Last summer gave birth to something that threatened to tear the Irish nation apart at the seams. On one hand you had those who enjoyed the British twitter reaction to hurling, on the other, you had those that seemed to hate it more than Oliver Cromwell sailing up the Liffey on the HMS Victory while singing God Save The Queen (historically inaccurate, but you get the point).
The argument against these posts went along the lines of 'why do we need our heads patted to tell us our games are great'. And that's a perfectly fine point of view. Everyone can't agree on these things, and just for some balance, here's the Irish twitter reaction to the wonderful news that England have been turfed out of the Cricket World Cup following their 15 run defeat to Bangladesh.
Plenty were keen to point out that this officially means Ireland are the best cricket side in Europe (and the western hemisphere). The majority just wanted to gloat.
On current form would it be better if Ireland took England's place in the Ashes?
— Emlyn Begley (@EmlynBegley) March 9, 2015
Does this mean Ireland are better than England at cricket now too???
— Shane Lowry (@ShaneLowryGolf) March 9, 2015
Must not gloat. Must not gloat “@DavidClinchNews: England out of the #CWC15 Cricket World Cup. Ireland still in: pic.twitter.com/CK0sdjLQ0Q”
— Mark Little (@marklittlenews) March 9, 2015
England don't get out of their Group and crash out of Cricket World Cup. Ireland march on and will fly the flag for Europe. @Irelandcricket
— Gavin Duffy (@GavinDuffy) March 9, 2015
Congratulations @Irelandcricket No other European team can now get 6 points in #CWC15 #BackingGreen pic.twitter.com/uC5sZ156cw
— Keith Mills (@KeithMillsD7) March 9, 2015
Ireland have lasted longer in the Cricket World Cup than England. What a day to be alive.
— Kyle Walsh (@kwalsh96) March 9, 2015
If you're really quick England Cricket fans...there's some room left on our bandwagon 😜😜 #BackingGreen 🍀
— Emma Wheatley (@EmmaAWheatley) March 9, 2015
Then, there was the whole issue of Eoin Morgan. Quite a few people were happy to make the 'secret agent Morgan' joke.
You can return to base now agent Morgan... Operation "Make Them A Laughing Stock" is complete!! #ecb #cwc2015 #backinggreen #engvban
— David O'Brien (@Dob_MichaelAs) March 9, 2015
Secret agent Eoin Morgan return to base ...Morgan out for a duck & England out of World Cup #cwc 😉
— Diarmuid (@DD2705) March 9, 2015
Come in Agent Morgan, your job is done #CricketWorldCup #BackingGreen
— Tomás Sheehan (@TomasSheehan) March 9, 2015
While others were happy to see him struggle.
Stick that up your arse Eoin Morgan!! Traitor!! #ENGvBAN #BackingGreen
— Declan Rooney (@DeclanRooney) March 9, 2015
This is what Eoin Morgan gets for being greedy thinking he'd actually win something with England! #Ireland #CWC15 pic.twitter.com/MVAYoUF6jO
— Robbie Mulcaire (@RobbieMulcaire) March 9, 2015
And more were hoping that he could come back home.
Sweet god that's shocking by @ECB_cricket & I feel for @Eoin16, time for him to come home #BackingGreen
— Kevin McLaughlin (@kevymac77) March 9, 2015
So when do we roll out the red carpet for Eoin Morgan's return?
The grass isn't always greener on the other side...— Ashbourne Cricket (@meathcricket) March 9, 2015
Any chance we could have Eoin Morgan back now @ECB_cricket? #BackingGreen
— Rob (@robquinlan7) March 9, 2015
(Not a reaction from Ireland, but it seemed like it should be included)
13th March 2017: Date Eoin Morgan will be eligible for Ireland, assuming he's dropped after Afghanistan game and never plays for Eng again.
— Andrew Nixon (@andrewnixon79) March 9, 2015
So, everyone staying up until 1 am to watch Ireland take on India tonight? #BackingGreen
