GAA needs room for manoeuvre

Not all of the GAA’s proudest traditions have proved robust. 

The pull is following the overhead pull out of circulation. There was no drop kick in the last three football championships, according to Jarlath Burns. Even noughties-minted customs, such as writing motivational slogans — the likes of ‘110%’ or ‘score 2-5 from play’ — on your hand, are dying out already.

Yet, there is comfort in the enduring persistence of one old reliable: the construction of stands with insufficient leg-room for ‘patrons’.