S.S. Lazio Calcio Gaelico

S.S. Lazio Calcio Gaelico
Founded: 2012
County: Europe
Colours: Sky and white
Grounds: Stadio Tre Fontane
Rome, Italy
Playing kits
Standard colours

S.S. Lazio Calcio Gaelico is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club based in Rome, Italy. The club caters for men and ladies' Gaelic Football and is part of Polisportiva Lazio, the biggest European multi-sport club known most of all for their association football team. The teams play in the Swiss-Italy region of Europe GAA and it's one of the three Italian teams, among with Ascaro Rovigo and Padova Gaelic Football, recognized by GAA.

Originally the club has been founded and known as Rome Gaelic Football by the owner of one of the most famous Irish pub in Rome. Their kits were green and black. In 2015 they have obtained the affiliation with Lazio and changed name, crest and kit colours, now sky and white.[1] The crest is the common symbol of S.S. Lazio, an imperial eagle with a Celtic cross, Polisportiva's Latin motto Concordia parvae res crescunt ("In harmony little things rise") and a Red Hand of Ulster to pay omage to the founder of the former Rome GC club Christopher Taggart, born in County Tyrone.[1] Kits are supplied by Legea.

Despite its recent foundation, club has known worldwide fame, most of all in Irish medias, for a meeting with Pope Francis where they have given as gift a O'Neills ball. The curious picture has become viral in Ireland.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 (Italian) Il calcio gaelico entra a far parte della polisportiva Lazio - laziopolis.it
  2. ↑ Paul Fennessy. "The story behind the Pope's meeting with Lazio GAA and the pic that went viral". The 42.
  3. ↑ "The Pope shows his love for the GAA as he gets to grips with an O'Neill's ball". Irish Independent.
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