The first record of a hurling match describes an epic encounter that took place in 1272 BC between the Fir Bolg and the Tuatha Dé Dannan at Maigh Tuartha near Cong in County Mayo. Hardly a stronghold of the modern game, Maigh Tuartha is nevertheless part of the rich body of lore that relates the […]
The GAA, according to rule 1.11 of its constitution and rules, is a non-party political organisation. That means, in short, that it does not get involved in, or take sides in, matters of political controversy. The rule has some leeway built into it, as nearly every rule in Ireland does: Non party political does not […]
An Taisce has once again succeeded in annoying many people over its ongoing objection to a proposed cheese processing plant in Kilkenny. The project which will potentially create a large number of much needed jobs has been approved by Kilkenny County Council and An Bord Pleanala and survived a High Court challenge last week. However, […]
Minister of State for Sport Jack Chambers told Virgin Media that requiring vaccinations would mean “excluding children” from stadiums and therefore won’t be pursued as a policy.
As a Monaghan native, let me reassure the rest of the country of one thing: All this additional training will not make too much of a difference. We’ll still likely get dumped out of the championship by Cavan at the first hurdle: Video footage has emerged purportedly showing members of the Monaghan senior football team […]
The president of the GAA has said vaccine passports might be needed to allow crowds attend matches in the near future.
“It’s like the children have disappeared”. Aidan O’Rourke is pulling no punches. The lockdown of children’s sports, he says, is causing “disappearing personalities, children withdrawing entirely within themselves, right up to severe mental health, self-harm.” The GAA All-star recognises that sport might not “be a silver bullet to stop all that” but says the […]
Following the fitting commemoration of those killed at Croke Park in November 1920, it is apt to recall that the other main stand and the terrace adjacent to Hill 16 are also named in honour of two great Irishmen, Michael Cusack and P.W Nally, who also died in the month of November. Michael Cusack, of an […]
Last weekend’s Bloody Sunday commemoration by the GAA was a nice reminder of the GAA’s enmeshment in the warp and weft of Ireland’s history. The events of Bloody Sunday 1920, and the name of Michael Hogan are part of the lore of Ireland and it was refreshing to see the GAA commemorate the event and its […]
GAA President, John Horan, has called on its members to light a candle this evening in memory of the 14 people who were killed on Bloody Sunday in Croke Park on this day in1920 by British Forces. “What we would like is that the GAA membership throughout the country in memory of […]
The latest episode in ‘How the ‘Gah’ infected the country with the Plague’ came with the news that Waterford County Board is proposing to strip Dungarvan GAA club of its intermediate football title. Unlike other episodes, such as the one in which the Blackrock hurling club in Cork and it’s crazy supporters supposedly embarked on […]
This might help out those in Government who don’t want to move to stage five. It will also, paradoxically, strengthen NPHET by showing that Holohan still has considerable influence, even without a stage five lockdown: Breaking – the GAA is set to announce the immediate suspension of club games at all levels across the island […]