Pat Delaney

Pat Delaney covers different stages of his GAA experiences - from involvement with his local club growing up in Kilkenny to memories of following the Kilkenny county side to moving to Kerry and trying to promote hurling there to general observations on the GAA down the years. Pat has some interesting stories about local rivalries in Kilkenny and travelling to All-Irelands. There is also a detailed account of when the two local clubs in his area became one, and how a local priest ensured that the sometimes delicate negotiations on this coming together went smoothly. As an administrator in both Kilkenny and Kerry his experiences are unique, as he went from a GAA environment where hurling is all that counts to one where it barely registers. Pat talks a lot about how the GAA brought the local community together, gave people something to do, helped engender valuable friendships and left people with some wonderful memories.