A Yorkshire native who now calls Ballyhooly home, has recently been made an Irish citizen.
Moving to Ireland in 2005 to Cork City, Peter Sykes said it was initially the ‘City of Culture’ title which Cork held that had drawn him in.
“I’m from Yorkshire originally which is quite similar to Cork, they’re both quite parochial in their ways,” Peter said.
In 2006, Peter subsequently re-located to Ballyhooly and was welcomed with open arms and quickly became wrapped up in the GAA.
“I was always into sport and by January 2007, I was almost running the pitch,” Peter said.
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