Why GAA county boards are keeping Electric Picnic weekend free

Increasingly more by design than accident, Electric Picnic weekend is becoming the unofficial break in the GAA club championship window.

A series of counties have quietly scheduled matches to avoid clashing with the three-day festival in Stradbally, which took place between August 28 and 30 this year.

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