Galway vs Kerry in GAA with my 3 sons
National League
I am a proud Galway man, father to three proud Galway sons. We all made our way to Pearse stadium today to watch them take on Kerry in round 7 of the GAA national football league. A win for Galway would put them into the National League final against Connacht neighbours Mayo.
Revenge would be on Galway's minds having missed out in the Championship final last year to Kerry on a scoreline of 0-20 to 0-18 in what was a great game of Gaelic Football.
As per usual, the first thing to do was buy the match programme.
Now, with programme in hand we find our seats for the game and have a look at how the teams would line out.
Galway's 11
Kerry's 11
National Anthem
As is customary in the GAA, both teams line up and face the Irish national flag, the Tri Colour for our National Anthem Amhrán na bhFiann.
And now it's show team, a place in the National League final awaits the winner. Here we have Galway talisman Shane Walsh walking over to kick Galway in front with the first kick of the game.
It was a lead they never relinquished either, as they scraped and fought hard all over the pitch and held their lead all day long to run out winners on a scoreline of 1-13 to 0-14. So Galway march on to face Mayo in the League final and this little man couldn't have been happier.
Interview for man of the match
If a Galway win wasn't enough for them, my three sons also got more to be happy about, with Galway captain who is also captain of our local team Moycullen getting man of the match.
Here are the four proud Moycullen men, Seán Kelly the captain and man of the match, with @Ablaze junior 1 to 3.
Thanks as always for stopping by everyone.
Peace Out
Nice one @ewkaw and @qurator, thanks a mil
They look absolutely ecstatic 😂😂
When you said football, at first I thought of soccer or the American football...
Sad that I can't recognize the ball used...
It looks some how like a volleyball 🏐
haha was gonna say the same thing, the boys look chuffed
Ha ha.
The ball looks a bit like a volleyball alright but that's the end of the similarities. Its heavier than a soccer ball and is the same size as an adult size 5 soccer ball.
Hmmmm
Irish football huh...
Pretty cool they love their sports and happy to see your team won and now go into the finals. This would mean another day out unless you have to travel and cannot make it.
Ya it was a great win and the lads really enjoyed the day out. The final is this Sunday in Croke Park in Dublin, I'm not sure whether we'll make it up.
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Gaelic football is so intriguing and similar to Aussies Rules we've got locally. How common is it to speak Gaelic in every day situations out of curiosity?
Hey man, ya very similar to Aussie rules which is a great sport too, although our game is still amateur.
Gaeilge is making a resurgence now which is great as it was in danger of dying out. Some pockets of Ireland speak it as their first language, these areas are called Gaeltachts - this map shows some of them.
As you can see they are primarily in the West, I live just inside the Connemara one in Galway, so some of my friends I golf with are Irish speakers at home.
Everyone learns Irish from age 4 to 17 at school but for years the teaching methodology was lacking, and for me the emphasis should be on culture and the spoken word. Sláinte.
thanks for sharing the map bro! Wow thats so interesting man. Forgive my ignorance, I presume no Gaeltachts in Northern Ireland isn't by coincidence?
It's mainly only the West of Ireland - Galway, Mayo, Donegal, Kerry mainly and some in Cork and a little pocket in Meath where Connemara natives ended up....
From Wiki: "The Meath Gaeltacht has a history quite different from that of the country's other Irish speaking regions. The Ráth Cairn Gaeltacht was founded in 1935 when 41 families from Connemara in West Galway were resettled on land previously acquired by the Irish Land Commission. Each was given 9 hectares (22 acres) to farm. Baile Ghib (formerly Gibbstown) was settled in the same way in 1937, along with Baile Ailin (formerly Allenstown). In the early years, a large percentage of the population returned to Galway or emigrated, but enough Irish speakers remained to ensure that Ráth Cairn and Baile Ghib were awarded Gaeltacht status in 1967. The original aim of spreading the Irish language into the local community met with no success, and the colonists had to become bilingual.[38]"
But ya no Gaeltacht in Northern Ireland, but lots of Catholics would learn and love the language.
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This post made me really happy, and I don't know much about soccer. But I do know about happy young sportspersons, and proud happy fathers. I'm glad you all had such a lovely day.
Hey there,thanks a million, they had a great day out and seem to be picking up my love of sports!