As you head out the M1 motorway towards Stockmans Lane  and beyond, you may notice some GAA pitches on the right hand side of the road behind the Bog Meadows.  In there you’ll find the home of one of Belfast’s best known GAA clubs - St Galls.  Next year the club celebrates its 100th anniversary and already  work is well advanced in compiling an extensive history which will be published in 2010.

In this gaelgames.com  podcast, club historian James A Walsh  tells Padraig Coyle  a little of the remarkable story of St Galls who have been Antrim and Ulster club champions, but are still waiting to bring home the All Ireland club title in football and hurling.

There are stories, too, about tragedies in the early decades of the last century as well as the association with the  international teaching order, the De La Salle Brothers, and a man nicknamed ‘Big Kerry’. 

As the club prepares for that big birthday in 2010, it’s asking for additional help in charting its history.  You can contact the club at  naomhgall.com 

 

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