Wrong there Sean3
Gaelic Sunday was held cos the RIC were introducing a licence system in that before a gaelic game could take place anywhere at any time formal permission had to be sought and a licence issued by the local RIC station.
Rightly (although I think the Church did not support the GAA here) the GAA said 'feck that' and ordered all GAA clubs to have a match on Gaelic Sunday in Aug 1918 without the licence.
The propsal was quietly dropped. The rest is history
1971 - the 'Ban' on GAA members attending foreign games is lifted
Gaelic Sunday was held cos the RIC were introducing a licence system in that before a gaelic game could take place anywhere at any time formal permission had to be sought and a licence issued by the local RIC station.
Rightly (although I think the Church did not support the GAA here) the GAA said 'feck that' and ordered all GAA clubs to have a match on Gaelic Sunday in Aug 1918 without the licence.
The propsal was quietly dropped. The rest is history
1971 - the 'Ban' on GAA members attending foreign games is lifted