The end of another brilliant season is in sight, but there’s still no let up from Thank GAA It’s Friday, with the next programme out on Friday, September 12 at 9.05 on RTÉ Two.
The show’s creators bring you the complete weekly GAA package; containing characters, games, fascinating stories and communities both at home and abroad.
This weekend the All-Ireland camogie finals take centre stage at Croke Park. Leann Fennelly comes from one of the great GAA families. Her father Liam twice captained Kilkenny to All-Ireland hurling glory and her cousin Michael Fennelly did the same. Leann is hoping to write her own name in the history books when she skippers the Cats in Sunday’s All-Ireland camogie final against Cork at GAA Headquarters. She chats to us, along with her father (both pictured right), about growing up in one of the game’s dynasties.
We catch up with a camogie legend. Patricia Woods won five All-Irelands with Dublin in the sixties before starting her own medals and trophies business – which now makes the All-Ireland medals presented to the winning teams in camogie, hurling and football. We follow Patricia around the factory floor as this year’s Celtic Crosses are being minted and on her weekly puc about in the Phoenix Park.
The All-Ireland Under-21 hurling final is also down for decision in Thurles on Saturday. With this in mind we look back on the great Limerick team of 2000-’02 that won a three in-a-row, but never managed to carry that form through to senior level. We talk to key players Stephen Lucey and Brian Begley as well as manager Dave Keane about that heady time and the reasons why Limerick weren’t able to make the step up to senior success with these brilliant sides.
Thank GAA It’s Friday is repeated on Sunday at lunchtime – ideal build-up to the live game on RTE.
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