‘Asia’ Archives
# 682 Seoul Gaels impress in Busan
The first leg of the South Korea GAA Football League was held on Saturday last in the beautiful coastal city of Busan. Men's and ladies football teams from Seoul and Daegu traveled south for this first round held at the Busan International Foreign School. In the Podcast, Laochra Busan Gaels Chairperson, Katie Carpenter, talks about the city, [...]
# 604 Asian Games score with huge participation levels
In today's Podcast we look back on last weekend's Fexco Asian Gaelic Games, the three day festival of Gaelic sports and principle event of the Asia GAA annual calendar. Teams from Jakarta to Japan travelled to Kuala Lumper, Malaysia to compete in 11 competitions in men's and ladies Gaelic football, hurling and exhibition camogie. Asia GAA [...]
# 601 Aer Lingus Hurling Festival legacy to last a long time
In the podcast, GaelicSportsCast looks back on September's memorable Aer Lingus Hurling Tournament in Galway, Ireland with an in-depth look at a hurling event that will live long in the memory. Sixteen teams from across the world descended on the county of the tribes at the behest of Aer Lingus as part of their 'Gathering' initiative to come and [...]
# 600 Asian Gaelic Games ready to roll
GaelicSportsCast marks Podcast Numero 600 by remembering where we began four years ago, when focusing on the Gaelic sports scene far away to the east in the continent of Asia. For the next three days, starting Friday Oct 11, in the beautiful city of Kuala Lumpur, Malayasia, the biggest ever Asian Gaelic Games tournament throws-in with almost 50 [...]
# 563 Aer Lingus excited at prospect of International Hurling Festival in September
In a special Podcast today, GaelicSportsCast is delighted to speak with Aer Lingus on their forthcoming International Hurling Festival this Sept 18-21 in County Galway. Aer Lingus has organized 16 teams from across the world to compete in a truly worldwide hurling tournament with teams travelling from the US, South America, Canada, the UK, [...]
PRINT version of book ‘Hurling USA: America Discovers an Ancient Irish Sport’ is out NOW …
The ebook came out in June but now the PRINT version of 'Hurling USA: America Discovers an Ancient Irish Sport' by Denis O'Brien is NOW OUT! Said the Celtic Life International Magazine - "his coverage is comprehensive, well-illustrated, and a fast-paced, terrific read." GET YOUR COPY HERE: https://www.createspace.com/4039130?ref... Also [...]
# 449 Abu Dhabi do the biz in Mid East GAA League
Friday last at the Bahrain Rugby Club turned out to be a momentous day for Abu Dhabi GAA as the club took home top honors in the latest round of the 2012/2013 Mid East GAA League. Back in October saw the first round of the Middle East GAA League in Dubai with shared victory in football in the Mens A Cup for Dubai and Qatar while it was Sharjah [...]
# 443 Great Asian Games for Singapore GAA
One of the biggest events in the World GAA Calendar took place in Malaysia last weekend when the 17th Asian Gaelic Games got underway at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian & Country Resort in Kuala Lumper. Local GAA club Orange Eire was hosting the annual competition for the very first in what was one of the biggest ever tournaments with almost 900 [...]
# 441 All set for 2012 Asian Gaelic Games
The second last major event in the annual World GAA Calendar takes place this weekend in Asia when the Orange Eire GAA club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, gets set to host the 2012 Asian Gaelic Games. This year's event is set to surpass all previous records with participation levels of close to 1000 players from 59 teams from throughout the north [...]
# 437 Middle East GAA season up and running
As the GAA season comes to a close across northern climes around the world, the middle and southern regions see their year begin in earnest. Last Friday October 5th, saw the start of the Middle East GAA winter season as round one of the 2012/2013 Middle East League got underway at Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. In the Podcast we speak [...]
