This section contains video clips from youth baseball programs in Ireland. Youth baseball is currently played in Dublin, Greystones, Cork, Kerry, Tralee and Portstewart. These videos are taken from the documentary "The Emerald Diamond."
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This video clip will give you a good idea of the challenges that face youth baseball programs in Ireland - from a lack of fields and funding to a shortage of equipment and experienced coaches. This clip is taken from "The Emerald Diamond," a documentary about the history of the Irish National Baseball Team.
This video clip features interviews with youth baseball players in County Cork. Most of the youth players in Ireland are unfamiliar with baseball's rules, having grown up playing other sports like hurling, Gaelic football and soccer. However, youth baseball continues to grow rapidly throughout Ireland.
In this clip, Ann Murphy and Will Beglane of Baseball Ireland discuss the costs associated with playing youth baseball in Ireland. Much of the money raised for Irish baseball goes directly to youth teams. By driving down the cost to play, more kids are able to try out a sport they have never seen or played before.
In this clip, Ann Murphy of Baseball Ireland discusses the costs associated with playing youth baseball in Ireland. By lowering the costs to each player, more kids are willing to try an unfamiliar sport. This has also raised the popularity of baseball in economically disadvantaged areas. It should be noted that baseball in Ireland is played by a wide cross-section of the population.
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