My passport is in! I still can't beleive I had to wait 23 years to have a reason to get one, but who cares really. My prof. sent me the readings that he's requiring his Globilization in Sport class to read before taking our adventure to Ireland. I haven't read them yet, so today's fact isn't from anything academic. It's just that the whole point of this here trip is to experience sport in another country. What kind of sports do they got over there? Well I'm glad you asked.
Gaelic football is the most popular sport in Ireland in terms of match attendance and community involvement, and represents 34% of total sports attendances at events in Ireland and abroad, followed by hurling at 23%, soccer at 16% and rugby at 8% and the All-Ireland Football Final is the most watched event in Ireland's sporting calendar.
Actually I've been cultured all along, seeing as how I've played soccer my whole life and soccer is THE sport of the world. I just love everything about it. Too bad no one else in America does. But I've always had this weird interest in Cricket. First of all, I just really like that a sport is called Cricket. I don't really know all the rules and I've only seen a few clips of it on tv, but if baseball and kickball had a baby, it would be Cricket. I feel like you have to be wicked athletic to play it or be a student at Hogwarts or somethnig but I would love to give it a try. Ireland's Cricket team played in the 2007 World Cup and was one of the final 8 teams. The next Cricket World Cup will happen in 2011 in India, Shri Lanka, Bangladesh and ending in Mumbai. Anyone who's reading this is bored.
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