She said 'I wasn't able for it at all and felt I was like a schoolgirl on a street corner trying to be cool in front of boys' and called the experience the most difficult of her life.

[3] The games featured in Celebrity Bainisteoir programme were officially sanctioned by the GAA[3] and consisted of four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final.

'[10] The final tournament was a 'thrilling encounter'[11] played at Parnell Park in Donnycarney, Dublin on Friday 16 May in front of over four thousand spectators.

Of this final competition, one source praised "the much-anticipated meeting marked the conclusion of a tournament that captured the public imagination by combining the raw passion of the GAA grassroots with the glamorous world of celebrity.

[11] Broadcast on 28 December 2008, this special edition sees Marty Whelan's winning Maryland team from the first series take on Patrick Kielty's London champions Tír Chonaill Gaels.

The eight celebrities were Dana, PJ Gallagher, Gillian Quinn, Tommy Fleming, Amanda Brunker, Paul Gogarty, Brenda Donohue and Tony Cascarino.