Heather Treaton

Gaelic football sessions have been taking place this week in Sheffield to encourage more women to take up the traditional Irish sport. 


The next session, run by St.Vincent’s Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), is due to take place this Saturday in Endcliffe Park. 


The game is described as ‘fast moving’, and is played on a pitch just larger than a rugby pitch with 15 players on each side. The ladies’ game is non-contact unlike the men’s. 


Francis McConville, the club’s ladies’ coach and c...

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