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☆ In Kansas City, a Festive Yet Cautious St. Patrick’s Day Parade
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Colbi Edmonds | Lauren Fox Kanan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Irish dancers, Gaelic football players, green everything: Thousands of spectators gathered for the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Kansas City, Mo., on Sunday, the first citywide parade since a deadly shooting last month roiled the city’s Super Bowl celebration. The St. Patrick’s Day parade, the city’s 50th this year, is regarded as one of the country’s largest, with crowds known to reach hundreds of thousands. On Sunday, a sizable — but notably smaller — crowd sporting green beanies, vests, cowboy hats and sweatshirts came together, even under high winds and chilly temperatures. The parade showcased Gaelic Athletic Club members demonstrating their hurling skills, bagpipe players, antique fire trucks and lots of green items, including cotton candy, plaid hats and stuffed animals. There was a stand with T-shirts that read “Kansas City has our own St. Patrick,” with a photo of the Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes — which at one point were almost blown away by the fierce winds.

Persons: Patrick’s, sweatshirts, Patrick, Patrick Mahomes — Organizations: Gaelic, St, Gaelic Athletic Club, Chiefs Locations: Kansas City, Mo

A Florida funeral home shipped the men’s remains to Ireland, according to a letter from a Florida medical examiner’s office. A CNN request under open-records law revealed documents confirming the mix-up, including letters from the Irish consulate in Atlanta to the medical examiner’s office and investigators involved in the case. That’s when the victims’ loved ones discovered the mix-up, according to the August letter from the medical examiner’s office. The Pinellas County Forensic Science Center in Largo, Florida -- home to the medical examiner's office. The District Six Medical Examiner Office did not respond to CNN’s request for additional details.

Persons: Kane Mitchell, Luke Comiskey, he’d, Comiskey, Mitchell, they’re, William Pellan, it’s, “, ” Pellan, Luke Comiskey’s, Luke, James Richard Peoples III, Peoples, ”, ’, Chris O'Mera, Pellan, Leana Wen, Police Adam Geissenberger, Barnabas Church Organizations: CNN, Florida, Pinellas Park Police Department, District Six, Office, Irish Department of Foreign Affairs, Pinellas Park police, Peoples, Six, Medical, Forensic Science, Medical Examiner Office, CNN Florida’s Department of Law, Pinellas, Pinellas Park Chief, Police, Gaelic football Locations: Dublin, Pinellas Park, St . Petersburg, Florida, Ireland, Irish, Atlanta, St . Petersburg , Florida, Pinellas, Largo , Florida, Baltimore, New York, St, Bronx, New York City, Australia, Spain

☆ ‘If any country can do it, it’s Ireland’: How to make the NFL’s next overseas star
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Rory Fleming | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

It was so different to what we are used to coming from Gaelic football, apart from the weather which was pretty similar to Ireland. Members of the US Liffre Gaelic football team take part in a training session. From the analysis already done by the Gaelic star, he’s earmarked two current NFL kickers as sources of inspiration ahead of the Combine. Gaelic football is probably the main sport in Ireland. It’s one of the biggest opportunities in all of sport,” Beggan added.

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☆ A teacher who lived in Dubai and Qatar for 10 years to save money shares what it was like — and why moving back to Ireland was a relief
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

She moved to Qatar for a higher salaryCoyle told BI that a lot of people she knew viewed the Gulf states as "scary," particularly for women. Coyle told BI that, in her second year, she was given a rent allowance of 9,000 riyals. Coyle told BI the students would often ask about life in Western countries, such as how people met their spouses and why people drank alcohol. She moved to Dubai insteadCoyle applied for a job at a school in Dubai, in the UAE. She told BI Dubai was more "hectic" than Doha.

Persons: Sorcha Coyle, Coyle, she'd, there's, would've, expats, wasn't, haven't Organizations: Business, United Arab, Qatari, Gaelic football team, Qatar, BI Dubai Locations: England, Ireland, Qatar, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Oman, United Arab Emirates, UAE, Doha, Cuba, China, Israel, London, California

☆ Biggest Irish TV audience of the year tuned in for win over South Africa
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

To put the figures into perspective, the All-Ireland Gaelic Football final - typically the country's biggest sporting event of the year - drew an average audience of 971,000. That year the biggest Irish audience tuned in for their side's quarter-final loss to New Zealand, with 776,000 watching. The consistent number one in Ireland's top TV audience list is The Late Late Toy Show, a special Christmas edition of a popular talk show. Last year's edition brought in over 1.5 million viewers, and it keeps the biggest sporting events off the top spot year after year. This could all change, however, depending on what happens in France at the World Cup in the coming weeks.

Persons: Trevor Stynes, Ken Ferris Organizations: South, Rugby, RTE, Ireland's, Springboks, Ireland Gaelic Football, Nations, Ireland, New Zealand, Thomson Locations: South Africa, Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand, France, New

☆ 'Mayo for Sam!' Biden delights Irish ancestors with sporting shoutout
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The proud Irish-American, wrapping up a nostalgic three-day visit to Ireland with a rally in the County Mayo town that his great-great-great-grandfather left for the United States in 1851, got the biggest cheer of the night with three parting words: "Mayo for Sam." Ireland's hugely popular national sports of Gaelic football draws capacity crowds of up to 82,000 for the finals each year. Mayo for Sam! Mayo for Sam!" Biden told the Irish and American flag waving crowd, raising his fist in the air.

☆ Football or soccer? It’s complicated …
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Allison Rosen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Football, or soccer, has been around for centuries with its roots dating back over 2,000 years ago, but it was not until 1863 that England’s Football Association (the FA) cemented the sport’s full name of Association Football when they established the game’s first rules. Courtesy of U.S. Soccer and National Soccer Hall of FameBy the time association football and its round ball made its way across the Atlantic, American Football was already the popular game claiming the name of football. Unlike association football, American football is a game played mostly with one’s hands and uses an oval ball. Fast forward to 1974 and the United States Soccer Football Association (USSFA) – the sport’s governing body in the US – distanced itself from the word football by changing its name to the United States Soccer Federation, commonly referred to as the USSF (US Soccer). In places where football can be ambiguous, soccer is usefully precise.”In 1994, soccer fever reached a highpoint as the US hosted the World Cup.

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