‘Being Irish means living in a magical country’

Prowess on the playing pitch, a ‘strong’ accent and a separate language is what sets Irish people apart and makes us proud, pupils tell Claire O’Sullivan

THE founding fathers of the GAA would be delighted to know that nearly 130 years after the organisation was established, a great many pupils at one Co Cork school base their Irish identity on hurling and football.

This week, third-class pupils in Scoil Náisiúnta an Chroí Naofa in Glounthaune were asked what St Patrick’s Day and being Irish meant to them.