‘Europe’ Archives
# 678 Viva Estrela Vermelha!
Section of the large crowd at the recent Galicia Futbal Galicio Liga Finale. (Photo courtesy of Carlos Seco and Estrela Vermelha & Irmandihos Estrada, Facebook). History was made recently in Galicia on the Iberian Peninsula, as the Estrela Vermelha Gaelic Football team from Santiago, became the first ever Gaelic football champions of this [...]
# 658 – European GAA hitting high gear
In the Podcast, we look back at the recent GAA activity across Europe taking in the recent Rome, Brussels, Bratislava and Iberian men's and ladies football tournaments. Giving us the lowdown is European GAA Chairperson, Brian Sheehy from Zurich, Switzerland.
# 654 Rennes challenges for Brittany Championship, Toulouse lead in Fédéral
As part of Liffre Gaelic Football Club 10th anniversary celebrations, there will be an International Gaelic Football Youth Tournament taking place in Liffre on Saturday, April 26, 2014. In the Podcast we report on the latest news from the Brittany Football Championship and the France Federale zone, with Brittany & French Federation [...]
# 648 Championship weekend for ‘Fútbol Gaélico’ in Galicio
The inaugural men’s Gaelic football ‘liga’ of the Asociación Galega de Fútbol Gaélico, in Galicia on the Iberian Peninsula, is presently nearing a conclusion. In the Podcast, A Coruna GAA secretary, Carlos Seco is back once more to talk about the latest news, the recent Iberian tournament and the grande 'Liga' championship game this [...]
# 629 Estrela Vermelha stay top of Galicia Liga
Estrela Vermelha, from the Catholic pilgrim city of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia on the Iberian Peninsula, remain unbeaten after seven rounds of the inaugural men's Gaelic football 'liga' of the Asociación Galega de Fútbol Gaélico. In the Podcast, Carlos Seco is back once more to catch up on the latest news and results from Rounds 6 & [...]
#622 Viva Galicia! – Gaelic football growth in autonomous region
In the autonomous region of Galicia in the northwest of Spain, a new sporting culture has begun in the guise of Gaelic Football. The area which has 3 million people and is bigger than Munster has strong Celtic roots and recently ‘all-Galician’ Gaelic football clubs have began to sprout. In the Podcast, GaelicSportsCast talks with one of [...]
‘Número Uno’ podcast of year this week
The first Podcast of 2014 is scheduled for midweek here on GaelicSportsCast and lighting the road ahead for the new year the focus is on a brand new location of growth for Gaelic Football in Europe. In the autonimous region of Galicia in Spain (north of Portugal) the attraction of Gaelic football has arrived in this area of almost 3 million [...]
# 618 Bretagne League and Championship ‘commencé’
In the latest Podcast, GaelicSportsCast takes a look at the Brittany GAA season in the Northwest of France. Competitions are already underway for the 2013-2014 season with tomorrow, Saturday Nov 30, seeing the quarter final of the Brittany Football Cup between host's Rennes and new club Tregor. Brittany GAA International PRO, Andre Paquin, [...]
# 607 Europe GAA’s star is rising
Europe GAA came to Athlone for two days, Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th October, with them they brought some 400 players representing 27 teams from 11 different countries to compete for honours in the 2013 European Gaelic Football Championships at the Athlone Institute of Technology. Many were young Irish men and women emigrants on the Continent, [...]
# 602 European Finals Preview
It's a big weekend for European GAA as Saturday sees the grand finals of this year's Europe Mens & Ladies Gaelic Football Championships at Athlone Institute of Technology Campus in Athlone, County Westmeath. Some 27 clubs representing 11 countries will descend on AIT for the GAA Euros which this year coincides with Athlone named as European [...]
