In the episode, Walsh reflects on his memories of playing minor football for Kerry, his transition to the senior team, and his experiences playing Australian Rules Football. Offering advice for young players, Tommy emphasises the importance of enjoying the experience and maintaining perspective. He touches on the significance of family and community support, and shares his insights on playing in All-Ireland Finals. Every Tuesday, well known Irish stars will share memories from their early sporti...
Jul 01, 2025•45 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Our guest for Season 4, Episode 9 of the GAA Minor Moments podcast with Electric Ireland is three-time All-Star and Limerick hurling icon Ciaran Carey. Throughout the episode, Ciaran reflects on his own playing experiences, the valuable lessons he has learned along the way and his current thoughts on the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. Carey delves into his extensive youth hurling career, the mental demands of elite competition, and the profound impact GAA has had on his life. He reflec...
Jun 24, 2025•53 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Our guest for Season 4 Episode 8 of the GAA Minor Moments podcast with Electric Ireland is two-time All-Ireland winning manager with Tipperary Liam Sheedy. Throughout the episode, Sheedy reflects on his own minor experiences, his remarkable managerial career, and the invaluable lessons he’s learned both on and off the pitch. The former Tipperary manager draws parallels between his own minor years and the current Tipperary Under-20 team's success. Sheedy shares insights into his playing career an...
Jun 17, 2025•59 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Title: Our guest this week is Mayo Football star, Conor Mortimer. Throughout the episode, Conor speaks about his passion for the game that runs strongly through his family. Mortimer takes us through his years in the underage Mayo set-up, from Minor to u-21s. He shines a light on some of the set-backs he encountered throughout his career, offering advice to the next generation of Minor players. Conor reminisces on his bold and brilliant career, an injury along the way and the psychological suppor...
Jun 10, 2025•41 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Our guest for Season 4, Episode 6 of the GAA Minor Moments podcast with Electric Ireland is former Cork Hurling and Football star, John Allen. Throughout the episode, Allen reflects on his early sporting days juggling both codes, revealing his preferred code and personal successes. He shares vivid memories of his minor years, and the lessons he learned about pressure, balance, and the importance of mental preparation. John offers a fascinating glimpse into the evolution of GAA, contrasting the t...
Jun 03, 2025•49 min•Season 4Ep. 6
T Our guest for Season 4 Episode 5 of the GAA Minor Moments podcast with Electric Ireland is author and Second Captains' co-founder, Ciarán Murphy. In this episode, Ciarán shares his GAA story, from childhood memories in Galway to his experiences striving for the Minor team. He discusses the impact of the sport on his life and the lessons learned along the way, sharing stories and insights that are further explored in his book, " This Is The Life ." Ciarán reflects on the importance of GAA, both...
May 27, 2025•55 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Our guest for Season 4 Episode 4 of the GAA Minor Moments podcast with Electric Ireland is former Offaly Hurler Michael Duignan. In this episode Michael reminisces about his wonderful sporting journey which included an All-Ireland Minor Hurling triumph with Offaly in 1986. Michael reflects on his time winning two senior Hurling All-Ireland titles to transitioning from the pitch to leadership roles in both Offaly GAA and his club, Ballinamere/Durrow. This episode goes on to explore themes of pers...
May 20, 2025•56 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Our guest for Season 4 Episode 3 of the GAA Minor Moments podcast with Electric Ireland is Dublin Camogie player Emma O'Byrne. Throughout the episode, Emma shares her unique journey into camogie, from its unlikely beginnings to the lessons learned during her minor years and beyond. Emma explores the importance of team spirit, the influence of diverse sporting experiences, and the pride of representing Dublin, offering valuable advice to aspiring young players. She emphasises playing with freedom...
Apr 29, 2025•31 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Our guest for Season 4 Episode 2 of the GAA Minor Moments podcast with Electric Ireland is former Waterford Camogie player and Sports Psychologist Dr Patricia Jackman. Throughout the episode Patricia speaks on the trajectory of Waterford Camogie and her sports psychology research at the University of Lincoln. Patricia shines a light on her fascination with sports science and the psychology of sport, emphasising the importance of sport in all aspects of our lives. Patricia highlights themes of re...
Apr 22, 2025•54 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Our first guest for Season 4 Episode 1 of the GAA Minor Moments podcast with Electric Ireland is former Cork and Dublin Camogie player Sarah O’Donovan. Throughout the episode O'Donovan discusses her transition to punditry, highlighting how her playing experience informs her insightful commentary. Sarah recalls her selection for the 1999 Minor Cork squad as a major moment in her career and tells upcoming players to "just focus on the ball”. After a period in Australia, where she reflected on her ...
Apr 15, 2025•52 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Our guest for Season 3 Episode 10 of the GAA Minor Moments podcast with Electric Ireland is former Armagh footballer and current GAA president Jarlath Burns. For our final episode this season, Jarlath reflects on his journey through life, growing up and playing for his club Silverbridge and the influence that the GAA had on his upbringing. Looking back on his days at Minor and on to Senior, Jarlath reminisces about how special it was to put on the orange jersey that was so sacred to him growing ...
Jul 02, 2024•56 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Our guest for Season 3 Episode 9 of the GAA Minor Moments podcast with Electric Ireland is former Meath Minor and former Leinster and Ireland Rugby player Shane Horgan. Horgan takes a look back at growing up in Bellewstown and the influence GAA had on his life from playing in Cumann na mBunscol, to representing Meath as a minor, to representing his country on the Irish Rugby team. Horgan speaks on his career in Leinster and how influential his dad John was in his career. He highlights the Lions ...
Jun 25, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Our guest for Season 3 Episode 8 of the GAA Minor Moments podcast with Electric Ireland is former Waterford player and manager, Derek McGrath. The Waterford native speaks on mindset and the emphasis on mental preparation nowadays, touching on some recent championship games and moments that have stood out for him particularly from a tactical viewpoint and he talks about the evolution of hurling this century. McGrath also takes a look back on his hurling career in Waterford playing across the mino...
Jun 18, 2024•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 8
Our guest for Season 3 Episode 7 of the GAA Minor Moments podcast with Electric Ireland is Former Clare hurling All-Star Tony Griffin. Griffin reminisces fondly on his minor days sharing memories and advice to those coming up the ranks now, emphasising that minor is the start point in many players careers – and to keep persevering if selection doesn’t go your way. Throughout the episode, Griffin revisits his time playing for Clare and some of the great stories and managers he came across along t...
Jun 11, 2024•59 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Our guest for Season 3 Episode 6 of the GAA Minor Moments podcast with Electric Ireland is Kilkenny hurling legend Richie Hogan who was Hurler of the Year in 2014, winner of seven All-Ireland titles, 11 Leinster championships, five Allianz Hurling League medals, and four All-Stars. Richie proudly reflects back to his Minor hurling days which he shows huge pride for throughout the episode. After missing out on the opportunity to take home a Minor Hurling All-Ireland medal, Richie expressed the di...
Jun 04, 2024•46 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Title: . Our guest for Season 3 Episode 5 of the GAA Minor Moments podcast with Electric Ireland is Dublin’s Alan Brogan – winner of 3 All-Irelands and a Footballer of the Year award. Alan candidly shared his reflections on his Minor days and the pivotal moments that shaped his journey to a Footballer of The Year title in 2011. Alan, who played for the Dublin Minor team from 1999-2000, fondly recalls winning the Leinster Minor final in 1999. Brogan also emphasises the importance of these early e...
May 28, 2024•47 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Our guest for Season 3 Episode 4 of the GAA Minor Moments podcast with Electric Ireland is Wexford’s Billy Walsh – current Head Coach of Team USA Boxing. Billy talks about his GAA-centric upbringing laying the foundations for his very successful career in boxing, both as an Olympian and Olympic Head Coach. Billy, who was headhunted by Team USA following his success with the Irish Olympic boxing team, speaks very honestly how his time playing minor football and hurling for Wexford formed lifelong...
May 21, 2024•45 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Title: Our guest for Season 3 Episode 3 of the GAA Minor Moments podcast with Electric Ireland is Antrim Camogie legend Jane Adams. Jane discusses the evolution of camogie and its growth through sponsorship, alongside her personal achievements and the positive impact on her hometown of West Belfast. The three-time Ulster camogie player of the year candidly discusses overcoming career challenges, including a cruciate injury and personal identity struggles, while advocating for grassroots involvem...
Apr 30, 2024•51 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Our guest for Season 3 Episode 2 of the GAA Minor Moments podcast with Electric Ireland is former Tipperary camogie player and author, Eimear Ryan. Eimear chats with host Fergal O’Keefe about the early years of her camogie career and growing up playing her GAA in Moneygall with the boy’s team. They dive into these memories, which Eimear also shares in her award-winning book ‘The Grass Ceiling’. Reflecting back to her minor years, Eimear reminisces on the lifts to and from training being a real h...
Apr 23, 2024•41 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Our guest for the first episode of Season 3 of the GAA Minor Moments podcast with Electric Ireland is Kilkenny Camogie legend, Ann Downey. Ann chats with host Fergal about her coaching career to date and where Camogie has brought her, including an Ashbourne Cup title with WIT in 2015 and an All-Ireland Senior Camogie title with Kilkenny Camogie in 2016, 22 years after Ann herself took home the 1994 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Title. Ann goes on to speak about her upbringing in a rural, GAA-mad ho...
Apr 16, 2024•43 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Our final guest for Season 2 is former Kerry football legend and current Armagh senior football coach, Kieran Donaghy. Kieran chats to host Fergal about his four-day Minor career, playing with an underage Colm Cooper, and the difficulties of having size thirteen feet. They also look ahead to the upcoming Minor football final and speak on the recent success of Ulster football. As a lifelong competitive basketball player, Donaghy also speaks about the transferability of skills between basketball a...
Jul 04, 2023•41 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Our guest this week is current Tipperary Minor football manager, John McNamara. John chats to host Fergal about how critical the Minor grade is for developing successful Senior teams, the importance of getting high-intensity championship minutes, and the difficulty with competing during the Covid-19 pandemic. McNamara also outlines his own coaching philosophy which is centred around the player as a person, and creating an enjoyable atmosphere for young athletes so they can bring self-confidence ...
Jun 27, 2023•42 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Our guest is former Westmeath footballer and Leinster rugby player, current musician, podcaster, and producer; Niall (Bressie) Breslin. Niall chats to host Fergal about his childhood love of football, and how this progressed to a professional rugby contract, and later to a very successful career in the music industry. Breslin also discusses at length the mental aspect of sport, how important it is for coaches to have empathy, and his long list of legendary coaches. Every Tuesday well known Irish...
Jun 20, 2023•49 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Our guest is former Donegal footballer, Michael Murphy. Michael chats to host Fergal about the tactics involved in the Donegal victory of 2012, defending and counter attacking in the modern game of football, and his own time as a Minor footballer. Travelling to Australia and featuring in the International Rules also made up a part of Michael Murphy’s development as a player, where he experienced a high-risk style of offensive play and a culture focused around skill development. Every Tuesday wel...
Jun 13, 2023•51 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Our guest is former Galway dual player, Alan Kerins. Alan chats to host Fergal about the difficulties of being a dual player, success at both club and county and how an intercounty career can be much more enjoyable when you play with a smile. Alan also discusses his extensive volunteer work in Africa, which includes raising funds for tree planting and bringing over 50 GAA players to host the first ever intercounty GAA game in the country. Alan touches on the long-standing relationship between hi...
Jun 06, 2023•45 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Our guest is Clare Hurling Star, Anthony Daly.Anthony chats to host Fergal about the connections he has made from his playing days with Clare, the positive times and life experiences he has had since he started his Minor Hurling career in the 1980s. Daly fondly looks at the current Clare Hurling teams as he watches sons and other relatives of his own teammates from his time as captain in the 1990s make their own mark in the yellow and blue jersey. The Clarecastle clubman also chats about his tim...
May 30, 2023•50 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Our guest for Episode 14 of the GAA Minor Moments Podcast with Electric Ireland is Kilkenny hurling legend, Michael Fennelly. Michael talks about his impressive intercounty career which saw him amass five All-Ireland titles, nine Leinster titles, five League titles and three All Stars, recalling a pivotal Minor All-Ireland final as a particular highlight. Following his time with the Minors, he was brought on to the under-21 Kilkenny team in 2004 where he won a further Leinster and All-Ireland me...
May 23, 2023•43 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Galway Camogie star, Niamh McGrath, talks about her family’s influence on her playing career and the important role her father, Michael ‘Hopper’ McGrath, played as her club’s manager. Hailing from a Gaelic Games household, the McGrath family has been strongly embedded in Camogie and Hurling communities, which had a significant impact on the game. McGrath also looks back fondly at the impact her young playing days had on her life today, citing strong relationships with teammates, nail-biting titl...
May 02, 2023•36 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Our guest is Wexford Camogie legend Ursula Jacob who is widely regarded as one of the finest Camogie players of all time. Ursula chats to host Fergal about her rise to stardom in Wexford, and the key role played by her sports-mad family in supporting her journey at juvenile level before breaking on to the Wexford Senior Camogie Team. Despite losing to Galway in the All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship Final in 2000, Jacob claims that bonds forged between the squad that year propelled them on t...
Apr 25, 2023•42 min•Season 2Ep. 12
The Electric Ireland GAA Minor Moments podcast is back! The first guest of Season Two is Tipperary Camogie star Orla O’Dywer, who is currently playing with Brisbane Lions in the Women’s AFL. In this episode, Orla chats to host Fergal O’Keeffe on her life in Australia, and looks back at her roots in Tipperary and the role her parents and coaches played in supporting her development at a young age. O’Dwyer won an All-Ireland Minor Camogie Medal with the Premier County in 2016, which preceded her r...
Apr 18, 2023•44 min•Season 2Ep. 11
