Brian McCann

Brian McCann talks about his youth spent in Antrim where hurling was prominent. His local club was Cushendall but an eye injury cut short his playing career. He was living through the Troubles but there was not a lot of tension in his area, although you had to be wary when in some of the bigger towns around Antrim. He later went to Queens University in Belfast where he became involved in student politics before later moving to Sligo. Brian's interest in GAA never wavered and in Sligo he became involved with his local club, Naomh Eoin, and with Sligo IT where he worked as a lecturer. He was soon training teams and trying to get other hurling people involved in the coaching side of things. He worked on putting better organisational structures in place and in time he became the manager of the Sligo hurling team. He describes his efforts to improve hurling in the county and his battles to secure more resources and encourage interest in hurling. Brian also shares his thoughts on the GPA and on the GAA itself.