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Games Games Framed By Oliver McVeigh

On this edition of the Gael games podcast, Oliver McVeigh, one of Ireland’s best known photographers talks to Padraig Coyle about his career as a sports snapper.
Padraig sits with Oliver on the sideline at St Tiernach’s Park, Clones as he snaps the action from the Donegal, Down Ulster Minor Championship football match. Oliver tells Gael [...]

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Leitrim coach John Morrison making Game Sense with new coaching manual

In the midst of planning Leitrim’s ambitions to beat Roscommon and progress to mounting a challenge for a third Connacht Football Championship, John Morrison, the county’s Armagh-based head coach has found time to put together a new gaelic football coaching guide.
In this edition of the Gael Games podcast John Morrison talks to Padraig Coyle about [...]

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It’s Showtime - The Ulster Football Championship Begins

The 2009 Ulster Football Championship with the backing of  Ulster Bank, Vodafone and Toyota gets underway this weekend  with the preliminary round game at Brewster Park, Enniskillen between Fermanagh and Down.
On the Gaelgames podcast, Padraig Coyle looks ahead to the forthcoming series and hears from  some of those involved including Down manager Ross Carr, Mickey [...]

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Ardu Bheal Feirste - A Plan For Ireland’s Second City

On this edition of the Gael games podcast Padraig Coyle hears about ambitious plans by the Ulster Council of the GAA to develop the huge potential that lies within the greater Belfast area and make Ireland’s second city a sporting success.
Padraig is speaking to Ryan Feeney who is the Ulster Council’s Coummunity Development manager. Ryan [...]

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The Croke Park Museum

In the ten years since it opened its doors, the GAA’s museum situated beneath the Cusack Stand at Croke Park has received hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the world.
In this edition of the Gael games podcast, Padraig Coyle has been hearing some of the history of the GAA from the museum’s Education and [...]

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Nicky Brennan’s Farewell

After three years at the helm of the Gaelic Athletic Association, Kilkenny’s Nicky Brennan steps aside as the organisation’s president at next week’s annual congress. He will be succeeded in the three year post by Christy Cooney of Cork.
On this edition of the Gael games podcast, Nicky Brennan speaks to Padraig Coyle about some of [...]

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President Mary McAleese’s Speech

 
This weekend the Cardinal Ó Fiaich Memorial Library and Archive in Armagh has been hosting the two day “For Community, County and Country” conference as part of the Ulster Council’s celebrations of the 125th anniversary of the GAA.
The conference was opened with this address from President Mary McAleese.
Hear her speech in full.

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