Gerry Callan News Today

The Castle Players are looking forward to returning to An Tain Arts Centre after a three year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On their last outing, they staged John B. Keane’s classic drama Sive. This time it’s Bernard Farrell’s classic social farce Say Cheese.

The Castle Players are back after a three year absence due to Covid

Aged 82, Gerry from Pearse Park died peacefully in the Lourdes Hospital on February 9th. A talented soccer player in his youth, Gerry played minor and junior football before progressing to play with Dundalk where he was involved in their title winning season in 1962-63. It was the Local Defence Forces, known as the LDF, and later the FCA (Forsa Cosanta Aitiui) to which Gerry dedicated much of his adult life. He followed his father into the organisation and rose through the ranks to become Comm...

Stephen Cluxton has no more records to break. Having become the first hurler or footballer to make 100 appearances last summer, Cluxton is set to play his 111th championship game for Dublin in next Saturday’s All-Ireland final. He has rewritten the goalkeeping manual, turning the position into one of the most significant on the field, as the precision of his restarts has effectively transformed him into a GAA version of an American Football quarterback. Others have tried to copy his approach...