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Irish Production Company announces new ‘GAA USA’ project – filming starts in June (IrishCentral)

Wed, 15 May 2013 06:22:17 PDT

By: JANE WALSH

Sónta Films have started pre production on a new four-part series 'GAA USA', which will offer an insight into Irish American history through the untold story of the GAA in the U.S.

Dublin gaffer Jim Gavin to lay down law after O’Byrne Cup final defeat (IrishCentral)

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:12:17 PST

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Dublin boss Jim Gavin will lay down the law with his players after midfielder Denis Bastick’s was sent off late in Saturday night’s O’Byrne Cup final defeat to Kildare at Parnell Park.

Westmeath GAA goalkeeper Gary Connaughton could be US bound this summer (IrishCentral)

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:07:20 PST

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Westmeath goalkeeper Gary Connaughton could be forced to return to America for the summer if he can’t find work at home.

Leitrim back to winning ways in FBD Gaelic football league (IrishCentral)

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:56:27 PST

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Leitrim finally got back into the winner’s enclosure with a three-point win over hosts Sligo in the FBD League final on Sunday as new captain Emyln Mulligan lifted a trophy in his first big game as skipper.

Dublin GAA legend Kevin Heffernan dies aged 83 (IrishCentral)

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:51:46 PST

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Current Dublin manager Jim Gavin led the tributes to legendary Dubs boss Kevin Heffernan, who died last weekend aged 83.

GAA’s Jim McGuinness wants a gig with Paul McGinley at 2014 Ryder Cup (IrishCentral)

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:47:15 PST

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Donegal All-Ireland winning boss Jim McGuinness would welcome any approach from close friend Paul McGinley to work with the European team at the 2014 Ryder Cup.

Sports Digest - Shock over Waterford star forward John Mullane’s retirement (IrishCentral)

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:43:16 PST

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Waterford fans are in shock after star forward John Mullane confirmed his retirement from inter-county hurling.

Ireland’s top GAA stars set to lead work party to Hurricane Sandy hit Breezy Point (IrishCentral)

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:43:04 PST

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Some of Ireland’s top GAA stars, with the support of Aer Lingus, will lead a work party to Breezy Point in New York at the end of the month where they will help complete the reconstruction of the local CYO athletic program facilities destroyed during Hurricane Sandy.

New York GAA officers return for 2013 season of Gaelic football and hurling (IrishCentral)

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:04:12 PST

By: DARA KELLY

The New York Gaelic Athletic Association will operate in 2013 with the same panel of officers who guided the body through 2012.

The West needs a reawakening - recession ravaged area needs an injection of life like 'The Quiet Man' (IrishCentral)

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 05:31:01 PST

Maureen O'HaraI had the warm pleasure of being introduced to Maureen O'Hara about 20 years ago in New YorkWe talked about The Quiet Man and Mayo for about three minutes and she made my day She was then in her seventies but yet still a beauty with that flaming hair and regal presenceAny time I get the chance in the years since then she represents about the only bit of name-dropping on my social agenda READ MORE

Sports Digest: GAA star Ciaran Kilkenny cuts short his Aussie Rules career to play for Dublin (IrishCentral)

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:32:56 PST

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Dublin's hopes of winning the All-Ireland football crown this year received a major boost after talented teenager Ciaran Kilkenny cut short his Aussie Rules career after just four months.

Paul McGinley’s is the man to lead Team Europe in 2014 Ryder Cup (IrishCentral)

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 06:30:54 PST

Paul McGinleySo here’s the big news of the week – Paul McGinley will captain the European team at the 2014 Ryder Cup in Gleneagles golf club, the first Irishman charged with such an honorThere may be bigger news out there in your world You may be more interested in the Lance Armstrong love-in with Oprah Winfrey that is going to dominate television screens across the world on Thursday and FridayYou may want to know how Manchester United and Manchester City maintained their title ambitions in the English Premier League on Sunday with wins over Liverpool and Arsenal respectively on a Super Sunday last weekend READ MORE

GAA footballer admits to killing father with friend’s gun (IrishCentral)

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 04:52:33 PST

By: MICHELLE K. SMITH

A young GAA football player admitted to killing his father and told the court that he suffers from depression. He said he obtained the gun from his friend after texting him.

Sports Digest - Donegal’s Jim McGuinness is confident of more success from All-Ireland champions (IrishCentral)

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 12:45:27 PST

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Donegal boss Jim McGuinness has claimed there is more to come from his All-Ireland champions as they head into the new season.

Why Rory’s McIlroy’s Olympics choice doesn't really matter (IrishCentral)

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 06:30:51 PST

Rory McIlroyA party political broadcast on behalf of the Rory Leave McIlroy Alone party will follow shortly, but first a Christmas tale from the studios of LMFM radio in DroghedaA little over a year ago, at a time when like so many of my fellow Irishmen and women I was between jobs, I did some work with the good people at LMFMFor two weeks over the Christmas holidays I was their mid-morning talk show host and, believe it or not, some people actually listenedThat, I suspect, was mostly down to the guests as the likes of Niall O’Dowd of this parish dropped back home to talk about life in the fast lane of publishing in Manhattan and other more trivial matters, like Joe Sheridan’s goal for Meath against his beloved Louth in a certain Leinster football final READ MORE

Lip dub for GAA All Star Andy Moran’s wedding goes viral – VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 01:43:38 PST

By: MOLLY MULDOON

Mayo GAA All Star Andy Moran and his new bride Jennifer Drake got a wedding gift to beat all others on New Year’s Eve, when their friends unveiled a lip dub to celebrate their nuptials.

Sean Quinn's nephew spotted at second GAA match – continues to evade arrest (IrishCentral)

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 06:01:14 PDT

The fugitive nephew of disgraced banking tycoon Seán Quinn has made his second public appearance over the weekend, being spotted once again at a GAA matchDespite a High Court warrant having being issued for his arrest some ten days ago, and an unsuccessful 'manhunt' launched to ascertain his whereabouts, Peter Daragh Quinn looked relaxed and carefree when he was photographed by the Irish Independent attending a football fixture on SundayQuinn's nephew has essentially exiled himself into Northern Ireland - a UK jurisdiction - where police authorities in the South have no powers to arrest himEfforts to extradite the shady clan member back to the South to face charges will likely fail, as the young Quinn is only being wanted on civil rather criminal counts, with forced re-patriation only possible in respect of the latter READ MORE

Dancing with the Stars GAA style - 'I saved a horse, but not my knee!' (IrishCentral)

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 05:31:10 PDT

Dancing with the Stars GAA styleAs the ladies GAA teams around New York search for people to recruit to take part in Dancing With The Stars 2012, which will take place at the end of the summer, I decided to reflect on my own experience of dancing in the competition last year READ MORE

Exiled Gaels and sporting rebels of Ireland - part III (IrishCentral)

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:15:14 PDT

Still from the 'Gaelic Gold' DVDIn this the final of our three part look at the clash of the ash and salmon like leaps for midfield aerial supremacy across the world of Gaelic games, we recall some famous and infamous Gaelic sporting events from days of yore, where in some remote or fabled corner there remains fields and memories which remain forever Irish Ireland v Scotland, 1897- at Celtic FC soccer grounds, Parkhead, the first Hurling Shinty International MatchMichael Cusack himself presented the Celtic Times Challenge Cup (in whose honor this parish is named) in 1897 to mark the first international hurling/shinty match between Ireland and Scotland at the soccer grounds of Celtic FC in Parkhead, and indeed officiated thereafter at a return match played at Jones’ Road in Dublin that same yearIt marked the culmination of close ties and communication between the Scottish Caledonian Society and Irish cultural and sporting revivalists since the early moves to form the GAAJohn Murdoch, the renowned Scottish land league leader and founder/editor of The Highlander newspaper had, along with fellow Scot and entrepreneur, Morrison Millar, (who helped Cusack establish the Celtic Times newspaper) cultivated sporting links with Irish sports enthusiasts READ MORE

Exiled Gaels and sporting rebels - Exotic stories of Gaelic and indigenous games (IrishCentral)

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:25:18 PDT

Histories and folklore, stories and legend abound about the ancient Gaelic sports of Ireland These native games have a rich modern history, peopled by famous names and fabled places, from Ring and Mackey, Purcell and Stockwell to Thurles, Croker and Clones on a mid summers day in the Red Hand Province The four seasons speak of the feats and fame, infamy and lows in the vernacular world of Irish sport These contests have earned its association a rightful place as a dynamic force in today’s Irish society READ MORE