Lee is the Champion.....

Congrats to Ed, my DH who showed his stuff when he recently won the Doyle Shield for handball in Fenagh, Leitrim.

What's handball?...I hear you say. Well, it is a fast and furious Irish sport played by two players side by side whacking a ball against a wall. Fabulous game . Well done Eddie! ...not bad for a Dub eh?

What's a Dub? I hear you say. Well, a Dub is a native of Dublin of course!

Picture shows the said Ed/Dub with the trophy and two members of the Doyle family. It is proudly on display in The Viking pub in Aughawillan.

Here's some useless info for you....People from Aughawillan are known as "Willies" and immigrant/ex-pat Dubs are known as "Plastic Willies"...ah, sufferin' heart!

Comments

[white o'morn cottage]

Up the Dubs!
Well done Ed...Pam

[kimme]

Hurrray!!

Congrats to Ed!! That is wonderful!

Plastic willies. LOL!!
Your so funny :)

Hugs~Kimme

[colleen]

Wow! That's great! Congratulations to Ed!

[Kay Flynn-The Wrought Iron Gate]

Hearty congrats to Ed.....and congrats to The Viking pub for scoring the right to display The Doyle Shield.
Kay

[Lindy]

Hi Angie - I finally found you - YEAH! I was so tired last night my eyes hurt and I just could not find your blog. I finally sent an email to Pam and she said - "Her blog is right there on my sidebar". Today, after about 9 hours sleep and non-tired eyes - there you were - right there where Pam said you were.

You mentioned how people from different places are called certain names such as "Dub". Well, my Dad ws born and raised in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and that makes (made) him a "Yuper". :-D I grew up downstate in MI and that makes me a plain ol' Michigander :-D. My Dad's grandmother (paternal) was from Dublin. His paternal grandfather was from Scotland. They met after having moved to the UP and never left.

Gotta love the term "Plastic Willies". Kind of like people who knit or crochet with acrylic are using plastic yarn and tomatoes from the grocery store are plastic tomatoes cuz that's how they taste :(

I'll be back - I put both you and Pam in my "del.icio.us" bookmarks.

Lindy in wet, cold, overcast, rainy Arizona (it won't last:)

BTW - are you and/or Pam on Facebook?