GAELIC SPORTS WORLD Issue 6 - Aug 1, 2014 | Page 2

FOREWORD FROM THE EDITOR

GAELIC SPORTS WORLD
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EDITOR:

We hear so much about the trials and
tribulations of generations of Irish Diaspora
from familiar places like America, Britain,
and Australia, but not so often from places
that appear to have no attraction for Irish
emigrants such as the country of Argentina.
In our main feature this edition,
we remember the Irish immigrants
who made the arduous journey to
the Pampas and rediscover one of the
cultural traits they carried with them
in their hearts, the game of Hurling.
We tell their story through the eyes and
ears of The Hurling Club of Buenos Aires,
and how hurling became a focal point for
Irish, and Irish-Argentines in the past,
before it faded with time. Today however,
there are new seeds being sown in
Buenos Aires in the same club and it could
mean that the sport will once again
flourish throughout this vast country
and even spill over into other
South American nations.
Hurling can be the key to open lost
treasure to the Argentine and South
American Irish diaspora.

Denis O’Brien
Denis O’Brien

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Cathaoir Sóna

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS:
Catherine Fleming, Rory O’Donnell, Tommy Moran,
Cyril Iordanidis, Ronan Deane, Eamon Gormley,
Jamie Fitzsimons, Joe Trolan, Brian Clerkin,
John Simcoe

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS:
Rory O’Donnell, Marie Walsh, Jerry Hess, Peter Marney

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Denis O’Brien
Hurling Club, Buenos Aires