An apolitical community with an American majority: The GAA club with big dreams in Washington DC

DC Gaels has 109 registered members across four codes. This year their underage setup had 76. About 30% of them are Irish. The rest are made up of ‘homegrown players.’

BIG DREAMS: DC Gaels' youth players. Pic: Maurice Brosnan.

Where all the action happens. Ronan Kelly was 33, living in Washington DC and had never playing hurling in his life when he went in search of a connection to home. He found the DC Gaels.

“I only played Gaelic football up until the age of 13 in Naas,” the now club chairperson explains.