Friday marks the 140th birthday of the GAA, and for the descendants of the Cork Examiner reporter present at that gathering ...
By John Harrington At 3pm on Saturday, 1 November 1884, in the billiards room of Hayes’ Hotel in Thurles, Michael Cusack with ...
The GAA is celebrating its 140th anniversary today, having been founded at a meeting in the billiards room of the Hayes ...
Today sees the GAA marking a milestone as it celebrates its 140th birthday. It was on this date in 1884 that the Association ...
As the Irish sporting institution reaches the mammoth milestone this weekend, we reveal some obscure facts about the games ...
was the GAA’s founding father and many praise him for the “‘prairie fire’ he lit 140 years ago” which burns today "more fiercely than ever.” On November 1, 1884, he along with a group ...
In those days, league fixtures were played before Christmas as well as afterwards before the season was rationalised at the ...
November has always been a relatively quiet time for the GAA. Even in the days when there were still national ... It is ...
Eoin Downey (Glen Rovers), Robert Downey (Glen Rovers), Darragh Fitzgibbon (Charleville), Shane Barrett (Blarney) and Seamus ...