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Ireland sports clubs hit by emigration
Ireland sports clubs hit by emigration
| Published: | 22 Sep at 2 PM |
Football clubs throughout Ireland are feeling the effect of emigration, with some clubs seeing up to half their players heading for pastures new over the last couple of years.
Figures have been published by the country’s Central Statistics Office which show that from April 2010 to April 2011 around 40,200 Irish citizens moved overseas, a 13,000 rise on the previous year.
Thomas Gold, a councillor in Cork and a member of the local St Vincent’s club, said that the GAA was suffering from a large number of players between the ages of 21 and 25 moving overseas. He added that these players would normally be expected to be the future of the club over the next 10 years or so.
Rural clubs are also feeling the effect of the high number of people emigrating. The Roscommon and District football league has started the present season off with five less teams than it had last season.
A 2006 census shows that one of the hardest hit areas in the country has been Kerry. The data reveals that Dun Chaoin and Castlegregory have seen 71 per cent of their populations quit Ireland to move overseas. Due to this, the Clooney/Quin football club no longer has an intermediate level team because seven players from its first team moved to Australia.
Figures have been published by the country’s Central Statistics Office which show that from April 2010 to April 2011 around 40,200 Irish citizens moved overseas, a 13,000 rise on the previous year.
Thomas Gold, a councillor in Cork and a member of the local St Vincent’s club, said that the GAA was suffering from a large number of players between the ages of 21 and 25 moving overseas. He added that these players would normally be expected to be the future of the club over the next 10 years or so.
Rural clubs are also feeling the effect of the high number of people emigrating. The Roscommon and District football league has started the present season off with five less teams than it had last season.
A 2006 census shows that one of the hardest hit areas in the country has been Kerry. The data reveals that Dun Chaoin and Castlegregory have seen 71 per cent of their populations quit Ireland to move overseas. Due to this, the Clooney/Quin football club no longer has an intermediate level team because seven players from its first team moved to Australia.
