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GAA ‘Plant the Planet’ campaign in Africa raises €1.7m to combat poverty and climate change

A four-year GAA campaign to combat poverty and climate change in Africa has raised a staggering €1.7m and planted more than four million trees on the continent. A 30-strong group of inter-county ...
Irish Independent on MSN

Four Limerick GAA stars spend a week in Uganda for ‘Plant the Planet’ campaign

FOUR Limerick GAA stars are in Uganda for a week-long ‘Plant the Planet’ trip as part of a 30-strong contingent of ...
Irish Examiner on MSN

GAA stars lend a hand to promote sport and plant trees in Uganda

The Gaelic Players Association, Self Help Africa, and Warriors for Humanity are collaborating on an ambitious plan to plant ...
CNN

Scotland’s Gaelic language could die out in 10 years, says study

Gaelic-speaking communities in Scotland are in crisis and the language could die out within 10 years, according to a new study. A team of experts from the University of the Highlands and Islands and ...
BBC

The Mòd: Scotland's celebration of Gaelic language and culture

Over the next nine days, the Royal National Mòd is taking place in the west Highlands. The event will bring together competitors and visitors for what is described as the world's largest event ...
Chicago Tribune

Gaelic Park in Oak Forest hosts commemoration of great famine: ‘The Irish will never forget’

Patrick O’Donovan obviously wasn’t around in the 1840s for the great famine in Ireland. But the more the country’s minister for culture, communications and sport researches and studies the subject, ...
The Daily Gazette

Medieval armored combat opens Gaelic Games

DURHAM — Sword clanking on sword, battle axes striking helmets and grunts as medieval fighters kicked, shoved and struck each other wearing 85 pounds of steel armor. But it was all in good fun.