Munich Colmcilles Football & Hurling Club Munich Germany » About the club

What is Hurling ?

paul — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:46:54 +0000

Here is a short video of Hurling. This video shows some of the main skills, and has a good overview of passes, scoring, blocks and tackles. As you will see Hurling is a fast paced game of skill and is unlike any other sport.

On Monday we posted a Gaelic football video.

Message Board

paul — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:36:28 +0000

One of the more active places on the Munich GAA website is our message board. This serves as an active forum for club members and friends to discuss GAA in munich. There has been over 1,000 posts by our members on various topics in the past year. The message board also has a private members section (to talk about team plans and other club matters), which you need to be registered & logged in to view. [click here to register]. All current members are asked to register if they haven’t done so already.

To visit our message board point your web browser to www.munichgaa.de/board or click the image below

Munich Colmcilles Club Representatives meet Irish President

Munich GAA — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:01:07 +0000

On February 26th 2008, the was a State Visit to Munich, by Irish President Mary McAleese. Some of the members of the Club were present at the event. The President mentioned many of the events that the club was involved in, including the St. Patricks Day Parade in Munich (www.stpatricksday.de). She said that â€œThe Munich parade is the biggest east of the Liffeyâ€. For those of you who are interested in attending the parade, it will take place on Sunday 16 March 2008. This is the 13th St. Patrickâ€™s Day Parade in Munich. The parade starts from MÃ¼nchner Freiheit at 12 noon and will progress down Leopold-/Ludwigstrasse to finish at Odeonsplatz. After speeches from the guests of honour, a programme of Celtic music and dance will be held at Odeonsplatz.

Munich Colmcilles club Vice Chairman Andrew O’Shea, club PRO. Dave Hennessy and club member John Dowling attending a function hosted by the President of Ireland Mary McAleese and Dr. Martin McAleese at the Four Seasons Hotel in Munich.