Sir, – On his trips through the countryside, Michael Gannon observed the splendour of GAA club flags “waving proudly at the passer-by” and club boundaries being often delineated by “differing colours nailed up on opposite sides of the same road” (Letters, December 2nd).
Michael was obviously travelling on a road in-between two parishes as GAA club boundaries are clearly defined by the parish boundary. Under GAA Rule 20, a player must play for the GAA club in the parish where they reside. Though the local football park or community hall might be becoming more central to parish life than the parish church, the parish unit still predominates life across the country and is the bedrock on which the GAA is built. – Yours, etc,
KEVIN McLOUGHLIN,
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