Abu Dhabi Na Fianna GAA with Trevor Buckley

10/19/20 • 51 min

We went overseas for this week's episode to speak to the Chairman of Abu Dhabi Na Fianna GAA, Trevor Buckley. Originally from Co. Offaly, Trevor is currently serving his second term as chairman of the club and is living in Abu Dhabi since 2005. The club is celebrating its 25 year anniversary this year and Trevor has had a really big part to play in the success of his club, as well as the success of the GAA in the Middle East region through his involvement in the GAA World Games. A great chat with Trevor and fantastic to hear that Irish culture is alive and well in Abu Dhabi, with GAA clubs again being the focal point.

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Eoghan Ruadh Dungannon with Damian Casey

We visit Tyrone this week and speak to Damian Casey from Eoghan Ruadh Hurling Club in Dungannon. Damian gives us a good insight into the club and hurling in general in Tyrone. It's interesting to hear about the work being done at underage by Eoghan Ruadh and also interesting to hear about the decision of their seniors to play in the Antrim leagues, which can involve plenty of long journeys to games. Damian also represents Tyrone seniors and he speaks about his long commutes over and back from the UK to make training and matches for both club and county. Also included in the episode is Damian's all time Eoghan Ruadh 7 a side team.

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