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https://youtu.be/y7JmZCGM_WA - it's easy to criticise but sometimes it's worth watching a video like this to remind ourselves of the good the GAA does in small communities. Where would we be without it?

The 2021 Bahrain Games, hosted by the Arabian Celts, with players from the likes of Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Dubai..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS6TzI9Z8eY

She couldn't stop the hurlers tonight in Belfast.. https://youtu.be/8vMO3fsiRNQ

There's a competitive game on December 26 at 1.30pm - Rossa v Ballinascreen in the Fonacab Ulster Minor Tournament at St Paul's in Belfast, a remarkable 35 years into their Winter competition.. https://youtu.be/zN2mCQqmoCo

Another terrific GAA event abroad, this time at the Asian Gaelic Games in Bangkok.. here is the official video from Finals Day..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSTGCtLUkfc&feature=youtu.be

but you might enjoy this version more! https://vimeo.com/243530669

Video report from the Australasia State Games in Perth.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtFr4T_O3R0

Inspiring story from New Haven, where the GAA spirit is alive, well and pure.. https://youtu.be/K1ghCHIP3A0

Video reports from the US GAA Championships can now be seen on the GAA Now page on the official GAA website at this link.. http://www.gaa.ie/gaa-now/

The biggest youth GAA Tournament outside Ireland is in Buffalo this week and this is a report from Day One..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1YujiS2b_8&t=7s

It's early.. but St Mary's beat UU this afternoon by a point..
https://youtu.be/IPeUAhOsDKA

Joe on Joe.ie... Joe Brolly got very excited about Antrim's goals last night and tweeted immediately from the game. Now the video coverage has gone viral, especially because of the last goal. Yes I'm involved in the new short-term venture with the Irish News but fair play to them for taking the initiative. Otherwise, you wouldn't see these goals and Antrim wouldn't be getting the boost online today.. bit.ly/1RuICyu & joe.ie here bit.ly/1SBHXvP 

Here's my video report from the All Stars in Texas, another fast-growing area for Gaelic Games. They have football but they love their hurling. Pat from Limerick and Aidan from Antrim were like 'kids at Christmas to have the best hurlers in their town. There are a few All Stars interviewed in the video - Seamus Hickey & Eoin Murphy, and it starts with the All Stars coaching local kids. It then shows the Austin City Mayor throwing the ball in and being a 'little scared' when a stick broke in front of him, and overall the video is from the local club point of view - the Celtic Cowboys https://youtu.be/3uwfwncpwDw

The fastest area for growth of the GAA is in the Middle East. This year alone, they hosted and won the first World Games in both Ladies and mens football, plus this recent video is from the Bahrain Games where 1200 players took part.. think about that, 1200 players who mostly flew into the island of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf to play hurling, camogie and football. It was the biggest ever gathering of GAA players outside of Ireland and the States.. http://www.gaa.ie/gaa-news-and-videos/news-archive/1112150944-video-2015-bahrain-gaelic-games-festival-report/

If you missed the Australasia GAA Championships documentary on TG4, it is now available on the official GAA YouTube channel right here... https://youtu.be/Ki4pN8Yt7fI

This is effectively a World Cup for Gaelic Football for teams outside Ireland. Whatever way you look at it - the stats, the enthusiasm, the spread of the game - it's hard not to impressed http://jeromequinnmedia.com/video/Global-GAA/Middle-East/2015-World-Games-Preview-1443

Video: I make it 9 seconds from the ball being thrown in until it hit the net in the MacRory Cup today. Is it a record? It's hard to see how a goal could be scored quicker. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05cUL4icf0c

UCC won the Cork derby today at the Mardyke. Here's a video report of same.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYz9CjejcpA&feature=youtu.be

The great Benny Coulter has retired from playing for Down. This is classic Benny Coulter with a black eye & a goal in Ballybofey after his best game for Down, well that was according to Sean O'Neill who would know.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC0mB0pQcWE

If you've had enough 'Strictly Come Dancing' or boxing fundraisers, this is something new and very different and a bit of craic. These lads have a GAA comedy show that is now available for bookings for going round clubs this Autumn. The good thing is that clubs don't have to do any work - they just host it.
http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=222916

Video: See Truagh Gaels best goal in today's Bank of Ireland Ulster U-21 T'ment v Portglenone at Creggan Kickhams - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX_NblmUP9g&feature=youtu.be