Popular Post cruiseliner64 Posted Tuesday at 12:40 AM Popular Post Share Posted Tuesday at 12:40 AM Hi all,I'd like to tell you of something that happened to me yesterday but first a bit of background to the story.Ireland is a very small country pop.about 4million people.Every year soccer clubs around the country compete for the FAI cup the highest trophy in the game here.Winning it is equal to a team winning the Super Bowl in the U.S. Drogheda the city were we live has a club called Drogheda United Football Club(DUFC) who won the trophy on the 10th of Nov leading to great celebrations in the city.Now to get to see the trophy is great but to touch it is an honour most dont get.One of my good friends,who lives beside me,his daughter is Public Relations Official for DUFC.Yesterday I was out cleaning and polishing the Cruiseliner when both my friend and his daughter came over and shoved the cup in my hands and said "smile"...The following picture says it all.To have the cup,our Cruiseliner and me in the same photo is something i'll never forget.Hope you all enjoy the story.... Paul 5 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74768-cruiseliner-and-the-cup/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted Tuesday at 01:33 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 01:33 AM Right on man that’s a great deal and that truck never gets tiring. Thank you so much for the photo…/ bob 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74768-cruiseliner-and-the-cup/#findComment-562193 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted Tuesday at 01:36 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 01:36 AM That is AWESOME Sir !! What an Honor.. if BMT has a wall of fame, I say this picture should be on it... beautiful !! 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74768-cruiseliner-and-the-cup/#findComment-562194 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBWhite Posted Tuesday at 04:05 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:05 AM That is awesome! They should make the truck the team mascot! 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74768-cruiseliner-and-the-cup/#findComment-562197 Share on other sites More sharing options...
D2Denny Posted 13 hours ago Share Posted 13 hours ago Great looking Cruiseliner. Glad Macks have a presence in Ireland. My grandfather was from Doona in County Mayo and my grandmother was a Kennedy from County Wexford. As a small lad in Cleveland Ohio in the early 50's I was taken to a few Irish Football (soccer} matches. Most of the players were "Greenhorns" fresh from Ireland. Grandma and Grandpa always sponsored an Irish immigrant and housed them in a spare room in the basement until they could get on their feet. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74768-cruiseliner-and-the-cup/#findComment-562327 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago 1/4 Irish here too. moms father was a Farley from County Cavan. her mother was a Dowds from Edinburgh 1 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74768-cruiseliner-and-the-cup/#findComment-562329 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseliner64 Posted 6 hours ago Author Share Posted 6 hours ago 7 hours ago, D2Denny said: Great looking Cruiseliner. Glad Macks have a presence in Ireland. My grandfather was from Doona in County Mayo and my grandmother was a Kennedy from County Wexford. As a small lad in Cleveland Ohio in the early 50's I was taken to a few Irish Football (soccer} matches. Most of the players were "Greenhorns" fresh from Ireland. Grandma and Grandpa always sponsored an Irish immigrant and housed them in a spare room in the basement until they could get on their feet. Macks dont have a big presence in Ireland even though Macks were assembled in Dublin in the 1970s.As of now i only know of 3 other Macks here.I am trying to find if there are any more.There were quite a few here back in the 70/80s but most were worn out or exported.We imported our Cruiseliner from the UK.Thats a nice story about your granparents,plainly good people.County Cavan is not far from us here.About 18miles to the Cavan border.Wexford is about 80miles away.Local by U.S.standards!!! Paul 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74768-cruiseliner-and-the-cup/#findComment-562341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago Paul,,, I have to say,,,, I really like reading what you post... you strike me as a Hell of a nice guy... Jojo 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74768-cruiseliner-and-the-cup/#findComment-562342 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseliner64 Posted 6 hours ago Author Share Posted 6 hours ago 4 hours ago, tjc transport said: 1/4 Irish here too. moms father was a Farley from County Cavan. her mother was a Dowds from Edinburgh The Irish turn up every where!!!We are a small nation..... Paul 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74768-cruiseliner-and-the-cup/#findComment-562343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseliner64 Posted 6 hours ago Author Share Posted 6 hours ago 2 minutes ago, Joey Mack said: Paul,,, I have to say,,,, I really like reading what you post... you strike me as a Hell of a nice guy... Jojo Thanks Jojo,well i can only say the same for you.The help and encourgement we got from you and others on here is amazing.Our Cruiseliner would not even be driving yet only for you.Maybe we'll have a few cols beers someday... Paul 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74768-cruiseliner-and-the-cup/#findComment-562344 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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