Gearoid Adams - son of Sinn Féin leader Gerry - is the co-manager of the Antrim football team alongside Frank Fitzsimmons and has given a wide-ranging interview to the Belfast Telegraph in which he touched upon the overlaps between Gaelic Games and politics in Northern Ireland.
I know that a number of people have an issue with the way in which some GAA grounds are named after republicans but in many instances it is a case of the memory of former club players or officials being commemorated.
I think clubs feel they are doing justice to the memory of these people in this way. I don't believe they are trying to be provocative. Besides, if you look at the main venues in Ulster such as the Athletic Grounds, St Tiernach's Park, Celtic Park, Healy Park or Pairc Esler, none of them are named after figures of any political persuasion.
Adams went on to say that despite his family connection, his focus is on football and not on politics.
When you are engaged in the intensity of inter-county football and all that this entails in terms of preparation, hard work and self-sacrifice, politics is the last thing on anyone's mind.
Adams played inter-county football for thirteen years with Antrim, and his first game in charge was yesterday, ending in a McKenna Cup defeat to Derry.
It is an interesting interview, and you can read it all here.
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