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GAA club selling commemorative Shane MacGowan jerseys ahead of All-Ireland clash
A GAA Club is flogging commemorative Shane MacGowan jerseys ahead of Tipperary's clash with Laois in the All-Ireland quarter finals.
Priced at €54, Shannon Rovers GAA Club are selling the blue and yellow jerseys, with the late Pogues singer's face emblazoned across the bottom.
In a statement on their Facebook page, Shannon Rovers GAA Club wrote: 'We have had a lot of people looking to get their hands on the Tipperary Shane MacGowan Commemorative jerseys as Tipp enter the All-Ireland series next weekend.
'Hopefully we will get a few days out in Croke Park and an opportunity to wear our commemorative jerseys.
'To answer the call, we will now be selling our jerseys in a number of locations from this Monday coming. Check out the poster for more info.
"We will also have a pop up shop for one day only in Nenagh (beside Easons) on Saturday June 14th. Please note stock is limited!
'As always you can still order online through our web-shop. Alan Tynan, O' Reilly Sports and of course the Tipperary senior hurling team are showing off the commemorative jersey in the image.'
Shane's sister Siobhan also backed the initiative.
She recently opened up in a YouTube documentary called The Local about Shane's love for Tipperary and how Ireland 'shaped' his identity.
She said Shane – who died in November 2023 – found Ireland's way of life much easier to live in.
She said: 'I think if Shane would describe his connection to Nenagh in Tipperary to people that he just had loved them since he was a child like you know, I think that Shane's connection to Tipperary and Ireland in general, really shaped Shane's identity, because when we were in England, dad made it very clear to us that we were Irish.
'We weren't brought up as English, so we had a lot of Irish culture in England, even so, between music and books and the culture exposed to at home.
'But when Shane came over to Ireland, I think he really fit in. He found the way of life much easier.
'He didn't like the strictness in school, I suppose, everywhere, but the schools in England were very strict. Life was more strict, more structured, more ordered. And he actually loved the freedom of Tipperary and the easiness of the Irish people.'
