Loaf of Bread GAA

On Slice 18 I touch down in the wonderful Los Angeles and catch up with all the goings on in Mulholland Los Angeles Ladies GAA. I chat with 2 of the ladies, Angela and Sam, and hear all about life in LA with the American stars of the team. We have the fun and chats about setting up a new GAA ladies club in 2019, getting smashed by Denver Gaels, not wanting to follow the men’s team name of Cougars,...

Hey everybody and welcome to Loaf 2 GAA Global on the LOB GAA podcast. On Slice 17 we say thanks to the guys from Barcelona and travel west to the beautiful Philadelphia in the US of A!! Here I meet with Melissa, Brian and Tiarnan to find out all about Na Toraidhe Hurling Club in Philly. We chat all about the American take on hurling and camogie, local rivalries, being Junior 'C' US Champions, Tia...

Hola mics ameus and welcome to Catalonia! On Slice 16 we move from one Spanish speaking area to another as we travel from Argentina to sunny Spain and catch up with the guys at Barcelona Gaels GAA. I meet the man himself Max from Stuggart via Caherciveen, and Danika who has landed herself in the Spanish sun via Australia. We talk all about life in the GAA in Spain, rivalries with the likes of the...

Hola mi amigos! On Slice 15 we take a trip to one of my favourite places in the world – Argentina. It is here that my mind is somewhat blown by the stories of Kilkenny man Mike from Bulfin GAA, Santiago O’Reilly of San Isidro GAA and Stevie Tomas Cartledge from Argentina GAA. Where to start? Honestly, I don’t know! It could be chatting about Stevie’s relations the O’Callaghans – yes Con and Cian a...

On Slice 14 of GAA Global we literally don’t move! Slice 14 will see us visit the girls across the way in Na Fianna Ho Chi Minh City. Here, I meet Ciara from Dublin, Laura from Kilkenny, Colleen from Boston and the clubs most improved player 2021, the awesome Becca from Dundee in Scotland! We chat all things Ho Chi Minh, the GAA back in Churchtown in Dublin and Freshford in Kilkenny, Laura’s count...

Sin-chow and welcome to the wonderful Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam in the stunning South East of Asia. This week is Slice 13 of Loaf 2 GAA Global on the LOB GAA podcast. We say good luck to the gang in the middle east but we will be back again! Today brings us to Vietnam and the biggest city in the south where we catch up with Charli from Kerry and all she has to say about the Saigon Gaels GAA club...

As-salamu alaykum and welcome to Dubai in the beautiful Middle East and the United Arab Emirates. This week is Slice 12 of Loaf 2 GAA Global on the LOB GAA podcast. This week we say good luck to the gang in Cormac McAnallen GAA in NSW and fly to the Middle East. I chat to Dublin man Luke of Oliver Plunketts GAA, Wicklow man Niall and Wexford lady Naomi about life in the desert sun and Jumeirah Gae...

G’day once again to you all as we wake up in sunny Australia. Today’s trip on Slice 11 is a very short one. In fact, we’re actually staying within the same area as last week, New South Wales. Here we go into one of the clubs within the NSW county board as it may be called and catch up with William and Johnny from Cormac McAnallen GAC in Sydney. We learn all about the links and naming of the club a...

G’day! On Slice 10 of GAA Global we head back to our friends in Australia down under and meet the gang at NSW GAA. While NSW GAA takes in a variety of clubs, I chat with Linda from Limerick, Liam from Wexford and Colin from Tyrone, all about the life at NSW GAA. We chat all things NSW, record membership levels, Linda’s amazing singing on nights out, Liam having no friends, renting pitches from Cam...

Hey again to everybody and welcome to Slice 9 of GAA Global on the LOB GAA pod. I make the short 90min flight from South Carolina and say thanks to Niall and Bluffton GAA and go slightly north west to the city of Indianapolis and chat to local men Kyle and David! It’s an interesting one for the podcast as it was Indianapolis city that unleashed the first sliced bread on the world! We talk about al...

Hey y'all and you’re welcome to the beautiful South Carolina!  On Slice 8 of GAA Global I fly from the middle East to the beautiful South Carolina and meet Dublin man Niall and the wonderful Bluffton GAA on America’s east coast. We chat about his own father being Ireland’s oldest GAA referee and the RTE documentary on him, soccer trials with Birmingham, having a son called Zico, his mothers c...

As-salam alaikum and welcome to Oman, the Pearl of Arabia. On Slice 7 of GAA Global I fly from China across towards the Middle East and land in the stunningly beautiful Oman where I meet Darren and Ciaran from Clann na h Oman GAA. We chat about life in Oman, if it changed at all since I was there in 2017, how the GAA operates in the Middle East, rivalries and friendships with GAA in Dubai, Kuwait,...

Ni Hao everyone and you’re welcome to Slice 6 of the Loaf of B GAA podcast. On Slice 6 of GAA Global we fly from the beautiful and historical Poland across the globe to where our journey continues in the amazing China. We land in the city of Suzhou and meet Irishman Conor and Australian man Jesse from Suzhou Eire Og! We find out all about GAA in the world’s most populated country, the rivalries an...

Dzien dobry everyone and you’re welcome to Slice 5 of the Loaf of B GAA podcast. On Slice 5 of GAA Global we fly from our friends in St Albans across the short journey to the beautiful and historical Poland. Our journey brings us to Cumann Warszawa in the heart of the so-called Land of Fields! I have the opportunity to chat to 3 Irish students who study veterinary in the capital Warsaw – Luke from...

Good morning my dear people and welcome to jolly old England. On Slice 4 of GAA Global we fly slightly north from our friends in Cologne to England and the beautiful city of St Albans. We chat to Laura from Kerry and Shane from Dundrum in Dublin. We chat all about St Colmcille’s GAA in the city and find out much more about how the Irish live in the area north of London. We chat everything about th...

Guten morgen und wilkommen zur Slice 3 of Loaf 2: Gaa Global where we go across mainland Europe and to the city of Cologne in Germany. We fly out of north east Spain and say best wishes to the gang at Zaragoza GAA but we will be back to Spain again, don’t worry! We chat to Francis from West Limerick, Gareth from Lisburn and Lea from Cologne and meet the amazing Cologne Celtics GAA club We chat eve...

"Better Than The Average Englishman At GAA" Slice 2 of Loaf 2: GAA Global takes us back to Europe and the beautiful Zaragoza in Spain. We fly out of Melbourne and say best wishes to the Geelong Gaels but we will be back to Oz again, don’t worry! We meet players Jennifer from Bray, James from Limerick and Louis from Colchester in England! They bring us through life in Zaragoza, the GAA rivalries, c...

Slice 1 of Loaf 2: Gaa Global takes us across the globe more than 15,000km to the land down under and our old mates in Australia where we will meet Johnny, a member of the Geelong Gaels GAA club and a proud Dublin man! We chat all things Australia and Dublin, the early days of Geelong Gaels and how he helped revitalise the club, Australian GAA rivalries, celebrations and answering the key question...

Hello, dia duit, bonjour, ni hao, konnichiwa, guten tag and privet to you all wherever you are listening in! It is finally time to enter the world of GAA Global and Loaf 2 of the LOB GAA podcast. What started as a message to 10 clubs has now expanded to more than 50 clubs globally from all continents. So come with us on the GAA journey of a lifetime and meet clubs from Canada to Argentina, South A...

On Slice 21 we blow the final whistle on Loaf 1 of the podcast with referees and all round characters Barry Kelly, Niall Ward and Ken "Bangie" Gunning. We talk all things such as where Bangie got his nickname, Barrys favourite AI hurling final to referee and dealing with Brian Cody in 2014, Niall giving a red card 5min into a huge county final, Barry being mentioned on the 2 Johnnies, Bangie celeb...

"It's hard to play GAA holding up your trousers!" On the second Special Slice, I chat to Emma, Pauline, Gemma and Anna from the Kinawley Brian Ború's GAA club in Co. Fermanagh as they are 4 of the Gaelic 4 Mothers & Others players on the team! We chat all about the impact of G4MAO, the craic in Roches, club All-Star awards, playing the likes of Derrygonnelly, Pauline dominating midfield, husba...

On slice 20 I chat to the amazing Ann Marie Guinan, star of Offaly GAA, podcasting, social media and radio. We chat everything from her PRO of the Year award, working with the likes of Midlands 103 and Official Camogie Live, being labelled one of Irelands Young Leaders 30 under 30, playing with Lusmagh Drumcullen, being offaly VC and what the world needs to know about the Brennan sisters – all thi...

On Slice 19, it is my incredible honour chat with the amazing man who was part of Irish rugby folklore as scrum half in the 2009 Grand Slam as well as being the last man to lift the AI Minor hurling title for Cork as captain. It is the absolute hero himself, Mr Tomas O’Leary We chat everything from his father Seanie in the GAA, life playing with Erins Own in Cork, life as an AI Minor winning capta...

This week is a special double week on the Loaf of Bread GAA podcast and this Sunday morning I am delighted and privileged to be chatting to one of my GAA heroes! Yes it is the icon himself, Kildare and Allenwood legend, Johnny Doyle. We chat everything from the influence of his father Harry, playing for and against the great Mick O Dwyer, training under Kieran McGeeney, playing U21 against Westmea...

On Slice 18 I have the pleasure of welcoming 3 members of the Carlow Ladies football team – SportsDaz TOTY 2020 star Cliodhna Ni She, Carlow ladies captain 2021 Aoibhinn Gilmartin, and 2019 TOTY D4 and Carlow legend, Edel Hayden. We chat everything from, trips to London and unexpected accommodation, the loss of the Mullins family from the county board, my terrible pronunciations of the places in C...