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That kind of joke far pre-dates South Park. But that's not your problem with it, is it?

As the guys said, it was a rugby match (the two biggest provincial teams), but more importantly, it was a legal thing - alcohol isn't allowed be sold on Good Friday. Obviously, that's a religious thing historically, but the church had no say in the matter this time, only the courts.

As IZ said, Ireland was extremely Catholic at the time. This story is particularly illuminating: the Mother and Child Scheme, a political crisis in the 50s in which the church would have broken the government if they hadn't backed down over a healthcare programme the bishops objected to...