Ahead of national féile tournament in Co Derry, development officer and coach Keith Jackman says youth participation in the sport in UK is soaring
Hertfordshire’s Noah Fitzpatrick takes possession against Warwickshire at the All-Britain Féile at Páirc na hÉireann in Birmingham earlier this month. Photo: Chris Egan
There has been a surge in interest among children from non-Irish backgrounds in playing Gaelic football in the UK, according to a Carlow man whose job involves getting the sports on to the PE curriculum in British schools.
Keith Jackman (46), who is a cousin of ex-Ireland rugby international Bernard Jackman, is the GAA’s community development administrator for the county of Hertfordshire, north of London.