Gaelic Lives

This week’s show sees the panel of Ronan Scott, Shane Elliott, Gerard O’Kane and Cahal Carvill discuss issues including criticism of players, sweeper systems and tiered championships. Gerard O’Kane talks about getting slagged by Joe Brolly. Cahal Carvill expands on his column about the media’s lack of coverage of misdemeanors by rugby players, while Shane Elliott suggests that a tiered system may...

Host Ronan Scott interviews Gaelic Life journalist Cahal Carvill who has been coming to terms with a serious injury, and how it may affect his playing career. Carvill speaks about his rehab, and the advice he has been given from fellow players about how best to get back to the football and hurling fields. The pair also debate TV coverage of GAA matches, in particular the lack of television time fo...

The possibility of a Team Ulster Hurling side has been again suggested by Michael McCullough in Episode Eight of Take Your Points. Antrim man McCullough, who has long championed an Ulster select team that would compete against the best in Ireland, said that the proposal should be tried by Ulster council, as he says it will do no harm to help the cause of hurling in the province. McCullough, who co...

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In Episode 11 of Take Your Points, former Derry player Paul McFlynn joins Gaelic Life columnist Gerard O’Kane and reporter Ronan Scott as they look at the big issues facing the GAA this week. This week they debate RTE's decision to drop Joe Brolly for the All-Ireland final replay. They look at Dublin’s All-Ireland victory, and how Jim Gavin’s team have managed to get so far ahead of the teams in U...

The special guest on Episode 12 of Take Your Points is former Down Footballer Shane Mulholland. The Ballyholland man joins the team to talk about the highs and lows of his career, which include turning down a soccer career with Celtic, but also the highs of playing with some of the very best Down players. He joins Cahal Carvill and Ronan Scott to discuss issues such as drugs in the GAA, the GPA, a...

Antrim manager Lenny Harbinson is the special guest this week. He joins Cahal Carvill and Ronan Scott to talk about why he is disappointed by the introduction of the offensive mark, why the tiered system is a bad idea, and also his hopes for the new season with Antrim.

In episode 14, Antrim Director of Hurling Neal Peden joins Gaelic Lifers Shane Elliott and Ronan Scott to discuss the lack of recognision of the Joe McDonagh Cup, the future of Coaching in Antrim, and the Ulster Club Senior Hurling final between Dunloy and Slaughtneil.

The GAA should be more transparent at Central Council and Congress, that’s the analysis of former Down footballer Aidan Carr. The Clonduff man makes the point in episode 15 of the Gaelic Life GAA discussion show Take Your Points, which will be broadcast this weekend. Another guest, former All-Ireland winning Armagh footballer Justin McNulty agrees with the point, and he added that one of the prior...

In the final episode of Take Your Points of 2019, Ronan Scott and Cahal Carvill discuss Kilcoo's potential after their Ulster final victory, and what Jim Gavin's departure from the Dublin job means for the landscape of football. They also look back on the high points of the 2019 season in football and hurling.

GEAROID Adams is the special guest in this week’s episode of Take Your Points, and joins host Ronan Scott to discuss the opening rounds of the National League as well as a range of issues facing GAA in the Antrim county. Adams, who is a teacher at Rathmore in Belfast said that he has risked ridicule by pointing out that he thinks the Belfast schools should create an amalgamated team to play in the...

In Episode 18, Ronan Scott is joined by Gaelic Life Columnist Cahal Carvill and former Derry forward Conleith Gilligan. The trio talk about some of the issues that have come to light during this year's National League. They include the return of Tyrone's Conor McKenna and how he could rejoin Mickey Harte's squad, cynical play and David Clifford, and the possibility of introducing a hooter system t...

This is episode 19 of the Take Your Points podcast - the extended version of the TV show made in conjunction with NVTV Northern Visions. In this episode, Antrim footballer Paddy Cunningham joins Ronan Scott and Cahal Carvill to talk about his return to county football and the dramatic changes to the way the game is played since he was last involved. The group also discuss Jarlath Burns's president...

This is the podcast version of Take Your Points. Fermanagh footballer Tomas Corrigan is the special guest in this epiode. Tomas took a year away from county football as he felt he needed a break from the game. He tells Ronan Scott and Cahal Carvill why. They also discuss what is going to happen in the extended break that the GAA faces.

The team give their thoughts on how the GAA has dealt with the coronavirus outbreak. Guests include Cahal Carvill, Gerard O'Kane and Antrim footballer Paddy McBride.

Listen to the podcast version of the Take Your Points show episode 22. This one has five St Gall's players Kieran McGourty, Sean Kelly, Kevin Niblock, Ronan Gallagher and CJ McGourty along with Lenny Harbinson - who was manager at the time - talking about the famous day when they beat Kilmurry Ibrickane to win the All-Ireland final.

The story of the O'Donovan Rossa Camogs' 2008 season. Told by Jane Adams, Grainne Connolly, Ciara Lappin, Ciara Gault, Mairiosa McGourty, Fiona Kennedy and Theresa Morrison Adams. An incredible tale of a team who were in despair, but achieved greatness

Four hurlers from Loughgiel - DD Quinn, Eddie McCloskey, Neil McGarry and Johnny Campbell tell the story of the 2010 Antrim championship wen they ended the club's 21-year drought.

This is the extended audio version of Episode 29 of Take Your Points. Host Ronan Scott asks Gaelic Life columnists Cahal Carvill, Gerard O'Kane, Fionnuala Carr and Shane Elliott to discuss the GAA's decision for games to begin again. The columnists explain their concerns, while others express their delight at the move.

In Episode 36 of Gaelic Life's chat show, Cathal Carvill and Gerard O'Kane discuss the Ulster Championship and discuss whether it should be going ahead at all amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Podcast version of episode 37 in which Ronan Scott host the Gaelic Life chat show. This episode includes an interview with Derry's Conor Glass who has returned from the AFL to play Gaelic Football. Fionnuala Carr talks about equality in the GAA, and Sean McGreevy discusses the future of Antrim football.

Gerard O'Kane joins Ronan Scott to analyse Cavan's incredible Ulster Championship win over Donegal. Tyrone legends Brian McGuigan and Ryan McMenamin discuss Mickey Harte's tenure as Tyrone manager. McMenamin also talks about his year as Fermanagh manager. Finally Shane Elliott looks at the positives of Down hurlers season, Donegal's Nickey Rackard victory, and what he thinks of Antrim's season.

In episode 40 of Gaelic Life's GAA chat show Take Your Point, four Antrim hurlers talk about this year, a season when they won the league and championship. The players are Neil McManus, Paddy Burke, Stephen Rooney and the goalkeeper Ryan Elliott.

In the first episode of the new series of Gaelic Life's GAA talk show, former Antrim hurler Brian McFall joins host Ronan Scott to talk about the Saffron hurlers' start to the season which included a win over Clare in their return to National Hurling League division one. McFall talks about how the game has changed compared to his days of playing, and he sees similarities in how Darren Gleeson, the...

Jody Gormley and Cahal Carvill join Ronan Scott to discuss the league performances of Ulster teams, attacking play and the loss of the schools football during this year.