‘North America’ Archives
#30 – Brilliant new book a tour de force on Gaelic sports in America – Part 1
Northern Ireland academic, author and former Antrim footballer, Paul Darby who is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Sports Studies at the University of Ulster in Belfast, has written a brilliantly researched work and insightful account of the history of Gaelic Games in America entitled, "Gaelic Games, Nationalism and the Irish Diaspora in the [...]
#26 Standford oust Berkeley in Game 2 of California Collegiate Hurling Championship
In this Game 2 of the best of three series to decide this year's California Collegiate Hurling Championship, last year's inaugural winners of this exciting new college championship, saw holders Standford oust great rivals Cal Berkeley by 15 to 13 (3-6 to 0-13). GaelicSportsCast spoke with the championship organiser and chairman of the recently [...]
#19 Gaelic Park revamp and minors’ return great boost for New York
In the last of our current series profiling clubs and reporting on the Gaelic games scene across America, GaelicSportsCast visits that iconic and vibrant metropolis, New York City. Over the past two centuries, the Big Apple has been home to one of the largest Irish emigrant communities in the US where places like the former Celtic Park in Queens [...]
#18 Youth development and media coverage key says Kelly
North American County Board PRO, Eamonn Kelly talks to GaelicSportsCast about the ups and downs of the Gaelic Athletic Association in the US and about the huge progress made with youth development programs as well as the importance of media coverage in getting things to the next level. 34.42
#17 Hurling will take off says American hurling officer – Dave Olson
Since coming into existence over a decade and a half ago, the Milwaukee Hurling Club’s rise to prominence is something of a sporting phenomenon as it has become the single biggest hurling club in America. Dave Olson, a founder member of the club, today speaks with GaelicSportsCast about how it all began, the club’s intriguing approach on and [...]
#15 US National Guard Soldiers playing hurling
GaelicSportsCast today journey's to Concord, New Hampshire to report on the unique story of a bunch of New Hampshire US Army National Guard soldiers who in March 2005, while on a stopover at Shannon Airport after a one year tour of duty in Iraq, came up with the idea of starting off a hurling club. Major Ray Valas and First Sergeant [...]
#14 Progress on and off the field – Washington DC Gaels
Irish emigration levels to Washington DC, hasn't been as high as other major US cities and as a result Gaelic games in the country's capitol have been slow in getting started. Nevertheless, the Washington DC Gaels have made steady progress over the past two decades in bringing the games to a young breed of American athletes, who find that [...]
#13 From a puck-around to 90 strong – Indy Hurling Club
An Irish American wedding, a couple of hurls, a sliothar, a puck-around....next thing you know they're talking about forming a hurling club in a city crazy for all things motor car racing. Indianapolis is a city that hasn't attracted a huge a number of Irish immigrants, yet somehow what started as some fun after a wedding turned into a [...]
#12 Olympics helped Gaelic games get off ground – Atlanta GAA
In the southern state of Georgia, a state not known as a traditional stronghold of Gaelic games in the US, Atlanta GAA nontheless has been steadily making progress introducing the games to young Americans. The new Chairman of Atlanta GAA is Kieran Claffey and he speaks to GaelicSportsCast about how the 1996 Olympic Games helped to grow Gaelic [...]
#11 American players key to future success – Boston Shamrocks
With its large Irish American background, the City of Boston has attracted many Irish natives to its meandering streets. For well over a century, by sharing a love of Gaelic games with each other, the Irish were able to keep in touch with their roots back home while making new friends in their new home in America. It is no surprise then [...]
