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PICS: Irish sports stars would be best advised to steer clear of this age predicting website

Published 13:06 1 May 2015 BST

Updated 13:09 1 May 2015 BST

Patrick McCarry
PICS: Irish sports stars would be best advised to steer clear of this age predicting website

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Hardly anyone comes out of this looking well.

May 1, 2015 became the phrase 'Luck of the Irish' was replaced with 'Gnarled, withered, straining face of the Irish'. Newly launched age-predicting site How Old has been creating a social media storm over the past 48 hours. Using new Microsoft face and age recognition technology, the site claims to be as close to accurate as counting the candles on your birthday cake. SportsJOE decided to check how old the internet reckons some of Ireland's sporting stars are. RORY MCILROY & BRIAN O'DRISCOLL Retirement not agreeing with BOD here, while Rory may be advised to look into the Seniors Tour. HOW OLD 12 ANDY LEE They say boxing does nothing for your looks. Poor (30-year) old Andy may have to agree. HOW OLD 10 DICK CLERKIN, BERNARD BROGAN & SEAN CAVANAGH No-one emerges intact from this prediction massacre. HOW OLD 9 JACK MCCAFFREY Is 21. An old head on young shoulders? HOW OLD 8 PAUL GALVIN The Kerryman, and wondrous Instagram poster, is 35 years young. HOW OLD 7 ROY KEANE 'Dowcha boy!' HOW OLD 16 SHANE LONG Surely the 28-year-old should get years off for the tongue wagging expression? HOW OLD 5 COLM COOPER The Gooch was once referred to as a baby-faced assassin. Those days, it seems, are gone. HOW OLD 4 PAUL O'CONNELL & DONNCHA O'CALLAGHAN Six months is the real difference between Paulie (35) and Donners (36), not six years. HOW OLD 3 DAVY FITZGERALD Who wants to break the news to the 43-year-old Clare hurling boss? HOW OLD 2 GORDON D'ARCY Maybe it is time to retire after all Darce. HOW OLD 1 What about the SportsJOE lads? Well, we will never visit the damnable site again, that's for sure... HOW OLD 15

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