We never knew you could make a living out of being a Freelance Sperm Donor.
The Ulster San Francisco Gaelic football team are gunning for a senior championship final this weekend in Treasure Island and Joe Duffy’s side are having a bit of craic in their preparations for the decider.
In fairness, all of the Irish GAA players who flock in America to play GAA for the summer always seem to have a bit of craic. With the club scene put on hold until August in most counties nowadays, some club players and inter-county lads who’s counties are knocked out of the championship early on in the summer make the journey Stateside.
There’s a strong Irish connection all over America none-more-so than in San Francisco, where well known inter-county players such as Waterford’s Patrick Curran and Tipperary’s Michael Breen are basing themselves for the summer.
Obviously, it’s not taken as seriously as back home but it’s certainly a good way to keep the competitive juices flowing while seeing parts of the world that many of these explorers have never gotten the chance to explore before.
Ulster club San Fran are one of the Bay area’s most prominent football clubs. From Tipperary senior Emmet Moloney to Dublin star Shane Carthy, they lured a number of highly rated young footballers over to California this year.
In preparation for their final against Young Islanders St Brendan’s on Sunday, and in a bid to promote the good GAA work going on over on the other side of the world, the club created a website with match updates via their blog and a number of other interesting features. Their player profiles in particular, turned heads.
You can view all of the team’s pen pics/player profiles here on the Dubh agus Ómra site, but we’ve selected what we thought were the best of them.
It was the players’ occupations which really set the place alight. Clearly, the boys were taking the piss.
Dublin star Shane Carthy earns his crust as a Freelance Sperm Donor.
Meanwhile, former Laois under-21 Colm Murphy puts food on the table by giving his verdict on cheese.
Tipperary senior football corner back Emmet Maloney likes to refer to himself as a Stock replenishment technician, but he knows he’s just a shelf stacker.
Jonny Connolly looks at surf boards for a living while Fergal Nugent will be saying mass soon.
Jack McEnteggart has mastered the art of installing light bulbs while David McComiskey is interested in all things pornography.
Last but not least, Armagh’s Gregory Loughran is a connoisseur of the pints.
You can tune into the Dubh agus Ómra website for updates on Sunday’s game and much more about GAA over in America.
