Cork GAA funding trip to San Francisco tees up future opportunities

The appetite exists on the part of expatriate benefactors to co-finance a standalone Cork GAA centre of excellence, fundraisers have been told in San Francisco.

Cork hurling legend Diarmuid O’Sullivan with Cork supporter John Manning (originally from  Kinsale, now living in San Francisco) at the CSF golf event in the city.

The Cork Senior Football (CSF) Funding company — set up to provide Cork senior football and hurling squads with an additional stream of funding to that provided by the County Board — spent four days on America’s west coast earlier this month and received positive feedback to the venture from a number of GAA and Irish business figures in the city.

New Cork GAA chair Tracey Kennedy will meet members of CSF Funding next month to get an update on their plans for 2018. Her predecessor Ger Lane, plus the respective senior management teams for both hurling and football have given their approval to the concept.