  We present near-infrared spectra obtained to search for Pa-alpha and
molecular hydrogen lines in edge-darkened (FR I-type) radio galaxies with
bright Halpha emission in the redshift range 0.0535<z<0.15. We find that all
three galaxies in our sample (PKS 0745-191, PKS 1346+26, & PKS2322-12) which
are associated with strong cooling flows also have strong Pa-alpha and H_2
(1-0) S(1) through S(5) emission, while other radio galaxies do not. Together
with earlier observations this confirms claims that cooling flow galaxies are
copious emitters of molecular hydrogen with large H_2 (1-0) S(3)/Pa-alpha
ratios in the range 0.5 to 2. The emission is centrally concentrated within the
inner few kiloparsec and could come from warm (T ~ 1000-1500 K) molecular
material which is being deposited by the cooling flow. We speculate that the
H_2 emission could be related to the interaction between the jets and this
molecular gas.
