eircom introduces first Interactive GAA Football Championship Timeline GAA stories take centre stage Mickey Harte, Colm ‘The Gooch’ Cooper, Jack O’Shea and Brian Mullins share favourite GAA stories to celebrate launch eircom,
proud sponsors of the GAA All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, has
marked the launch of the second year of its sponsorship by developing
the country’s first ever online interactive GAA Timeline. Created
for Ireland’s many GAA fans, all of whom have their own great stories
to tell, the eircom GAA Timeline celebrates favourite GAA Football
Championship stories from 1885 through to the present day and allows
users to upload and share their all-time favourite GAA stories on one
simple platform, www.experiencemore.ie The
celebration of GAA Football Championship stories is at the heart of the
eircom interactive GAA Timeline. So, it was fitting that eircom invite
GAA Director General, Páraic Duffy and a number of eircom GAA
ambassadors - Mickey Harte, Colm “The Gooch” Cooper, Brian Mullins and
Jack O’Shea – to gather in GAA HQ, the centre of so many great GAA
moments and stories over the years, to share some of their own favourite
anecdotes around moments which feature in the eircom GAA Timeline. Mickey Harte chose to relive Tyrone’s emotional 2003 All-Ireland Final victory over reigning champions, Armagh, while GAA legends, Jack O’Shea and Brian Mullins
spoke affectionately about the 1977 ‘Clash of the Titans’ between
Dublin and Kerry. Moving to more recent GAA history between the two
counties, Colm ‘The Gooch’ Cooper and Ciaran Whelan spoke about their memories of Kerry’s sweeping aside of Dublin in the 2009 All-Ireland quarter final. While GAA fans are invited to visit experiencemore.ie
to access the eircom GAA Timeline and relive some of the most iconic
moments in GAA Football Championship history past and present, eircom is
also inviting fans to upload and share photos, videos and comments
which represent their own favourite stories. This rich combination of
the iconic with the personal, eircom hopes, will present a valuable and
entertaining collection of stories around GAA Football Championship
moments over the years which will continue to evolve as more people
interact with the Timeline. In
addition, eircom’s interactive online platform has a number of specific
features to help GAA enthusiasts brush up on their GAA football
knowledge. With categories such as ‘Did you Know?’, ‘Heroes’ and ‘Fan
Favourites’ to scroll through, visitors to experiencemore.ie will be guaranteed to walk away with new found pearls of GAA Football Championship wisdom. Storytellers
around the country will have a strong incentive to upload their stories
as those who successfully add to the Timeline will be in with a chance
to win match tickets for the GAA Football Championship, courtesy of
eircom. While
all content uploaded will be put forward for consideration, content
must relate to GAA Football Championship either nationally or locally
for the chance to be successfully added to the Timeline. Content will
also be screened to ensure it is appropriate and, of course, accurate. As well as exploring the Timeline, visitors to experiencemore.ie
can enjoy Mickey Harte and Ciaran Whelan’s weekly blogs, get full
Championship fixtures and results and check out coaching videos with our
eircom GAA ambassadors. Commenting at the launch, GAA Director General, Páraic Duffy,
said, “On behalf of the GAA, we are delighted to join eircom at the
launch of the GAA Football Championship Timeline, the first interactive
timeline of its kind. The stories and memories which GAA fans are all
too happy to share demonstrate the passion that people have for the game
across the country and are an integral part of our Championship success
every year. We are delighted that eircom has developed an innovative
interactive timeline that will provide a permanent and evolving home for
these stories for GAA fans during the course of this year’s Football
Championship and beyond.” According to Carolan Lennon, Chief Marketing Officer, eircom,
“As an official sponsor of the GAA Football Championship it is really
important for eircom to add some fun and enjoyment through technology to
GAA fans all over the country. GAA fans and their stories are at the
very centre of the All Ireland Football Championship and our interactive
GAA Timeline presents a simple and flexible way for fans to share their
stories with each other. We are genuinely excited about this innovation
and we look forward to watching fans interact with it throughout the
course of the Championship.” To experience the eircom GAA Timeline, visit www.experiencemore.ie.
Clare O'Riordan Press Officer eircom Ltd, in examination (under the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1990) Direct Line: 01 600 6360 Mobile: 085 174 6360 Follow us on Twitter: @eircompr For all the latest eircom news: http://pressroom.eircom.net/ |
