2022 PeacePlayers Impact Report FINAL - Flipbook - Page 25
FROM A PICK-UP GAME TO MAJOR LEAGUE:
THE BEGINNINGS OF PEACEPLAYERS
NORTHERN IRELAND
According to James Magowan, long-time board member, while the original focus was to provide an
environment where Protestant and Catholic children come together, “The very early stages were
very unstructured. [It was] before we’d ever sort of had a curriculum or anything like that around
community relations, personal development, and that sort of stuff. But they were just doing that
organically. They just knew the ethos was bringing kids together from different communities. Let
them learn to play together and they can learn to live together.”
FIND THE FULL ORIGIN STORY AT PEACEPLAYERS.ORG/NORTHERN-IRELAND
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