Posts Tagged ‘gaelic games’
#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 [...]
#20 Recent Irish Immigrants in Canada swelling club ranks
As Vancouver gets ready this evening to open the Winter Olympics, GaelicSportsCast sampled the atmosphere late Wednesday night when talking over Skype to Canada GAA Secretary, John O'Flynn about the recent influx of Irish migrants to Canada and what it might mean for GAA clubs across this vast northern land. Mr O'Flynn also spoke about the hopes [...]
#7 Up and coming Asia harbours ambitious plans for future
In our last visit trip to Asia this year, GaelicSportsCast speaks with Asian County Board Chairman Mayo man, Paraic McGrath, about the GAA scene in the region. Over the past two decades, Gaelic sports have been making steady progress where today some 600 players from various ethnic backgrounds participate annually in five major competitions [...]
#3 Going for five in a row – Hong Kong GAA
GaelicSportsCast's first visit to the land of Dragons and Emperors, China, took place last weekend when we spoke to the new chairman of Hong Kong GAA, Kerryman, Shane Harmon. The former Laune Ranger corner back, looks forward to HK's hosting of the 2010 Asian Gaelic Games while also keen to sustain the health of the 100 + club despite the [...]
#2 Viet Celts
In our continuing profile of GAA clubs in Asia, this second episode sees GaelicSportsCast talk with Colm Ross, the Vice Chairman of the Viet Celts Gaelic Football Club in Vietnam. Colm tells about how the club has grown since it started up just two short years ago and of its progress in forming both men's and ladies teams as well as a local [...]
# 1 Singapore Lions GAA Club
IN this first episode of GaelicSportCast Podcast, GSC visists the tropics of Asia. Here we meet with one of the biggest GAA clubs in the region, the Singapore Gaelic Games Club. Singapore's Asian County Board Representative, Gareth O'Brien tells about the clubs history, their success at the recent Asian Gaelic Games in October and their hopes [...]
