apparently galway versus kilkenny hurling match the other day was the best ever, i was reading a review of it online yesterday when this line made me laugh:

“it was like being in the gpo getting phone credit when 1916 happened.” tom humphries 22.8.2005 irish times reg. req.

(gpo = general post office in dublin. 1916 = shorthand for the 1916 easter rebellion that had the gpo as its focal point for the fighting and rebelling and what not.)