‘Sometimes the feeling for Gaelic football in Derry city is underappreciated – especially its appeal to the girls’
The Club Conundrum
‘There’s a lot of moving parts and you have to work hard to get every section working in tandem together’
Ranelagh Gaels are one of the fastest-growing clubs in Ireland but remain a nomadic outfit scattered across various Dublin pitches, none of which belong to them
Proposers submit sharp rise in population underscores application, but St Colmcille’s of Piltown opposed to establishment
As populations shift from rural areas, a GIS can help clubs pre-empt future problems and plan for various scenarios
Parish rules, strict planning laws on house-building and urbanisation among issues threatening rural clubs
‘We were actually in the county of Waterford but by the 1980s, the boundary of the city had expanded’
Kiltane: Fighting a brave rearguard action despite population decline
‘We decided at the meeting we are going to venture out on our own again’
Donegal club need to stop the emigration drip draining more players from the area and hold on long enough for younger footballers to come through
‘I’m sitting down these nights and going, ‘How am I going to get these fellas football?’
‘Loads of lads between 40 and 50 have moved away from the area and farther up the commuter belt’
Over the next three days we look at the challenges facing clubs in both rural and urban Ireland in the face of a rapidly evolving society
Sympathy towards Dublin super-clubs might be in short supply, but first-world problems don’t go away just because you call them that
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