GAA Minor Moments

Title: .   Our guest for Season 3 Episode 5 of the GAA Minor Moments podcast with Electric Ireland is Dublin’s Alan Brogan – winner of 3 All-Irelands and a Footballer of the Year award.   Alan candidly shared his reflections on his Minor days and the pivotal moments that shaped his journey to a Footballer of The Year title in 2011. Alan, who played for the Dublin Minor team from 1999-200...

Our guest for Season 3 Episode 4 of the GAA Minor Moments podcast with Electric Ireland is Wexford’s Billy Walsh – current Head Coach of Team USA Boxing.    Billy talks about his GAA-centric upbringing laying the foundations for his very successful career in boxing, both as an Olympian and Olympic Head Coach. Billy, who was headhunted by Team USA following his success with the Irish Olym...

Title: Our guest for Season 3 Episode 3 of the GAA Minor Moments podcast with Electric Ireland is Antrim Camogie legend Jane Adams. Jane discusses the evolution of camogie and its growth through sponsorship, alongside her personal achievements and the positive impact on her hometown of West Belfast. The three-time Ulster camogie player of the year candidly discusses overcoming career challenges, i...

Our guest for Season 3 Episode 2 of the GAA Minor Moments podcast with Electric Ireland is former Tipperary camogie player and author, Eimear Ryan. Eimear chats with host Fergal O’Keefe about the early years of her camogie career and growing up playing her GAA in Moneygall with the boy’s team. They dive into these memories, which Eimear also shares in her award-winning book ‘The Grass Ceiling’. Re...

Our guest for the first episode of Season 3 of the GAA Minor Moments podcast with Electric Ireland is Kilkenny Camogie legend, Ann Downey. Ann chats with host Fergal about her coaching career to date and where Camogie has brought her, including an Ashbourne Cup title with WIT in 2015 and an All-Ireland Senior Camogie title with Kilkenny Camogie in 2016, 22 years after Ann herself took home the 199...

Our final guest for Season 2 is former Kerry football legend and current Armagh senior football coach, Kieran Donaghy.   Kieran chats to host Fergal about his four-day Minor career, playing with an underage Colm Cooper, and the difficulties of having size thirteen feet. They also look ahead to the upcoming Minor football final and speak on the recent success of Ulster football.   As a li...

Our guest this week is current Tipperary Minor football manager, John McNamara.   John chats to host Fergal about how critical the Minor grade is for developing successful Senior teams, the importance of getting high-intensity championship minutes, and the difficulty with competing during the Covid-19 pandemic.   McNamara also outlines his own coaching philosophy which is centred around...

Our guest is former Westmeath footballer and Leinster rugby player, current musician, podcaster, and producer; Niall (Bressie) Breslin.   Niall chats to host Fergal about his childhood love of football, and how this progressed to a professional rugby contract, and later to a very successful career in the music industry.   Breslin also discusses at length the mental aspect of sport, how i...

Our guest is former Donegal footballer, Michael Murphy.   Michael chats to host Fergal about the tactics involved in the Donegal victory of 2012, defending and counter attacking in the modern game of football, and his own time as a Minor footballer.   Travelling to Australia and featuring in the International Rules also made up a part of Michael Murphy’s development as a player, where he...

Our guest is former Galway dual player, Alan Kerins.   Alan chats to host Fergal about the difficulties of being a dual player, success at both club and county and how an intercounty career can be much more enjoyable when you play with a smile.   Alan also discusses his extensive volunteer work in Africa, which includes raising funds for tree planting and bringing over 50 GAA players to...

Our guest is Clare Hurling Star, Anthony Daly. Anthony chats to host Fergal about the connections he has made from his playing days with Clare, the positive times and life experiences he has had since he started his Minor Hurling career in the 1980s.   Daly fondly looks at the current Clare Hurling teams as he watches sons and other relatives of his own teammates from his time as captain in t...

Our guest for Episode 14 of the GAA Minor Moments Podcast with Electric Ireland is Kilkenny hurling legend, Michael Fennelly.   Michael talks about his impressive intercounty career which saw him amass five All-Ireland titles, nine Leinster titles, five League titles and three All Stars, recalling a pivotal Minor All-Ireland final as a particular highlight. Following his time with the Minors,...

Galway Camogie star, Niamh McGrath, talks about her family’s influence on her playing career and the important role her father, Michael ‘Hopper’ McGrath, played as her club’s manager. Hailing from a Gaelic Games household, the McGrath family has been strongly embedded in Camogie and Hurling communities, which had a significant impact on the game.    McGrath also looks back fondly at the...

Our guest is Wexford Camogie legend Ursula Jacob who is widely regarded as one of the finest Camogie players of all time.   Ursula chats to host Fergal about her rise to stardom in Wexford, and the key role played by her sports-mad family in supporting her journey at juvenile level before breaking on to the Wexford Senior Camogie Team.   Despite losing to Galway in the All-Ireland Minor...

The Electric Ireland GAA Minor Moments podcast is back! The first guest of Season Two is Tipperary Camogie star Orla O’Dywer, who is currently playing with Brisbane Lions in the Women’s AFL.    In this episode, Orla chats to host Fergal O’Keeffe on her life in Australia, and looks back at her roots in Tipperary and the role her parents and coaches played in supporting her developmen...

Our guest is Cork hurler and All-Ireland winner Seanie McGrath. In our chat, the elusive and swashbuckling corner forward talks about his illustrious career with Cork from Under 14 to Senior. Seanie shares great insights into Cork hurling, including his experiences of being managed and mentored by the Cork legend Jimmy Barry Murphy. Having managed Seanie as a player from Minor to Senior, JBM would...

Dublin’s dual star, Conal Keaney, joins us to reflect on his remarkable intercounty career. Representing the boys in blue across both codes, Conal offers a unique insight into Dublin GAA across the past 20 years. We chat about his experiences along the way; from battling Tyrone on the football pitch to making the breakthrough for the Dubs on the hurling field under Anthony Daly. In this fascinatin...

Our conversation with Eamon O'Shea, Tipperary All Ireland winning player and coach, explores Eamon's journey from a Tipperary Minor hurler in 1976 to becoming one of the games great coaching revolutionaries of the 21st century.   In our wide-ranging discussion, we get an insight into Eamon's unique player-centred approach to coaching which encourages self-expression and challenges the individ...

The Coronas frontman, and former Dublin Minor footballer, Danny O'Reilly joins us to share his experiences from both on and off the pitch. Growing up in a family with a passion for music and sport, Danny would learn the importance of hard work and dedication in the hope of achieving a goal.   Prior to his success in the music industry, Danny's GAA journey would see him represent school, club...

Our guest is the Team of the Millennium pick Brian Whelahan, who is considered by many to be one of the greatest hurlers to have graced our GAA fields. Brian’s hurling career can be defined by his rivalry with Clare, from captaining Offaly to his second All-Ireland Minor Hurling title against Clare in 1989 to the five legendary games against Clare and Clarecastle in 1998. An era considered the gol...

Munster and Ireland rugby icon Mick Galwey joins us to reflect on his exceptional sporting journey.   Prior to becoming a professional rugby player, the Currow GAA club man excelled on the Gaelic Football pitch.   Mick describes the pain of defeat he experienced with Kerry against Kerry at Minor level, and how he would put this disappointment behind him before going on to win a senior Al...

Clare hurling legend Jamesie O'Connor joins us to chat about his unique hurling career.   Jamesie describes his hurling apprenticeship in St. Flannan's, getting a taste for the big days and winning a Munster Minor hurling championship with Clare in 1989.   In detailing his inter-county journey from u14 to senior level, we learn about how he aimed to improve as a player. This journey woul...

Former Republic of Ireland and Premier League footballer Niall Quinn joins us to reflect on his amazing sporting life.   Prior to leaving for the 'Sasanach game', Niall's adventure began when he won a Leinster Minor hurling championship with Dublin in 1983 and contested an All-Ireland Minor hurling final in the same year. With strong family roots in Tipperary, Niall credits his Mam and Dad fo...

Our guest is five-time All-Star winner Seán Cavanagh, who has won GAA All-Ireland Football Championships for his county Tyrone at Minor and Senior levels.   Seán discusses his initial exposure to the big occasions; bus journeys, parades and feeling part of something special. He describes how other sports benefited his football career, revealing the origin of the famous ‘Cavanagh shimmy’. A st...

Our first guest is Colin O’Riordan who won the All Ireland Minor Football Championship against Dublin in 2011. We kick off with a brief chat to the current Tipperary senior manager David Power who managed Colin to both the Minor All Ireland and the famous Munster Senior Football Championship Final win against Cork in 2020.   In our extended interview, Colin tells us all about those amazing GA...