''Gaelic Life'' is a
Gaelic games newspaper. It has been published since 2007.
A weekly publication, it appears on a Thursday. Though it offers coverage primarily of Gaelic games in the province of
Ulster
Ulster (; ga, Ulaidh or ''Cúige Uladh'' ; sco, label= Ulster Scots, Ulstèr or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional Irish provinces. It is made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kin ...
, it circulates through the other three provinces -
Connacht
Connacht ( ; ga, Connachta or ), is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms ( Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, Conmhaícne, and Del ...
,
Leinster
Leinster ( ; ga, Laighin or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, situated in the southeast and east of Ireland. The province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige. Following the 12th-century Norman invasion of ...
and
Munster - as well.
Its columnists include former
Derry All-Ireland winner
Joe Brolly
Joe Brolly (born 25 June 1969 Dungiven, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland) is a Gaelic football analyst, former player and barrister who played at senior level for the Derry county team.
Brolly played for Derry in the 1990s and early 2000s ...
and former
Donegal NFL and Ulster Championship winner
Kevin Cassidy
Kevin Cassidy (born 1981) is an Irish-Scottish Gaelic footballer, businessperson, columnist and commentator. Though born in Glasgow, Scotland, he has been living in Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal from a young age.
Cassidy plays his club footbal ...
.
''Gaelic Life'' has sponsored the
Dr McKenna Cup
The Dr McKenna Cup is an annual Gaelic football competition played between counties and universities in the province of Ulster. It is the secondary Gaelic football competition based in Ulster behind the Ulster Senior Football Championship, an ...
.
National newspapers such as the website of the ''
Irish Independent'' have cited ''Gaelic Life'' as a source, while public service broadcaster
Raidió Teilifís Éireann has also acknowledged ''Gaelic Life''.
See also
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Kevin McGourty
Kevin 'Hank' McGourty is an Irish dual player of Gaelic games, i.e. Gaelic football and hurling, who plays for the St Gall's club, County Antrim and Ulster, and, previously, Queen's University Belfast and University College Dublin.
Biography
M ...
, Antrim footballer, hurler and former columnist with the newspaper
References
External links
Official website
Gaelic games culture
Publications established in 2007
Sports mass media in Ireland
Sports newspapers
Weekly newspapers published in Ireland
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