Posts Tagged ‘london gaa’
#71 GAA officialdom may cost London hurlers dearly
London GAA has asked for a deferral of one of two fixtures which involves their hurlers this weekend. As it stands, London hurlers are down to play a Rd 2 Nicky Rackard game against Armagh in Crossmaglen this Saturday June 12, however, they are also scheduled to play Down in the Ulster Hurling Championship Semi Final in Casement Park, the [...]
#66 London hurlers looking forward to Ulster semi final
While the footballers absorb their recent loss to Roscommon in the Connacht Championship and await to see who they meet next in the 'Qualifiers, the London hurlers will take heart from last weekend's great win over Derry in the Ulster Championship Quarter Final. London GAA PRO, Declan Flanagan spoke to GaelicSportsCast about the footballers [...]
#61 ‘Emmetts edge Kilburn in London
In the first round of Division 1 Hurling action from Ruislip in London on Sunday, last year's county finalists, Robert Emmetts edged out rivals Kilburn Gaels by 3-7 (16) to 1-12 (15). Kilburn had the majority of the play in the seond half but lack of accuracy in front of the posts let them down badly. Meanwhile, this week brought something of a [...]
#56 Bros Pearse claim Ronan Cup in London
Last Sunday in Ruislip an unusual pairing was thrown together in that it was a case of the old versus the new when London's oldest GAA club Brothers & Shalloe Pearse GAA Club took on new club Michael Cusacks in the final of the Ronan Cup Hurling competition. They had met earlier in the 'Cup with the more experienced Bros Pearse emphatic [...]
#54 Parnells to strong for Kingdom’ in London final
Last weekend in men's football in the Conway Cup Final (2009) at Greenford in London, Parnells ran out six point deserving winners over the Kingdom Kerry Gaels. Meanwhile in the big hurling game on Sunday, Robert Emmett's qualified for the Collins Cup Final when putting out the fancied Kilburn Gaels by a similar margin. Tommy Harrell, who was [...]
# 45 ‘Gabriels ease into final in London
Last weekend in Ruislip, London County Hurling Champion's St Gabriels after suffering an early defeat to Robert Emmetts, who they beat in the 2009 County Final, rediscovered their winning ways on Saturday when running out seven point winners over 'Emmetts in the Ryan Cup semi final. In men's football on Sunday in the Tipperary Cup, St Brendans [...]
#40 – London GAA is building for the future
In GaelicSportsCast's 40th podcast, we focus on Gaelic Games happenings across the Irish Sea in particular when looking at that city synonymous with Irish emigration, London. Longtime chairman of London GAA, Tommy Harrell discusses the transient nature of immigration and its effects on London teams, as well as the considerable effort being put [...]
