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June 2009
Upcoming Schedule for Edmonton Wolfe Tones
With Gaelic football season in full swing, the Edmonton Wolfe Tones will be playing on the following upcoming dates.....more
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June 2009
25-6 for Ireland at the Ireland-Canada Rugby Challenge at UBC Thunderbird Stadium
On a day that saw Leinster become the third Irish province to be crowned champions of Europe, Ireland took on Canada at Thunderbird Stadium in UBC....more
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June 2009
VANCOUVER ISSC
Smithwicks Gaelic Football and Hurling
Tournament in San Francisco
The Vancouver Irish Sporting and Social Club travelled to San Francisco to compete in the Smithwicks Gaelic Football and Hurling 7's tournament on the May long weekend....more
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May 2009
Bernard Dunne Captures Ireland's First World Boxing Title in 13 Years
Irishman Bernard Dunne became WBA Super Bantamweight champion on March 21 by knocking out Panama's Ricardo Cordoba in one of the greatest fights ever held on Irish soil....more
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May 2009
Calgary Chieftains Preparing for An Action Packed Season
The Calgary Chieftains GAA club is preparing for another action packed season that includes both the Alberta and Western Division Championships....more
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May 2009
U18 Irish National Hockey Team Wins Bronze
On March 16, the U18 Irish National Hockey Team made history when they won the Bronze Medal at Erzurum, Turkey....more
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April 2009
Seattle Gaels Gearing Up for Season Launch
The Seattle Gaels, fresh off a successful recruitment drive and annual St. Patrick's Day activities, are looking forward to another exciting season.....more
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April 2009
Calling all Police, Fire Brigade, and Prison Officers
With only four months to go, the World Police and Fire Games is appealing to B.C. and Canadian police, fire, and prison officers...more
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March 2009
Calgary Chieftains Celebrate 2008 Accomplishments
The Calgary Chieftains hosted their annual awards night on February 22 in the Maritimer Cuisine and Beer Dock on Tenth Avenue SW....more
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March 2009
GAA Canadian County Board Holds its Annual Convention in Ajax
The Gaelic Athletic Association's Canadian County Board's Annual Convention was held on February 15 in Ajax, Ontario at the Annadale Golf and Curling Club....more
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March 2009
Rugby Team from Kilkenny College Looking Forward to a Vancouver Visit
A rugby team from Kilkenny College, Ireland's biggest co-educational boarding school, arrives in Vancouver on April 1....more
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February 2009
Gaelic Football All Stars Face Off at Pairc na nGael
The best of Ireland's Gaelic Footballers from the last two years graced the new fields of Pairc na nGael in San Francisco...more
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December 2008
2009 Promises to Most Exciting for Vancouver ISSC
The Irish Sporting and Social Club (ISSC) would like to take this opportunity to wish all members and contributors during the year a very happy Christmas and prosperous 2009...more
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November 2008
Ciara McCormack's Life Motto: 'Dream Big, Always Believe, Make it Happen!'
Ciara McCormack, the former co-captain of the Ottawa Fury Soccer Club, has achieved a soccer dream that many young soccer talents have today - playing on an international team....more
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November 2008
VANCOUVER COUGARS WIN U.S. NATIONAL TITLE Division One Champions Brings Trophy North for the First Time
The Vancouver Cougars Australian Rules Football Club is the winner of the 2008 Division 1 U.S. Nationals Championships....more
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October 2008
ALL IRELAND FOOTBALL FINAL Ulster says no to three in a row
Tyrone put an end to Kerry's bid for three All Ireland Championship titles in a row. It was a fast moving and exciting game to watch....more
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October 2008
Kate and Keith Clark: The Face of Gaelic Football in Vancouver
To say that Keith and Kate Clark have helped the Gaelic Games in Vancouver would be like saying "Walt Disney worked in cartoons....more
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October 2008
THE CYCLE BEGINS
HALIFAX - The anticipation for the Tony Griffin Foundation's 2008 fundraising initiative "Cycle for Life. Celebrate Life." will come to a head on October 14 ...more
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October 2008
First Annual Denis Walsh Cup Awarded to Calgary Chieftains
EDMONTON - The Denis Walsh Cup - generously donated by Mike Quirke, a dear friend of Denis Walsh and his family - was played for the first time this year....more
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October 2008
Western Canadian Championships 2008
The Vancouver Irish Sporting and Social Club, and its representative men's and ladies' Gaelic football teams, created their own little piece of history....more
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September 2008
WESTERN CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008
The Vancouver Irish Sporting & Social Club, and its representative Men's and Ladies' Gaelic football teams and the Vancouver Harps....more
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September 2008
The Chieftainettes Strike Back
In Calgary, the men's football team has set the standard in the Western Canada division, winning the first Championship in 2004.....more
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September 2008
ALL IRELAND HURLING FINAL Kilkenny 3-30 Waterford 1-13
Three in a row! The fastest game in the world was won by the sleekest and fastest cats. The final score says it all.....more
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July 2008
The GAA All-Ireland Finals
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) All-Ireland Finals for football and hurling are played in September....more
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July 2008
The Clash of the Ash in Vancouver
The ancient sport of hurling was being played in Ireland long before St. Patrick arrived and convinced the Irish to curb their pagan ways....more
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July 2008
Ice Hockey: One of Ireland's Newest National Games?
Gaelic football and hurling may be Ireland's national games but Canada's national game of ice hockey is quickly becoming....more
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June 2008
A Fantastic Night of Celebration at Toronto St. Pat's 40th Anniversary
On June 24, Toronto St. Pat's celebrated their 40th anniversary......more
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June 2008
Squamish Locals Try Out Gaelic Football
Squamish, B.C. is a small town that lies adjacent to Highway 99 between Whistler and Vancouver. Most people consider it a bottle-neck .....more
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June 2008
An Exciting 2008 Season Planned for GAA in Western Canada
VANCOUVER - The summer season is hotting up with most teams in the Western Canada Division (WCD) of the Gaelic Athletic Association having played games or set to play matches....more
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May 2008
Dundalk Bulls Champions of New Irish Ice Hockey League
DUNDALK, Ireland - Ireland celebrated its first ice hockey championship after the Dundalk Bulls won the playoffs with a 6-3 victory against the Dublin Rams.....more
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May 2008
Ireland's National Sports Intersect With the Very Essence of Irish Culture
IRELAND'S PROFESSIONAL AMATEURS: A Sports Season at its Purest By Andy Mendlowitz - When American sportswriter Andy Mendlowitz took a summer vacation to Ireland.....more
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May 2008
A Snapshot of GAA History in Canada
THE HISTORY OF THE GAELIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION IN CANADA By John O'Flynn - A new book will be launched at the Toronto St. Pat's Canadians 40th anniversary banquet to be held on May 24.....more
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May 2008
Welsh Sports Fans Enjoy String of Victories
This has so far been a banner year for Welsh sports fans.....more
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April 2008
ISSC HARPS 2008 RSSL Challenge Cup Winners
VANCOUVER - ISSC Harps debut in the 2007/08 season of the Richmond Senior Soccer League Premier Division culminated in rewarding fashion when they finished runners up in their league campaign....more
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March 2008
2008 Canadian County Board Convention
The Gaelic Athletic Association's Canadian County Board's Annual Convention was held on February 10 in Ajax, Ontario....more
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March 2008
Gaelic Football Makes a Mark in Red Deer, Alberta
The Eire Og Red Deer Gaelic Football Club of Alberta formed just one year ago is now a full-fledged member of the Western Canada Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) Division.....more
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February 2008
Duffy New GAA Director General
DUBLIN - The GAA have announced that Paraic Duffy from Scotstown in County Monaghan will succeed Liam Mulvihill as Director General....more
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February 2008
Vancouver ISSC AGM
VANCOUVER - The 34th annual general meeting of the Vancouver Irish Sporting and Social Club was held on December 18 at Scribes RFC Clubhouse....more
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December 2007 January 2008
Calgary Chieftains Celebrate 30th Anniversary
CALGARY - The Calgary Chieftains had a big night to celebrate their 30th anniversary on November 10 at Father Murphy's Irish Pub.....more
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December 2007 January 2008
Celtic Cup For 2009
Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland football associations have agreed "in principle" to play a series of three biennial Celtic Cup tournaments, starting in 2009....more
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December 2007 January 2008
The Edmonton Wolfe Tones Anticipating a Really Big Year
On a recent visit to Edmonton I spoke with Colin Baugh of the Edmonton Wolfe Tones Gaelic Football Club....more
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December 2007 January 2008
Duffy New GAA Director General
DUBLIN - The GAA have announced that Paraic Duffy from Scotstown in County Monaghan will succeed Liam Mulvihill as Director General....more
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December 2007 January 2008
Two Old Friends Honoured in a Night to Remember
VANCOUVER - It was an historic night on November 17 when two new trophies were unveiled ....more
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November 2007
Calgary Chieftains Looking Forward to An Exciting 2008 Gaelic Season
Adrian Lagan is the chairman for the Calgary Chieftains Gaelic Football Club and I spoke to him on my recent visit to Calgary about upcoming events for the club in the coming year.....more
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November 2007
Twentieth Anniversary of the Founding of the Canadian GAA County Board
Since 1959 up until the mid 1980s, Canadian GAA clubs affiliated and participated in the North American County Board with the Montreal Shamrocks being the first Canadian club to win the 1961 Senior Hurling Championship....more
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November 2007
Here they are...the 2007 Ledcor GAA All-Stars of Western Canada
After sifting through the nominations of the clubs in Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton, the very first annual Ledcor All-Star selections....more
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September 2007
All Ireland Hurling Final: Guinness All-Ireland SHC Final
Kilkenny 2-19 Limerick 1-15
VANCOUVER - It was a cracking atmosphere at Mahony & Sons Irish Pub at the UBC campus when a crowd gathered to watch the All-Ireland Hurling Final on September 2....more
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September 2007
Over 100 Teams Participated at 2007 Youth Championships
The 2007 O'Neill's Continental Youth Championships (CYC), staged at Chicago's Gaelic Park July 26-29 was a tremendous success.....more
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September 2007
Vancouver - Chieftains Men and Harps Ladies Rule West
VANCOUVER - The second and final round of the Western Canadian Championship was played out in glorious sunshine on the rugby fields at Burnaby Lake on the August long weekend.....more
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September 2007
Seattle: Gaelic Games a Massive Success
The Seattle Gaels hosted a Gaelic Games Day involving Gaelic football and hurling teams from Seattle, Vancouver and San Francisco....more
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September 2007
Seattle Gaels: Nationals Roundup
SEATTLE - It's been a pretty ambitious year for the Gaels this year, but all the hard efforts and fundraising paid off ...more
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September 2007
Seattle Gaels Ladies Football Win National Championship
SEATTLE - The Seattle Gaels Ladies Gaelic Football team won the North American County Board (NACB) Finals of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) this Labor Day weekend 2007 in Chicago, Illinois...more
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July 2007
Canada's H.E.R.O.S. Hockey Program
to Assist At-Risk Youth in Belfast
VANCOUVER - When Brian McGinley executive director of Co-operation Ireland, U.S.A. nvited Norm Flynn, founder and executive director of Vancouver based H.E.R.O.S....more
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July 2007
Vancouver Harps Double Up in Edmonton
EDMONTON - The 2007 Western Canada GAA calendar commenced formally at the Edmonton Rugby Union fields in South Edmonton, on Canada Day Week-end...more
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July 2007
Western Canadian Championships
for Gaelic Football and Hurling
VANCOUVER - Teams from Calgary, Edmonton, and Seattle, will descend on Burnaby Lake to take on the Vancouver Harps in men's and ladies Gaelic football and hurling on August 4-5.
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July 2007
Seattle Gaels Welcome Participants
at Vancouver Gaelic Games Day
VANCOUVER - John Hendry Park at Trout Lake was the setting on June 16 ...more
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July 2007
Living in America and Playing on the Irish National Lacrosse Team
By CATHOLINE BUTLER Michael Lynch, who lives in Baltimore, Maryland....more
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July 2007
SEATTLE GAELS REPORT An Ambitious and Tough Year
With No Shortage of Great Times
SEATTLE - It has already been an incredibly ambitious year for the Seattle Gaels.
The club is only halfway into the season and has already had a successful fundraising golf tournament and replaced our club kit with a new custom design from O'Neills in Ireland...more
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July 2007
An Epic Journey Across Canada
Now Complete But Not Forgotten
On May 2, Irish hurling champion Tony Griffin launched his epic cross-Canada 7,000 kilometre cycling journey from Vancouver....more
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July 2007
Tony Griffin Plays to Raise Funds
on His Way Through Quebec City
QUEBEC CITY - On his way through Quebec while on his cross-Canada cycle to raise funds for cancer...more
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June 2007
The Vancouver Harps: First Gaels
to Enter Aussie Territory
By RONAN DEANE - The Gaelic Football teams in Western Canada have a great friend in the Australian Rules Football teams of both Calgary and Vancouver....more
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June 2007
A Hero's Welcome in Drogheda
for Tony (Socks) Byrne
Drogheda boxing bronze medalist Tony (Socks) Byrne unveiled a life sized bronze statue of himself at a gala golden jubilee ball at the Westcourt Hotel in Drogheda, Ireland, on December 1, 2006....more
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May 2007
New and Exciting Developments in Alberta Gaelic Football
By CATHOLINE BUTLER
CALGARY - I met with Adrian Lagan, the Chairman of the Calgary Chieftains Gaelic Football Club, along with some of the club members while I was in Calgary. We met at Jameson's Irish Pub in the North East of Calgary, which is one of the team's sponsors...more
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May 2007
A Nail-Biting Match Between Celtic and Kilmarnock
By CATHOLINE BUTLER
Peanuts Sports Bar in the Carriage House Inn on MacLeod Trail South, is home to the Calgary Celtic Supporters Club. They bring in all the early morning Celtic games live to Peanuts....more
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April 2007
A Famous Celtic Supporter Drops in to Vancouver Club VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Shamrock Celtic Supporters Club was host to one of the most famous Celtic supporters of all time at the A.C. ...more
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April 2007
Year Round Gaelic Football for Men and Women in Vancouver
"No one in their right mind is going to be out practicing Gaelic football
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March 2007
A Little Gaelic Football Team That Just Keeps Winning DERRY - The Eoghan Rua Gaelic Football Team will make history on March 10, when they play in the All Ireland Intermediate Final in Croke Park, Dublin. ....more
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February 2007
WESTERN CANADA GAA 2007 - New Elections and New Names By RONAN DEANE - With the new Western Canada GAA season fast approaching, the various AGMs for the Division and the associated Clubs have all been held....more
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