Scots embrace Gaelic football
 Gaelic
football in Scotland was given a major boost this week when a number of
schools in the Glasgow area agreed to introduce the sport into their curriculum.
As part of a sports active, healthy eating and developing community initiative
a number of sports have recently been introduced into local schools in
the town of Coatbridge — on the outskirts of Glasgow — as
well as at a local community level.
As part of this initiative Gaelic Football has recently taken off in a
number of primary and high schools and the profile of the game continues
to grow as a result.
The code has always been popular at third-level in Scotland with Irish
students studying there but now initiatives are being put in place to
get more young people playing the sport.
One such venture was a Gaelic Football Summer School held at Espieside
Parks in Coatbridge . Around two dozen boys and girls aged between 8 and
15 attended the two-day course with greater numbers expected to learn
the rules of the game in the months and years to come.
Antoin Moran from Maghera in Derry led the course while he was ably assisted
by several coaches from the local Sands MacSwineys Gaelic Football club.
Beginners and experienced players attended and each participant was presented
with an O’Neill’s All-Ireland football for the part they played
in contributing to the success of the Summer School.
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