Bohemian Football Club, in collaboration with Kneecap, today announces the release of the Irish club’s 2026 away jersey.
Bohemian FC, The League of Ireland’s oldest and 100% fan-owned football club, has partnered with Kneecap (“the most talked about band in the world” – NME.) (“A celebration of Irish identity on a global scale.” – Four Four Magazine) to release our 2026 away jersey that raises funds (30% of profits) for ACLAÍ Palestine to build a community music studio at the Lajee Centre in the occupied West Bank.
The collaboration brings together two of people’s greatest loves – to support Palestinian musicians and artists as they continue to experience brutal occupation.
The one-off jersey, designed by the members of Kneecap in conjunction with Bohemian FC designers, pays homage to the unbreakable bond between the Irish and Palestinian people. The video accompanying the launch was made by Jamie Goldrick to the sounds of Kneecap tracks ‘3CAG’ feat Radie Peat and ‘No Comment’ feat Sub Focus.
It uses footage from the Lajee Centre in the West Bank, from recent enormous Kneecap gigs across the world as well as footage of the historic Bohemian FC v Palestine game held at Dalymount Park, home of Bohemians, in the heart of Dublin City.
The white shirt body is patterned with a Kufiyah design that is decorated with interwoven Irish and Palestine flags. The crest is in the Irish language. The letters C.E.A.R.T.A (“rights”) from the track of the same name adorn the inside neck tape. The collar and cuff are woven with orange, green and red – the standout colours from the Irish and Palestinian flags. On each sleeve are three stitched stripes of the same colours, an embroidered hem tag features a Palestinian and Irish graffiti style flag with the words ‘Dluthpháirtíocht / Solidarity’.
The exclusive shirt is available first at Dalymount Park on December 16/17th from 1-7pm each day and any remaining shirts (expected to be limited) will go online at midday on December 18th for shipping before Christmas. To celebrate the release of the collaboration and two sold-out shows at Dublin’s 3Arena, the Kneecap and Bohemian FC shirts will be available at Dalymount Park this Tuesday 16, and Wednesday 17 December from 1-7pm each day.
Fans will have the unique opportunity to be the first to buy the shirts alongside some exclusive items. The shirt itself will be sold from the Bohemian FC merchandise shop in the ‘Des Kelly’ side of the stadium accessed via St Peter’s Road. Adjacent to the merchandise shop will be the famous Kneecap Landrover next to a seized British Army jeep for photos. Two Kneecap merch stalls will be in operation, one beside the jersey sales unit on the ‘Des Kelly’ side selling new merchandise at a cheaper rate than 3 Arena. A second Kneecap merchandise stall will operate from the Jodi Stand merchandise shop (accessed via Dalymount Lane) and will carry long unavailable old stock as well as a one-off Dublin poster designed by Kone and signed by the band, this will not be available at any other location. Elsewhere in the Jodi Stand there will be a host of Kneecaps Friends doing DJ sets across both days including; Kojaque, Conor Curley and Tom Coll from Fontaines DC, Heavenly DJs, Gurriers DJ set, Claire Beck, Nialler9, Mango and Dalba.
30% of profits from the shirt will be sent to ACLAÍ Palestine to go straight into a fund to enable the construction/fit-out of a community music studio to enable artists and musicians in the Aida Camp (West Bank) to be able to enjoy music at any level. It will also enable these artists to record and produce music that can be the catalyst for future careers. The illegal collective brutal punishment of the Palestinian people is not only through physical violence, it also seeks to destroy their culture and customs of which music plays a vital role.
Daniel Lambert, Chief Commercial Officer Bohemian Football Club, said: “We are delighted to unveil this jersey following lots of work over the past few months with Kneecap and with ACLAÍ Palestine.The rise of the band, to now become a recognisable name across the world playing to sold out arenas and festival headliners, has been spectacular. Even more impressive is to see them continuously highlight and speak about Palestine to bigger and bigger crowds and be unrelenting in their moral convictions. To have also done this in the Irish language and whilst advocating for the rights of oppressed people across the world is an inspiration to so many people. That we can raise further significant funds to assist the people of Palestine, this time on the preservation and celebration of culture once again shows the power of Sports and Music when combined. ACLAÍ Palestine were one of the our three partners on funds raised from our game against the Palestinian women’s team in May 2024, their first time playing in Europe, to improve their services at their community gym.”
Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Kneecap rapper, said: “There’s few sporting clubs in this world who continue to stand strong and unyielding against oppression and in solidarity with the Palestinian people. Bohemian F.C. is one of them and being a small part of this club with signage at Dalymount Park and attending some games has been an honour for us in Kneecap. We will always stand with them and to do so whilst helping to create a space where Palestinian artists can hopefully flourish is special. We want to help spread the music created at the new studio space as much as we can and platform these artists.”
Ainle Ó Cairealláin, Founder and Director ACLAÍ Palestine, said: “Kneecap and Bohemian FC have been a great support to ACLAÍ Palestine over the years and their efforts have had a tangible positive impact on the ground in Palestine, both in the Aida refugee camp with our community gym, and in Gaza through our Food and Play project. The release of this jersey will create opportunities in the Aida refugee camp for young people to learn about music production, and create a space for practicing and recording music, as well as providing an invaluable resource for the community in the camp. This project is a symbol of solidarity between Ireland and Palestine, and serves to overcome the isolation that is forced upon Palestinians by the ongoing violence and oppression of the occupation and the indifference of Western governments and many media outlets. We hope that the bridge built with the release of this jersey will be the beginning of an enduring relationship and that will result in deep connections between Irish and Palestinian artists that might one day share a stage together.”
About Bohemian F.C.
Bohemian F.C. is the League of Ireland’s oldest football club, one of the world’s oldest 100% fan-owned football clubs and have been playing in Ireland’s top football division every year since 1890. We are a not-for-profit football club ran ‘by the people, for the people’, fully democratic and inclusive based on the value of ‘one person one vote’. Our core values are inclusivity and progressiveness with a commitment to use sport as a force for good.
About Kneecap
After facing a barrage of manufactured outrage, and subsequently the full weight of the British state’s police and judiciary for vocally advocating for peace and Palestinian freedom at this year’s Coachella, Kneecap’s first gig after it all was to a sold out London headline where they donated their full fee to Médecins Sans Frontières Gaza appeal. This summer saw them perform the most talked about Glastonbury gig in decadeswith the entire area locked down due to overcapacity an hour before their set, join forces with Fontaines D.C. for a series of massive summer outdoor shows across the UK and Ireland, head back to the studio to record the follow-up to Fine Art, and perform at a number of headline slots to huge festival dates around Europe. And all of this in between court battles with the British state transmitted across the globe. Whether they’re rolling up to Sundance in a commandeered police Land Rover, encouraging hundreds of thousands of young people to learn Irish, breaking box office records, storming festivals with epic main stage sets, annoying right-wing politicians the world over, beating the Brits in court, or earning support and solidarity from the likes of Noel Gallagher, Elton John, Amyl & The Sniffers, Paul Weller, Primal Scream, Massive Attack, on banners in football stadiums, or in graffiti on city walls around the world, Kneecap’s message rings clear. It is a message of unity, community, collective action and the power of raving, punk, and rap, all underscored with a revolutionary sound and ethos, and blistering live performances that have built a global wave of fans. This is a moment. This is a movement. And it’s only just begun.
About ACLAÍ Palestine
ACLAÍ Palestine is a community gym located in the Lajee Centre in the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine. The gym opened in February 2020 as a result of the hard work of the team in Ireland and Palestine, and thanks to the generous donations of the many people who backed the project through an online fundraising campaign and by running small fundraising events in their own communities. Today the ACLAÍ Palestine gym provides around 600 training sessions per month to people of all ages and abilities, employing 7 local coaches and running an international volunteer program for coaches who wish to contribute to the ongoing work at the gym. Over the years, ACLAÍ has expanded its reach beyond the walls of the gym, starting the Gaza Food and Play project in 2024, delivering food parcels to displaced families in Gaza and providing circus workshops to children at various locations around the strip in partnership with their colleagues on the ground.
The Aida Camp
The Aida refugee camp was established in 1950 and is home to over 5000 Palestinian refugees from 27 different Palestinian villages who were forced out during the Nakba of 1948. It is located on the outskirts of the city of Bethlehem, overlooked by at least 6 watchtowers occupation watch towers and the apartheid wall. There is military base right beside the camp, and the camp is subject to regular attacks by the occupation. The main issues at the Aida camp reflect the issues faced by all Palestinian refugee camps; lack of space and community resources, unreliable electricity and/or water supply, restrictions on freedom of movement, and escalating occupation violence.
