Once upon a time at the Claddah Inn in the year 1998, a pub in the rue de Dinan in Rennes not far from the church of Vieux Saint Etienne. Irish people went there to talk and sing about their Irish outings. Late in the night some of Leprechaun's tongues were loosening and beginning to talk about Gaelic football. The Rennais intrigued by their stories asked only to see the sport they said national sport. A miracle worthy of Knock took place, a Gaelic football arrived in the county of Rennes and the Irish diaspora began to play Gaelic football on Sunday afternoons on the side of the city of Jean. These Irish thirsty Gaelic football went to Brest to play a game. Nobody remembers the score but the legend reports that a certain Yann The Man scored a goal, but the telegram never made it! Little by little, the Bretons teamed up with the Irish to form a team to participate in the European League. Brave and reckless, they traveled far from their county, braving the high altitudes of the Pyrenees to go to Barcelona, confronted the contrary currents of Guernsey, took the long misty and winding highway of Amsterdam and avoided so many other traps to the four corners of Europe to bring back many honorary titles. Thus the club was baptized Ar Gwazi Gouez, "the wild geese" in tribute to the Irish battalion defending the French cock alongside King Louis XIV. This battalion was nicknamed aisi in reference to their forced exodus following the defeat of the Battle of Boyne in 1690 against the Protestant troops of King William of Orange. Today Ar Gwazi Gouez has more than 70 members. 2 women's teams and 2 men's teams participate each year in the championships of Brittany, France and Europe
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