2025 has passed, and not one journalist from a major American news outlet has come over to write an article about how “Gaelic football is having a moment”. Nevertheless, 2025 will go down as the year that Gaelic football revived itself. It was so beautiful.” That’s a vivid indication of just how low the Gaelic football fan’s self-esteem was. Pure technique ... hurling is the father of freedom ... the hurler strikes, and man is free.” No one has ever made such claims about Gaelic football. Kean KavanaghIt would be lovely to have been able to say that this outpouring of cultural representation for Gaelic football came on the back of the on-field rules revolution.

Source: The Irish Times January 01, 2026 15:01 UTC