Comments on: Kippure Mountain & Me http://bakkerbugle.com/blog/2008/08/02/kippure-mountain-me/ Say it three times fast. In Luxembourgish. Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:59:40 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Olympic “Nations” — Who Decides? Part 1 | Bakker Bugle Blog http://bakkerbugle.com/blog/2008/08/02/kippure-mountain-me/#comment-7125 Olympic “Nations” — Who Decides? Part 1 | Bakker Bugle Blog Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:03:20 +0000 http://bakkerbugle.com/blog/?p=279#comment-7125 [...] asked, Great Britain enters a team into the Olympics, not the UK. So, I think that England, Wales, and [...] [...] asked, Great Britain enters a team into the Olympics, not the UK. So, I think that England, Wales, and [...]

]]> By: Dave http://bakkerbugle.com/blog/2008/08/02/kippure-mountain-me/#comment-7087 Dave Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:34:38 +0000 http://bakkerbugle.com/blog/?p=279#comment-7087 This has nothing to do with Kippure Mountain- Question for you, Will. Since I've got Olympic fever, I thought I'd ask the one question that gets me every time this event rolls around. I'm very confused about entry by the countries of the British Isles into various international sporting events. Great Britain enters a team into the Olympics, not the UK. So, I think that England, Wales, and Scotland play as one team. I think that Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland also play as one team in the Olympics. In FIFA Soccer competitions, all of these "countries" enter their own teams. What's going on? Note that this is even weirder considering that Puerto Rico, a territory of the US, has it's own team in the Olympics. I just don't get it. This has nothing to do with Kippure Mountain-

Question for you, Will. Since I’ve got Olympic fever, I thought I’d ask the one question that gets me every time this event rolls around. I’m very confused about entry by the countries of the British Isles into various international sporting events. Great Britain enters a team into the Olympics, not the UK. So, I think that England, Wales, and Scotland play as one team. I think that Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland also play as one team in the Olympics. In FIFA Soccer competitions, all of these “countries” enter their own teams. What’s going on?

Note that this is even weirder considering that Puerto Rico, a territory of the US, has it’s own team in the Olympics. I just don’t get it.

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