history CBA 1

croke park

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6. Non-Gaelic Games

5. Timeline

4. Stadium Design

3. Bloody Sunday

2. 1864

1. Introduction

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On April 16th 1864, Alderman Maurice Butterly leases a 21 acre area of land 'on the south side of Clonliffe Road in the parish of Saint George and County of Dublin.' This area becomes known as 'Butterly's Feild' and refers to the area now occupied by the current day Croke Park Stadium

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The RIC entered the ground and began shooting into the crowd, killing or fatally wounding 14 civilians during a Dublin-Tippereary Gaelic football match. the dead included 13 spectators and Tipperary player Michael Hogan. Then in 1924 the Hogan stand was named in his honour.

bloody sunday

On 21 November 1920, during the Irish War of independence, Croke Park was the scene of a massacre perpetrated by the Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC).

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In 1984 the organisation decided to investigate ways to increase the capacity of the old stadium. The design for an 80,000 capacity stadium was completed in 1991.

stadium design

introduction

Croke Park is a Gaelic games stadium in Dublin, Ireland. Named after Archbishop Thomas Croke, it is reffered to as Croker by GAA fans and locals. It serves as both the principal national stadium of Ireland and headquaters of the Gaelic Athletics Association (GAA). Since 1891, the site has been used by the GAA to host Gaelic sports, including the annual All-Ireland in Gaelic football and hurling.

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The use of Croke Park for non-Gaelic sports was controversial and required temporary changes to GAA rules.

NON-GAELIC GAMES

Then, the abolishment of rule 27 of the GAA constitution, stated that a member of the GAA could be banned from playing its games if found to be also playing football (soccer), rugby or cricket.

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• There has been numerous musical concerts held at Croke Park
• Croke park also hosted some home matches of the Ireland national rugby union team, and the Republic of Ireland national football team.
• In June 2012, the stadium hosted the closing ceremony of the 50th International Eucharistic congress.

My CBA topic links to the book in chapter 17.4 (The Irish War of independence)

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