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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
in this weather. How wrong we were!"...more
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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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