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Article: 'Love fugees' bring GAA gospel to Scandinavia; Iceman cometh as exiles spread the gospel of Cusack and Davin.(Sport)
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- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 6, 2009
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Byline: Patrick Reilly IN COPENHAGEN
CANDINAVIA, home of Bjorn Borg, Lego, Fjords and, erm, Gaelic football.
SIreland's national sport has been growing at a rapid rate in Europe with clubs springing up in Germany, France and that unlikely hotbed of GAA in Guernsey. Now in Sweden there is a fierce domestic rivalry between Gothenburg and Malmo, and a local derby with Danish neighbours Copenhagen is up there at the Dublin - Meath level for the passion of those directly involved.
It's not just the Irish abroad who are playing peil. At the recent Pan European GAA tournament in Denmark, the 14 competing teams included Aussies, Belgians, French and ...
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