# 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 & 7 of the Liga Gaélico.
[Podcast in English y Español].
12:54
# 628 RGU, Dundee, and Birmingham take ladies titles
RGU celebrate the successful defence of their Div 1 BU GAA Ladies Football crown in Manchester last weekend. (Photo courtesy of BU GAA Facebook).
A very exciting and competitive British Universities GAA Ladies Football Championships took place last weekend in Manchester and Coatbridge, Scotland.
In Manchester, in a six team Division 1 championship, Aberdeen’s Robert Gordon University were looking to defend their title, at Coatbridge Div 2 champ’s Glasgow Caledonian were hoping for further glory, while in Div 3 one wondered could last year’s runners-up Birmingham go one better.
In the Podcast, BU GAA Coordinator Ronan McCarthy gives us a full report on the ladies championships.
21:18
# 627 London footballers and hurlers fall
Action from yesterday’s NFL game between victor’s Clare and London at Ruislip. (Photo by London GAA PRO Declan Flanagan).
It’s out first port of call in 2014 to the metropolitan city of London where a new GAA season recently got underway.
In the Podcast, London GAA PRO Declan Flanagan is back once more to fill us in on the latest news and results with focus on yesterday’s losses for the county footballers and hurlers in the national leagues.
15:00
# 626 BU GAA ladies big weekend
The British University GAA focus is on the Ladies Football Championships this weekend. This event will see the best of UK college ladies football teams compete for honours in Div 1 and Div 3 in Manchester while Div 2 takes place in Coatbridge, Glasgow.
BU GAA Co-coordinator Ronan McCarthy previews the big event and talks as well about the men’s football quarter finals in the BU Scottish Championships also this weekend.
11:51
# 625 Mid East GAA latest
Heading into the second last round of the Middle East GAA League this Friday in Sharjah, UAE, we look back with ME chairman James Kennedy at the recent Abu Dhabi tournament which saw favourites in the men’s and ladies senior football competitions continue on their winning ways.
16:41
# 624 Liverpool Hope top dog in BU GAA
Last Saturday saw great UK college rivals Liverpool Hope University and Liverpool John Moore’s square off once more for outright honours in this year’s British Universities GAA National Football League Final.
In the Podcast, BU GAA Co-ordinator Ronan McCarthy talks about the big clash, looks back on the Scottish Ladies Div 1 finals as well as the first round of the Scottish men’s football championships.
13:25
#623 British Universities semis this weekend
The British Universities GAA National Football League semi-finals take place over the weekend with Glasgow Uni v Liverpool Hope taking place on Saturday in Glasgow and Northumbria against Liverpool John Moore’s in Newcastle.
We look ahead to both semis with BU GAA Co-ordinator Ronan McCarthy.
9:48
#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 the directors of the new Asociación Galega de Fútbol Gaélico, and the secretary of the A Coruña Fillos de Breogán club, Carlos Seco González, about the arrival of Gaelic football in Galicia and its new ‘Liga Gaélico’.
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[Segments of the Podcast are translated from English to Spanish].
‘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 people. The region has strong Celtic roots and recently several Gaelic ‘all-Galician’ football clubs started up along with a governing association and a very first ‘Liga Galega’.
In the Podcast we will talk with one of the directors of the new Asociación Galega de Fútbol Gaélico, and the secretary of the A Coruña Fillos de Breogán club, Carlos Seco González, about the arrival of Gaelic football in Galicia and the very first five-team men’s and three-team ladies leagues.
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