Gaelic Sunday
100 year old woman hopes number comes up in GAA draw
A WOMAN born a day after Gaelic Sunday more than a century ago is hoping ticket `100' will win top prize in a GAA raffle.
'We crossed our hurleys with the lion's claw and emerged victorious'
‘Gaelic Sunday’, on August 4 a century ago, was a significant show of strength and unity from the GAA – although not the complete victory that has been claimed, as Kenny Archer finds out.
By Kenny Archer
'Gaelic Sunday' 1918: GAA stands up for its right to play against British clampdown
There were some farcically comic scenes surrounding the British government's clampdown on the GAA, but the cultural war was also taking on more serious – potentially – overtones, Kenny Archer writes.
By Kenny Archer
'Gaelic Sunday' 1918: When the GAA opposed British forces' oppression
IN May 1914, when a 'Day of Rest' bill was brought before the Westminster Parliament, it was made clear that sporting activities could not reasonably be prohibited on Sundays in Ireland.
By Kenny Archer
