Federation of Irish Sport

• The Federation of Irish Sport is the representative organisation for the National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs) and Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs) in Ireland.

GAA.ie

• Homepage for the Gaelic Athletic Association

Get Active

• Irish Times collection of guides to taking up new sports

Healthy Workplace

• Resources to help you with your physical activity programmes

Ireland Active

• Ireland Active is the national association for leisure, health and fitness sector and represent over 400 publicly and privately-owned leisure centres, gyms, swimming pools, fitness education providers and recreation facilities nationwide.

Irish Rugby Football Union

• Homepage for Irish Rugby

Physical Education Association of Ireland

• The Physical Education Association of Ireland proudly represents the voice of professionals working in the field of Physical Education in Ireland

Sport Ireland

• Sport Ireland is the authority tasked with the development of sport in Ireland.

Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC)

•  Canada’s national sport resource centre

Tourism Ireland

• The body responsible for marketing the island of Ireland overseas.

Sport History

Football - History and Evolution

• A GAA article on the history of Gaelic football

The foundation of the GAA

• A series of articles on the history of the GAA

Introduction: sport in Ireland from the 1880s to the 1920s

• A journal article discussing the history of sports in Ireland.

How British sports survived in Ireland after 1922 

• RTE Brainstorm article on soccer, rugby, cricket and hockey

Hurling – History and Evolution

• GAA article on the history of hurling.

Reflection

Evidencing Reflection: Putting the 'W' into Reflection

• Discusses the rationale behind why we reflect as well as providing useful questions to aid reflection.

Gibbs Reflective Cycle

• Describes the popular 6-stage reflective cycle 

Kolb’s Learning Styles and Experiential Learning Cycle

• Article on David Kolb's four different learning styles and his Experiential Learning Cycle 

Kolb's Reflective Learning Model Worksheet

• Worksheet for reflective practice

Practice-based and reflective learning

• University of Reading's guide to reflective practice

Reflective Practice Models

• A guide by UCD in PDF format on different types of reflective practice models.

Top tips for reflective practice and reflective writing

• A two page document by the University of Galway on reflective practice and writing.

What? So What? Now What? Critical Reflection Model

• Discusses the “What? So What? Now What?” reflective model that emphasises a cyclical progression of understanding and action.

Jobs

Global Sports Jobs

• An online job board for sports related jobs around the world

Jobs in Sport

• Job vacancies advertised by the Federation of Irish Sport 

SportsJobs.ie

• An online job board dedicated solely to the Irish sport sector.