Ireland Kits and Apparel

[DannyInvincible]

I don't think many Irish people even relate to the word to be honest. When I hear it I always think of Terry Venables saying it from some reason (although that might be in my head from the Après Match sketches).

I think the mild "stigma" or "cringe" (if you could call it that) surrounding usage of "Éire" to refer to the country (even though the term still appears on Irish passports, stamps and coinage too) has to do with it being perceived as more of a partitionist or specific term for the 26-county state than "Ireland". After the 1937 constitution was adopted, the British government insisted on referring to the 26-county state as "Éire/Eire" so as to distinguish from the potentially 32-county term "Ireland", use of which the British government regarded as an anti-partitionist or irredentist attempt by the state (obviously in tandem with the explicit constitutional territorial claim over the north) to lay claim to the whole of the island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_...e.22_v_Ireland

[BonnieShels]

Not really, a couple of jerseys. Having a few items is handy in a tournament setting but I wouldn't really find the need otherwise. The games don't roll around that often and I wouldn't tend to wear them in everyday life.

Think I might invest in that black one alright though and the jacket could be useful.

I've had this weird possession affliction ever since my mother never got me the 1990 shirt. I rarely wear these shirts outside of a match setting but alas...

Incidentally I have the shirt below. Hunted it down for months and eventually came across this spurious website that stocked it and bought it. I have attempted to wear it on numerous occasions but never do. I always end up with my 2001 Irish Permanent beaut.

[DeLorean]

I've had this weird possession affliction ever since my mother never got me the 1990 shirt.

I had the 1990 away one at the time (well post WC90 actually because I had little or no interest when the tournament actually kicked off, my birthday is in August so I suspect that's when the purchase was made). I only watched the Romania game because I was bored at my grandparent's house and that got the ball rolling for me. I had full intentions of watching the Italy game as a result but I was brutally whisked off to Saturday evening mass by my aunt instead. The game was in injury time when we got back. Harsh.

[SkStu]

Incidentally I have the shirt below. Hunted it down for months and eventually came across this spurious website that stocked it and bought it. I have attempted to wear it on numerous occasions but never do. I always end up with my 2001 Irish Permanent beaut.

that jersey and the IP logo will always remind me of Anthony Foley.

[SkStu]

I had the 1990 away one at the time (well post WC90 actually because I had little or no interest when the tournament actually kicked off, my birthday is in August so I suspect that's when the purchase was made). I only watched the Romania game because I was bored at my grandparent's house and that got the ball rolling for me. I had full intentions of watching the Italy game as a result but I was brutally whisked off to Saturday evening mass by my aunt instead. The game was in injury time when we got back. Harsh.

that's pretty much child abuse.

[IsMiseSean]

I think the mild "stigma" or "cringe" (if you could call it that) surrounding usage of "Éire" to refer to the country (even though the term still appears on Irish passports, stamps and coinage too) has to do with it being perceived as more of a partitionist or specific term for the 26-county state than "Ireland". After the 1937 constitution was adopted, the British government insisted on referring to the 26-county state as "Éire/Eire" so as to distinguish from the potentially 32-county term "Ireland", use of which the British government regarded as an anti-partitionist or irredentist attempt by the state (obviously in tandem with the explicit constitutional territorial claim over the north) to lay claim to the whole of the island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_...e.22_v_Ireland

Going slightly of topic but what do most fans call our team? I always refer to us as Ireland.
On English TV & media we're always referred to as Republic of Ireland. Even the Sky graphics say 'ROI' when the actual FIFA 3 letter country code is 'IRL'.

[BonnieShels]

Going slightly of topic but what do most fans call our team? I always refer to us as Ireland.
On English TV & media we're always referred to as Republic of Ireland. Even the Sky graphics say 'ROI' when the actual FIFA 3 letter country code is 'IRL'.

Always always Ireland, never the "republic".

My cup at the Euros had Ireland on it incidentally.

[KrisLetang]

You wore a cup to all the games? Hooligans?

I've never heard anything but Ireland either, unless the chips are down some ppl call the players "nasty buggers."

[DannyInvincible]

Going slightly of topic but what do most fans call our team? I always refer to us as Ireland.
On English TV & media we're always referred to as Republic of Ireland. Even the Sky graphics say 'ROI' when the actual FIFA 3 letter country code is 'IRL'.

Both the FAI and IFA teams used the name "Ireland" prior to the 1950s, so FIFA decreed around the time that we were to be officially known as the "Republic of Ireland" and them as "Northern Ireland" in order to distinguish when the two competed in FIFA competition, but, in conversation, I'd only ever use "Ireland" myself to refer to us. I may use "Republic of Ireland" if I feel the need to use the official title for writing/publishing purposes or something like that.

You mention that Sky Sports and the English media refer to the team as "Republic of Ireland", but RTÉ do the very same.

[IsMiseSean]

You mention that Sky Sports and the English media refer to the team as "Republic of Ireland", but RTÉ do the very same.

I couldn't recall what RTE/Irish media use.
I think RTE use 'IRL' for their graphics but it's usually just the UEFA graphics they use on their broadcasts.

[DannyInvincible]

I couldn't recall what RTE/Irish media use.
I think RTE use 'IRL' for their graphics but it's usually just the UEFA graphics they use on their broadcasts.

You're right actually.



I think that's because they use the UEFA-supplied graphics and codes, but I'm pretty certain they used to use "ROI" or "Rep. of Ireland" in their graphics up until UEFA started supplying the current standardised ones.

See here from the abandoned England friendly at Lansdowne Road in 1995:

[DannyInvincible]

In RTÉ's adverts for games, I'm also pretty sure they'll always refer to us as the "Republic/Rep. of Ireland".

See this advert from September of 2014, for example:

[DannyInvincible]

Although I see RTÉ used "Ireland" in their scoreline graphic for the home game against Holland in 2001:

[tetsujin1979]

The three-character code comes from FIFA, there's a list of them on wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._country_codes
The graphics for the qualifier come from UEFA, which is why they say "European Qualifiers" when they're for the World Cup

[KrisLetang]

I actually asked someone who worked at ESPN why it said ROI and they said IRL is patented by the Indy Racing League (Indy 500). But that can't be true. what if someone patented NY? No one else could us it? The Yankees would be YAN ? And what if Yan can cook already owned YAN, etc?