True story: I was at Ballinalsoe's Junior All Ireland championships celebrations in Tommy Mayes and the Addison in Glasnevin and heard many stories of a sign floating around Croker Sunday afternoon that read: 'You'll ding dong tonight'. I chuckled, sure, but shorn of photographic evidence, I refused to acknowledge its existence. But thanks to youtube's PodgeyMcQ, we have found proof. The sign, along with its companion 'Who'll mind the town?' made the journey from Dublin to Ballinalsoe on Sunday evening and was there in The Town to welcome home the triumphant team, appearing around the 1.17 mark of this video.
You'll ding dong tonight. Have truer, more profound words ever been put to signage and displayed prominently at a GAA event? It makes 'Down with this sort of thing' look like the work of the people who write the Dave McSavage show.
UPDATE: A number of loyal Ballinasloe readers have been in touch to explain the origins of the 'You'll Ding Dong Tonight' saying. Apparently, it's a commonly repeated line of legend of The Town Georgie Grehan, who sees "the club colours out of a biscuit tin in local pubs." "You'll ding dong tonight" is a phrase he patented.
We're glad Georgie's prognostication has finally come true.
