Hands across the great Derry divide: Why the winds of change are blowing in the Oak Leaf county
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Derry City’s Mark Connolly during a pitch training session at Derry GAA’s centre of excellence. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/SportsfileIf a member of the public decided to divert off the A6 and take a spin into Derry GAA’s 48-acre Owenbeg centre of excellence last Monday, their initial impression would have been that it was business as usual.In [...]
Derry City’s Mark Connolly during a pitch training session at Derry GAA’s centre of excellence. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
If a member of the public decided to divert off the A6 and take a spin into Derry GAA’s 48-acre Owenbeg centre of excellence last Monday, their initial impression would have been that it was business as usual.
In a pitch close to the entrance, second-year students from the local school in Dungiven were taking on visitors from Clady, just one of several underage matches being played. A venue big enough to host 1,500 guests for the 2023 GAA World Games is used to throwing open the gates to teams from around the county and beyond.