Noel Gallagher; loves Gaelic football, not so sure about hurling

Noel Gallagher may have played, and scored, at Croke Park as a youngster but he won’t be picking up a hurley any time soon.

Noel Gallagher was in Ireland yesterday as he played support for the Red Hot Chilli Peppers in Croke Park. As he returns later in the year for a gig at Marley Park (with Kasabian, tickets on sale this Friday), the former Oasis man held a press conference that was as entertaining as always.

Gallagher recalled playing at GAA HQ back in the 1980s on a Gaelic football team from Manchester that played Kilmacud.

"It's all done up now. I'm not sure there was even seats. I scored a point but I can't remember at which end," he said in quotes carried in the Irish Independent.

With family roots in Mayo, Noel revealed that his older brother Paul keeps an eye on how they fare, and he has even been to a few games himself.

However, Noel’s love of Gaelic games doesn’t extend to hurling.

"It (Gaelic football) is a great game and quite exciting but hurling ? F*** that. That's like gang war with sticks. I'm not too sure about that. Any sport where you have to wear a helmet is wrong," he said.

Noel needs to take a trip to Kilkenny, they will show him the error of his ways.

And before he finished up he even had a few kind words for our own Roy Keane. Despite the Corkman playing for Manchester United, arch-rivals to Noel beloved City, the singer described him as one of the top five Premier League players ever. And when asked about Keane’s comments on Ireland fans, Gallagher responded: "Roy is pure comedy. He should take over the Ireland job if he thinks he can do it better than anyone else.

"I've never met him but he probably hates me like everybody else," he said.

We don’t hate you Noel but you need to get into hurling.