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21st Jan 2015

Video: It looks like Gaelic Football is really taking off in Jamaica

An away league game in Kingston would be grand

Joe Harrington

We’d stick Ricardo Fuller in at full-forward.

Our native sports are being played all over the world with teams in Abu Dhabi, Australia, America, Canada, England and Europe.

However, we weren’t aware that gaelic games had reached the beautiful shores of Jamaica.

The had a bobsleigh team and soon they could have a gaelic football team if Jeff Bailey has his way.

Up to 70 people have expressed an interest in playing so a league has been set up and it’ll run between February and June.

Check out the full story here including how a local guy grew to love the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPX8bVwE-3Y

YouTube credit: Loop News Group.

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