Rock Paper Scissor Tournament Details! - posted: July 5th
The Seattle Gaels are putting a fundraiser together that will guarantee to be one of your most enjoyable nights this year! The Rock Paper Scissor Tournament of Champions is set to showcase some of the best Rock Paper Scissor players out there (which would be you), along with drinks specials, raffle prizes and and much more.
Here are the details for the event
Date: Saturday, July 19th 2008 at 7pm
Place: The Spectator Sports Bar and Grill (529 Queen Ave North, Seattle)
Price: $5 - This gets you an hours worth of Rock Paper Scissor challenges and 3 free raffle tickets.
Prizes: Prizes will be awarded to the 1st, 2nd and 4th Place winner. That's right, no prize for 3rd place. There will also be drink specials (beer and price unknown but the beer will be good and the price will be small) as well as raffle prizes.
Contact: For any questions, email Kevin Mullen or phone him at 206-245-5866
More Information: This is how the tournament is set up. You will be given $20 Gaels Bucks when you sign up. There will be an hour of open play where you will challenge others or be challenged for Gael Bcuks. At the end of the hour, the 7 players with the most Gaels Bucks will be put into the tournament. The 8th spot will then be auctioned off for anybody who felt they were robbed and knows that they could win in tournament style. All games are best of three and there will be referee's around to oversee matches.
Seattle Gaels Golf Tournament Approaching! - posted: May 10th
The 8th Annual Golf Tournament is right around the corner and now is the time to reserve your spot!
Here are the details for the event
Date: June 8th 2008. Tee-times begin at 10am, end at Noon.
Place: West Seattle Golf Course
Price: $75 for one, $280 for a four-some. Each participant gets a free lunch ticket at the West Seattle Golf Course.
Payment: Please send checks to
Seattle Gaels
1817 federal Ave E
Seattle, WA
98102
Prizes: Prizes include, but not limited too, best & worst worst four-some, closest to the pin, longest drive, hole-in-one as well as a free gift bag for everybody.
Contact: For any questions, email Aidan O'Callaghan or phone him at 206-940-1113
More Information: If you have a preference to a starting tee-time (early, middle, late start), please let Aidan know.
All participants MUST PAY in advance prior to the event.
St. Paddy's Day Time! - posted: Feb 25th
The end of February is here and that means the Gaels are getting geared up to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.
Every year the Seattle Gaels walk in the St. Patrick's Day Parade showing off Gaelic Football and Hurling to the crowd. This year will be no different except for the fact that the Gaels will always try to bring a little bit more to the table.
Hopefully this year won't be bombarded with rain like last year, but even so, we'll be there with the Women's National Championship trophy, a decked out vehicle and throwing treats into the crowd.
We will also be at the Seattle Center with a booth in the Center House. There we will have video showing the games that we play, brochures, equipment, tshirts, etc. for all to see.
For all the information you'll ever need for Irish Week 2008, go to the Irish Heritage Club
Open Field Day Notice! The Gaels annual Open Field Day will be held Sunday, March 30th, Noon at Magnolia Field. There we will provide equipment and teach everybody Gaelic Football and Hurling. This is a perfect opportunity to learn the sport, ask every question in the book, play a friendly scrimmage and see if this is right for you. Mark the date down!
For more information contact the Chairman.
Seattle Gaels Promo - posted: Feb 25th
Get ready for the upcoming Gaels season with this video/picture montage that was created by Rob Mullin. For information on how to start playing for the Gaels, contact the Chairman.
End of the Year Celebration - posted: Dec 13th
Another year has past and the Seattle Gaels celebrated it like they always do, with an End of the Year Banquet. Awards, certificates and metals were awarded to both the Men's Hurling team and the Women's Gaelic Football team.
Awards that night went too:
Hurler of the Year: Ron Lorentsen
Womens Gaelic Footballer of the Year: Kate Starbird
Hurling Rookie of the Year: Lorcan French (pictured)
Women's Gaelic Football Rookie of the Year: Liz Myers
For pictures of the event, check out the Photo Gallery
Seattle Gaels Win in Chicago! - posted: Sept 7th
The 2007 Seattle Gaels Women's Gaelic Football team went into Chicago without a championship in its 10 years of existence. They left Junior "B" Ladies Football champions! The Gaels won four games throughout the long weekend with the final one against Atlanta, winning 3-13 to 0-6. Kate Starbird (left) played exceptionally well and won the MVP award for the weekend.
The Men's Gaelic Football came out and played a hard game against Pittsburgh. They lost but it signaled the first time in 3 years the Seattle Gaels sent a Men's Football team to Nationals. They'll be looking to improve on their talents and go on to Boston for next years Nationals.
The Gaels Hurling squad brought TWO teams to Nationals this year, a first for Seattle. While both teams didn't perform as well as they would have liked, bringing two teams to Nationals shows the commitment and energy that is brewing with the Seattle Gaels Hurling Team. These lads are only gonna get better and having the dedication is only going to bring success.
For now, the men's squads start to think about next year and what they need to do to succeed while the ladies take a minute to celebrate their first ever championship.
For photos of the event, head over to the Photo Gallery.
For a hurling perspective of the weekend, head over to the Hurling Blog.
Seattle Gaels Battle Hard in Vancouver - posted: Aug 13th
The Seattle Gaels Women's Gaelic Football team traveled up to Vancouver, broke up into two different squads and fought hard against Vancouver and Calgary. With both squads playing extremely well, it was the Vancouver Harps that stole the show with some excellent play. Vancouver also went on to win both days (I believe).
In the one game between Seattle's combined squad and Vancouver's, Seattle came back from a 3 goal deficit and played one of their best games of the year. The Gaels will now take that game and attitude to Nationals and go for the Junior B division.
The Men's Hurling team did not fare as well as they did last year. Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton all played some excellent hurling, beating Seattle the first game and tying the second game. The Gaels played tough, lead by Traelach Tuohy, but injuries and erratic playing couldn't hold the Harps down.
The men will take two teams to Nationals, a Junior 'B' and a Junior 'C' squad.
Gaelic Games Photo Library - posted: Aug 3rd
It's always good to know an awesome photographer. It makes everything look so professional.
The first ever Seattle Gaelic Games has come and gone and thanks to tons of players and friends, we got this thing documented from every cilindar.
We have 5(!) galleries up of everybodies work.
Gallery 1 - Kevin and Lindsay Brown bring some amazing shots. 84 of them too!
Gallery 2 - Joe Creighton takes a gangload of them, including the post event awards ceremony.
Gallery 3 - Kim Roberts gave us a handful of some of her best shots on the day.
Gallery 4 - Kevin Maude takes a gangload of pictures as well. Some great ones in there.
Gallery 5 - Justin Meaney thankfully got some great team shots.
Gaelic Games Wrap Up - posted: July 24th
The 1st Annual Seattle Gaelic Games came and went Saturday, July 21st. In an event that showcased some of the strongest as well as some of the up and coming teams in the west coast, San Francisco's Fog City and San Francisco's Na Fianna came away champions of both Gaelic Football and Hurling.
More info and TONS of pictures will be up soon.
It may have been up by now, but the Hurling City League final is this Saturday as well as the Vancouver Gaelic Football Tournament in 2 weeks. So the gaels are getting all prepared for it (see info below). Never a dull moment during the 2007 Seattle Gaels season.
Blue Beyonders vs. Red Eagle Bears in Hurling City League Final - posted: July 13th
The The Hurling City League final is set with the Blue Beyonders facing the Red Eagle Bears in the finals. The Blue Beyonders beat the Black Ninja's on July 12th in the last game of the season to jump ahead into second place.
The Hurling City League final has always been a marque event for the Seattle Gaels (as evidenced by this photo gallery) and this years looks to be no different.
Blue Beyonders vs. Red Eagle Bears
Saturday, July 28th - 2:00pm
Magnolia Field
Thanks to Justin Meaney for taking photos and video of the last game of the season.
Gaels watch some rollerderby action - posted: may 29th
The Seattle Gaels took a night off last Saturday and enjoyed the thunderous action that is known as a Rat City Rollergirl bout.
The RCRG's were kind enough to give the Seattle Gaels our own private area as well as a couple shouts outs during breaks in the action.
The Gaels went on to watch D.L.F. (Derby Liberation Front) destroy some low class team from Texas, but unfortunately watched fellow hurler, David Axlehoff (aka Nate) manage the Sockit Wenches to another loss (0-3 so far this year).
Needless to say, the Gaels won't be having David Axlehoff manage any of our teams anytime soon.
Special thanks to the RCRG's as well as Matt, Nate and everyone else involved, for showing the Gaels a good time.
Thanks to Andrea Flanagan, you can click here to check out photos of the event,
It's always good to know an awesome photographer. It makes everything look so professional.
The 1st Annual Seattle Gaelic Games came and went Saturday, July 21st. In an event that showcased some of the strongest as well as some of the up and coming teams in the west coast, San Francisco's Fog City and San Francisco's Na Fianna came away champions of both Gaelic Football and Hurling.
