Gaelic games reveal Euro stars

LAST Saturday, in my capacity as President of the GAA in Belgium, I attended the very first Euro League Tournament to be hosted by the Association’s arm in the country at Louven.

Louven has a long association with Ireland as hundreds flocked there from these shores during the penal law days in Ireland to study for the priesthood in the prestigious college in the town.

It was most appropriate that on European Day, Saturday, the Irish again headed en masse to Louven, only this time to play in a very competitive and entertaining football tournament.