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Wow, Ireland has 4 golds and 3 Bronze medals (Original Post)
a kennedy
Aug 2024
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underpants
(186,651 posts)1. Try getting THOSE away from them
🌈☘️
Brother Buzz
(37,800 posts)2. Paul O'Donovan gets to put on his podium pants and piss in a cup again!
Enjoy!
a kennedy
(32,090 posts)3. Just love their lighthearted attitude. So Irish.....love It.
☘️ 💚 ☘️ 💚 ☘️ Thanks for posting.
OnDoutside
(20,656 posts)4. Himself and his rowing partner Fintan McCarthy
flew into Dublin from Paris with the intention of getting an aircoach (equivalent of the Greyhound bus) from Dublin to Cork and onto their homes in Skibbereen. They got talking to a guy on the plane who insisted on driving both of them all the way to Skibbereen !
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0808/1464040-olympic-rowers/
a kennedy
(32,090 posts)6. I saw that and thought what a great thing to do.
💚 ☘️
OnDoutside
(20,656 posts)5. It's been our best games in a long time, and we're in
with a chance of a medal tomorrow in the Women's 400m relay.
https://www.rte.ie/sport/paris-2024/2024/0809/1464297-rhasidat-adeleke-olympic-final/
a kennedy
(32,090 posts)7. Will be rooting for them ya know for a Silver.......want the USA for Gold.
❤️ ☘️
OnDoutside
(20,656 posts)8. Of course, although they'd be overjoyed at a bronze.