The age grade for county and national Féile competitions will move from U14 to U15 next year in a bid to improve player retention. Instead, once county Féile competitions are completed, each juvenile club in the country will have the opportunity to play games against teams from outside their county across two Féile weekends which are likely to be organised, initially at least, on a regional basis. “By going a year later to U15, Féile really can become a massive programme for us in terms of player retention,” GAA director of games development Shane Flanagan told the Irish Examiner. You could see a sort of growing narrative out there in terms of a somewhat elitist approach to Féile, which we didn't want. This has been an issue that has been on the agenda since the start of the current regime in terms of games development.

Source: Irish Examiner November 12, 2020 15:05 UTC