The community notebook

Share your Gaelic games story

A quiet, moderated place for LGBTQ+ players, former players, coaches, volunteers and supporters to write about Gaelic football and the wider Gaelic games community.

Anonymous means no public byline. Your name and email are optional. The form does not add your IP address or browser details to the submission, although normal short-term hosting security logs may still contain an IP address. Nothing is published automatically.

A real experience

A first training session, a dressing-room moment, coming out, staying private, finding allies, leaving a club or finding your way back.

An honest reflection

What would have helped? What changed? What do clubmates and coaches misunderstand about being LGBTQ+ in Gaelic games?

Original fiction

Invented adult characters, fictional situations and Gaelic themes. Warm, funny, romantic and everyday stories are all welcome.

Send it to the editors

Write as much or as little as you need. A contribution is a starting point for editorial review, not an agreement that it will be published.

What are you sharing?

Gaelic games connection

Public name or pen name (optional)

Email for an editorial reply (optional)

Working title (optional)

Your story or reflection

100–10,000 characters. Please change identifying details in real experiences.

Before you send I am 18 or over. This is my own writing and I have the right to submit it. I have not named private individuals or made an identifiable allegation. Fiction does not use real players as characters. I understand that an editor will review and may edit the piece, and that nothing is published automatically.

Submitting does not transfer copyright. If we want to publish, we will only contact you if you supplied an email. Read the editorial rules and privacy note.