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EPISODE · May 28, 2024 · 59 MIN

East Belfast GAA- How it all started. Co Founder Dave McGreevy

from The GAA Social · host BBC Radio Ulster

This weeks is the fourth anniversary of East Belfast GAA. It all started with a tweet and now the club has more playing members than any other in Ulster. It's a remarkable story. The path, has been challenging. Pipe bombs, graffiti, oil poured on playing surface, threats and just this weekend past, another security alert.The club has not just survived, but blossomed. With more than 1/4 of its players from a protestant background the club is challenging perceptions around the GAA. In a traditionally unionist area of Belfast, the establishment of the GAA club raised eyebrows. Dave thought it made sense in an area with the same population as county Kilkenny to have its own club. This podcast is very different.Love, loss and the birth of Ulster's newest (and biggest) GAA club.This is the story of East Belfast GAA, explained for the first-time in full, by co-founder Dave McGreevy(Podcast recorded as part of BBC 100 anniversary at the Saint Patrick centre in Downpatrick, with a live audience) #BBCComesToTown

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