Croke Park, the home of Ireland’s Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), is not only at the center of Gaelic football, hurling and camogie it’s the heart of a major international community and the epicenter of Dublin city.
<p>By Professor Marie Coleman
May 19 marks the bicentenary of the birth of Thomas William Croke, Archbishop of Cashel and first patron of the Gaelic Athletic Association, after whom the association’s headquarters and principal stadium is named. Our knowledge of Croke’s life owes much to the biography, Croke of Cashel:</p>
<p>By Richard McElligott
On the 11 September, 1921 the Dublin and Kilkenny hurlers meet in that year’s Leinster final. It was a match more notable for the iconic photographs of a beaming Michael Collins being introduced to the players than Dublin’s eight points victory. Accompanied by his old friend and</p>