Youngsters help Belfast celebrate
 By
Staff Reporter
It was hands across the water when young GAA players from the city of
Birmingham crossed the Irish Sea to help mark the centenary of Belfast
City Hall.
Two teams of youngsters from the Midlands were chosen by celebration organisers
to join the festivities during a fun-packed weekend in the North of Ireland.
The Under-14 hurling and camogie teams from the Birmingham-based Erin
Go Bragh GAA Club were the only under-age representatives from Britain
chosen to take part in the event.
They were picked in recognition of the major work done by the club in
promoting under-age GAA sports in Britain.
The teams took part in a series of challenge events which included basketball,
camogie, cricket, girls hockey and hurling.
And the teams left a lasting memento of their trip when Kildare-born Erin
Go Bragh club secretary Dennis Neenan handed over a plaque from the City
of Birmingham to Belfast’s Deputy Lord Mayor Councillor Ruth Patterson
during a special banquet at Belfast City Hall.
A proud Dennis said: “We were delighted to accept the invitation
and also of the fact that Belfast City Council recognises the work we
do in Birmingham.”
Erin go Bragh have a line-up of sporting fixtures over the weekend November
25-26 taking place at the club’s HQ in Holly Lane in the Erdington
area of Birmingham.
The club will be playing host for the first time to under-age soccer and
Gaelic teams from Edenderry in Co. Offaly.
The Offaly contingent are flying to Birmingham arriving on Friday November
24 and the following day the Edenderry U-11 and U-12 soccer teams will
play their Erin go Bragh counterparts — the U-11 teams kicking off
at 10.30am followed by the U-12s at noon.
On the Saturday afternoon the Offaly visitors will visit Aston Villa’s
Villa Park football ground and also watch the main game of the day.
That evening there is a full line-up of entertainment at Holly Lane and
on the Sunday morning at 11am the Offaly U-12 Gaelic team will play Erin
go Bragh.
Further details from Denis Neenan on 07803 045034.
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