At Home and Abroad

The Embassy of Ireland - Canada hosted The Atlantic Pitch — two unique exhibition matches at the Superdome in Ben Franklin Park in Ottawa, where Irish hurlers met Canadian baseball players on the field. As part of Ireland’s new International Sports Diplomacy initiative, players from Canes Canada Atlantic Baseball and the Ottawa Patriots Baseball Team, supported by Baseball Ireland, joined forces with the Ottawa Gaels GAA and Éire Óg Ottawa Senior Hurling Club to learn the skills of both sports — baseball and hurling — in a fun, fast-paced double-header.