Address to Seanad Éireann by GAA President, Mr. Larry McCarthy
Seanad Éireann — 2023-04-26
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Jerry Buttimer (CC), Labour Panel

Well, he did. Never mind the big days in Páirc Uí Chaoimh or Croke Park, however. The strength of the GAA is that it brings us back to the place that we can never forget; home, where we belong. I will finish with a few lines from Seamus Heaney's poem "Markings":
Youngsters shouting their heads off in a field
As the light died and they kept on playing
Because by then they were playing in their heads
I know better than to try to follow Heaney. On that note, it gives me great pleasure to introduce to Seanad Éireann, Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael, an tUasal Labhrás Mac Cárthaigh.

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Sitting date: 2023-04-26