Brian McGauran

Brian McGauran talks about his involvement with the GAA in rural Sligo. Gaelic games were never widely popular in his part of the county but he took great interest in them, playing for the nearby Drumcliff team before eventually helping to set up a club in his native Calry with friends. Although he did not play football until the age of 18, he made it onto the Sligo senior team. When his playing days were over he became involved in other ways - as an umpire, and later a steward. He is now a member of the Markievicz Park Development Committee. He was also very involved in Scór events, which he sees as being very important to the GAA, and to Irish culture. Although the GAA was never hugely popular in his own area, he took great enjoyment from seeing more and more people getting involved over the years - whether it be parents cheering on their children at games, local people young and old taking part in Scór events, or his own children developing a huge interest in all things GAA.