The French come to Croke Park
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'An Evening with the French'
The GAA Museum will host a unique event entitled ‘An Evening with the French’ on Thursday 8th February from 7.30pm to mark the first international rugby match between Ireland and France in Croke Park.
The event will include a talk by Prof Kevin Whelan, the Director of the Keough-Naughton Notre Dame Centre in Dublin, on the links between Ireland and France.
Prof Whelan has published fifteen books including 1798: A Bicentenary Perspective and almost one hundred articles.
Dr Philip Dine (NUI Galway) will speak about French rugby but will also look at other sporting areas such as the record of Irish cyclists in the Tour de France.
His published research includes French Rugby Football: A Cultural History, which forms part of a broader reflection on leisure and popular culture in France.
Former GAA president Seán Kelly, under whose watch the decision to open the association’s pride and joy to other sports was made, feels it fitting that the French are the first visitors to Jones Road in this brave new world of sporting ecumenicalism.
He said: “Always our ally, never our enemy. We turned to France in times of crisis. History shows that from Killalla to Kinsale they were always our friends. It will be special when the battle of the tricolours takes place tomorrow. Two nations, different countries, similar flags.”
The GAA Museum will host a unique event entitled ‘An Evening with the French’ on Thursday 8th February from 7.30pm to mark the first international rugby match between Ireland and France in Croke Park.
The event will include a talk by Prof Kevin Whelan, the Director of the Keough-Naughton Notre Dame Centre in Dublin, on the links between Ireland and France.
Prof Whelan has published fifteen books including 1798: A Bicentenary Perspective and almost one hundred articles.
Dr Philip Dine (NUI Galway) will speak about French rugby but will also look at other sporting areas such as the record of Irish cyclists in the Tour de France.
His published research includes French Rugby Football: A Cultural History, which forms part of a broader reflection on leisure and popular culture in France.
Former GAA president Seán Kelly, under whose watch the decision to open the association’s pride and joy to other sports was made, feels it fitting that the French are the first visitors to Jones Road in this brave new world of sporting ecumenicalism.
He said: “Always our ally, never our enemy. We turned to France in times of crisis. History shows that from Killalla to Kinsale they were always our friends. It will be special when the battle of the tricolours takes place tomorrow. Two nations, different countries, similar flags.”
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