Xavier O'Callaghan????

[shedite]

Any idea where tis guy gets his name??? Has Brian Kerr checked his grandparents???

http://www.fcbarcelona.com/eng/jugadores/balonmano/biografia_4.shtml

[jofyisgod]

Sure is odd.

I thought this was gonna be a rumour detailing the transfer of Georgie to Barca ;)

[SaucyJack]

that's great, better than Fabian O'Neal but not as good as Carlos McAllister......and Shedite, he plays for Barcelona's handball team, not football team.

[shedite]

Does he??? Seems a bit odd alright but on this page he's listed in the squad along with Samuel E'too and Ronaldinho. Are they any good at handball??? :D

http://www.fcbarcelona.com/eng/jugadores/home/home.shtml

[Sliogán Dóite]

......and Shedite, he plays for Barcelona's handball team, not football team.

:D :D :D

Real Madrid do that as well, I remember seeing Pat Burke listed as a first team player for Real (he plays for the basketball team!).
For example (http://realmadrid.com/plantilla/primerbaloncesto/portada_eng.htm)

[SaucyJack]

Does he??? Seems a bit odd alright but on this page he's listed in the squad along with Samuel E'too and Ronaldinho. Are they any good at handball??? :D

http://www.fcbarcelona.com/eng/jugadores/home/home.shtml

don't know if your being sarcastic Shedite,but at 33, we would have heard of him by now as a football player.

[Plastic Paddy]

Now Jack, c'mon willya?!? I'm thirty-three and it's only the mypoia of the FAI scouting network (and - get this - a "lack of talent"!) that's preventing me from a much-deserved late breakthrough into the Ireland first team...

:D PP

[Éanna]

He's definitely a handball player

[tetsujin1979]

Along the same lines, there's a striker after making the step up to the Man City reserves from the academy side called Ishmael Miller, and started banging them in for the reserves. I sent a mail to the FAI about him, and got no reply :(

[GavinZac]

Along the same lines, there's a striker after making the step up to the Man City reserves from the academy side called Ishmael Miller, and started banging them in for the reserves. I sent a mail to the FAI about him, and got no reply :(

miller isnt irish

in fact, its a typical english "job" name.

john the miller.

john the smith.

etc.

[Dodge]

One of the Sundays did a piece on O'callaghan a few months ago (after he starred in the olympics) His Great-Great-Great grandfather was from ireland. He's never been to Ireland but lists Irish music as one of his hobbies. As a kid his nickname was "the irishman" (in Catalan obviously)