‘It Was Strange, But Tough!’: American Football’s debut in Ireland, 1953
By Guest Contributor David Toms In Ireland, when people think of the connections between the America and Ireland, most often their minds will turn to the role of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Irish emigrant communities, or perhaps to first, second and third and multi-generation Americans who played baseball, basketball, and American football.[1] Rarely do Irish…