✭✭✭✭Trigger


    Connacht is utterly bizarre but the the Yorkshire one is on Leeds crest so have to go with Connacht


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭ari101


    quickbeam wrote: »
    I honestly never knew there were two spellings!!

    I think unless you are a local or into that kinda history you wouldn't.
    Modern Irish 'Connacht' is spelled that way, some things still dating from British Rule still retain the anglicised spelling :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 17,541 ✭✭✭✭Trigger


    ari101 wrote: »
    I think unless you are a local or into that kinda history you wouldn't.
    Modern Irish 'Connacht' is spelled that way, some things still dating from British Rule still retain the anglicised spelling :)

    Doesn't really matter, they both sound awful :p


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,647 ✭✭✭SineadSpears


    Connaght - the bird and the arm don't exactly work well together but the flower isn't very exciting either. so I'll go with the odd mashup


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,007 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Yorkshire, prefer the simplicity, even if there's no unicorns


  • Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    A great opener but it's the luck of the Irish prevailing.

    Connaught advances to Round 2


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  • Registered Users Posts: 40,457 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Connacht. Who doesn't love ravens and swords.


  • Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Cheshire

    ENGLAND

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    VS

    Cumberland

    ENGLAND

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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Cheshire! Castles and swords and nice colour combo. Cumberliand's green is too snotty.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,511 ✭✭✭Purgative


    Cheshire by an edge.


  • Registered Users Posts: 17,541 ✭✭✭✭Trigger


    Cumberland looks like something from the start of Moana and the little fella loves that so I'll choose that one.. :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 17,541 ✭✭✭✭Trigger


    quickbeam wrote: »
    Cheshire! Castles and swords and nice colour combo. Cumberliand's green is too snotty.

    Thought it was straw/hay not castles?


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,647 ✭✭✭SineadSpears


    Chesire - the other is a bit too pretty and the colours are kinda bland


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭ari101


    Cumberland because I prefer the colour scheme, not really sure about either


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,647 ✭✭✭SineadSpears


    quickbeam wrote: »
    Cheshire! Castles and swords and nice colour combo. Cumberliand's green is too snotty.

    I thought they were wheat??


  • Registered Users Posts: 40,457 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Trigger wrote: »
    That it was straw/hay not castles?

    wheat but close enough.

    Cheshire for me. Good colours and it has a sword. You may find the presence of a sword has a strong bearing on my choices.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 13,366 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Chesire

    When I get time I will look up the history of some of these, on their own they make no sense to me.


  • Registered Users Posts: 17,541 ✭✭✭✭Trigger


    I thought they were wheat??

    Wheat! That's what I was thinking of


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Trigger wrote: »
    Thought it was straw/hay not castles?

    Maybe it's castles made of straw???? :P

    Okay, it was a quick glance.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,800 ✭✭✭JohnGreenFan


    Cumberland - I prefer the colour scheme


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,391 ✭✭✭davetherave


    Cumberland, very self explanatory. Coastline and fields. Nice colour palette .


  • Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Nice and tight affair with Cheshire smiling widely.

    Cheshire advances to Round 2


  • Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Monmouthshire

    WALES

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    VS

    Northamptonshire

    ENGLAND

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  • Registered Users Posts: 11,007 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Monmouthshire - better colour scheme


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭ari101


    I'm going for Northhamptonshire, I like a fleur de lis but not sure about the colouring on the other flag and the rose on this one is nice


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,511 ✭✭✭Purgative


    Not keen on either as they're both quite jarring - Northamptonshire


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