Pride of the Parish - New GAA Series

[REDCOL]

This seems like a very good concept, with all the media focus on the county scene the club is often ignored. Hope they do a good job on producing this programme and dont just stick with the established county star.


http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/prideoftheparish.html

[Zulu]

Yeah nice idea, if hardly original, hopefully they've put a bit of time into and can come at this from a different angle, it could easily turn in to a series of clips of lads telling us what the team means to the parish, which would quickly become tiresome.

[ludermor]

Anyone watching this, some pitch on Turk!

[micka the dub]

i really enjoyed that,the mot was nearly crying at the end.it just goes to show you the power of the gaa.its the mun next week,from inishturk to ballymun,brilliant

[Zulu]

Just watched the episode on Inishturk there on rte.ie and I thought it was very good, it was great to see the effort these lads put in to keep the game alive there. This Friday the show comes from Ballymun, which should be interesting and will be a stark contrast from Inishturk. Beautiful place by the way.

[FL/MAYO]

Just watched the episode on Inishturk there on rte.ie and I thought it was very good, it was great to see the effort these lads put in to keep the game alive there. This Friday the show comes from Ballymun, which should be interesting and will be a stark contrast from Inishturk. Beautiful place by the way.

http://dynamic.rte.ie/av/228-2532884-512-288.smil

Really enjoyed this program, shows what its all about really.

[carnaross]

Excellent programme. Their individual loyalties are to be commended and, maybe, used as an example to some.

[magickingdom]

ballymun kickams tonight - super programme, val andrews and the rest of them are doing so much good work for kids... it was funny when he was describing the problems facing the club, drink, drugs, etc etc and air trafic control problems with the floodlights due to dublin airport next door

[Jinxy]

They seemed like a good bunch of lads and a good club.
Great to see them win the u-21.

[INDIANA]

They do some job in a very deprived area. Teams are generally very discplined as well. People often take the piss out of them but they produce terriific players. Hargan, Rock ,Mc Caul,Kearns, Christie the list goes on.

that was 2 years ago jinxy-they've since done the two in a row with the same team. Could win the SFC this year.

[cavan4ever]

Good programme that today.

[micka the dub]

thats what gaa means to us in rough parts of dublin,i grew up in ballymun/finglas and only for the mentors in the club and of course our parents god knows where we would have ended up,it gave us a great sense of identity and pride and made us believe we werent just lads from the wrong side of the tracks and that we were part of something important and i hope any parent in any rough part of ireland that seen that programe will get their kids invovled in the local club because its much more than sport its making kids believe they are important.and val andrews and people like him the lenght and breath of the country are more important to irish society than 100 politicans.

[IolarCoisCuain]

Well said Micka. All this old palaver about Croker full on a Championship day is all grand, but the fundamental thing about the GAA is that it gives people something worthwhile to do, something to believe in and of which they can be proud. Please God Kickhams will have a good run in the Championship this year.

[Shamrock Shore]

Good viewing tbf.

Great to see the U21 celebrations. Local lasd done good. What the GAA is all about.

Ironically Val Andrews is better on the telly than on the wireless!

[Jinxy]

That young lad wasn't wrong when he said Val loves the cameras.