Archive for September, 2011
#280 Neasden out, Joseph’s win junior as intermediate final goes to replay in London

After a two week schedule break, due to holidays and the recent All Ireland Hurling final, it was all action once more at Ruislip with a pair of London GAA finals to be decided and crucial senior football championship games also down for decision. On Sunday, in the London GAA Intermediate Football Championship final, an excellent game saw [...]
#279 Nationals – Podcast 2
In the second of our reports today on last weekend's North American GAA Finals, we here from NACB GAA PRO, Tim Flanagan. Tim takes us though all the championship games and finals we hadn't touched on in Podcast 1. 18:29
#278 Nationals Podcast 1 – Northeast and Canada perspectives
Today in the first of a two part podcast series, GaelicSportsCast looks back on last weeks 2011 North American GAA Finals. San Francisco GAA had the honor of hosting this year's Nationals where over three days from Sept 2-4 at their new facilities at Treasure Island, teams from all across America and Canada gathered for men's and ladies' [...]
Coming up Monday – ‘Nationals Part 1 and 2 podcast reports
Tomorrow Monday, GaelicSportsCast looks back on last weekend's North American GAA Finals with a two part podcast report featuring analysis from Northeast PRO, Rory O'Donnell, Canada GAA Secretary, John Flynn and North American GAA PRO, Tim Flanagan.
#277 NY ladies into All Ireland final as Astoria, NY Donegal and NY Westmeath advance in the Bronx

After Hurricane Irene left New York GAA fixtures blowing in the wind a week ago, it was back to action in the Bronx yesterday as we had the first of the NY GAA football playoff in the mens intermediate and junior football championship. In the two Intermediate quarter final playoffs, NY Donegal took on NY Rangers and Astoria Gaels played [...]
‘Shamrocks, ‘Cusacks and ‘Coast retain titles in Sydney

Reigning football champions, Sydney Michael Cusacks, hurling kingpins, Sydney Shamrock's and ladies football heroines, Central Coast, retained their New South Wales GAA Championship titles yesterday, Sunday Sept 4th, at Mono Park, Sydney. In a repeat of last year's senior football final clash with Clan na Gael, it was a case of the same again [...]
Sydney finals schedule
NSW GAA Championship Finals Schedule, Sept 4, 2011 Mono Park, Sydney FINALS Time Code Team Name Team Name Referee Pitch 4th September 2011 10:00 Men’s B Football Michael Cusacks v Cormac McAnallens Young Ireland Main [...]
New York ladies into Junior All Ireland final
All Ireland Junior Ladies Football Semi Final Birr, Offaly Sept 3, 2011 New York 0-10 Wexford 0-5 New York to play Wicklow in the All Ireland Final at Croke Park, Sept 25, 2011
#277 North American Nationals begin

Today in San Francisco we see the start of the principal competition for Gaelic sports in the US, the North American GAA National Finals. The event is being hosted this year by San Francisco GAA at their new facility, Pairc na nGael at Treasure Island and over the next three days some 85 teams from all across America will be joined by their [...]
#276 Mason Dixon proud of All American status

In the last of our series this week profiling individual US GAA clubs ahead of this weekend's North American GAA Finals in San Francisco, we take a look at a club from the east coast who play Junior D football, the Mason Dixon GFC. Though the club calls Westminster, Maryland, home, many of the players come from the surrounding area of [...]