Hurling in Thurles and district before the GAA

One form tended to be rough and sometimes led to serious injury. By J.M. Tobin When thirteen men gathered in Hayes’s Hotel, Thurles, on Saturday 1 November 1884 to establish the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), few could have envisaged the impact that their initiative would have on Irish sport, not least on the game of ... Read more

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