![]() “For years we kind of jumped around between different fields, we never really had a home, so I finally feel like we have a home now,” said Corridan. Presented by Q&A with NY1's Roger Clark: His heart belongs to Forest Hills, his rent check to Yorkville By Kelly Kreth Novem6:24AM NY1 general assignment reporter Roger Clark and all around nice guy was born in the Bronx and raised in Queens. Longtime Club Member Danny Corridan of Woodside, Queens, grew up in the club and still plays Gaelic football as an adult. "You can socialize with a lot of people and it's just a lot of fun,” said player Cara Gallagher. Young people who are already involved with the club have already figured that out. Start playing these games because it's a great game, you know?" said Robert McDonaugh, the club’s chairman. "Hopefully these kids will stay at it and when they have kids, bring kids along, and that's our goal is to grow this even in the local community, not just Irish-American, but of all nationalities. The hope is more folks in the area will give Gaelic games a try. Shannon Gaels will maintain the field through an agreement with the parks department and other groups can use it when the Gels are not in action. The field includes a new irrigation system, bleachers, and a scoreboard. "These fields would be very comparable to anything you would see back in Ireland,” said McNamara, who does everything from coach to officiate to arrange training and games. The club’s Games Development Officer David McNamara, who came to the United States from Ireland three years ago, agrees. "It's been a long haul but look at it here today,” said Emer Quinlan, treasurer for the Shannon Gaels. NY1 (also officially known as Spectrum News NY1 and spoken as New York One) is an American cable news television channel founded by Time Warner Cable, which itself is owned by Charter Communications through its acquisition in May 2016. It’s a full-sized field built specifically for Gaelic games, the culmination of a more than decade-long effort to make it happen. The club, members of the New York Gaelic Athletic Association, is celebrating the opening of a brand new facility at Frank Golden Park in College Point.
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