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Goodbye Ireland; Goodbye Gaelic Football

As more young people leave Ireland, Gaelic football is losing its lifeblood. John Murphy reports on the struggle to keep alive the game that is at the heart of Irish identity.

Gaelic Football is Ireland's most popular sport - there are clubs in every parish of the country. The game is very much part of the Irish identity. But it is losing its lifeblood. And all because of emigration. John Murphy goes to the far west of Ireland, to learn about this uniquely Irish game and hear how clubs are struggling to keep going as more and more young people leave the country, to find jobs abroad.

Helen Grady producing.

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28 minutes

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Mon 25 Aug 2014 20:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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