Impact of the GAA

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  • Founders: Michael Cusack and Maurice David
  • First meeting in Co. Tipperary in 1884
  • Archbishop Croke reunited the GAA (croke park was his park)
  • Rules: No british security forces could join, players couldn’t even play “foreign games”, etc
  • Impact: saved native games, promoted all things irish (cultural revival) like language, culture and dance, promoted community spirit and pride, spread gaelic games all across the world
  • More results: helps connect irish people all over the world, GAA was linked to irish nationalism (many players involved in 1916 rising and bloody sunday)