A home away from home.
That’s what the GAA abroad means to the passionate Fitzpatrick family from Cork.
In a brilliantly produced video from the GAA, Irish people living abroad provide a heartfelt insight into the power of the games in Australia and just what it means to those estranged from the island.
Margaret Sexton-Fitzpatrick and her son and daughter, Cillian and Emily from Clonakilty, describe the huge role the GAA has in their lives in Brisbane as the family scooped hurling and camogie titles in the Australasia Championships. And, from a full Irish fry, the Irish language and tearful recollections of the meaning of the GAA, the family have helped make the other side of the world just as Irish and as proud as their homeland.
Emily Fitzpatrick, with a medal wrapped around her neck, welled up as she described the importance camogie was playing in her new life. “It reminds me so much of home,” she said. “It was a part of me and I just couldn’t lose it.”
Watch this class video. Home is where the heart is.
