The sad news came through yesterday that soccer legend Shay Given had decided to retire from the Republic of Ireland after a 20-year
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Like most players these days, Given took to Twitter to post his retirement statement.
Thanks to all the irish fans around the world 🙏🇮🇪🙏🍀🍀🍀 pic.twitter.com/KSS1U6yZPl
— Shay Given (@No1shaygiven) July 28, 2016
As they usually are with these sorts of things, Sky Sports News were quick to jump on the story.
However, things got a little tricky for the presenters as they tried to get their heads around the “Go raibh maith agat” at the end of Given’s statement.
@paddypower Sky Sports News presenter giving Shay Given a proper irish spoken tribute. 😅😅😂 pic.twitter.com/GcejA3Yqbj
— Adrian McGeown (@AdrianMcGeown) July 28, 2016
To be fair, we think the second guy has a right good stab at it and we all know how bloody hard Irish is to learn.
Hat Tip: JOE.ie and SportsJOE.ie