How a stubborn Corkman formed Mexico City's only GAA club

Thanks to a not-mad-but-stubborn Corkman, Mexico City has a GAA Club that is named for a heroic Irish brigade that fought and died for the Mexican army during the Mexican-American war. Tadgh McNally finds out how

Members of the Los San Patricios men's team in Mexico City. The club means a disparate Irish community is more firmly linked to Mexico City and its people.

It took a madman from Cork, travelling halfway across the globe, for Mexico City to have its first and only GAA club.

While Pierce O’Driscoll contests the description of a madman by his teammates, he accepts that he was extremely stubborn in his efforts to set up one of the world’s newest GAA clubs.