How Munster's LGBT+ sports clubs are helping athletes find acceptance and belonging

From run clubs to GAA clubs, the sporting fabric of Ireland is made up of LGBT+ players. Micheál Costello reflects on the role sport has played in his own journey of acceptance and speaks to athletes who have found belonging in LGBT+ friendly spaces

Rónan Murray, Jack Mulcahy and Emma Harrington of Frontrunners and Briskwalkers, Cork out for exercise on the Marina, Cork. Picture: David Creedon

One of my earliest memories of sport is hiding in our chicken coop on a Saturday morning to avoid hurling training. 

I was an active child but not a sporty one. In the early 2000s there weren’t many options for sport outside of hurling and football for children to get into.