QuoteOffaly born grandmother, Belfast born grandfather I think. Qualifies for us through both and for the north through the grandfather. Obviously if he's capped in either of these games he's tied to us.Originally Posted by Olé Olé
Yep - both maternal grandparents. I wonder does his name from his mother or does his father also Irish roots?
Offaly born grandmother, Belfast born grandfather I think. Qualifies for us through both and for the north through the grandfather. Obviously if he's capped in either of these games he's tied to us.
Comes across a nice well spoken lad. Hes a welcome addition. I remember seeing him play a couple years ago before I knew there was any connection and he really stood out during the game. His name was noticeable too, but he kept popping up doing good things all through the game.
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Could be the trigger for good things !
Yep. Always happy to see a strong link and a kid who's happy to be here. And who knows about the country.
although I recall Liam George saying Gary Doherty was Donegal through and through but hadn't a clue about Ireland, whereas he was only 'half-Irish' and was obsessed with knowing as much as he could about Ireland
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Gary Doherty…
A friend of mine was on trial at Spurs when Gary Doherty and Stephen Kelly were at the club, back when he was an underage international.
Said Stephen Kelly was incredibly nice, went out of his way to be helpful and just made them feel really welcome and Gary Doherty was the exact opposite.
My friend, who’s father is Arabic and his mother is irish was on trial with another lad from his club who I’d say most on the forum would know of. There was an incident in digs with an Israeli kid who Spurs had signed kid for big money who they had been training with. He found out my friend was part Arabic and started insulting him and calling him names and saying things about Arabs in general. The other irish kid went straight up to him and punched him, which defused the situation.
They got sent home and Gary Doherty wrote a letter both to their club and to the FAI complaining about their behaviour, saying they had let everyone down and asking that they not be allowed go on trial again. He had a load of big trials lined up and was devastated by it.
Both players signed for premier league teams the following summer that they had already been on trial with but my friend felt very aggrieved about Gary Doherty being involved in it and was still bitter about it a decade later.
The club he ended up signing for were not a club he would have gone to - and he felt it wasn’t a great environment at the time but he had less options that he could have expected. He also felt that it soured relations in the FAI and he got a bad name for something he had very little to do with.
He got a serious knee injury in his last year at the academy and the club were having massive finance issues and they released him rather than paying for the knee operation he was supposed to get done in Colorado.
He ended up signing for a LoI club but for him and his family, it was a real sliding doors moment in their life, his teammate punching the Israeli kid and Gary Doherty escalating the situation.
My dad namechecked Gary Doherty in his speech at my wedding. I think it was an ad lib moment.
Doherty's father was/is from Donegal and his mother was/is from Kerry. I think he may have been born in Donegal too.
He's from Carndonagh.
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Yeah, so the post that has kicked this off whereby Liam George reckoned Doherty "hadn't a clue about Ireland" doesn't sound right if he's born in Donegal to two Irish parents. Maybe he was less curious than George because he just didn't have to dig too deep.
He moved to England when he was very young I think, so he probably doesn't remember living in Ireland.
Yes. The point George was making was that Doherty was very much Irish but didn't know the first thing about the place (even though he was born here). Doherty moved over as a kid. Evidenced by his strong Cockney accent. Big Irish head on him though
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