GAA Timeline

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  • The Gaelic Athletic Association is founded.

    The GAA is founded in Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

  • The purchase of Croke Park

    The Jones Road Ground, Dublin is purchased by the GAA and renamed Croke Memorial Park.

  • Bloody Sunday

    Twelve spectators and a player, Micheal Hogan, are killed in Croke Park during a raid by Auxiliaries during the Irish War of Independence.

  • The GAA and Teilifís Eireann

  • GAA Centenary Year

    All Ireland hurling final played in Thurles

  • The new Croke Park is reopened

    The New Croke Park - is opened with a capacity of 82,300.

  • THe first rugby game

    The GAA gives temporary permission for Croke Park to be used from 2007 for soccer and rugby internationals while Lansdowne Road, the home of both sports is being rebuilt.

  • 125th GAA Anniversary

    2009: 125th Anniversary - the GAA celebrates its 125th year in existence with an array of events to mark the year.