100 YEARS AGO: ‘Gaelic Sunday’, 4 August 1918

By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr During the 1916 Rising, many Gaelic Athletic Association members fought with the rebels. The GAA subsequently became increasingly militant. The Association often held meetings in a hall at 68 Sackville Street Upper (now O’Connell Street). Dublin Castle held this to be the ‘Central Council of the GAA’ prior to the ... Read more

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