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Why were the old county crests done away with....it must be nearly 20 years since they were on the jerseys...I personally think they were far nicer than the modern ones, with historical links, family crests and cultural links on them.....I remember the Tipperary one and Kilkenny one were very similar, they both had the Butler coat of arms on them all in connection with the earl of Ormond in medieval times....id love to see them back on the jerseys.....the clare one had the o brien coat of arms also preddan (Kildare) - Posts: 736 - 22/09/2018 14:09:50 2143256 Link 0 |
https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/football/kerrys-modern-new-county-crest-revealed-174186.html Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4225 - 22/09/2018 15:00:34 2143262 Link 3 |
Copyright was the main reason as far as I'm aware. The old crests were too generic or belonged to someone else (e.g. the county council), which meant anybody could use them without having get permission off the county board. The county boards had to create new unique crests they could trademark themselves. CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1643 - 22/09/2018 15:02:08 2143263 Link 2 |
The majority of Kerry fans would pick the old crest also Horsebox77 (Kerry) - Posts: 5491 - 22/09/2018 15:18:52 2143265 Link 2 |
Gaa county boards didn't have copyright ownership of the old crests. tearintom (Wexford) - Posts: 1337 - 22/09/2018 15:21:13 2143266 Link 0 |
The old Louth jerseys had the St Brigid's cross on it. That was up till 2005 when they put on it the new Boyne Cable Bridge at the time just outside of Drogheda. Ironically most of this bridge is in Co. Meath. In 2011 they went back to the St Brigid's cross with a new design on it. OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 22/09/2018 16:21:55 2143272 Link 0 |
Some of the new ones are terrible. Kildare, Kilkenny and Carlow stick out in my mind as being bad. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13707 - 22/09/2018 19:26:47 2143286 Link 2 |
Agree totally that some old ones had more character and a few of the new ones are dreadful. theborderfox (Monaghan) - Posts: 138 - 22/09/2018 22:11:25 2143302 Link 0 |
That's true, I think it was '87 before Meath had a crest on the jersey and it was around that time that counties started using them, very seldom did I see crests on jersies up to that point although I think the Dubs always had the three castles on show and Galway in the 60's seemed to have one too. Anyone remember that Limerick one that was just a white shield on the jersey?? What was that about can anyone tell me?
Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3734 - 23/09/2018 21:36:34 2143415 Link 2 |
Could never really warm to it alright and we've been poor enough at senior level by our standards since its been used! I miss the wolfhound, harp and the tower of Rathoo on the crest. TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 23/09/2018 22:43:00 2143431 Link 1 |
The new Kerry one isn't the worst. It's kinda similar to the Dublin one in that at least a lot of thought went into it and there is some symbolism attached to the new one with Sceilig Mhichíl etc in it. I like it, although the older one was great too. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13707 - 24/09/2018 08:00:47 2143450 Link 2 |
https://www.balls.ie/gaa/balls-literal-meaning-32-gaa-county-crest-104446 theweanling (Cavan) - Posts: 414 - 24/09/2018 11:02:32 2143489 Link 0 |
Well I suppose there was a good bit of thought and effort put into the symbolism of the new crest and (much like the old) how it represented Kerry as a county. But whatever about the designs of the county crests those created by clubs up and down the island can be diabolical at times. There is a few you would see around that you would swear came from giving a child a piece of paper and a couple of crayons and asking them to draw for 10 minutes. Some pretty poor ones in Kerry now such as my crest of my closet football club, St Senans. TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 24/09/2018 15:59:27 2143555 Link 0 |
I know my own club recently had an issue with the soccer club using their crest to sell lotto draw tickets and had to get the crest licensed to prevent it re-occuring. WunderBar (Galway) - Posts: 290 - 25/09/2018 12:00:25 2143690 Link 0 |