Classic Irish Passport: The Gaelic Games

The Irish Passport

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🗓️ 15 August 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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We're on holiday! So please enjoy this classic episode of the podcast first recorded back in 2018. We'll be back soon with all new episodes and Halfpint extra content. == The most popular sports in Ireland are the Gaelic games: uniquely Irish sports with an ancient history and a dramatic political backstory that are finding increasing international success. Tim visits the Paris Gaels to hear why players who have never set foot in Ireland have taken to Gaelic football, while Naomi O’Leary explores the importance of the intensely local amateur sports to communities in Ireland. We hear from sports historian Paul Rouse of University College Dublin on how the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1884 was deeply linked to the nationalist politics of the time. From Bronze Age myths about hurling matches between ancient tribes, to a devastating massacre in Croke Park stadium in 1920, we hear why modern Ireland can’t be understood without the GAA. For bonus episodes, support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/theirishpassport.

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0:00.0	Hello, Irish Passport listeners. We are taking our annual break at the moment, so this month
0:05.1	we are bringing you one of our classic episodes, first broadcast all the way back in 2018.
0:10.2	And this one is all about the GAAA, or Gaelic Athletic Association, and its remarkable influence
0:15.2	across the island of Ireland and far, far beyond. If you want to find more Irish Passport content, you can always head over to our Patreon page
0:23.0	www. www.com for slash the Irish Passport, where there are more than 100 exclusive extra content
0:29.0	episodes waiting for you.
0:30.5	In the meantime, we wish you all a lovely summer and please enjoy this classic episode.
0:35.9	Hello, welcome to Irish Passport. Let's do it.. Welcome to Irish Passport.
0:38.1	Let's do it.
0:38.8	Welcome to the Irish passport.
0:40.6	I'm Tim McInerney.
0:41.8	I'm Naomi O'Leary.
0:42.8	We're friends.
0:43.5	Can you both to Naomi?
0:44.3	Anwarfad, Tim.
0:45.7	This is your passport to Irish culture, history and politics.
0:49.0	Uh-huh.
0:49.2	I'm recording.
0:50.0	One, two, two, three.
0:52.3	Okay.
0:52.5	Okay. Now this is not a chance for Henry Sheppelin, a towel brought in. He rejects the author of the towel. It's just outside the 45. You could say in the central position, a yard outside the 45.
1:22.6	Taken by Henry Sheplin, hit much higher in the air, accurately as well, and they're leveled at the point of
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