Action shot of LGBTQ+ clubs Aeracha Uladh and Na Laochra Aeracha playing a GAA match.

Irish GAA teams make history with first-ever LGBTQ+ match

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Split screen of two LGBTQ+ GAA teams: Na Laochra Aeracha and Aeracha Uladh.

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Banner of GAA Palestine hanging on a wall.

GAA Palestine players denied visas ahead of Irish tour

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Na Gaeil Aeracha’s Men’s+ Football team has made sporting history by becoming the first LGBTQ+ team to win a GAA league title in Ireland.

Na Gaeil Aeracha makes history as first LGBTQ+ team to win GAA league title

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Armagh GAA player Mark Shields, who opened up about coming out, speaking in a camera.

Armagh GAA player Mark Shields opens up about coming out as gay to teammates

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Kevin Penrose, a GAA player who shared his coming out journey, playing on the pitch.

GAA player Kevin Penrose shares empowering coming out journey

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Na Gaeil Aeracha posing for a team photo at their cup final.

Na Gaeil Aeracha makes history as first explicitly LGBTQ+ inclusive team to win GAA cup

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Dublin's Womens+ Na Gaeil Aeracha, who qualified for the GAA Cup final, posing for a group foto on a field.

Na Gaeil Aeracha becomes first LGBTQ+ team to qualify for GAA Cup Final

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Team photo of Laochra Aeracha, the first LGBTQ+ GAA team in Cork. The GAA players pose after a training session, with one row of people crouched at the front, and a row of people standing behind them.

Meet Laochra Aeracha, Cork's first LGBTQ+ GAA club

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Image of GAA player Geraldine Doherty who is encouraging coming out in the sport. She is playing Gaelic football and wearing a black and green kit.

GAA All Star Geraldine Doherty encourages more male players to come out

Ireland, News, Sport & Fitness, Top News 9 Feb 2024

Hannah Tyrrell holding the All-Ireland trophy in one hand and her newborn baby in the other. Hannah is in Croke Park wearing a blue Dublin jersey.

Irish LGBTQ+ athlete Hannah Tyrrell adds All-Ireland title to impressive list of accomplishments

Ireland, News, Sport & Fitness, Top News 14 Aug 2023

Giulia Valentino poses wearing GAA jersey and trans flag across shoulders

Trans sportswoman Giulia Valentino on the power of LGBTQ+ inclusion in GAA

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Irish GAA teams make history with first-ever LGBTQ+ match

LGBTQ+ GAA teams to face off in history-making match in Cork

GAA Palestine players denied visas ahead of Irish tour

Na Gaeil Aeracha makes history as first LGBTQ+ team to win GAA league title

Armagh GAA player Mark Shields opens up about coming out as gay to teammates

GAA player Kevin Penrose shares empowering coming out journey

Na Gaeil Aeracha makes history as first explicitly LGBTQ+ inclusive team to win GAA cup

Na Gaeil Aeracha becomes first LGBTQ+ team to qualify for GAA Cup Final

Meet Laochra Aeracha, Cork's first LGBTQ+ GAA club

GAA All Star Geraldine Doherty encourages more male players to come out

Irish LGBTQ+ athlete Hannah Tyrrell adds All-Ireland title to impressive list of accomplishments

Trans sportswoman Giulia Valentino on the power of LGBTQ+ inclusion in GAA

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Irish GAA teams make history with first-ever LGBTQ+ match

LGBTQ+ GAA teams to face off in history-making match in Cork

GAA Palestine players denied visas ahead of Irish tour

Na Gaeil Aeracha makes history as first LGBTQ+ team to win GAA league title

Armagh GAA player Mark Shields opens up about coming out as gay to teammates

GAA player Kevin Penrose shares empowering coming out journey

Na Gaeil Aeracha makes history as first explicitly LGBTQ+ inclusive team to win GAA cup

Na Gaeil Aeracha becomes first LGBTQ+ team to qualify for GAA Cup Final

Meet Laochra Aeracha, Cork's first LGBTQ+ GAA club

GAA All Star Geraldine Doherty encourages more male players to come out

Irish LGBTQ+ athlete Hannah Tyrrell adds All-Ireland title to impressive list of accomplishments

Trans sportswoman Giulia Valentino on the power of LGBTQ+ inclusion in GAA

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