Connaught game

[Dave]

Never trust a tingle.

[damianmcr]

Could be an STD

[Tender]

And I just happen to be at the Dermatology Dept at the RVH! Coincidence?

[Rooster]

This is not looking good

[Dave]

This is not looking good

Are you with Tender?

[Rooster]

This is not looking good

Are you with Tender?

No I'm at the crematorium

[Dave]

This is not looking good

Are you with Tender?

No I'm at the crematorium

That escalated quickly. So he is longer with us.

[Rooster]

This is not looking good

Are you with Tender?

No I'm at the crematorium

That escalated quickly. So he is longer with us.

Not that I know off unless he has scratched himself to death.

[Dave]

RIP Tender.

He went out like a top shagger though.

[BaggyTrousers]

Why can none of youse spell Connacht right?

I'd have said that Connaught is to Connacht as Ireland is to Eire and you're not supposed to call
Ireland, Eire if you're writing in English or you'll always getting someone complaining about it.

And you'd be wrong. There's a clue in how Connacht Rugby spell Connacht.

Thank God you said it, PWR, I think Smallmind has had enough of my educational methods for one day.

As for the match: BUZZIN, just Buzzin. 8:35 pm can't come around early enough.

[Shan]

Ulster should win at home against Connacht. Simple as that. If they don't win they need to come up with answers.

[Dave]

Ulster should win at home against Connacht. Simple as that. If they don't win they need to come up with answers.

Do you think we have the team to beat them though? I'm looking at their backline in particular.

[WeeWorld]

Why can none of youse spell Connacht right?

I'd have said that Connaught is to Connacht as Ireland is to Eire and you're not supposed to call
Ireland, Eire if you're writing in English or you'll always getting someone complaining about it.

And you'd be wrong. There's a clue in how Connacht Rugby spell Connacht.

https://webarchive.oireachtas.ie/parlia ... reland.pdf

[Shan]

Ulster should win at home against Connacht. Simple as that. If they don't win they need to come up with answers.

Do you think we have the team to beat them though? I'm looking at their backline in particular.

I think that Connacht, for all the fancy play they are capable of, have a soft centre which should be exposed by any reasonable home team. Of course if Ulster gift them chances they have the ammo to run in a few tries which would make things difficult. However if I was an Ulsterman I would not be happy with a defeat at home to this team. Though that is not to say I wouldn't have my own concerns about the strength of my own team.

I think I may have covered the lot there Dave.

[pwrmoore]

Why can none of youse spell Connacht right?

I'd have said that Connaught is to Connacht as Ireland is to Eire and you're not supposed to call
Ireland, Eire if you're writing in English or you'll always getting someone complaining about it.

And you'd be wrong. There's a clue in how Connacht Rugby spell Connacht.

https://webarchive.oireachtas.ie/parlia ... reland.pdf

Does everyone on this site answer without first reading earlier posts. I explained earlier how Connaught was the official spelling during British rule in Ireland and how it has fallen more and more into disuse and you try to counter this by showing an undated historical map from the Taoiseach's website. The map in question still has Laois designated as "Queen's County" which suggests it is from before 1922.

The name comes from the medieval ruling dynasty, the Connacht, later Connachta, whose name means "descendants of Conn", from the mythical king Conn of the Hundred Battles. Originally Connacht was a singular collective noun, but it came to be used only in the plural Connachta, partly by analogy with plural names of other dynastic territories like Ulaid and Laigin, and partly because the Connachta split into different branches. Before the Connachta dynasty, the province (cúige, "fifth") was known as Cóiced Ol nEchmacht. In Modern Irish, the province is usually called Cúige Chonnacht, "the Province of Connacht", where Chonnacht is plural genitive case with lenition of the C to Ch.

The usual English spelling in Ireland since the Gaelic revival is Connacht, the spelling of the disused Irish singular. The official English spelling during English and British rule was the anglicisation Connaught, pronounced /kɒnɔːt/ or /kɒnət/.This was used for the Connaught Rangers in the British Army; in the title of Queen Victoria's son Arthur, Duke of Connaught; and the Connaught Hotel, London, named after the Duke in 1917. Usage of the Connaught spelling is now in decline. State bodies use Connacht, for example in Central Statistics Office census reports since 1926, and the name of the Connacht–Ulster European Parliament constituency of 1979–2004, although Connaught occurs in some statutes. Among newspapers, the Connaught Telegraph (founded 1830) retains the anglicised spelling in its name, whereas the Connacht Tribune (founded 1909) uses the Gaelic. Connacht Rugby who represent the region and are based in Galway, use the Gaelic spelling also.

Connaught is an acceptable variant spelling though it is generally only used as the official spelling by a few organisations (see above). The Connacht provincial rugby team uses the spelling "Connacht".