Goodbye Ireland, Goodbye Gaelic Football

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Gaelic Football is Ireland's most popular sport - there are clubs in every parish of the country. The game is very much part of the Irish identity. But it is losing its lifeblood. And all because of emigration. John Murphy goes to the far west of Ireland, to learn about this uniquely Irish game and hear how clubs are struggling to keep going as more and more young people leave the country, to find jobs abroad.

Producer: Helen Grady


Audio Duration: 25 minutes

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[HUGGY]

Gae-lic(ers) eh?
I'm Irish but it just doesn't compare to American Football. I spoz if I had grown up there as a kid it would have some meaning and therefore an attraction. I will give em it's a better game than soccor.

 

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