DUBLIN GAA: Paul Ryan- The US Politician Or The Hurler?
Paul Ryan may be one of the big hitters in US politics, but that doesn’t matter a jot in Ireland.
The Speaker of the US House of Representatives has become a close ally of US President Donald Trump since his inauguration in January.
Ryan also has close ancestral ties with Ireland, with his family originally coming from Kilkenny and Tipperary.
But that means absolutely nothing when you’re in Ireland.
If you’re not a hurler, you’re nothing, as Ryan found out on a recent visit, as he was mixed up with the Ballyboden St Endas hurler of the same name:
Fast forward to 1 minute in, as Ryan was speaking around the St Patrick's Day celebrations in Washington DC: