The GAA Social

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The GAA Social brings to life stories from Gaelic Games. It features pundit discussions and wide-ranging interviews with the sport’s players, managers and officials.

-14 h

We have a Galway v Limerick All-Ireland final

Cork gone, Clare out but it doesn't even come close to telling the story....

31 min
-5 dias

Jason Forde & Seamus Flanagan. Hurling, the future & who will be in the final

Three time All-Ireland winner and last years champion Jason Forde from Tipperary, sits down with Thomas, Oisin and five-time winner Seamus Flanagan to discuss everything from the semi-finals this weekend, the future of the game and whether we'll see both in their county colours again. a great hour- all ahead of this weekend semi-finals. Both games live on BBC television

59 min
28/06

Epic Louth, Dublin comeback, Kerry just about beat Tyrone, officials & Mayo are back. Glorious stuff

Where do you even start? Louth beat Monaghan, Kerry creep past Tyrone challenge, Dublin come back to stun Galway & Mayo overcome Cork. We have the draw for the All-Ireland semi-finals, officiating drama, loads! A stunning weekend of football

32 min
23/06

Natalie McNally remembered- by her brothers Declan & Niall

In December 2022, Armagh GAA supporter Natalie McNally and her unborn child Dean were murdered by her ex-partner. The details of the killing, shocked everyone and continue to reverberated in all communities. The level of deception was mind-blowing. The perpetrator was convicted and sentenced to a minimum of 31 years in prison. Who was Natalie? What was she like? This podcast, free from any restrictions sits down with Niall & Declan McNally. Their family have shown such grace throughout and it shines through in this podcast. What is hatred and how do we deal with it? The cross community support for the McNally family was clear and continues to this day. Noel and Bernie McNally have brought their children up, so incredibly well. Innocent, normal, kind people thrown into a media spotlight, a murder trial and all while grieving their only daughter, their only sister. With previous untold detail, the McNally brothers, long-time fans of the GAA Social, sit down with Thomas and Oisin for a truly absorbing hour. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, standing with Everton captain Seamus Coleman, but always remembering the great Natalie McNally. The GAA Social with Niall and Declan McNally. This podcast is also available on YouTube

1 h 5 min
21/06

Armagh & Donegal gone. Kerry perfection. Mayo, Dublin & Monaghan win

We've reached our final eight. Wonderful sport of football

34 min
16/06

Gregory McCartan- Brutal honesty, pure craic, Red & black of Down

We didn't know what to expect when Gregory McCartan sat down in front of us. Iconic midfielder for Down, All-star and double All-Ireland winner. It turned into one of our favourite podcasts of the year. Once we felt it was going one way, another right hand turn. Then again, and again. The accent, the brutal honesty, the transfer, not liking Pete McGrath, but later understanding it. Ultra dedication towards winning Sam Maguire, but sitting in the car with a bottle of vodka "60 Halfins between us" Growing up in rural Co Down "Alone but not lonely" helping his younger brother Ronan through cancer, and using that to drive him into the superb footballer he became. His daughter Sorcha is now a double All-Ireland winner with the Cork camogie team and feels right at home at St Finbarr's- the club of the great Jimmy Barry Murphy. “If I had money, I would retire to West Cork” There’s more, like marking Brian McGilligan in the iconic 1994 game against Derry, to living in London and taking Fulham Irish. The Loughinisland killings in 1994 killed six people, on the night Ray Houghtons goal helped Ireland beat Italy at the World cup. Down played an Ulster semi-final the following day “I’ve never been involved in a day like that, anytime in my entire life” Gregory is back in Castlewellan, but Ballymartin will always "raise the hairs in his arms." An absolutely smashing podcast. We LOVE the accent!!!

59 min
14/06

Louth stun Armagh & Cork do the same in Donegal. Tyrone beat Mayo

A spectacular weekend in Gaelic football! Louth stun Armagh, Tyrone beat Mayo, Monaghan & Meath make it through- what next for Derry and Roscommon? Galway into quarter-finals, Kerry too. Dublin into next round, and Cork, glorious Cork. Are Donegal overrated? Tailteann Cup heroics.

41 min
9/06

Darragh Ó Sé. Kerry. One of the greatest players of any generation.

Six All-Ireland titles, one more than his brothers Tomás & Marc, although Fergal was the trailblazer! He’s enough medals, that you need both hands to count them. It makes you part of Gaelic footballs most exclusive club. Bursting onto the scene in the mid nineties, Kerry seemed a million miles from winning the big prize. Darragh led that change. He defined midfield and for many, is one of the greatest players of all-time. Four All-stars, nine Munster titles and part of what many believe, to be the most famous Gaelic football family in Ireland. His uncle Páidí, an iconic player and manager “I miss him everyday” Although Darragh rarely does any broadcast interviews, he has a column in the Irish Times and received plenty of push back when he criticised Kerry last year after the Meath game. He also had interesting things to say after the league final with Donegal. He looks at things differently. He believes the Kerry players don’t really care about what he says. Darragh doesn’t regret anything written in good faith at the time. What does come across, is a 51 year-old who still bleeds green and gold. The county and the football is part of his identity. An auctioneer in Tralee now, but the wonderful world of An Ghaeltacht is always home, and it’s always there. A place apart. Growing older, reflecting back, plenty of fun and laughs and what the great Jack O'Shea perhaps really thinks of Brian Fention...a brilliant story! A great man. Darragh Ó Sé on the GAA Social with Thomas and Oisin

58 min

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The GAA Social brings to life stories from Gaelic Games. It features pundit discussions and wide-ranging interviews with the sport’s players, managers and officials.