Hardly anyone comes out of this looking well.
May 1, 2015 became the phrase ‘Luck of the Irish’ was replaced with ‘Gnarled, withered, straining face of the Irish’.
Newly launched age-predicting site How Old has been creating a social media storm over the past 48 hours.
Using new Microsoft face and age recognition technology, the site claims to be as close to accurate as counting the candles on your birthday cake.
SportsJOE decided to check how old the internet reckons some of Ireland’s sporting stars are.
RORY MCILROY & BRIAN O’DRISCOLL
Retirement not agreeing with BOD here, while Rory may be advised to look into the Seniors Tour.
ANDY LEE
They say boxing does nothing for your looks. Poor (30-year) old Andy may have to agree.
DICK CLERKIN, BERNARD BROGAN & SEAN CAVANAGH
No-one emerges intact from this prediction massacre.
JACK MCCAFFREY
Is 21. An old head on young shoulders?
PAUL GALVIN
The Kerryman, and wondrous Instagram poster, is 35 years young.
ROY KEANE
‘Dowcha boy!’
SHANE LONG
Surely the 28-year-old should get years off for the tongue wagging expression?
COLM COOPER
The Gooch was once referred to as a baby-faced assassin. Those days, it seems, are gone.
PAUL O’CONNELL & DONNCHA O’CALLAGHAN
Six months is the real difference between Paulie (35) and Donners (36), not six years.
DAVY FITZGERALD
Who wants to break the news to the 43-year-old Clare hurling boss?
GORDON D’ARCY
Maybe it is time to retire after all Darce.
What about the SportsJOE lads? Well, we will never visit the damnable site again, that’s for sure…
