Strong words from former Armagh captain Jarlath Burns
“The interesting thing about a referendum on a border poll, the GAA wouldn’t be neutral," he said.
“The GAA’s basic aim - it states the association is a national organisation which has as its basic aim the strengthening of the national identity in a 32-county Ireland through the presentation and promotion of Gaelic Games."It gives us a position on a border poll and a position that I, as a GAA member in a border county, would like to think that from a logical as well as an ideological perspective that the GAA would have a strong position on.
"I’m speaking just as an ordinary GAA member here. I don’t have any executive role in the GAA, but I would like to think the GAA would honour that responsibility we have. It’s part of our ethos.“The GAA is not just a recreational distraction in Ireland, it’s a focal point for life in entire communities," Burns contended.
"If you want to find where the GAA nation exists and where the Irish nation exists, just scrape a wee bit away from the GAA and you find where the DNA is. “I would like to think that it would be logical and rational, given the fact that is one of our basic aims, that we would take that position,” he added.WIN tickets to the Irish Premiere of CAPTAIN MARVEL!
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