Eamonn Gormley

In 2014 I published a book called Waiting to Launch, a three-part exploration of the untapped global potential of Gaelic games. 

The first part of the book details my own efforts to promote the GAA both inside and outside of Ireland, and the lessons I learned. 

The second part examines the history of how sporting codes originated in Ireland and England, how both countries exported their games to the world in the nineteenth century, but only one country succeeded in making its sports the global standard, despite sending emigrants in smaller numbers than the Irish. 

The third part makes recommendations for how the GAA can bring the games to their full global potential by thinking bigger.