A Chat with Daithí de Buitléir – Founding Chairperson of na Gaeil Óga GAA Club

Na Gaeil Óga is an Irish-speaking GAA club based in west Dublin. It is one of very few GAA clubs outside of the Gaeltacht areas in Ireland, where Gaeilge is the club’s first language. Since its foundation in 2010, Na Gaeil Óga has been one of Ireland’s fastest-growing sports clubs, with approximately 600 players across 35 teams in hurling, Camogie, Gaelic football and Ladies‘ football. In this feature, we chatted with Daithí de Buitléir one of the founding members of the club to hear about their development. This article was published to celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge (Irish Language Week) 2024.