<p>Dónal McAnallen
100 bliain ó shin inniu, fuair John McKay, duine de phríomhbhunaitheoirí agus na chéad Chomh-rúnaithe CLG, bás i Londáin. B’as Dún Phádraig ó dhúchais é, agus b’ionadaí Chorcaí é, ach déanfar comóradh air i Londáin inniu.
A hundred years ago today, on 2 December 1923, John McKay died</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>
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50 years since GAA scrapped its ban on ‘foreign games’
On April 11, 1971, the GAA voted to lift its ban on members participating in ‘foreign games’ such as soccer. DIARMUID O’DONOVAN traces the life span of the controversial rule
On April 11, 1971, the GAA voted to lift its ban on members participating in ‘foreign games’ such as soccer. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
Diarmuid O Donovan
BETWEEN 1905 and 1971, members of the GAA, both players and non-players, were barred, under threat of suspension, from attending or participating in games that were seen as being of British origin.
These games included soccer, rugby, cricket and hockey and were sometimes known as “the Garrison Games” because they were strongest in the towns that had British army barracks.