Belgium Ladies V. Liverpool Wolfe Tones – Match Report from Birmingham

From Cathal Harkin – from the pitch side in Birmingham, comes this fairly excellent report of the day. All-Ireland Junior Championship Quarter-Final Wolfe Tones (Liverpool, Britain) 1-02 v 1-12 Belgium (Europe) What do you get if you cross a Colombian, a French, a Canadian, a Spaniard, some Belgian and a few Irish girls with anContinue reading “Belgium Ladies V. Liverpool Wolfe Tones – Match Report from Birmingham”

A story of home from home from home …

I’m going to tell you a story about my family. Its a fairly typical one. I think that all Irish families have family members across the world (American cousins with impossibly straight teeth, who come to Ireland annually and want to spend time in the “homestead” – what is that when its at home?), butContinue reading “A story of home from home from home …”

Birmingham beckons Belgium GAA

History in the making, as Belgium Ladies Footballers debut in the All-Ireland Championship   Belgium Ladies Footballers will take on Wolfe Tones of Liverpool in the preliminary round of the All-Ireland Junior championship on Saturday in Parc na hEireann, Birmingham. It will be the first time a team from Europe will compete in the All-IrelandContinue reading “Birmingham beckons Belgium GAA”

Maidens march to Maastricht

Going to play football in Maastricht, but only have to play one match, for one hour, with thirty players on a really big pitch! What is this madness? It’s the start of the Junior Ladies Football Championship for Belgium GAA a lady, that’s what it is.   Tomorrow at 2pm in Maastricht Belgium GAA ladies footballersContinue reading “Maidens march to Maastricht”

#HappyGAA meets @BelgiumGAA, in the shape of one P. Varley

Dearest ladies and men of Belgium GAA, tis the season to be on Irish National media. Beware. There’ll be even more snap happy folk this afternoon as we take on the All Stars. The photo competition will go on all day, tweet your snaps to @BelgiumGAA with the hash tag #BelgiumGAA_AllStars2014; with some snappy captionContinue reading “#HappyGAA meets @BelgiumGAA, in the shape of one P. Varley”

Wedding Bubbles? #AllIrelandFinal meets #MOTD

There are many ways in which you could arrange your wedding – but planning for September weddings when both the bride and grooms families could be described as ‘stone mad’ for hurling, well, it just adds another layer of complications. And what if the wedding was on today, in Clonmel, between Erraine’s lovely sister andContinue reading “Wedding Bubbles? #AllIrelandFinal meets #MOTD”

All Stars you say?

  Kicking off early in the VUB, we’ll have mens, ladies, not quite ladies, not yet men’s matches all day: bring small change and notes because the formidable current players of Belgium GAA will be selling *raffle tickets* – oh yes, we’ll be doling out the prizes in Devs in the evening.   BUT –Continue reading “All Stars you say?”

A Belgian belle returns

A post from our very own Bros about the impending weekend It’s been six long months since I last set foot in Brussels – the longest I’ve stayed away since 2008, and I feel it, most acutely, in my soul. I’m in denial that Brussels and Belgium GAA continues on without me – sure howContinue reading “A Belgian belle returns”