As people may or may not be aware, our local GAA Club, Ardoyne Kickhams is currently having financial troubles due to the recession, increased running costs, insurance etc. The Club is unique in the area as it is not just a social club, but a sporting club that has members aged 3-90+ and has hundreds of young people playing our native games weekly, despite all the distractions that soccer, etc provide. We have been doing this as part of the Community for 107 years.
There will be a number of events and initiatives to help put your local Club on a more stable financial footing in coming months, as we attempt to return the Social aspect of the Club to former heights. This will help ensure the Club continues to provide Gaelic Games, Irish Language and Traditional Music provision in Ardoyne.
The first event is a Boxing Night on Sunday 16th March, and should be a great nigjts entertainment. There will be other events and promotions in the coming months. Please support your local GAA club.
Former IRA volunteer and ex-prisoner, spent 18 years in Long Kesh, 4 years on the blanket and no-wash/no work protests which led to the hunger strikes of the 80s. Completed PhD at Queens upon release from prison. Left the Republican Movement at the endorsement of the Good Friday Agreement, and went on to become a journalist. Co-founder of The Blanket, an online magazine that critically analyzed the Irish peace process. Lead researcher for the Belfast Project, an oral history of the Troubles.
From Dee Fennell
ReplyDeleteAs people may or may not be aware, our local GAA Club, Ardoyne Kickhams is currently having financial troubles due to the recession, increased running costs, insurance etc. The Club is unique in the area as it is not just a social club, but a sporting club that has members aged 3-90+ and has hundreds of young people playing our native games weekly, despite all the distractions that soccer, etc provide. We have been doing this as part of the Community for 107 years.
There will be a number of events and initiatives to help put your local Club on a more stable financial footing in coming months, as we attempt to return the Social aspect of the Club to former heights. This will help ensure the Club continues to provide Gaelic Games, Irish Language and Traditional Music provision in Ardoyne.
The first event is a Boxing Night on Sunday 16th March, and should be a great nigjts entertainment. There will be other events and promotions in the coming months. Please support your local GAA club.
ARD-EOIN ABU!
If I lived in the 6 Counties, I would vote for Dee Fennell. The people must defy the Unionist/Protestant conspiracy with Britain.
ReplyDeleteRonnie Austin