Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Well, he did. Never mind the big days in Páirc Uí Chaoimh or Croke Park, however. The strength of the GAA is that it brings us back to the place that we can never forget; home, where we belong. I will finish with a few lines from Seamus Heaney's poem "Markings":

Youngsters shouting their heads off in a field

As the light died and they kept on playing

Because by then they were playing in their heads

I know better than to try to follow Heaney. On that note, it gives me great pleasure to introduce to Seanad Éireann, Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael, an tUasal Labhrás Mac Cárthaigh.