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Should GAA clubs named for slavery advocate John Mitchel be asked to change their name?

Continuing to honour a fanatical racist gives good clubs a bad name. So wrote Fintan O’Toole in yesterday’s Irish Times, where he asked GAA clubs named for slavery advocate John Mitchel to consider changing their name. Sam Locke is an Independent Councillor for Tralee, where John Mitchels GAA is based. spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

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07.00 3 May 2023


Should GAA clubs named for slavery advocate John Mitchel be asked to change their name?


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Continuing to honour a fanatical racist gives good clubs a bad name. So wrote Fintan O’Toole in yesterday’s Irish Times, where he asked GAA clubs named for slavery advocate John Mitchel to consider changing their name.

Sam Locke is an Independent Councillor for Tralee, where John Mitchels GAA is based. spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.


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