Evaluations& Papers

To continue to progress as an Association it is essential to conduct independent evaluations and research on various programmes and initiatives. Please see a selection of these below:

 

Gaelic4Girls

Gaelic4Girls—The Effectiveness of a 10-Week Multicomponent Community Sports-Based Physical
Activity Intervention for 8 to 12-Year-Old Girls – Dr Orlagh Farmer

 

Gaelic4Teens

Coaches’ Experience of the “Gaelic4Teens” Program in Ireland (Anna McCarthy)

 

Dormant Account Report – Wicklow Gaelic4Teens – Dr. Wesley O’Brien

Dormant Account Presentation- Wicklow Gaelic4Teens Presentation – Dr. Wesley O’Brien

 

Dormant Account Presentation – Cavan Gaelic4Teens Evaluation Presentation Jan 2021 – Dr Wesley O’Brien and Dr Irene Hogan

Dormant Account Report – Cavan Gaelic4Teens – Dr. Wesley O’Brien and Irene Hogan Jan 2021

 

Dormant Account Report – Donegal Gaelic4TeensEvaluation Report December 2022 – Dr Wesley O’Brien and Dr Irene Hogan

 

Gaelic4Mothers&Others

 

Gaelic4Mothers and Others Evaluation Report December 2022

Gaelic4Ma’s Evaluation Report December 2021

 

Leitrim G4M&O Inclusion Programme Evaluation 2021

 

Coaching

 

Limerick Community of Practice – Dr. Wesley O’Brien and Dr. Tara Coppinger December 2021

 

The Cost of Injury in Ladies Gaelic football: A nine-year analysis (2012–2020) of the LGFA’s Injury Fund

 

LGFA Coaching Analysis Outline Season 1 – 2021 (Performa Sports)

 

LGFA Coaching Analysis Outline Season 2  – 2022 (Performa Sports)

 

Strength and Conditioning Recommendations for Female Athletes: The Gaelic
Footballer

 

DCU Research on Ladies Gaelic Football

Roisín Leahy, Keith D. Rochfort, Enda Whyte, Anthony P. Kontos, Michael W. Collins, and Siobhaín O’Connor (2022). Concussion in Ladies Gaelic Football: Self-reported History, Clinical Profiles, and Management Behavior

Link: https://journals.lww.com/cjsportsmed/Abstract/9900/Concussion_in_Ladies_Gaelic_Football_.77.aspx

 

John CorriganID*, Sinead O’Keeffe, Enda Whyte, Siobhan O’Connor (2023) A qualitative examination of injury prevention strategy and education in Ladies Gaelic football: Understanding the preferences of players and coaches

 

Sinead O’Keeffe, Niamh Ní Chéilleachair, Mark Campbell, Siobhán O’Connor. (2021). Barriers and Facilitators to Mental Health Help-Seeking in Elite Gaelic Footballers Post-Injury: A Qualitative Study. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 93(3):488-503. DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2020.1865517

Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02701367.2020.1865517?journalCode=urqe20

 

Calvin Teahan, Siobhán O’Connor, Enda Whyte. (2021) Injuries in Irish male and female collegiate athletes. Physical Therapy in Sport. 51: 1-7. DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2021.06.001

Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1466853X21000948?via%3Dihub

 

Siobhán O’Connor, Conor Bruce, Calvin Teahan, Elaine McDermott, Enda Whyte. (2020) Injuries in collegiate Ladies Gaelic footballers: a 2 season prospective cohort study. Journal of Sport Rehabilitation. 30(2):261-266. DOI: 10.1123/jsr.2019-0468

Link: https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/jsr/30/2/article-p261.xml

 

Siobhán O’Connor, Kieran Moran, Aisling Sheridan, Shaunagh Brady, Conor Bruce, Erica Beidler, Anna Donnla O’Hagan, Enda Whyte. (2021) Fear Avoidance After Injury and Readiness to Return to Sport in Collegiate Male and Female Gaelic Games Players. Sports Health. 13(6):532-539. DOI: 10.1177/1941738121999

Link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1941738121999047?casa_token=QLE7h2-D_WkAAAAA%3AgFB_BfqRZDHdS83NrTs9_gnJTuVAxhlgBg88OyUGMaCVc6fje6aI2oRMmr5sx9Z0_ZjScjJSaszz6g

 

Siobhán O’Connor, Enda Whyte, Lauren Fortington, John Corrigan. (2022) The cost of injury in Ladies Gaelic football: A nine-year analysis (2012-2020) of the LGFA’s Injury Fund. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. Available online 17^th October 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2022.10.007

Link:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1440244022004418?casa_token=L8dH5Bf3u-cAAAAA:wJqeuL2sZAF-JNg_b5lp86YkdnZVgEANKf1qdMdOP8oAko1HkcTnq_m_GItaEc_RBaLeTHr4XA

 

Siobhán O’Connor, Kieran Moran, Cian Burke, Enda Whyte (Sports-related concussion in adolescent Gaelic games players. (2019). Sports Health. 11(6): 498- DOI: 10.1177/194173811987597

Link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1941738119875978?casa_token=dlPAB4hqC6YAAAAA%3AGADxCCgA3WR4xY1T-uiU7f7ktzo8Ka3L_cZzR3Ka5ptB66NV_tT21MxItD_w3FadxCddF6VkipTb4g

 

Roisin Leahy, Shane Farrington, Enda Whyte, Siobhán O’Connor. (2020) Concussion reporting, knowledge and attitudes in Irish amateur Gaelic games athletes. Physical Therapy in Sport. 43:236-243. DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2019.06.004

Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1466853X18305492?casa_token=WGgyZfEms8AAAAAA:1Hr2hzcH39nDy6ZRqcx5RLiuRJ4cfvzxXKJK5cCAAxu_xzOpr6JQ6w1luP6jO9B-f88WAaqBAg

 

Siobhán O’Connor, Roisin Leahy, Enda Whyte, Shane Farrington. (2021) Male and female Gaelic games coaches’ and referees’ experiences, knowledge and views on sports-related concussion. Physical Therapy in Sport. 49: 1-7. DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2021.01.011

Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1466853X21000122

 

Siobhán O’Connor, Enda Whyte, Brendon Gibbons, Owen Feeney, Sandy Luc, Niamh Ni Cheilleachair. (2018) Fundamental movement skill proficiency in juvenile Gaelic games. Sport Science for Health. 14: 161-172. DOI: 10.1007/S11332-017-0421-2.

Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11332-017-0421-2

 

Siobhán O’Connor, Lee Sherlock, Kieran Moran, Enda Whyte. (2022) Musculoskeletal injury in referees that officiate over Ladies Gaelic football and Camogie. Irish Medical Journal. 115(2): P537.

Link: http://www.imj.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Musculoskeletal-Injury-in-Referees-That-Officiate-Over-Ladies-Gaelic-Football-and-Camogie.pdf

 

Siobhán O’Connor, Deirdre Geaney, Erica Beidler. (2020) Non-disclosure in Irish collegiate student-athletes: do concussion history, pressure to play and gender impact concussion reporting? The Physician and Sportsmedicine. 48:2: 186-193. DOI: 10.1080/00913847.2019.1671141

Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00913847.2019.1671141

 

Partnerships

 

Lidl One Good Club Report 2022

LGFA Talk Project Evaluation 2022

 

LGFA Talk Project Evaluation 2021

 

 

 

 

Sport Ireland Reports

 

Sport Ireland Adolescent Get Active Report

Sport Ireland Women in Sport Coach Report