RIP eirebhoy

[youngirish]

They are reporting on boards that Eirebhoy has passed away.

If this is true I'm not usually the sensitive sort but it makes me feel sick to my stomach. From his posts over the long years I've been on this site he seemed like a genuinely nice lad. Only 23 also. F**king terrible.

My deepest condolences to his family and friends if any are reading this if it's true. Hopefully someone has just made a mistake though and he'll make a full recovery.

[The Fly]

Absolutely shocking news.
Like everyone else I hope he pulls through and makes a full recovery.

If centre mid's post above is accurate, then I send my condolences and sympathies to his family and friends.
Rest In Peace

[geysir]

Very sad news and devastating for his family and friends.

[centre mid]

Unfortunetly seems to be confirmed on boards (http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055724617) a few nice pictures of Eirebhoy there too on the first page. Very sad. RIP.

[Emmet7]

Very sad news. Kind of puts everything into perspective.

[RonnieB]

Rip. :( y.n.w.a.

[Closed Account]

Very sad news. Very in intelligent and well informed forummer. Condolences to his family and friends in this difficult time if the boards information is true.

[Colbert Report]

Very tragic, what can you say, all the best to his family.

I'm absolutely gutted, rest in peace eirebhoy

[LFCSixty/Eighty]

Sitting here in work and I'm numb after hearing that. Condolences to his family and friends. It really puts everything into perspective.

[Schumi]

Horrible news. I don't think I ever met him but his posts here were always well informed and worth reading. RIP (if the reports are true).

[sligofan4ever]

I hope they catch the sick,twisted fcuker who did this :mad: He had a great knowledge of the game. Even when you dont know someone from a forum in real life, its still very saddening to hear this sort of thing, especially considering the circumstances, part of me still hopes this was just a misprint and his condition is improving. RIP Eirboy if its true :(.

[blobbyblob]

Times like this put everything in perspective. I think he joined these boards around the same time as me in 2004. I remember him panicking over studying for his University exams while trying to squeeze in 8 hours on here at the same time. I tried to stick with him post for post in the early days but I had to submit to his greatness.

As someone else said - a crazy uncompromising Celts supporter whose love for Aidan McGeady was uncomfortable ;) . He said recently that he was looking forward to 2 huge games obviously from afar in Oz. If the news is true and I do hope its not, you'll now have the best seats in the house in Croker and Paris and shouting Ireland on from Heaven on high. YNWA.

Prayers with you and your family tonight kid.

[Kingdom]

I'm gutted I have to say. Eirebhoy was alongside Stuttgart, Tets and Gary Spain as the people on this forum (Ireland) whose opinions I'd wait patiently for and sometimes seek out.

I think I met him once a while back, but it was on this forum and reading his posts that I gfew to respect him greatly. A fantastic poster, a top Ireland supporter, and had a real decency about him.
Also struggling to grasp how young he was - I really don't think he came across as being so young. A real tragedy.

RIP eirebhoy, you'll be missed.

[soccerc]

I am shocked and saddened, not much I can add that others have not already coverd.

[paul_oshea]

Times like this put everything in perspective. I think he joined these boards around the same time as me in 2004. I remember him panicking over studying for his University exams while trying to squeeze in 8 hours on here at the same time. I tried to stick with him post for post in the early days but I had to submit to his greatness.

As someone else said - a crazy uncompromising Celts supporter whose love for Aidan McGeady was uncomfortable ;) . He said recently that he was looking forward to 2 huge games obviously from afar in Oz. If the news is true and I do hope its not, you'll now have the best seats in the house in Croker and Paris and shouting Ireland on from Heaven on high. YNWA.

Prayers with you and your family tonight kid.

Manys an arguement i had with him on foot.ie about his irrational love for celtic and particularly aiden mcgeady, even though he couldn't see half the things with his green tinted specs i had the utmost respect for him, he is one of the few posters who i wanted to meet up for pints but for whatever reason he never came to the meet ups (maybe cos i was going to be there :D). Anyway he is one of those fellas that makes me read and come on here and passed manys a day for me wherever i was and always looked forward to reading his posts or getting uploads on the internet for us away from home who couldn't get to see things.

Great poster and an honour to know(sort of) him. I really am sad to hear the stuff going around :( poor mother, my mother often says to me "what about your poor auld mother", im sure thats exactly how his feels now the poor woman having to travel that far.

RIP EIREBHOY(if true), Ireland lets go make heavens no.1 ireland fan proud and happy come 3 weeks time.

[tetsujin1979]

RIP eirebhoy. Many moons ago I applied for membership for the football forum on boards.ie, but only got one sponsor, and you need two to post. Skip ahead a few months and I get a pm off him here. He'd seen my name on the logged in list on the boards football forum and searched my previous posts to see if I'd ever applied for membership. Found the original application and voluntarily stood as my second sponsor. Always thanked my posts in the Irish Abroad thread there too. Can't belive it.
Like most on here, I've never had the pleasure of his company, but I did try to arrange pints before some underage and B games. Unfortunately, college assignments and exams always seemed to get in the way. Always enjoyed his posts, great respect for the way he backed up his opinions with facts, postings from other forums and videos, even if I didn't always agree with them.

[tricky_colour]

Terrible news and a tragedy, especially for someone so young, hard to believe he has gone, so sad to think he will never post here again.
My deepest condolences to his family who must be absolutely devastated.
RIP Eirebhoy

[irishultra]

Times like this put everything in perspective. I think he joined these boards around the same time as me in 2004. I remember him panicking over studying for his University exams while trying to squeeze in 8 hours on here at the same time. I tried to stick with him post for post in the early days but I had to submit to his greatness.

As someone else said - a crazy uncompromising Celts supporter whose love for Aidan McGeady was uncomfortable ;) . He said recently that he was looking forward to 2 huge games obviously from afar in Oz. If the news is true and I do hope its not, you'll now have the best seats in the house in Croker and Paris and shouting Ireland on from Heaven on high. YNWA.

Prayers with you and your family tonight kid.

:)

brought a tear to my eye.

here any chance at half time we could get a word for him at the ireland game? as someone who was so active in his support i think he should be.

http://www.youtube.com/user/eirebhoy09

[Colbert Report]

any chance at half time we could get a word for him at the ireland game? as someone who was so active in his support i think he should be.

I agree. Does anyone have an email address for someone at the FAI?

[citizenerased]

RIP gearoid.

[co. down green]

Really terrible news about EireBhoy, deepest condolences to the family. Shocking.

[kennedmc]

This is incredibly sad news - thoughts are with his family and friends - RIP Eirebhoy

[jebus]

jesus that's horrible business

condolences to his family

[FarBeag]

This is terrible news. I had the greatest respect for Eirebhoy and his knowledge of football. He was so level headed and never got into an argument with anyone and if so did it in a constructive and intelligent manner. I know that he went to a lot of the Ireland matches both home and away but appeared to keep a low profile. Appeared like a shy sort of lad.

Even though I have never met him, it feels like losing someone I have known all my life and I am presently sick with anger that some low life thug could be capable of this.

RIP Eirebhoy. Foot.ie will never be the same again.

[Kingdom]

I now know who some of you felt when wws passed away albeit in different circumstances.

[youngirish]

I know the mods have a tendency to be strict for staying on topic on particular boards but ffs lads surely this thread should be in the Ireland forum eirebhoy's adopted home when he posted on foot.ie and the place where everyone who followed his posts can see the news and contribute.

Anyone up for raising a few quid on here and getting a massive flag with his post name and real name and an RIP message for the next 2 ireland games? I'll certainly donate though I wouldn't know how to set it up and I can't make the games anyway.

[paul_oshea]

ya kingdomi was thinking the same, and though i didn't know wws i always got into arguements with him too :D It feels cheap to call EB a friend or anything like that but thats how it feels at the moment that he has gone.

YI thats what i was thinking earlier, would be great tribute to him.

[irishultra]

will definetly do this. who posts on boards.ie soccer forum? there doing a donation bring it up on that thread.

[John83]

I know the mods have a tendency to be strict for staying on topic on particular board but ffs surely this thread should be in the Ireland forum eirebhoy's home when he posted on here where everyone who followed his posts can contribute easily.
If it's deemed inappropriate there, they can move it there and then move it back, leaving a redirect in the Ireland forum.

[FarBeag]

I know the mods have a tendency to be strict for staying on topic on particular board but ffs surely this thread should be in the Ireland forum eirebhoy's home when he posted on here where everyone who followed his posts can contribute easily.

Anyone up for raising a few quid on here and getting a massive flag with his post name and real name and an RIP message for the next 2 ireland games? I'll certainly donate though I wouldn't know how to set it up and I can't make the games anyway.

Really nice suggestion. I am up for it for sure but like yourself i wouldnt know how to go about it.

[Pauro 76]

Kingdom alerted me to it earlier, and was completely shocked, awful news. Only now have I heard he's died (still hoping to God it's not true), but RIP if he has. Not going to waste breath talking about his attacker, but what goes around comes around. Always the good ones that go, and many condolences to his friends and family.

[paul_oshea]

Adam set that up before a paypal account and stuff.

YI, i think what you said is a great idea, think it would be most appropriate to give it to someone close to the family or friends that is going to the game who also posts on here. If this isn't an option or whatever I would be more than willing to take it to both games.

[geysir]

:)

brought a tear to my eye.

here any chance at half time we could get a word for him at the ireland game? as someone who was so active in his support i think he should be.

http://www.youtube.com/user/eirebhoy09

I had to smile at that McGeady montage from the game against Georgia. After that game you'd just know that he would be looking forward to splicing together the McGeady moments from the game for his pleasure and others as well as irrefutable evidence to be used when needed.

His passion for his country in sport came through in a very positive way, at least that's one of the reasons why I warmed to his persona.
It's very sad to read of the nature of his death and in a person with so many qualities.

[tricky_colour]

His last post on these boards I believe, I guess he will never get to see those games.
http://foot.ie/forums/showpost.php?p=1249732&postcount=316

[paul_oshea]

Lads can i tell ye something, another thing for the home and away games would be a good tribute and get everyone going, but it was EBs suggestion for "we love you, we love you, we love you and where you go we'll follow..." and its catching on now at the games as well would be great to get it going just before the game

[youngirish]

Adam set that up before a paypal account and stuff.

YI, i think what you said is a great idea, think it would be most appropriate to give it to someone close to the family or friends that is going to the game who also posts on here. If this isn't an option or whatever I would be more than willing to take it to both games.

Thanks Paul. I still hope it's not true I was fond of Eirebhoy. He had a saint's patience with my posts that many of the other mods lacked which I can't complain about in fairness. As I said before he seemed like a genuinely nice lad, always very optimistic, polite, informative and positive (sometimes overly so) on the boards.

Anyone here on for setting up the paypal and getting as big a flag as we can afford for Eirebhoy (Gearóid)? I'd suggets a message such as:

Farewell Gearóid Walsh 1986-2009 (Eirebhoy). You have the best seats in the house.
RIP
Foot.ie.

I'm guessing Eirebhoy was born in 1986 if he was 23 but we should get this confirmed by someone in the know.

Again I stress I hope the news being reported is incorrect and we are jumping the gun. Hope Eirebhoy posts now and calls me an idiot.

[skimcg]

Heartfelt sympathies.

[atfconline]

The news on 2FM at 8 said he was still on a life support machine.

[youngirish]

The news on 2FM at 8 said he was still on a life support machine.

Hopefully this is the case.

[Eirambler]

RIP Eirebhoy

Apart from reading his always excellent posts and discussing Ireland on here, the only other contact I had with him was when he very kindly put me in touch with a Celtic fan who sold dvds of old Ireland games.

His knowledge of the game stood out and it was hard to argue with his views because they were always so well thought out and backed up with stats. He was the stand out poster on the Ireland forum.

Don't know what else to say - happy to donate to any tribute being set up...

:(:(:(

[youngirish]

I now know who some of you felt when wws passed away albeit in different circumstances.

What happened to wws? I wasn't aware he passed away.

[DmanDmythDledge]

What happened to wws? I wasn't aware he passed away.
http://foot.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=57248

Such a typical last post from him too:
http://foot.ie/forums/showthread.php?p=651694#post651694

[dahamsta]

This is all very sudden, I'll have to think about it over the weekend. I've been waiting and hoping someone would come along and say it's all a big misunderstanding, but it seems increasingly unlikely.

[youngirish]

http://foot.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=57248

Such a typical last post from him too:
http://foot.ie/forums/showthread.php?p=651694#post651694

Very, very sad.

[back of the net]

Thanks Paul. I still hope it's not true I was fond of Eirebhoy. He had a saints patience with my posts that many of the other mods lacked which I can't complain about in fairness. As I said before he seemed like a genuinely nice lad, always very optimistic, polite, informative and positive (sometimes overly so) on the boards.



thats so true YoungIrish , when i read the above it brought a smile to my face.

I remember You and I were having a "disagreement" over stephen Ireland early last year, and eirebhoy issued me with an infraction over it(it was deserved) - but as u say he had the patience of a saint and even in his email when he issued the infraction ,he was a gent about it.

He came across a real soccer man, Foot and the football fans world will be a lesser place without him

If our worst fears turn out to be true then,

RIP to the gentleman and sincerest condolences to his family and friends

[Emmet7]

Over 8,600 posts by him tell you all you need to know about his passion for the game. I didn't know the guy but I am guessing he is one of those diehard fans who'd go watch a match in weather you wouldn't send a dog out in, while everyone else, myself included was sat at home watching the TV. And he'd be there if the team were at the foot of the table or the top.

Looks like he did a fair bit of travelling around supporting Celtic as well.

A true fan, in every sense of the word, hail, rain or snow who'd probably put us all to shame in his support for his team. It's fans like that who are as important and more important than the multi-million pound players.

[drummerboy]

So, so sad. I've enjoyed his posts both here and other messageboards. Never talked bull****. Always informative and enthusiastic. I can only offer my deepest sympathies to his family and friends, all who, I'm sure are very proud of him.

[stojkovic]

I defo think we (or FAI) should organise a tribute at the France match, if he does indeed pass away. I have conversed with him on here and on lslforum for five years now. Terribly sad.

[danonion]

Rest in peace EB. Shocking news

[jbyrne]

the rte 9 o'clock news still reporting that he is on life support machine. hope its the case

edit: just seen his death confirmed in the news.

RIP