How Dubai Gaels came to be?

Dubai Celts GAA was est. in 1995 by a couple of GAA enthusiasts and over the last 25yrs it has morphed into one of the biggest clubs in the Gulf. We have a membership base of 250 active players engaged in both codes. We also have an underage section that has over 100 kids training every Saturday. Season starts in October and concludes in March. It’s short and condensed and we have fixtures before season starts. Temperatures increase to 35’C plus from May onwards. Our sponsors are brilliant to us, as pitch rental here is €250 per hour. These include; Dubai Duty Free, Fibber McGees, McGettigans, Prestige Building solutions, Shamrock Enterprises, Arabian Escapes. We train in a state of the art facility in Dubai Sports City. We’re a family club and look after our members. Always welcoming new members and long may it continue.

How do you plan to celebrate your 25th Anniversary?

We had a big black tie celebration planned for the 17th April, but we’ve postponed that until this Covid19 crisis is resolved. We’ll have a number of profile guys, Irish music and pure good ould craic!

Do you have plans to come to Ireland to play?

Each year we try and participate in the Paidi O’Se tournament. The team is made up of mostly past players who now reside at home. We hope to do it again next year.

Would you like to see a GAA World Cup?

There is a gaa world games ongoing for the past few years. The Middle East send teams back in both in codes and have been successful in winning it back to back in mens football. It’s a good idea, but would be great to see all international clubs involved, but easier said than done.