Belfast's GAA invisibility is unique among Irish cities

It’s rare that a door closes without another one opening so when the chains were wrapped around the gates of Casement Park in 2013 it fell to Corrigan Park, less than two miles up the road in West Belfast, to host the county footballers. Eventually, anyway.

Belfast's GAA invisibility is unique among Irish cities

It’s rare that a door closes without another one opening so when the chains were wrapped around the gates of Casement Park in 2013 it fell to Corrigan Park, less than two miles up the road in West Belfast, to host the county footballers. Eventually, anyway.

Antrim turned initially to Páirc Mac Uilinn in Ballycastle. Páirc Naomh Pól and Fr McGuigan Park, both in Belfast, had their turns until the wanderlust all but ended with a residency close by at Corrigan Park on Whiterock Rd.

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