Ticket stub (top) and report in the Dublin Evening Standard
Bloody Sunday, 1920
Glasnevin Museum writes:
“At 3.15 on November 21, 1920 the much-publicised GAA match between Dublin, the Leinster champions, and Tipperary began when referee Mick Sammon threw in the ball. British forces enter Croke Park ten minutes into the match between Dublin and Tipperary. Shots are fired at players and the crowd. 14 civilians are killed. The majority of the Croke Park dead are buried in Glasnevin Cemetery over the following days. The youngest, Jerome O’Leary, is aged 10. Uniquely Glasnevin Cemetery holds the graves of not only civilians killed that day at Croke Park but also of suspected British intelligence officers shot that morning and men who carried out those shootings.
Pics:Glasnevin Museum, BBC
I remember that match.
The Dublin supporters were worse than ISIS.
Should’ve been nipped in the bud when they had a chance..
Although having read the full text, my comment seems a bit crass so I would like to strike it from the record..
I know that feelin’…. ;)
… nothing on the Croke park home page about this… are you sure it happened??
If you want to know more, as they say in Starshop Troopers, Mick Foley aka Mankind of the Sunday Times has a book out on this very topic. Well worth a read.
Earlier that morning the Irish Volunteers had assassinated 15 British Intelligence Officers, a.k.a ‘The Cairo Gang’; http://www.cairogang.com
Bloody times.
“Who would have won the match?” – Fupping seriously Bodger?!
Bit crass alright.
I’d a had 2n’ 6 on Tipp in fairness
Christ t’night Bodger
A report in the Dublin Evening Standard? I don’t think so, that closed in 1870, didn’t it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Evening_Standard
Interesting to see how usage of the word “pathetic” has changed in the past 100 years.
Sorry Soundings, Came from the beeb: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-13431331
At least we achieved a Republic where all
Citizens are equals and we’re no longer taxed, bullied and treated as 3rd class subjects to support a ruling elite with no democratic basis for their continued pillaging of the country to fill their own coffers.
Oh, hang on…