Eoghan Cormican: 'I never felt entirely comfortable when dressing room craic went into a machismo direction'

Staff writer Eoghan Cormican had plenty to fill his notebook at the GPA's Pride event - but he wasn't there as a journalist. He attended as a gay man. This was not a day of chasing stories untold, this was a day of celebrating stories no longer untold.
Eoghan Cormican: 'I never felt entirely comfortable when dressing room craic went into a machismo direction'

RESPECT: From left, Tyrone's Conor Meyler, Tyrone club footballer Kevin Penrose and Armagh star Mark Shields at the Gaelic Players Association Pride brunch this week.

I was fortunate enough to be in attendance at last week’s Gaelic Players Association Pride brunch.

Two good friends, Mary White and Valerie Mulcahy, were heading from Cork and asked if I’d like to join them. I’d been aware of the event in previous years but work and life had always conspired to get in the way. Last Monday, the decks were cleared for the 7am train to Heuston.

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