How La Liga left the Hearts of the Irish
This is a world dominated by streams, wifi, and pay per view sports channels but in Ireland there remains a more traditional constant, the pub is at the heart of …
El Carnaval español a ojos de un irlandés
Así que me desperté el día 17, bajé a la cocina a desayunar, y me preparé para el mayor desfile del año. Sin embargo, este día no era el …
Spanish ”Carnaval” through the eyes of an Irish man.
So I woke up on the 17th, went downstairs for breakfast and braced myself for the biggest parade of the year. However, this wasn’t Saint Patrick’s Day and the …
El fútbol gaélico sigue creciendo en Galicia
Hace poco, hicimos una entrevista a Diego Fernandez Meijide. Diego es el Responsable de relaciones de prensa del GAA gallego. Ya sabíamos un poco sobre el lazo entre Galicia e …
Galicia – A Rising GAA County team.
I recently interviewed Diego Fernandez Meijide. Diego is the Press Relations Officer for Galician GAA. I was already fairly aware of the Gaelic bond Galicia and Ireland shared but speaking with …
El GAA en español.
Introducción Para quien no lo conozca, puede parecer como un tipo de cruce entre fútbol, rugby y baloncesto (en el caso de fútbol gaélico) o hockey y rugby (hablando …
Expected Goals – A Great Opportunity Missed
Football has been slow to embrace advanced statistics but one stat which is gaining popularity with analysts and some pundits is expected goals(Also written as xG). However, not everyone …
Reasons to visit Granada.
Firstly for the Culture Vultures The poet Francisco de Icaza famously said ”..there is nothing in life so sad as to be blind in Granada”, and boy was he right. …
Irish Players in the Spanish Leagues
Only 8 players have represented the Republic of Ireland national team and played in Spain. Here we will look through the successes (and failures, man was there a lot …