Government gives €250k to New York club

Children of Irish heritage all over New York will benefit from major Irish Government funding for the Shannon Gaels, according to club chairman Sean Price.

The Kerry native was speaking after it was confirmed yesterday that the Queens-based GAA club would avail of a €250,000 grant to assist with the development of an underage playing field in Frank Golden Park in the College Point section of the borough.

“It means a great deal to us,” Price told the Irish Examiner. “But what we can’t forget either is how big it is for the New York Irish community in general.