It was February 2002 and I hadn’t seen or kicked a football in nearly five years. The sudden and somewhat unexpected winding up of Carna LGFA at the end of our third and most successful year had brought the curtain down on my fledgling career and left me with many happy and proud memories. With…
Gráinne Mhaols thrilling 5-6 to 5-3 semi final victory in Letterfrack over St Michaels secured the club’s passage to its first Under-16 Championship Final since 2004. This final turned out to be a local derby, an all Connemara clash between Cailíní an Iarthair and Cailíní Dúiche Seoighe. The West Connemara girls were hoping to bring…
When Grainne Mhaols first entered the ranks of adult football in the Spring of 2002, I was very happy and pleased that my daughter Lorna expressed an interest and decided to take the plunge. My role was merely to offer parental support as I had done one year previously for my younger daughter Patricia who…
My initial introduction to the gaelic sporting experience was through the primary school competitive structures of the nineties. My two children Shane and Ciara attended our local school in Lettergesh and there was a very intense footballing rivalry between the four schools of the parish at that time. Shane was able to further his involvement…
Catherine: So Paul, when did the ladies gaelic football journey begin? Paul: 1997 was my first experience of ladies football. I was in the full throes of junior soccer with West Coast United and we were going all out to win the Division 2 League and Cup double that season. We had a match…
