Gaels making a difference in field of dreams

IT was the passion of the Shannon Gaels man who drove Cork’s Paul Kerrigan and Dublin’s Kevin Nolan out to the northern end of Queens to show him the club’s new home pitch for the next 25 years.

Then there was the enthusiasm of the 40 or 50 young boys and girls waiting for the two former All Star footballers back down on the Queens Boulevard where the Clare-coloured Gaels run Saturday morning coaching sessions for the children of Irish immigrants, Polish and Latino too.

It was also the interest shown by complete strangers in him and his team-mates that intrigued Kerrigan on this his first visit to an intimidating city.