"If whinging was an Olympic sport, we Gaels would be unbeatable Often in the hostelries around Thurles before big Munster championship games you'll hear it observed that Nietzsche's oeuvre is a latticework of recurring ideas and radical rejections. And yet it is Nietzsche's doctrine of eternal recurrence that best illustrates his GAA-ness. The notion that time is a squared circle, that everything repeats ad nauseam. But most especially the GAA news cycle."
"Often in the hostelries around Thurles before big Munster championship games you'll hear it observed that Nietzsche's oeuvre is a latticework of recurring ideas and radical rejections. And yet it is Nietzsche's doctrine of eternal recurrence that best illustrates his GAA-ness. The notion that time is a squared circle, that everything repeats ad nauseam. But most especially the GAA news cycle."
In Thurles hostelries before big Munster championship games people often invoke Nietzsche, describing his oeuvre as a latticework of recurring ideas and radical rejections. Nietzsche's doctrine of eternal recurrence is likened to GAA culture because time feels circular and events repeat endlessly. The notion of a squared circle captures the sensation that stories, grievances, tactical debates and triumphs recur ad nauseam. The GAA news cycle exemplifies that repetition, with familiar narratives resurfacing every season. Supporter conversations, managerial controversies, and match-day rituals routinely recycle the same motifs and complaints.
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