Welcome to EuropeanIrish.com

Connecting the Irish Scene in Mainland Europe

 

EuropeanIrish

1. Paris Gaels GAA 

In 1997 - 1998, the first ever Paris Gaels GAA website was created.

Before that, in 1995-97, there were photographs by cameras only (no digital images , posters and match reports, before the days of the internet, digital cameras, or mobile phones. Email was not commonly used. 
We have collected some of these images, posters and match reports for Paris Gaels - from the early year .

2. European GAA 

Later we will launch the earliest European GAA (gaelic games) websites. The first was launched in 1998 fo for the International GAA event in Dublin, with European GAA being represented internationally for the first time -
Leading eventually to the inauguration of the European GAA county board in 1999. We cover details of this also - with a website revamp in 2000, and growing from a pocket of 5 clubs playing 7-a-side Gaelic Football at the Black Stuff 7's in Luxembourg in the mid 1990s, to approx 24 clubs (including mens and women) across Europe by the end of 2003.

3. European Irish website 

EuropeanIrish website was launched in 2003 and ran successfully for 10 years.
EuropeanIrish :
1. We had Irish people living and working or studying in Europe.
- as well as Europeans interested in all things irish.

2. there was a huge Irish world all across mainlaind Europe that was not being celebrated nor brought together   -
this included:

EuropeanIrish.com connected the people and the resources above together, providing an Irish connection and sense of belonging and community across Europe. More than 1 Million people were visiting the website.
We will look at providing some samples of how it looked back in the early days of the internet
all before the days of Mobile phones, digital media, social media, online video.
Online users only visited websites with desktops.