With any luck you’ll stumble back by and read this: My efforts in Little Rock are meeting with a good deal of success. I find there may be enough support for hurling here with several families from Tipp. I’m commited to football first though but would love to get hurling going as well. You should definitely work towards something there in KC. You can build it! It takes a lot of persistance and tolerance for failure. But it can be done.

Drop me a line if you see this: littlerock_gaa (at) att.net

I would’ve liked to have seen a major Irish Festival in a park with a pitch in the middle to showcase even just an annual Gaelic Football game and a Hurling game - or even a 7-a-side competition.

The problem with such an event being held off-site is persuading people to attend, but if you can have an event on-site surrounded by vendors, music, heritage, and kids activities, then you really are introducing them, or forcefeeding them if you prefer, to the culture of their ancestors and giving it a chance to grow.

Good luck with whatever you try.