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In the Zone | In the GAA | March 13, 2018Connemara Gaels GFC are based in Dorchester just outside Boston and have been providing Gaelic Games to the Irish community in the Boston area since 1961. They are a well-known club in the American GAA community.
The Connemara Gaels have strong links with County Galway in Ireland, with the majority of members coming from the Connemara region and the link with Galway GAA is obvious.
Beginnings
The Connemara Gaels club was set up in 1961. The first meeting was held in Doggin’s Pub on Columbia Road in South Boston. The elected chairman was Collie Conneelly from Carraroe in Galway. Pat Lydon from Carna in Galway was the team’s first manager and Collie Folan, from Carraroe in Meath, was the captain.
Colours and Crest
As is the case with any GAA club jersey, the Gaels take great pride in their white and green colours, and the crest is a Connemara Ram with the Rocky Hills of Connemara in the background.
Connemara Gaels Home from Home
The Gaels train just outside of Boston, at a local elementary
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In the Zone | In the GAA | March 02, 2018The New York GAA jersey is well known back in Ireland primarily through the county team’s participation in the Connacht football championship and previously the hurlers’ participation in the Ulster senior hurling championship. A star studded list of players have pulled on the famous blue, white and red shirt over the years. The New York County board is responsible for all games in the state as well as the inter-county teams. In the last couple of seasons the New York team has performed creditably against Sligo and Roscommon and it is widely considered only a matter of time before the county records a breakthrough championship success in Connacht.
In the 2006 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship New York scored a famous 1-18 to 1-12 win over Derry GAA. This entitled them to take part in the Ulster final, which had to be delayed because the New York players had trouble travelling due to some visa concerns. The final eventually was played in Boston in October of that year as a curtain-raiser
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In the GAA | February 23, 2018Since Stephen Cluxton arrived on the scene we all know that the position of goalkeeper has been changed utterly. Pulling on the keeper’s jersey nowadays is a vote of confidence from the manager. He’s looking for a player that can restart the game with pin point accuracy, go long or short as needed, stop shots and remain calm under pressure. Simple as that. Can you do it?
In Dublin BC – Before Cluxton - they had a history of superb keepers with the legend Paddy Culllen through to John O’Leary. Then Stephen Cluxton arrived and its all been changing utterly ever since. Since Cluxton became the latest recipient off the Dublin GAA Goalkeeper jersey, he has made it his own with his laser tracked kicking and brilliant distribution. His all Ireland winning free against Kerry GAA was the epitome of grace under pressure but in truth for Cluxton it appeared to be a bit like rewarding the post man for delivering the letters. Consistent delivery time and time again is part of his game. There was little
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In the GAA | January 22, 2018GAA in Cambodia?? …Yes, you heard that right! One of the newest GAA clubs established in Asia is Cairde Khmer in Cambodia. More than ever the GAA overseas clubs provide a focal point for the Irish Abroad. And as with other international GAA clubs, the key to Cairde Khmer is the integration of local players and those from other countries. SO, in addition to Gaels from home, the Cambodian lads and lasses are drawing on players from England, America, Japan, Canada, France, Sweden, and Cambodia to take part in this beautiful game.
Gaelic games are well and truly alive and growing in popularity with new clubs springing to life in many major cities across the globe. With the introduction of the GAA World Games in 2015 and the growing network of International tournaments across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North America and Australasia, this certainly has played its part in bringing the games to life outside of Ireland.
We caught up with Cairde Khmer to get the lowdown on the club and learned
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In the Zone | In the GAA | December 18, 2017The GAA across North America has never been stronger with powerhouses in football in the major cities, and hurling as a sport also developing across Canada and the United States. The O’Neills jersey is a familiar sight among Irish communities and awareness is also growing among homegrown players who have less of a connection with Ireland.
Here are nine clubs and associations blazing a trail…
New York GAA
Given the huge Irish connection in New York, Gaelic Games have always been an attraction and generations of students headed Stateside for the promise of some dollars, a job on a site and a weekend playing ball.
Did you know? New York GAA made history in 1947 when the All-Ireland football final was played at the famous Polo Grounds featuring Cavan and Kerry.
NYPD GFC
In 1990 the NYPD Gaelic Football club was reformed after a sixteen year gap. The team now plays its games in Gaelic Park. Since the loss of 23 NYPD officers in 9-11, the NYPD jerseys proudly carry the 9-11 emblem as well
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In the GAA | October 27, 2017How many jerseys can a player wear? Good question.
The Dual Player. Very much in danger of becoming extinct, just like the dodo. However, the dodo didn’t have to play two codes for multiple different teams, and represent club, county, and province. And latterly the country too in the International Rules.
It’s hard to pick out many real dual players in the modern era at county level. It’s practically impossible to serve two sports let alone two managers with the demands on players.
In the past there were many legendary figures that soldiered for their county in two codes, Teddy McCarthy a dual All Ireland winner in the same year with Cork, Alan Kerins, Jimmy Barry Murphy, Liam Currams. Some like DJ Carey represented their county in three codes, DJ excelled also at handball and brought the skills to his hurling.
With the growing pressure on players and the increasing professionalization of GAA player preparation, sports science and heightened fitness it has become hard, and in truth impossible
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In the GAA | September 25, 2017Croke Park had it all yesterday. Marriage proposals, last minute penalties, cards, tears of joy and despair. Once again the captain receiving the Cup on the Hogan Steps was wearing the Dublin jersey. What a week in sport for the County. Full credit to the six teams involved for the superb entertainment, passion and skill they brought to a warm and sunny Croke Park.
The success of the Ladies All Ireland Final raises the question, is Ireland one of the leading countries for women’s sport? And it also has some lessons for other codes.
The attendance at yesterday’s ladies finals was 42,286, making it the highest attendance for any single women’s sports event this year. There are lessons in the way that the LGFA promote their games. The championship is tiered and with every team starting out with the opportunity to get to Croke Park on finals day.
Six different teams have contested the Intermediate final over the last three years and five the junior final. This churn suggests the game is in
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In the GAA | September 21, 2017There’s nothing like a bit of Samba. If Gaelic football ever takes off in Brazil, we might have one person to thank. Amy Challoner is originally from Ireland and now lives in Hong Kong where she is involved with the GAA playing and coaching our games.
This summer, Amy visited Sao Paulo, Brazil, as part of a volunteer sports coaching project through an organization in Brazil called ACER. There, she coached Gaelic football to underprivileged children aged 7 - 15 from the surrounding areas.
Ahead of the trip, Amy got in touch with our export team at O’Neills to ask if we could provide some O’Neills children’s sized footballs to teach the children all about GAA.
Here at O’Neills we are huge supporters of the development of GAA abroad and particularly seeing the impact it can have on such an underprivileged area. The thought of a group of Brazilian children taking up the game and showing off their legendary skills with the famous O’Neills football caught our imagination.
So, to help Amy on her
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In the GAA | August 15, 2017With the growth of the GAA across every continent, the sight of an O’Neills jersey and our famous O’Neills All Ireland football in more and more exotic and unusual locations worldwide is increasingly common. The fact is that Irish people living overseas export their love of all things GAA to their host communities, and this spreads the gospel of Gaelic Games into all sorts of new environments.
Kerry Mortimer is Chairperson of the Ottawa Gaels Gaelic Football Club based in Canada's capital and she’s involved in Project North, a non-for-profit with a focus on improving literacy skills and providing recreational opportunities to Inuit children in remote Northern Canadian communities.
O’Neills Balls
Kerry’s expedition was delivering hockey equipment to seven arctic communities in three days, and being a passionate Gael with a love for Gaelic football, she brought some O’Neills balls with her to introduce the children she met to the Irish game.
She carried a few O’Neills balls up to the Arctic