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The sport currently known as Gaelic was first played.
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The GAA was formed by Michael Cusak, Maurice Davin, John Wyse Power, John McKay, J.K Bracken, Joseph O'Ryan and Thomas St. George McCarthy.
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The Senior Football Championship was first played in 1888 and won by Limerick who beat Louth
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When the GAA was first indroduced it was 17 a-side and it was 5 points for a goal.
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The value of goal was reduced to 3 points from 5.
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Gaelic was proposed as a sport for the 1904 St Louis Summer Olympics.
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The Tailteann games come to Ireland. The Tailteann games are held to promote and irish culture and state
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The Senior Footbal Championship is named after Sam Maguire, who was an Irish Republican who played for London Hibernian, leading them to several Senior Football Championships from 1900 to 1904
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In 1928 the Sam Maguire Cup was presented to the GAA following the death of Sam Maguire in 1927. At the time it cost £300, equivalent to over £25,000 now.
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The first ever Sam Maguire Cup was won by Kildare who beat Clare
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All-Ireland is played out of Ireland for the first time. This being held outside of Ireland shows how big the sport is.
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In hope of making the sport big in Britain the GAA play Gaelic matches in Wembely
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The first televised Gaelic match on RTE. This development is very big,as without this people all over Ireland could not have watched it if they couldnt have made the game.
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The Hunger Strikes caused a split between the north and the south making a big impact on the GAA. It effected the clubs and the counties in the north from competing.
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GAA celebrates its centenary.
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The first Gaelic jersey is sponsored by 'KERSTEN' on the Down Jerseys.
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Redevelopment planning application for Croke Park
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Redevelopment planning approved for Croke Park
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Rule 21 is abolished. This means British security forces can joing the GAA.
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Croke Park is officially opened. It has the capacity of 83,000. This shows the growth of the GAA and the demands people have to watch the sport.
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Winter Training Ban was adopted in 2007 to stop county teams from training collectively over the 2 winter months, the goal of this rule is to stop players from burning out due to too much training and not enough rest.
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GAA celebrates 125th anniversary.
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Introduction of Hawkeye, Due to controversial decisions regarding scores, the introduction of Hawkeye in Croke Park, first introduced for senior football championship games in 2013, was a huge development for the sport.
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Gumshield become compulsory to all age groups to reduce facial injuries.
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Sky Sports and the GAA make a 20 game deal and to show the All Ireland Finals for the next 3 years.
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GAA world games is introduced by Ehtiad and is played on August 7th 2016.
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The Saturday half day was introduced. This gave workers a chance to have time for sports and gave others workers time to get to venues to support their selected team.