Hallbergmoos 19. – 21. Juni 2009
A weekend of Dance, Music, Culture, Scottish madness, exotic games of hurling and Tim’s pies!
What else could one have asked for last weekend on an organic farm but a 3 day long Irish festival with top quality folk music from Ireland, Germany, Austria and Britain. Moving forward from the [...]

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.

Currently we are on a new members drive, and we want you to come along and learn how to play GAA in Munich. We have 4 types of teames:

ladies football
mens football
mens hurling
underage hurling

The best way to get in contact is either through the members message board (just sign up and introduce yourself) or contact [...]

Barcelona. The last tournament of this season. Barcelona sounds like summer, sun, tapas and Sangria.
An adventure- which started when we had to find the right ubahn to the hostel. And then make the non-English speaking lady at the hostel understand that Daire – who booked the rooms for all of us was yet to come [...]

Sadly at the moment we don’t have a place where you can upload your photos, but in the coming weeks we should have an update on this. I’m sure there is more than just me and mick who have tons of photos from club events, so start collecting them and be ready for the big upload !

Hurling is a game similar to hockey, in that it is played with a small ball and a curved wooden stick. It is Europe’s oldest field game. When the Celts came to Ireland as the last ice age was receding, they brought with them a unique culture, their own language, music, script and unique pastimes. One of these pastimes was a game now called hurling.

Gaelic Football can be described as a mixture of soccer and rugby, although it predates both of those games. It is a field game which has developed as a distinct game similar to the progression of Australian Rules. Indeed it is thought that Australian Rules evolved from Gaelic Football through the many thousands who were either deported or emigrated to Australia from the middle of the twentieth century.

The Legend of Cuchulainn
Setanta, a nephew of King Conor Mac Neasa of Ulster, was predicted to be destined for greatness, and as he grew older it became evident that this prophecy was to be fulfilled. The boy had gained knowledge and performed feats unusual for one of his age. At the age of five, he [...]