GAA Beo

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GAA Beo
Genre Gaelic games
Presented by Mícheál Ó Domhnaill
StarringAnalysts:
John Allen
Jarlath Burns
Kevin Cassidy
Pat Fleury
Coman Goggins
Mark Harte
Diarmuid Lyng
Aodán Mac Gearailt
Cathal Moore
Mícheál Ó Cróinín
Tomás Ó Flatharta
Donal O'Grady
Michael Rice
Liam Rushe
Narrated by Gearóid Mac Donncha
Mac Dara Mac Donncha
Marcus Ó Buachalla
Cuán Ó Flatharta
Brian Tyers
Country of origin Republic of Ireland
Original languageIrish
Production
Production company Nemeton TV
Release
Original network TG4
Original release17 September 2000 (2000-09-17) 
present
Related
Ard san Aer
Seó Spóirt
Peil na mBan Beo
GAA 2018

GAA Beo (Live GAA) is the principal Gaelic games programme of Irish language-broadcaster TG4. [1]

Contents

Typically, it is shown on TG4 on a regular basis on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, as well as midweek, all year round showing live and deferred coverage of hurling and Gaelic football matches in the club championships, National Leagues, Fitzgibbon Cup and Sigerson Cup, as well as the provincial and All-Ireland Championships at minor, under-20 and under-21 levels.

History

Beginnings

A week after its launch on 31 October 1996, Teilifís na Gaeilge (TnaG) broadcast its first Gaelic games-themed programme. Ard san Aer , a weekly studio-based programme presented by Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, featured special guests who discussed their favourite sporting memories. The programme lasted for one season.

TnaG's first foray into live Gaelic games broadcasting occurred over the June Bank Holiday weekend in 1997 when the fledgling station provided five hours of coverage of the Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta.

Ard san Aer returned with a new format in October 1998. Mícheál Ó Domhnaill, who previously presented the Spanish football programme Olé, Olé , presented the new version of the programme. Broadcast on Wednesday evenings, the programme initially featured highlights of the previous weekends' games in the club championships and National Leagues. The programme was later expanded to feature highlights of inter-county championship games during the summer months.

The first live edition of Ard san Aer Beo was broadcast on 3 October 1999 and featured coverage of the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship final between Birr and St. Rynagh's. [2]

Development

Ard san Aer Beo proved to be an instant success due to the fact that TG4's television rivals did not show live broadcasts of club championship or National League games. In 1999 the programme underwent a re-branding and was renamed GAA Beo, however, Ard san Aer remained as the name of the mid-week highlights programme. The first edition of the newly styled GAA Beo was broadcast on TG4 on 17 September 2000 and showed live coverage of the Meath Senior Football Championship final between Dunshaughlin and Kilmainhamwood.

Coverage

Games from the following competitions are regularly shown on GAA Beo:

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References

  1. Cooney, Gavin (19 November 2017). "TG4's GAA Coverage Is An Amazing Achievement, And It's Time It Got The Respect It Deserves". balls.ie. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. Moran, Seán (3 September 1999). "TG4 targets parish passion plays". Irish Times. Retrieved 15 January 2018.