A chairde,
This Saturday marks 100 years since the killings in Croke Park on Bloody Sunday. The GAA have a schedule of commemorative events running over the coming days.
B100dy Sunday - A Candle at Dusk
As we cannot gather to commemorate the lives lost on Bloody Sunday, we are calling on the GAA Community to do so from afar. We are asking all our Units, members, and supporters to light a candle at dusk this Saturday evening, 21 November.
Croke Park Commemoration
On Saturday evening the GAA will stage a special remembrance ceremony to honour the 14 victims killed at Croke Park by Crown Forces on Bloody Sunday, November 21, 1920. They will be remembered in a ceremony that will coincide with the lighting of 14 flames in a dedicated area of Hill 16 and a corresponding pillar of light dedicated to each of those who died.
Ard Stiúrthóir Tom Ryan and Uachtarán CLG John Horan will lay wreaths on the spot where Tipperary corner back Michael Hogan was fatally shot that day, an area of the field in front of Gate 43 at the northern end of the stadium. They will be joined by Uachtarán na hÉireann Michael D Higgins and An Taoiseach Micheál Martin.
Colm Mac Con Iomaire will perform live his specially commissioned piece of music, More Than A Game.
The ceremony will be broadcast live by RTÉ from 6pm, ahead of the Leinster GAA Football Final. A commemorative programme can be purchased here.
14 Voices from the Bloodied Field
To commemorate the centenary of Bloody Sunday, we have partnered with the Abbey Theatre on 14 Voices from the Bloodied Field. 14 Voices is a series of 14 new theatrical works, one for each of the victims, that will be performed live from Croke Park on Friday 20th November at 7pm. It will be streamed live on the Abbey Theatre and GAA social channels. See https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/14-voices-from-the-bloodied-field/ for more.
GAA.ie/BloodySunday
More information on Bloody Sunday and its victims can be found on GAA.ie/BloodySunday
Cuimhnímis orthu uilig. We remember them all
Jerome O'Leary (10), Blessington St, Dublin. Schoolboy
William 'Perry' Robinson (11), Little Britain St, Dublin. Schoolboy
John William 'Billy' Scott (14), Fitzroy Avenue, Dublin. Schoolboy
Tom Hogan (19), Mechanic from Tankardstown in Limerick
Joseph Traynor (20), Labourer from Ballymount in Dublin
Michael Hogan (24), Farmer and Tipperary footballer from Grangemockler
James Teehan (26), Publican from Tipperary
Tom Ryan (27), Gas Company worker from Glenbrien in Wexford
Jane Boyle (29), Butcher’s shop assistant from Lennox St in Dublin
Daniel Carroll (30), Bar manager from Templederry, Tipperary
James Matthews (38), Labourer from Nth Cumberland St, Dublin
Michael Feery (40), Unemployed from Gardiner Place, Dublin
James Burke (44) Originally from Tipp. A van driver from Windy Arbour, Dublin
Patrick O'Dowd (57) Originally from Meath, a labourer from Buckingham St, Dublin
