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The Gaelic Athletic Association (<\/strong>Cumann L\u00fathchleas Gael<\/strong>)<\/strong> was officially established 1884 by teacher Michael Cusack (1847-1906) and farmer and athlete Maurice Davin (1842-1927) as part of the Gaelic Revival and the effort to de-Anglicize Ireland. The GAA consolidated numerous sports clubs across Ireland and instituted formal rules and regulations. It has clubs in all 32 of Ireland\u2019s counties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The early GAA was bitterly anti-English: the playing of English sports in Ireland like cricket and rugby was not only imperialistic, but also emasculating. Many prominent nationalists became vocal patrons of the Association, including Charles Stewart Parnell, Michael Davitt, and Archbishop Croke of Cahel, whose letter of support to Cusack became the GAA\u2019s unofficial charter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, if we continue travelling for the next score of years in the same direction that we have been going in for some time past, contemning the sports that were practised by our forefathers, effacing our national features as though we were ashamed of them, and putting on, with England\u2019s stuffs and broadcloths, her habits and such other effeminate follies as she may recommend, we had better at once, and publicly, adjure our nationality, clap hands for joy at sight of the Union Jack, and place \u2018England\u2019s bloody red\u2019 exultingly above \u2018the green\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Croke Park in Dublin, headquarters of the GAA, was named in his honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hurling is an ancient sport that is traced back to Irish myth and legend, most notably that of C\u00fachulainn<\/strong>. C\u00fachulainn is the central figure in the Ulster Cycle, stories detailing the deeds of heroes from the Kingdom of Ulster during the first century C.E. The T\u00e1in B\u00f3 C\u00faailnge (\u201cThe Cattle Raid of Cooley\u201d) is Western Europe\u2019s oldest tale told in the vernacular. It includes the story of C\u00fachulainn name (\u201cthe hound of Culain\u201d) and features his legendary hurling skills.
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Camogie (cam\u00f3ga\u00edocht) is the women\u2019s version of hurling. It is run under the auspices of An Cumann Cam\u00f3ga\u00edochta (the Camogie Association), which was originally established in 1905. The women\u2019s cam\u00e1n (hurley stick) is shorter than the men\u2019s. Both hurling and camogie use a leather ball called a sliotar (pronounced \u201cslither\u201d), but the camogie sliotar is smaller.
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Poet Gabriel Fitzmaurice (born 1952) honors County Kerry\u2019s rich tradition of Gaelic football (peil Ghaelach orcaid). Historically, Kerry is the most successful football team in the GAA. The Kerry GAA branch was founded in 1888.
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Tuam (Co. Galway) is known as one of Ireland\u2019s oldest religious centers, with ruins dating to the sixth century C.E. It was also likely Ireland\u2019s capital during the twelfth century. The Tuam Match Factory, situated along the Curragh River, was in operation during the latter half of the nineteenth century, and a series of its colorful matchbook covers featured scenes of hurling and Gaelic football teams. Advertised as \u201cThe Gaelic Match\u201d and adorned with shamrocks, the matchbook covers appeal to Irish consumers encouraged to buy Irish goods.
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The Gaelic Athletic Association (Cumann L\u00fathchleas Gael) was officially established 1884 by teacher Michael Cusack (1847-1906) and farmer and athlete Maurice Davin (1842-1927) as part of the Gaelic Revival and the effort to de-Anglicize Ireland. The GAA consolidated numerous sports clubs across Ireland and instituted formal rules and regulations. It has clubs in all 32 of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":277,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-exhibition.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-343","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/easter1916\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/343"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/easter1916\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/easter1916\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/easter1916\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/easter1916\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/easter1916\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/easter1916\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/343\/revisions\/345"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/easter1916\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/easter1916\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}