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18th November 2016
12:52pm GMT

If anything really summed up how a GAA match can make the world stop even for a few in attendance, this is the one.
It's pure beauty. Aesthetically. Athletically. And the idea of it all - that, of all those houses in the background, all the way to the mountains in the distance and whatever's behind them, for those 30 men on the pitch below, this is all that matters in that moment.
The GAA folk are a special breed and no amount of blood can convince them to come out of the battle on any given day.
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Sometimes they get a little carried away, head over heels you might say.
But they're always looking out for each, they always have respect for each other. Respect for the game.
And Paul Doyle's award-winning shot just takes us a little higher than those magical moments and captures them as part of the overall grand scheme of things.
Aaron Kernan joins Colm Parkinson on The GAA Hour to explain the work he's doing for the Club Players Association. Derry captain Chrissy McKaigue talks Slaughtneil and a Dublin club advertising for hurlers gets a sore touch. Subscribe here on iTunes.
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