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An Dún 1960
The Down County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste An Dún) or Down GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Down.
On the 19th September 2010 Down will play Cork for the All-Ireland Senior Football Final at GAA headquarters in Dublin (Croke Park) named in honour of Archbishop Thomas Croke, one of the GAA's first patrons.Although an amateur sport supporters fill Croke Park with capacity of 84,516 tickets are in very high demand.
The highest attendance ever recorded at an All-Ireland Senior Football Final was 90,556 at the 1961 Offaly v Down final. Since the introduction of seating to the Cusack stand in 1966, the largest crowd recorded has been 84,516.
During the Irish War of Independence on November 21, 1920 Croke Park was the scene of a massacre by the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC). The Police, supported by the British Auxiliary Division entered the ground, shooting indiscriminately into the crowd killing or fatally wounding 12 during a Dublin-Tipperary gaelic football match. The dead included 11 spectators and Tipperary's captain, Michael Hogan. Posthumously, the Hogan stand built in 1924 was named in his honour. These shootings, on the day which became known as Bloody Sunday
An Dún 1960
The Down County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste An Dún) or Down GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Down.
On the 19th September 2010 Down will play Cork for the All-Ireland Senior Football Final at GAA headquarters in Dublin (Croke Park) named in honour of Archbishop Thomas Croke, one of the GAA's first patrons.Although an amateur sport supporters fill Croke Park with capacity of 84,516 tickets are in very high demand.
The highest attendance ever recorded at an All-Ireland Senior Football Final was 90,556 at the 1961 Offaly v Down final. Since the introduction of seating to the Cusack stand in 1966, the largest crowd recorded has been 84,516.
During the Irish War of Independence on November 21, 1920 Croke Park was the scene of a massacre by the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC). The Police, supported by the British Auxiliary Division entered the ground, shooting indiscriminately into the crowd killing or fatally wounding 12 during a Dublin-Tipperary gaelic football match. The dead included 11 spectators and Tipperary's captain, Michael Hogan. Posthumously, the Hogan stand built in 1924 was named in his honour. These shootings, on the day which became known as Bloody Sunday