Stepping up to help out at your local GAA club

Stephen Barry talks to the Cork football captain on why it takes a village of volunteers to raise a Paul Kerrigan.

I spent many childhood hours in empty GAA grounds. Not as many as my father, mind you, but enough to see the work that goes in during off-peak hours.

Opening up the pitch, lining the field, putting up the kids’ goals for us, meetings. Selling lotto tickets, collecting tickets, distributing tickets, more meetings.