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GAA LAUNCHES NEW STRATEGIC
PLAN – FÍS SHOILÉIR 2021
T
he GAA recently unveiled an Uachtarán CLG, John Horan said:
ambitious set of goals for the “The GAA launched an extensive effort
next three years. Fís Shoiléir last year to determine our organisation-
2021 positions the GAA to: wide goals for the next three years. This
Strategic Plan is the culmination of six
• Achieve a better balance between month’s work and consultation by a
club and county fixtures Steering Group which employed various mission, as a community-based volunteer He stressed that achieving results will
• Address inter-county team methods with many stakeholders such organisation to promote Gaelic games, include a team effort from various
preparation and administration as our members and volunteers, as well culture and lifelong participation. sectors of its membership at club, county,
challenges as external parties. Fís Shoiléir 2021 sets provincial and central levels. He also
• Counter challenges and capitalise out a clear vision for our future and sets Ard-Stiúrthóir CLG, Tom Ryan said: emphasised that the Association will
on opportunities presented by the agenda for strategic actions that will “Achievement of the goals and objectives continue to address other priorities in
population shifts have a positive impact at all levels of the in the Strategic Plan will be one of an operational manner and respond to
• Enhance integration across the Gaelic Association. It is a timely commitment to my top priorities between now and emerging ones as required.
games family our longer-term strategy for sustaining and 2021, and implementation is already
• Revamp specialised and personal growing the GAA.” underway. Robust structures have been View the GAA Strategic
development opportunities for established to assist implementation, Plan 2018-2021 here.
volunteers and administrators The plan has five goals – to improve such as the establishment of a Strategic
• Streamline administration at club and participation, to transform the Implementation Committee which will DOWNLOAD
county levels development of volunteers, to advance meet regularly to monitor the creation and
• Strengthen communication of governance, revamp communication, and implementation of operational plans set by For more information, visit:
organisational messages grow the Association. The achievement of those with lead responsibility for delivering www.gaa.ie/the-gaa/administration/
• Sustain its amateur status value these goals will help the GAA achieve its the various objectives.” strategic-plan
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NEW GAA SURVEY TO HELP ADDRESS CLUB CONCERNS
G
AA President John Horan has made a
commitment to hold a National Club
Forum at Croke Park where every Club
will be invited to attend and to discuss
matters that are of concern and interest to them.
This has been followed up by the establishment of a
National Club Committee chaired by Mick Rock.
As part of this initiative a new survey aimed
exclusively at clubs has been compiled and recently
sent out to all of our club secretaries which will
hopefully help set the agenda for the gathering later
this year.
CLUB SURVEY
We want to know about the challenges facing clubs
like recruiting volunteers, demographics, games
programmes, and upgrading facilities.
Access to county players and views on underage
development squads will also be prioritised.
Among a wide list of criteria clubs will be canvassed
for suggestions regarding the assistance offered via
the National Club Draw, Player Injury Scheme and
Club Development Grants.
Make sure your club is making its voice heard. Only
one response per club is required so make sure your
club are involved.
All clubs who complete and return the survey by
the due date of July 16 will be entered into a draw
for two complimentary All-Ireland Final tickets of
your choice. Five Pairs in total are available.
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NATIONAL CLUB DRAW 2018/2019
I
t is that time of year again where the National Club Draw
preparation begins. The draw has proved huge success over the
last number of years.
It gives a chance for your club to raise up to €20,000 and all money
raised remains in club. Participants of the draw are also in with the
chance to win some brilliant prizes provided by the Ard Chomhairle.
If you have any questions please contact nationalclubdraw@gaa.ie
Click Play to watch last year’s draw
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THE GAA IS ON SPOTIFY
The GAA is on Spotify! So now you can listen
to the tracks that mean the most to the
players and supporters - you can even add
your own to your county’s playlist.
Simply follow us and add a track, or just
listen and enjoy! Search Spotify for GAA or
head over to the profile here
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JOHN WEST FÉILE SKILL STAR CHALLENGE 2018
By Taidgh Geoghegan
T
he 2018 John West Féile Skill Star players ability in Kicking; Hand-Passing; a score of 90. Sophie Ngai, representing Overall, the Skills Challenge was a great
Challenge took place in the GAA Soloing and Shooting, all having to be Kildare was in third place on a score of 85. success and reflected in the number of
Games Development Centre in carried out using both feet and against the participants and spectators present. All
Abbotstown on Saturday, 23rd clock. The Hurling winner was Luke Roche, from feedback received on the day was very
June. There were over 130 participants Shelmaliers in Co Wexford who improved positive and highlighted the want for a
for the Under 14 competition, The competition itself lasted for just over on his third place finish in 2017 to take competition of this kind. The players who
representing their county across Hurling, two hours and was full of quality skill and home the prestigious Peadar Ahearn were representing their counties all showed
Camogie, Boys and Girls Gaelic Football. talent. Once the score sheets had been trophy. The trophy was presented by Shane tremendous levels of skill and ability.
collected, the winners were calculated. All and Conor Ahern, sons of Peadar and Aaron The Skill Star Challenge follows on from
Participants and their parents began to participants and parents gathered in the Ahern, grandson of Peadar. The Ahern the Hurling/Camogie tournament which
arrive in Abbotstown at 9am where they stand for the trophy presentation and the family have been great supporters of the took place in Connacht, Westmeath and
were directed to the registration tables and winners from each code were presented Féile Skills Star Challenge over the years, Longford, the Féile Handball tournament
presented with a specially designed Féile their trophy by Chair of the National Féile with former Waterford star Shane having which took place in Galway and the Féile
jersey, a John West ‘goody bag’ and lunch Committee, Brendy Brien and John West won the competition himself as an U. 14 Rounders tournament which took place in the
pack. Sarah Kehoe (John West Nutritionist) Marketing Manager, Anne-Claire Monde. player. In joint second place was Down’s Connacht GAA Centre. Next weekend sees
hosted two Nutrition talks during the All players also had the opportunity to Declan Mallon and Gearoid Dunne from the Féile na nÓg tournament which is hosted
competition which aimed to provide helpful get their photo taken with Roscommon Kilkenny. The Camogie winners were Faye jointly by Down, Louth and Meath. The finals
tips and facts regarding nutrition, diet footballer Amanda McLoone and Dublin Mulrooney from Offaly in first place, second of the Féile na nÓg tournament will represent
and training for both the players and their camogie star Eve O’Brien who were the place went to Aine Leenane from Tipperary, the culmination of a significant month’s
parents. ambassadors on the day. while Orlagh Convery from Antrim finished activity, whereby over 17,000 players will
in third position. have played over 1,400 games at Féile.
The Competition began shortly after 10am A feature of the 2018 competition was the
and was spread across four of the five top closeness of the competitors, indeed there Sophie Ngai, representing Kildare, taking part in the competition
class pitches in Abbotstown with each code was a first for the Féile Skill Star Challenge
having its own pitch. It was a perfect day for in the Boys Football where first place was
the competition with temperatures hitting shared among the top four participants,
23 degrees. who all scored exactly the same amount
of points (90). It proved impossible to
For Hurling and Camogie, skills included: separate Cork’s Michael McSweeney,
Ground Striking; Free Taking; Jab Lift & Sean Doyle from Wicklow, Paddy Kennedy
Strike; Ground Cut; Ball Control and Long representing Limerick and Eoin Loughran
Puck. from Down. The top performers could not
be separated in Girls Football either, as
For Gaelic Football and Ladies Gaelic Kiana Donnelly from Armagh and Ciara
Football, the competition challenged the Smyth from Meath were joint-winners on
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The presentation of the Peadar Ahern
trophy to Luke Scanlon, Wexford
by Shane, Conor and Aaron Ahern
(Waterford)
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BORD GÁIS ENERGY
GAA LEGENDS TOURS
E
very summer the GAA Museum
hosts these unique tours which see
some of the biggest names in GAA Barney Rock (Dublin) and
Damien Fitzhenry (Wexford)
history relive their memories and
give fans a unique chance to experience
the stadium from a player’s perspective.
This year we’ll be inviting some of our
most popular legends back together with
a sprinkling of ‘first time’ legends.
All Bord Gáis Energy GAA Legends Tours
include a trip to the GAA Museum, which is
home to many exclusive exhibits, including
the official GAA Hall of Fame. Booking is
essential as the tours sell out quickly.
Find out more at crokepark.ie/legends
Here’s just some of the Legends who will be
touring Croke Park this summer;
AIDAN O’MAHONY (KERRY) JOE DEANE (CORK) JOHNNY DOOLEY (OFFALY) JOHN DIVILLY (GALWAY)
Saturday 14th July Saturday 28th July Sunday 29th July Saturday 11th August
The 2018 Bord Gáis Energy Legends Tour The 2018 Bord Gáis Energy Legends Tour The 2018 Bord Gáis Energy Legends Tour The 2018 Bord Gáis Energy Legends Tour
Series continues when Kerry legend Aidan Series at Croke Park continues with Cork Series at Croke Park continues with Offaly Series continues when Galway’s John Divilly
O’Mahony joins staff of the GAA Museum hurling legend Joe Deane. Joe’s tour will hurling legend Johnny Dooley. The tour joins staff of the GAA Museum on a very
on a very unique behind-the-scenes tour of take place before the first All-Ireland will take place before the stiles open to unique behind-the-scenes tour of Croke Park
Croke Park. hurling semi-final of the 2018 GAA Hurling match day patrons on the day of the second just hours before throw-in the first semi-final
Championship. All-Ireland hurling semi-final of the GAA of this year’s football championship.
A five-time All-Ireland winner with the Hurling Championship 2018.
Kingdom, Aidan enjoyed a 12-year senior The three-time All-Ireland winner’s senior John has experienced success as both player
inter-county career from 2004 to 2016. inter-county career started in November The wing forward played for the Faithful and manager – he was centre-back on the
The Rathmore clubman featured in 70 1995 in the National League. As well as the County won two All-Ireland titles and two Galway team that lifted the Sam Maguire Cup
championship games and 83 league games three All-Ireland titles, Joe won five Munster All-Star awards during a Senior inter- in 1998. More recently, he managed UCD to
during that time and was twice an All Star. Championships and three All Star Awards. county career that spanned 11 years. Sigerson Cup success in 2018.
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JAMES BURKE’S INSPIRATIONAL
COMEBACK STORY
By John Harrington
L
ess than four months after his “So I went to the GP and he straight away
life hung in the balance while in sent me to the hospital, he felt something
an induced coma, James Burke is was wrong.”
ready to play a key role for Kildare
in the Christy Ring Cup Final against Burke’s condition went downhill rapidly
London on Saturday. when he reached A&E. He was vomiting,
hallucinating, and had pains all over his body.
The 19-year-old has made a remarkable
recovery since being struck down suddenly When he then developed a rash on his arms
by bacterial meningitis last Easter just a and feet, the doctors suspected meningitis. A
week after he’d helped the DCU hurlers win CT scan showing severe swelling on Burke’s
the All-Ireland Fresher’s Hurling title. brain confirmed their fears.
His symptoms started innocuously enough, “At that point they put me in an induced
but quickly turned into a nightmare coma and transferred me to an isolation unit
scenario for both him and his family. in Tallaght,” said Burke.
“I had a week off college and I was working “It was tough for my family, they were going
in a camp,” Burke told GAA.ie. “I came through it all and I obviously didn’t know
home on the Tuesday and I was feeling what was going on.
sick.
“It was scary times for them. They were
“I was just very tired which wouldn’t be like sleeping in the hospital, they didn’t even
me. Went into work the next day and came go home. They were up all night worrying I
home with a headache and a temperature. suppose.
“They were flu like symptoms so I thought “On the Saturday the doctors were letting
that’s all it was. Then during the night I them know hour by hour how I was doing. It
vomited four or five times and on Thursday was touch and go, nearly.”
morning it was the same again, headaches
and temperature. Eventually his doctors were able to confirm
he had a case of Type B Bacterial Meningitis,
“It was Thursday evening I started getting which allowed them to treat him with a
a sharp pain in my side and difficulty specific antibiotic which Burke responded
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Kildare are glad to have him back, he was
He was woken from his induced coma after their top-scorer in the League with a total
three days, but still had a long road to of 28 points scored from just four matches
recovery ahead of him. played. Not bad going for a young player in
his debut season.
“I was in hospital for 12 days and when I
was in hospital I wasn’t great at all,” he said. “When I understood what had happened I
“I had no energy. I was only slowly getting thought I wouldn’t even be able to play in
back to my feet and walking. the club championship in October,” said
Burke. “I thought it was going to be a long
“Once I got home the process started to spell on the sidelines.
speed up. I was going for longer walks
around the house or going down by the “I couldn’t have even dreamed of playing
canal. in a Christy Ring Cup Final. But now I am
where I am. I’ve played a few matches so I’m
“They said the recovery would be a just delighted to have the opportunity to
minimum of eight weeks, so I didn’t do play in the Final on Saturday.
anything that was kind of risky for those
eight weeks, no type of running or exercise “It’s been a dream of a first season, apart “James’ journey to this Christy Ring Final Now, sooner than they could ever have
really. from getting sick. The League was good is truly extraordinary,” said O’Brien. “He hoped, they’ll get to watch him do what he
to me. I was playing good hurling and was fought as big a battle as anyone could loves most, back in the full of his health.
“In the meantime as well I was just doing getting lucky as well. Coming back into the imagine, he was at death’s door. Regardless of the result, that’s something
everything the doctor said. Eating well and Christy Ring I was a bit nervous and didn’t to celebrate.
sleeping well and all of that.” know how things were going to go. “He has showed incredible courage and
strength, which has inspired all those around “Yeah, I think they’ll enjoy the occasion,”
When the eight weeks were up, Burke “I’m just happy that I didn’t fall too far him in Kildare. said Burke. “I’d say they weren’t expecting
slowly started to ramp up the intensity backwards. I’m doing alright again. I’ve I’d be in this position. They wouldn’t have
of his rehab and targeted a return to the fitted back into the team okay. “James is an exceptionally talented hurler, in been expecting to see me out there this
Kildare team. my view, he has the potential to be as good year.
“Everyone involved with the team has been as some of the top hurlers in the country.”
He’d lost a lot of weight and muscle-mass, great to me. I got a lot of texts of support “Ah, it’s great. It’s good for them to get
but bit by bit built himself back until he was and they were always keeping tabs on me Whatever else he does in his career, it’s a a day out as well and I’m sure they’re as
ready to make his comeback as a second- to see how I was doing. serious achievement for Burke to be able delighted and excited as I am.”
half substitute in the Christy Ring Cup to play a part in this Christy Ring Cup Final
victory over Wicklow on June 2, just three “Even when I came back training, they considering what he’s come through. This article first appeared on gaa.ie
months after he’d been in a coma. made the return to training very easy, both previewing the Christy Ring Cup final.
management and players.” You can be sure that his family will savour
He scored a point that day, and then landed the occasion too. A few short months ago James and Kildare enjoyed a famous win
four in the Christy Ring Cup semi-final They’ve supported him and, according to they were sitting by his side in hospital in the decider with James scoring a
victory over Derry after coming on at half- Kildare team coach, Shane O’Brien, he has praying he’d make it through the fight of his
time. inspired them in turn. remarkable 0-8.
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DJ CAREY - ALWAYS PURE CLASS
By Christy O’Connor
T
welve days ago, DJ Carey was three and four All-Ireland medals more
interviewed by Micheál Ó than Carey. Yet Carey will still always
Domhnaill live on TG4 shortly occupy that special place in the hearts
after Galway had defeated and minds of Kilkenny, and hurling people,
Kilkenny in the Leinster U21 semi-final. neatly placed in the pantheon beside
Carey’s side had lost by two points and Ó Kilkenny’s modern greats - Henry Shefflin, JJ
Domhnaill brought up two controversial Delaney and Tommy Walsh.
incidents in the game involving Bill
Sheehan and Tommy Walsh where Carey’s standing is so bound up with
Kilkenny could have made up that goals and points and magical tricks he
deficit. “That could have been a two- routinely performed that his longevity
point swing,” said Ó Domhnaill. “So how and endurance is often forgotten. He
disappointing is it to hear those decisions played in three different decades and
going against you?” there was never a time when he was just
another player. His surname was almost
Carey just shrugged his shoulders irrelevant because DJ was the GAA’s first
before giving his answer: “Decisions are real superstar.
disappointing if they go against you,
unfortunately, but we can’t have any Everyone on the ground had long been
complaints. The game is over. We battled aware of Carey’s talent from a young age.
really hard. We gave it everything. I’d be He was a star player on the 1988 All-
very proud of everyone in that dressing Ireland winning Kilkenny minor team but
room. All we can do is wish the team that he really announced himself to the wider
beat us the very best of luck in the rest of hurling public the following season. In the
the championship.” 1989 All-Ireland Colleges final against St
Flannan’s in Nenagh, Carey scored 3-3
Few managers would have been as gracious out of 3-5 for St Kieran’s, even though he
or magnanimous in the circumstances but was strapped up like a mummy to protect
Carey displayed everything as a manager damaged ribs.
that he was as a player; a study in grace and
dignity and elegance. Pure class. He made his senior championship debut
for Kilkenny later that summer and had a
When the record books are analysed now, glorious career. Carey’s grand uncle, Paddy
and in the future, there are numerous Phelan, was picked on the Team of the
modern Kilkenny hurlers who have two, Century in 1984. Carey missed out on theFootball Hurling Club General
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updated version in 2000 but A line of Kilkenny players have surpassed Carey exploded that day, scoring 2-4. For After that game, Brian Cody spoke about
that omission never threatened his his championship appearances since but years, his scoring record in All-Ireland how fortunate the players were to be in a
greatness or cherished status in the numbers and statistics could never do full finals had threatened his place in the dressing room with Carey. The players also
game. justice to DJ’s legacy. He was the greatest pantheon. Before that 2000 final only one acknowledged as much at the time. “DJ is
goalscorer of the last 30 years but his of his championship goals had come in a great man to have walk up those steps,”
DJ sent records tumbling everywhere. He goals were about more than just green an All-Ireland final, and that came from a said Henry Shefflin. “And it was a great
accumulated 62-435 during 138 games flags. There was a buzz of electricity and penalty. In the 1998 and 1999 finals, which honour for me to walk up behind him.”
for Kilkenny, 33-188 of which was scored excitement when Carey bore down on goal Kilkenny lost, Carey failed to score from
over 57 championship matches. For 48 because the crowd knew what was likely play. In 1993 his only point from play came Shefflin won more All-Irelands than anyone
long years Sim Walton held the record to happen next. So did the opposition. in injury time. Yet the stats were blind to else but part of DJ Carey’s great legacy is
for the most championship appearances His goals invariably represented more many things, especially his work-rate, and how much he led the way for Shefflin and so
for Kilkenny with 49 before Eddie Keher than just their three-point value. After he laser free-taking under pressure. In any many more Kilkenny players on the path to
surpassed that record in 1977. Carey scored Kilkenny’s opening goal in the 2000 case, Carey buried any doubts on that front modern domination. Carey was a genius. A
overtook Keher in 2004, playing for one All-Ireland final, Offaly manager Pat Fleury with a combined 3-10 in the 2000 and trendsetter. A phenomenon.
more season before retiring after the 2005 said afterwards that it felt like Kilkenny had 2002 finals. A year later, Carey captained
championship. scored “two” goals. Kilkenny to an All-Ireland title. And always pure class.
DJ Carey is being inducted into the Leinster GAA Hall of Fame
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JIMMY KEAVENEY - A REWARDING AND SUCCESSFUL CAREER
By Seán McGoldrick
A
s tales of the unexpected go, the raiser to the National Football League final
Jimmy Keaveney story is straight replay between Kerry and Roscommon.
out of the pages of a Roy of the Keaveney watched the game from Hill 16
Rovers annual. Physically he as Dublin won by nine points and Kerry
was at his peak when the Dublin football won their fourth league title on the spin.
team was in the doldrums. Needless, to say there was more interest
in the exploits of the visitors from the
He won a Leinster Championship medal Kingdom than Dublin’s workmanlike
in 1965 when Dublin beat Longford in performance under their new manager.
the final, but they lost by eight points to
Kerry in the All-Ireland semi-final. Though Heffernan wasn’t happy either. Driving
he continued to excel personally, Dublin home to Raheny afterwards he was
went into decline, reaching a nadir in 1973 bemoaning his side’s inability to convert
when they lost in a second-round Leinster more of their chances, when one of his
Championship replay to Louth. back-seat passengers piped up and
suggested that he have a word with his St
At the age of 28, Keaveney – who was also Vincent’s clubmate Jimmy Keaveney.
an accomplished hurler – decided to pack in
his Dublin career. “We were an old team, all A week later when Dublin travelled to
in our late twenties and no one would have Navan to face Louth in the second round,
rated us at all. People thought we were over Jimmy wasn’t just on the team bus, he
the hill,” he later recalled. started the game and ended up as the
leading scorer with a 0-6 return. He might
In the wake of the Louth debacle, the have been a tad unfit but he still knew
Dublin County Board acted. They axed where the posts were.
the unwieldy committee who used to pick
and run the team. The appointment of a He still had no inkling of what was about
Dublin GAA icon, Kevin Heffernan as team to unfold. “We were nothing special at
manager for the 1974 season promised a the time, we weren’t bad footballers or
fresh start. anything but we would have been about 50
or 60-to-one to win an All-Ireland with the
But it was a measure of the team’s then bookies at that stage,” he recalled.
lowly status that their first-round Leinster
Championship clash against Wexford on But Dublin kept on winning, they
May 26, 1974 in Croke Park was the curtain subsequently beat Offaly, Kildare andFootball Hurling Club General
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Meath to capture their first Leinster title in For the next six seasons Keaveney was Jimmy Keaveney won every honour in Papal visit in 1979 which had serious
nearly a decade; sensationally dethroned virtually ever present in the Dublin the game and is one of a handful of GAA consequences for Jimmy. He received an
defending title-holders Cork in the All- number 14 shirt as he terrorized defences players to be named Footballer of the Year eight-week ban after he was sent off in the
Ireland semi-final before comfortably and became one of the game’s most in successive seasons (1976 and 1977). Leinster final against Offaly. It was due to
overcoming Galway – who were appearing accomplished free-takers as Dublin He scored a then record tally of 2-6 in the expire on the week of the All-Ireland which
in their third All-Ireland final in four captured Sam again in 1976 – when they 1977 All-Ireland final against Armagh – it would have left him eligible to play.
seasons – in the September final helped beat Kerry for the first time in an All-Ireland was later equalled by Mike Sheehy.
by an 0-8 contribution from the ‘Marino final since 1923 – and 1977. However, in order to avoid a clash with the
Maestro’ and Paddy Cullen’s penalty save. The legacy of that team is underlined by visit of Pope John Paul II the GAA decided
Arguably he became the first icon for a the fact that their 22 game match-winning to bring forward the date of the final by a
The man who had watched his team’s new generation of Dublin football fans run in the provincial series when they won week which meant that he couldn’t play in
first game in the championship in his as suddenly it became fashionable to six titles on the spin was only bettered by the 1979 decider against Kerry.
street clothes ended the season as the follow the team, which in turn led to the the current side when they beat Longford in
championship’s leading scorer with a 1-36 establishment of dozens of new GAA clubs this year’s semi-final. But it was one of the few disappointments
return – but more importantly an All- in Dublin which laid the foundation for the Jimmy Keaveney experienced in a
Ireland medal as Dublin secured the Sam county’s present unrivalled status as the The forthcoming Papal visit to Croke wonderfully rewarding and successful
Maguire Cup for the first time since 1963. leading football power in the land. Park will bring back memories of the last career.
Jimmy was inducted into the Leinster GAA Hall of Fame
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CLUBS URGED TO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE
GAELIC SUNDAY CENTENARY
execution of the leaders of the Easter Rising
only two years earlier.
There was great frustration on behalf of the
British authorities at this opposition and,
sensing a growth in hostility and a rise in
nationalist fervor, they looked at what might
be helping to cause it.
The GAA and its followers were identified as
being among the causes of their difficulties. As
a result, efforts were made to frustrate the GAA
at every turn. Excursion trains to big matches
were prevented from happening and the GAA
was forced to apply for a license for every
match they held.
T
he GAA is planning a major festival It all ran entirely without major incident and in their community – just as Gaelic Sunday did
This, the GAA frankly refused to do. The
of club activity to mark the forced the abandonment of the requirement 100 years ago.
issue came to a head on July 9th when an
Centenary of Gaelic Sunday on the to seek a license to play a GAA match. This
Ulster championship match was prevented
weekend of August 4/5. event, more than any other, galvanised the For every club, this can be a ‘Lá na gClub’ , when
from taking place in Cootehill by a huge RIC
GAA as a major cultural and social force and is internal club games can be played, people can
presence, who surrounded the field, preventing
Details will be sent out in the coming weeks one of the key foundation stones of what is the play or support in clothing reminiscent of the
entry. It was agreed by the GAA after this and
with a call to action for clubs in every county most successful amateur sports organisation period. Clubs who played against each other
other provocative encounters between players
to get involved in this most special GAA in the world today. It became known as Gaelic 100 years ago, or clubs from the areas where
and the authorities to hold a GAA club match
anniversary. Sunday. defunct clubs once existed can play each other
in every parish in Ireland at precisely the same
Gaelic Sunday as it became known, took in challenge games.
time- 3 pm on Sunday August 4.
place on August 4, 1918 and was possibly the This year, August 4 is on Saturday, on a
most successful peaceful protest ever held weekend when there will be major GAA A ‘Museum Day’ can be held in clubs, where
The protest was far more successful than could
anywhere in the first half of the 20th century. activities as All Ireland Quarter Finals involving people can bring along old medals, trophies,
ever have been imagined and an estimated
the four provincial football winners will take match programmes, newspaper cuttings,
54,000 players played a match with over
In 1918, the British authorities in Ireland had place. photos or playing equipment for others to see.
100,000 watching across the entire island.
tried to impose conscription to supplement the A club ‘fun day’ could be organised, even as a
Every parish was involved and matches were,
war effort as hostilities in Europe were coming The GAA will call on clubs in every county fundraiser.
in many cases, held at venues never before nor
to a crescendo. There was massive opposition to organise and take part in an activity that
since used for the purpose.
to this in Ireland, particularly following the celebrates the GAA and clebraes their place More details to follow in the weeks ahead.Football Hurling Club General
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON GDPR FOR GAA CLUBS
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS the opportunity to refresh such consent
on a regular basis. Consent cannot be
1. Do Clubs require consent to publish deemed to be indefinite. Each time consent
photographs of members (including is captured, the Club should allow members
children) online? an opportunity every 2 years to refresh
such consent.
Yes. Prior to photographs of any member
being published on the Club’s website 3. Is the GAA App an alternative
or social media, the Club must be sure it communication method to Whatsapp?
has the appropriate consent captured
for the member. Appropriate consent Yes. The newly updated GAA App which
T
mechanisms are included in the Official is available for download on both iOS
he General Data Protection must be compliant and must be able to Membership Forms. Clubs should now and Android encapsulates a messaging
Regulation (GDPR) and the Irish demonstrate compliance. use the Official Membership Forms going functionality within the App whereby the
Data Protection Act 2018 have forward which will ensure consent is Club can communicate with its members
been in effect since May 25th What do clubs need to do? captured in a GDPR compliant manner. In via free in-app messages in a GDPR
2018 and it is important that every GAA It is imperative that every GAA club relation to photographs of children, the compliant manner. The GAA centrally has a
Club is aware of how these changes in understands what Data Protection Child Membership Form requires parental contract in place with Servasport in relation
the law will affect the ways in which legislation means and how the changes consent as is GAA procedure. Official to the App to ensure GDPR compliance.
members’ personal information can be in legislation affect them. A significant Membership Forms can be access in the Clubs can set up groups within the App
collected and used for GAA Purposes. amount of guidance has been provided on Official Guide, on the GDPR Repository for (e.g. lotto, senior hurlers etc.) and send
what clubs need to do and this has been Clubs or at www.gaa.ie/dataprotection.At communications based on the groups. In
Data Protection legislation is intended to published in previous Club Newsletters, Club events, such as medal presentations development at the moment is also the
protect the right to privacy of individuals on the GAA website (www.gaa.ie/ etc., if photographs are being taken of the functionality for coaches to utilise the
and seeks to ensure that Personal dataprotection) and shared with GAA crowd, the Club should inform attendees GAA App as a messaging system and Clubs
Information is used appropriately by Club Officers through Microsoft OneDrive. prior to the photo(s) being taken to allow will be updated once this functionality is
organisations that may have it (Data (This content can be viewed by Club attendees to choose whether they wish to enabled.
Controllers/Data Processors). Data Officers who Logon to Microsoft Office365 be in such photograph(s) or not.
Protection relates to any information that with their @gaa.ie email address and 4. Do Clubs require a Data Protection
can be used to identify a living person such selecting the following menu option: 2. How long is consent valid for? Officer?
as Name, address, phone number, Date OneDrive> Shared> Shared With Me >
of Birth etc. The onus is on the person or GDPR Repository). If consent is being used by a Club as the No. Clubs should identify a person/
entity that uses a person’s information - A useful summary of the content (GDPR legal basis for processing an individual’s group designated with responsibility for
Data Controller/Data Processor - to comply For GAA Clubs.pdf) is available and can be information (e.g. consent for photographs, compliance with data protection. The role,
with the legislation and to demonstrate downloaded here: www.gaa.ie/my-gaa/ for reminders about the lotto etc.), the Club requirements and responsibility of a Data
compliance. This means that GAA clubs administrators/gdpr-support must ensure it provides the individuals with Protection Officer are specifically referredFootball Hurling Club General
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to in legislation. Individual GAA Clubs do list of paid members on the notice board 9. Is there a secure method of electronic include the fact that information is on the
not require a Data Protection Officer. The within the Club. As it included within GAA storage available to Clubs? personal PC of the Secretary for example. If
GAA centrally has provided access to a Data Rule, Clubs must comply with this. This is / when the Secretary changes role, the data
Protection Officer for Clubs and the GAA’s referred to within the Official Membership Yes. The GAA OneDrive is a secure method that is held by him / her should be returned
DPO can be contacted at dataprotection@ Forms when the member signs the form of storing electronic information within to the Club or deleted.
gaa.ie for any questions ,queries, issues or agreeing that their personal data will be Clubs. Access to OneDrive is available to
concerns Clubs may have in relation to data used in the following way: “I understand anyone with an @gaa.ie email address. 11. Can Clubs publish contact details of
protection. that my Personal Data will also be used The username and password is the same volunteers on the Club website?
for administrative purposes to maintain as that used to sign into your @gaa.ie
5. Should Clubs collect medical my Membership including club and team email. GAA related files should be stored Yes. Clubs can publish contact details
information on membership forms? administration”. The publication of names (and shared, if necessary) using the GAA of Club volunteers, for example, the
of paid members is an element of Club Office 365 system. This allows the club to groundsman on the Club website. However,
Medical information should not be administration. retain control of the data (and ownership the Club must ensure the individual in
included on membership forms. A key if someone changes role within the club) question has provided their consent for
principle of the GDPR is the principle 7. Does the GAA have updated advice on whilst ensuring that data is secure, backed their information to be used in this manner.
of data minimisation, whereby only the Social Media? up and available irrespective of hard disk A sample consent form for this purpose is
personal data required for the purpose it issues (as can happen on Laptops or PCs). included within the GDPR Repository for
is being collected for should be collected. There is a new Social Media Policy The Office 365 OneDrive is governed by a Clubs.
For example, if buying a pair of shoes incorporating GDPR requirements currently contract that ensures the GAA (the relevant
online, the order form should not request being finalised which will be sent to Clubs. club) has the right to recover / delete any 12. Should Clubs implement a process
your occupation. Medical information is Clubs should ensure this Policy is adhered information held therein. It also mandates around teamsheets?
not required to register a member with to in order to ensure compliance with that GAA data does not leave the EU.
the Club. The membership information the GDPR, and also with various other Yes. An important element of games
collected by Clubs in relation to their responsibilities such as child protection. 10. Can Club volunteers use personal administration within the GAA is the
members is jointly controlled by the GAA laptops/tablets/PC’s to conduct Club provision of teamsheets to the referee
centrally and the GAA centrally should 8. How long should ID documentation for related business? and the opposing team prior to the match
not have access to members’ health Garda vetting be stored? beginning. Clubs should ensure their
information. If Clubs wish to collect medical Many clubs rely on their officers to use their teamsheets are stored in a secure manner
information of members, due to medical ID documentation collected in relation to own PCs to conduct GAA business. All of together with the rest of the information
information being classed as a ‘special the process of Garda Vetting members, the GAA’s systems are web based and, as Clubs hold, and that they are securely
category’ of personal data, the Club should for example photocopies of passports, a result, are accessible from any internet deleted on a regular basis. Teamsheets
be aware it requires a more stringent level utility bills etc. should be stored for the connected device. The data belonging to received from the opposition team should
of protection and should be stored securely maximum period of one year. The Office the Club should be stored within those be treated with similar respect and deleted
and accesses only by those with a genuine of the Data Protection Commissioner has systems (i.e. within the registration system along with the Clubs own teamsheets once
requirement to access it. advised that this should be the retention or within OneDrive). Any spreadsheets they are no longer required.
period for all ID documentation related to or word documents that reside on the
6. Does GDPR prevent Clubs from Vetting procedures. In order to streamline local drive should be password protected Please email any queries to
publishing a list of paid members on the process, once a Club is satisfied that by clicking File in the top left corner dataprotection@gaa.ie
notice board in the Club? the Vetting has been completed, the and ‘protect document’. One of the key
ID documentation associated with the requirements of GDPR is that a record or
It is included within GAA Rule in the Official application should be deleted. / her should log of the locations of any personal data
Guide that Clubs are required to publish a be returned to the Club or deleted. held by a club is recorded. This shouldFootball Hurling Club General
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GAELIC4GIRLS ENJOYING
HUGE SUCCESS
T
he Ladies Gaelic Football Association’s The Gaelic4Girls programme has been proven
2018 Gaelic4Girls programme has to increase numbers in club while coaches
proven a huge success in 43 clubs are provided with the training, resources and
across Ireland and Britain. support required to set up and implement the
programme.
2018 saw the LGFA celebrate the 10th
anniversary of the scheme, with Armagh star The full list of participating clubs was as follows:
Aimee Mackin acting as Gaelic4Girls ambassador
and featuring in a series of hugely-popular LEINSTER: Craobh Chiarain and Man O’War
promotional videos. (Dublin), Ballykelly and Monasterevin (Kildare),
Erins Own (Kilkenny), Clonguish (Longford),
In Ireland, 33 clubs representing 21 counties Wolfe Tones and Stabannon Parnells (Louth),
took part in the Gaelic4Girls programme while Boardsmill (Meath), Bannow/Ballymitty
in Britain, 10 clubs from counties London, (Wexford).
Warwickshire and Scotland participated.
ULSTER: Crossmaglen and Carrickcruppen
Over 1600 girls aged between 8-12 years (Armagh), Tullylish (Down), Bellnaleck, Kinawley
participated in Gaelic4Girls – a huge number of and Tempo (Fermanagh), Emyvale (Monaghan),
players who have been exposed to Ladies Gaelic Killeeshil (Tyrone), Glenswilly (Donegal).
Football and a club setting for the first time.
MUNSTER: Éire Óg and Corofin (Clare),
The selected clubs attended training evenings Ballinahassig and Inch Rovers (Cork), Spa,
before the programme was rolled out. Killarney (Kerry), Gaultier (Waterford).
The 12-week programme included provincial CONNACHT: Leitrim Gaels and St Mary’s,
Gaelic4Girls: Celebrating 10 years of increasing participation and growth
blitzes, where players had the opportunity to Carrick-on-Shannon (Leitrim), Claregalway
in clubs across Ireland and Britain.
represent their clubs and showcase the skills LGFA, Dunmore McHales, Menlough Skehana
they learned in that fun and non-competitive and Monivea (Galway), Claremorris (Mayo),
G4G is a 12 week programme incorporating coaching sessions with fun
environment. Ballinameen Ladies (Roscommon).
non-competitive blitzes aimed at increasing participation in Ladies Gaelic
As Gaelic4Girls ambassador, two-time All Star
Football. The programme targets girls aged between 8-12 years who are
Mackin was a fitting candidate for the role. BRITAIN: Tara, Parnells, Tir Conaill Gaels and
not currently registered with a Ladies Gaelic Football club.
St Kiernans (London), Sean McDermotts, St
Ten years ago, Mackin began her football journey Brendans and John Mitchels (Warwickshire),
For further information please contact Aisling Doonan,
as a Gaelic4Girl when her club, Shane O’Neills, Glasgow Gaels, Dunedin Óg and Coatbridge
aisling.doonan@lgfa.ie or 01 8363156
delivered the programme. Davitts (Scotland).Football Hurling Club General
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MÍLE BUÍOCHAS
Thank you to all of those who have contributed to this month’s edition of the GAA Club
Newsletter. Your feedback is welcome and any comments, suggestions or queries should be
directed to clubnewsletter@gaa.ie.
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