The story of how a new GAA database was developed

Right now, they have thousands of championship games listed from 1887 on. They can be filtered by team, opposition and venue.

REELING IN THE YEARS: Eamonn O'Donoghue, Cork in action against Paddy Williams, Tipperary in 1980. Pic: Ray McManus/Sportsfile

This is how it started. They had a GAA idea, the demand and a big bag of cans.

Eoin Keane is a teacher, writer and self-confessed GAA nerd. Two years ago, he was in deep conversation with a friend and pitched a much-needed concept. Immediately he was met with an offer to produce a prototype. James Buckley is a software developer.