Bloody Sunday Commemoration 2020 - The GAA Remembers
21 November 2020; A Ceremonial Laurel Wreath in the Dublin and Tipperary colours is placed by Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael John Horan and Ard Stiúrthóir of the GAA Tom Ryan on behalf of the membership of the GAA and the staff at Croke Park in the memory of those who passed away during the GAA Bloody Sunday Commemoration at Croke Park in Dublin. On this day 100 years ago, Sunday 21 November 1920, an attack by Crown Forces on the attendees at a challenge Gaelic Football match between Dublin and Tipperary during the Irish War of Independence resulted in 14 people being murdered. Along with the 13 supporters that lost their lives that day a Tipperary footballer, Michael Hogan, also died. The main stand in Croke Park, the Hogan Stand, was subsequently named after him.Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael John Horan Photo by Daire Brennan/Sportsfile
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