Tag: GAA Congress

  • Hanging the hat on hope once again

    Hanging the hat on hope once again

    Peter Quinn was the first GAA President of whom there is proper recollection in this seat. Perhaps obviously, because he was the first holder of the office I met. Since then, Jack Boothman, Joe McDonagh, Sean McCague  (God rest all three of them), Nicky Brennan, Sean Kelly and Liam O’Neill have all been encountered along…

  • Two sides to every story? You don’t always hear both

    Two sides to every story? You don’t always hear both

    So Aoibhin Cleary is the latest Royal County star to be recruited to play Austalian Football League or AFLW,  as it’s known in the Ladies sphere. Following Conor Nash, Cian McBride, Vikki Wall, Orlagh Lally and Eamonn Armstrong. Of those, only Cian and Vikki – temporarily – have returned to give something back. Granted,  Eamonn…

  • It’s GAA Larry but not as we know it

    “We come in peace, shoot to kill/only going forward ’cause we can’t find reverse” went the whimsical yet strangely apt ditty pertaining to the adventures of Captain James T. Kirk et al aboard the Starship Enterprise in Star Trek. Presuming newly-installed GAA Larry McCarthy has at least one PA he could do far worse than…