Last Sunday I went to Dublin to Croke Park to see GAA games - Gaelic Football (Kerry vs Monaghan) and Hurling (Waterford vs Limerick). I went there with my friends (1 German, 1 English and 2 Spanish). I have known that both disciplines are very important for almost all Irish, but I have realised that on the train to Dublin. It was blue and white inside - full of Waterford supporters. At Heuston station colours mixed together - blue white (Waterford and Monaghan) with green white (Limerick) and green yellow (Kerry). We took a walk from the station to the stadium. At the corner of O’Connell’s Street my friends went into the sport shop to buy some jerseys. As far the sport shop and jerseys are concerned, there is one strange thing that I can not understand. You can buy soccer or rugby jerseys of almost every national team of the world, and jerseys of many English soccer clubs, but… you can not get jersey of national team of England. C’mon lads… isn’t it ridiculous? I know… all the plagues of the world are the fault of bloody Brits, but you support English soccer teams (i.e. Man Utd) but it is still an offence to buy white jersey with the red cross. I am trying to guess how German symbols, flags, jerseys and other things should be banned in Poland if we would have the same attitude. nevermind, it was just my small digression. Maybe some of you can explain me what is going on, because I really can not understand something like that.
We entered the Croke Park, nice stadium, that look like a bit of the Star Wars decoration 
I was expecting white imperial troopers , but honestly - I like the stadium.
The first match was Gaelic football, Monaghan vs Kerry. I found the game very dynamic. For the both halfs Monaghan seemed to be faster and better, and even they scored more points, but finally Kerry won.
The next game was hurling, Waterford vs Limerick. Hurling seems to be even more dynamic and for sure brutal or aggressive. I have seen angry players who were just about to start to fight on the pitch. The only problem is the small ball, very hard to follow with an eye. Waterford was very slow, they were not enough accurate contrary to the Limerick team. They were fast, accurate and they were actually ruling on the pitch.
Here is some photos (unfortunately taken not with my Konica/Minolta A1, but with my mobile - Nokia N73)
Having coffe during one of the breaks I have spotted nice anti “Love Ulster” graffiti:
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