S2 Episode 6 The Gaelic Games

The Irish Passport

Society & Culture

4.8 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2018

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

he 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 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 getting GAA.

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to Irish Passport.
0:02.3	Let's do it.
0:03.1	Welcome to the Irish Passport.
0:04.8	I'm Tim McInerney.
0:06.0	I'm Naomi O'Leary.
0:07.0	We're friends.
0:07.7	Can you both to Naomi?
0:08.5	Anwar Fat, Tim.
0:09.9	This is your passport to Irish culture, history and politics.
0:13.2	Uh-huh.
0:13.4	I'm recording.
0:14.3	One, two, two, three.
0:16.6	Okay. Okay. Now this is another chance for Henry Shefflin, a towel brought in, he rejects the offer of the towel.
0:41.3	It's just outside the 45, you could say in the central position of the yard outside the 45.
0:46.3	Taken by Henry Shepton, hit much higher in the air, accurately as well, and a level as a point of peace.
0:53.3	Koolinawohanik, Kipreda, Kulinawana and Tibrethorn and Kulinawana and a heron,
0:59.4	Kilkenny in case, you heard it for the first time ever, they're going for five in a row.
1:04.3	Ah, Naomi, that brings back some memories,
1:06.3	long car journeys on a Sunday afternoon, I think.
1:09.9	That was, of course, the voice Michal and Weirtec,
1:12.6	probably the most legendary Irish sports commentator of recent times.
1:16.6	Yeah, and the reason that you're hearing, Mihal, today, is because you guessed it, this episode,
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