US Marines GAA team to take part in hurling festivals in Ireland – VIDEO
The Wild Geese take part in hurling contest in the home of GAA
Published Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 7:31 AM
Updated Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 2:25 PM
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Bythebay | May 30, 2012, 12:03 PM EDT
The Wild Geese Hurling Team of the United States Marine Corps are one and the same. Americans apparently can't read either. "Wild Geese" were Irish soldiers who left to serve as mercenaries in continental European armies in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Another apparent unknown fact of Irish history by Americans.
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crny925 | May 30, 2012, 10:29 AM EDT
Bythebay... what do you call yourself sitting behind a keyboard? Collecting the dole, I'm sure!
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joan1954 | May 30, 2012, 10:29 AM EDT
Bythebay, are you sure they call themselves the "Wild Geese". I read the first paragraph as "The Wild Geese, a hurling club and a contingent of the US Marines". I look at that title as two separate teams. If indeed the Wild Geese is the Marine's name of their team, it should have been described differently such, perhaps, as The Wild Geese, a contingent of US Marines who play hurling, and stationed in Suffolk, England will participate in an international hurling match in Thurles.
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Murph46 | May 30, 2012, 10:13 AM EDT
So byethebutt you call yourself human???
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Bythebay | May 30, 2012, 10:05 AM EDT
So these Americans have called themselves "Wild Geese" after the Irish soldiers who left to serve as mercenaries in continental European armies in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries???
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