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2009 Pub Games

Club Fund Raising Event for 2009. We had sumo wrestling, hot dog eating and limbo contests!

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2009 World Games… time line to oblivion

Some of the Celts Crew headed south for the World Games in Kaohsiung… the deep South. Ur talkin’ possum and banjo country, here’s how it went.

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2008 All-Ireland Ladies Championship Highlights

This is an example of Gaelic Football at the highest level. The video below shows the highlights from the 2008 All-Ireland Ladies Football Final between Cork and Monaghan. Ta an clar seo as Gaelige. (This program is in Irish).

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2009 Hurling Championship Highlights

This is an example of Hurling at the highest level. The video link below shows the highlights from a 2009 Championship Hurling game between Tipperary and Cork, two arch-rivals in Irish Hurling.

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Hurling Skills

This training video clip illustrates some of the basic skills involved in the game of Irish Hurling.

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Gaelic Football Skills

This training video clip illustrates some of the basic skills involved in the game of Gaelic Football. Note that the rules for Gaelic Football in Asia are more relaxed. The more important skills being how to pass the ball, how to ‘solo’ with the ball, how to tackle your opponent (you can’t tackle like rugby [...]

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2008 Murav Cup with HK GAA

Hong Kong GAA Men’s team made a trip to Taipei for a weekend tournament, full of football and shenanigans.

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Penang 2008 Tour Report

Friday The Committee had spent weeks arranging hotels and travel arrangements, and the team had spent many Friday nights at D’Monkey drinking and Saturday afternoons at Bailin fields training for the 2008 Asian Gaelic games. So in the early hours of Friday, Taiwan’s best gathered to meet the bus at Da An Park; but it [...]

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2008 Penang Asian Gaelic Games

Taiwan Celts Men’s Squad compete in the 2008 Asian Gaelic Games in Penang Malaysia, winning the Bowl competition for the second straight year.

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Singapore 2007 Tour Report

Blood, sweat, more sweat and tears doesn’t even begin to describe the pain and effort that went into an historic victory by the Taiwan Celts Men’s Team to win the Bowl final in Singapore and a narrow defeat in the semi’s for the Taiwan Celts Ladies Team in a very competitive Plate competition. The club [...]

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