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21st Jan 2017

What every intercounty GAA jersey would look like if AFCON became an All-Ireland

Stranger things haven't happened, or maybe not

Ben Kiely

There’s a lot to like about AFCON, but one of the best parts of every tournament is the wonderful and occasionally wacky jerseys on display.

Unitards, sleeveless shirts… the big daddy of international football competitions on the continent of Africa has seen kits of all shapes and sizes and, as an experiment, we wanted to see how some of these designs would translate over to the Irish national games.

Anyone who just wants to see some different incarnations of GAA jerseys can skip past the next couple of paragraphs and go straight to Antrim. The jersey, not the county, but you’re already in Antrim that’s fine too.

Those cats who require some sort of highly implausible story to enjoy a set of photoshops can stick with us. If you have disbelief get ready to suspend and if you have tin foil hats get ready to put them on because we’re taking you on a journey.

It’s the not too distant future and the GAA have successfully brokered a deal to bring their games to AFCON for some reason (we’ve never claimed to be Philip K. Dick, there will be plot holes aplenty). The only requirement is that they must create new kits for each county based off past ones from any nation that has taken part in qualification for AFCON. Again, the reason is not given. The following is the result of this far-fetched premise.

Antrim – Eritrea 2015

Armagh – Ivory Coast 2017

Carlow – DR Congo 2017

Cavan – Nigeria 2014

Clare – Gabon 2015

Cork – South Sudan 2015

Derry – Mali 2017

Donegal – Senegal 2017

Down – Egypt 2017

Dublin  – Togo 2015

Fermanagh – Algeria 2015

 

Galway – Morocco 2012

Kerry – South Africa 2015

Kildare – Namibia 2014

Kilkenny – Ghana 2015

Laois – Ivory Coast 2015

Leitrim – Uganda 2017

Limerick – Zambia 2014

Longford – Cameroon 2012

Louth – Nigeria 2015

Mayo – Senegal 2015

Meath – Cameroon 2017

Monaghan – Ghana 2017

Offaly – Sierra Leone 2014

Roscommon – Zimbabwe 2017

Sligo – Togo 2012

Tipperary – Sierra Leone 2015

 

Tyrone – Tunisia 2014

Waterford – Comoros 2016

Westmeath – Angola 2012

Wexford – Rwanda 2015

Wicklow – South Africa 2009