Aidan Coyle (left above), a graduate of Abington Senior High School, was recently featured in Irish News in an article titled “Pomeroy here I come! Aidan Coyle’s journey from Philadelphia to the Plunketts”.

The article describes Coyle’s budding career with the Pomeroy Plunketts, a Gaelic Football club in Northern Ireland. His father and four of his uncles also played for Pomeroy during their athletic heydays, and 2023 has seen Aidan living in a van behind the family’s house “surrounded by uncles, aunts and cousins”.

The story also gives a snapshot into Aidan’s—who is now 25—past with sport, noting that he grew up playing baseball, soccer and basketball in Abington, and that he took to Gaelic Football “like a duck to water.” The article even gives Schwarzman Stadium a nod:

Out by himself on the gridiron pitch at Schwarzman Stadium, home of the Abington High School Ghosts, Aidan Coyle had a few soccer balls with him and he practised catching, soloing and kicking points through the goal posts on the American Football field in the Philadelphia suburbs.

For the full story, you can click here. To watch a game from 2021 featuring the Plunketts (and a glimpse into the world of Gaelic Football) you can watch the video below:

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