Well, if you love sports and specially basketball you probably do.
What has this to do with the Irish?...
Who is this guy?...
Why is he wearing these clothes?...
All these questions you'll probably be wondering about will be answered in this post.
Ladies and gentlemen, you're going to let me introduce this image; this is the logo of the franchise of the Boston Celtics, one of the best basketball teams of all times, this is a classic of the NBA.
Image belonging to the official site of the boston celtics: http://www.nba.com/celtics
And, is it related to the Irish? Yes, listen; after the Great Famine in the middle of the nineteenth century in Ireland, a great part of the population had to leave their country to move to the United States looking for new lives. The first cities populated by Irish people were in the east coast of the USA. Boston became one of the centers to the arrival of Irish people.
That's the reason why Walter Brown (owner of the franchise) decided to choose a Leprechaun (wearing a waistcoat full of shamrocks) as a symbol of the team, because of the influence of the Irish in that city. Furthermore, the name of the team holds the word "Celtics" referring to the origins of the Irish.
Sources:
http://descubreirlanda.blogspot.com.es/
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