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Agricultural society
During the 19th century many people worked hard labor work. They would of started work early and finish late in the evening. There was different sports around this time but they couldn't take part in sports. They had no free time so they couldn't go play sports. They spent most of their time on land and working hard hours to get money for their families. -
Saturday Half day
This is where seasonal shifts came into play for people who worked Saturdays in the summer. They worked from 6am to 6pm and in the winter they worked from 7am to 7pm which created a little bit more time for people to play sports. -
Industrial revolution
When the GAA was created the industrial revolution grew in the 19th century. They were working in hard environments which requires hard physical work. But in the cities where people worked there was not enough room to play theses certain sports due to the lack of room. They would of had boxing or other sports like that in the cities. People who lived in the country where able to play all of the sports because they had enough room. -
The Foundation of the GAA
The GAA was founded in 1884 on November 1st. Micheal Cusack and seven other men met in the Hayes Hotel in Thurles. This was the start of the GAA. Maurice Davin became the first president of the GAA. From this date forward the GAA became more popular around Ireland. Gaelic football, Hurling and Camogie was created. -
First All Ireland Hurling final
The first hurling final took place in 1888 on the 1st of April between Tipperary and Galway. Tipperary won that game 1-01 to 0-01. -
First All Ireland football final
On the 28th of April was the first All Ireland football final. This game was played between Limerick and Louth. Limerick won that game 1-04 to 0-03. -
Point system for goals and reduction of players
At this time the GAA made different rules throughout. Goals at this stage was worth 5 points and each team consisted of 21 players on a side. A few years later the GAA decided to make a goal worth 3 points and that both teams would be brought down to have 17 players each on the pitch. -
Rationalisation
There was many different sports that were being played. The lower class people would of been playing Gaelic, rugby and football. The middle class people would of been swimmers. Then the rich people would of had all these sports as well as having horse riding. Rationalisation was promoted nd it helped to encourage all to play sports. This is how Gaelic became more people. This helped with the organizing and more structured games which got more people involved. -
Public Schools
The children in the late 18th and early 19th century got to attend school. But it was only the children who had rich families were sent to school because they could afford it. These children would of been at school from morning to the evening. They would of had a lot of free time to themselves so they would of got the chance to play sports. The schools also brought these sports into the schools for the children. Rules were used in the schools to get a better outlook of how the game would play. -
Purchase of Croke Park
This first idea began in 1905 in an annual GAA convention. The stadium was to remember the first patron of the GAA. His name was Archbishop Thomas William Croke. A Croke memorial tournament was created to raise funds it was successful. With this money the GAA bought Jones road sport ground and they renamed it Croke park. -
GAA involvement
In 1916 this was the start of the Easter rising. Although the GAA wasn't involved many members part of the GAA took part in the rising. Activities throughout the country came to a halt due to many members imprisoned. They agreed to send a delegation to a Dublin corporation conference for the forming of Political prisoners amnesty association. -
Gaelic Sunday
In 1918 the council prepared a series of matches that were going to be played. These matches where playing out on the Sunday 4th of August. There was an estimated of 54,000 people who took part this became known as Gaelic Sunday. -
Bloody Sunday
On this day in 1920 it was known as bloody Sunday. Dublin was meant to play Tipperary in Croke Park. This game was a challenge match to help raise funds for the Irish Republican prison fund. There was undercover British soldiers who went round and left 14 people dead and many more injured. -
Tailteann Games
After the civil war the Irish government decided to stage the tailteann games. The GAA was given £10,000 to upgrade Croke park for this certain event. They ended up purchasing a new stand and named it the Hogan stand. The games were also staged in 1928 and 1932 but the year of 1924 was the best. -
World War ll
In the event of World War ll. Traveling to games was hard to get to play. Due to the fuel consumption teams struggled to travel to play any games. So from 1939-1945 Gaelic did not happen in Ireland. But over in Britain the GAA championship still went ahead even tho there was a war going on. -
World War ll ends
This is the time when the world was able to go back to normal and continue with their everyday life. Every was back to normal except for the damage done to families and the whole world. But most things started coming back to normal like the sports all started up again. -
The Polo ground final
The year of the All Ireland final was played in New York in 1947. After the war the GAA wanted to expand the Gaelic football all over the world. So in 1947 the GAA decided to host the All Ireland final in the Polo ground in New York. It was played between Kerry and Cavan. They did this to try and interest the Irish-American population. It ended up to be successful with new clubs being founded in New York. -
Transport
With the introduction of new and better upgraded transport it helped the GAA. More games where being able to be played throughout the country. The train helped a lot because it was easy for people to travel to games and for the teams to travel to different parts of Ireland to play games. Even the roads started to get improved which meant that travelling by bus or car was also easy to get to places. -
First Televised game
This was a big day for the people of Ireland. They were able to see the first ever GAA match to be shown on live TV. It was shown live on Telefís Éireann . It showed the Kerry and Dublin game that was played in Croke Park. Poeple were worried that it would drop the attendance of people who attended the game but there was still thousands of people there. -
Jersey Sponsorship
This was the first time that sponsorship were allowed on the counties GAA jersey. It would of also helped clubs to be more popular by many others. This helped to grow the Gaelic game around the world. This also helped the local businesses gain interest by supporting fans. -
Sponsorship of the GAA
This was a big deal for the GAA. It was sponsored by AIB. To this day AIB is still a sponsor of the GAA. The deal was worth up to 4.5 million euros. It helped to improve the All Ireland championships. -
Backdoor System
This is where the GAA agreed to make a back door system. This happens when teams got knocked out of the provincial championships. This gave teams another chance to try and make it to the All Ireland final. It was a really good idea because it made it more interesting and teams where able to get a seconded chance. -
The new Croke park
This was a big day for the GAA. After many many years since they bought Jones road and named it Croke park. They reopened it again in 2003. This time the difference was that the stadium could hold 82,300 people. This was massive especially for the All Ireland final. Croke park is now one of the biggest stadiums around europe. -
Hawkeye
With the introduction of new technology in 2013 the GAA made a decision to bring in hawkeye. This was to help officials to make a call on if it was a point or a wide. The screen would come up with the post and showing of the ball went over the bar or not. This was a good investment for the GAA. But the only problem is its only available in Croke park and not many other stadiums. -
GAA makes a deal with Sky
In 2014 the GAA made a deal with sky sports to show live Gaelic and hurling games. This would of been big for the GAA. This allowed the games to be broadcast ed all over the world and many people from different countries could view the games. Many famous Gaelic footballers are annalists for sky sports. The contract with the GAA is still going. -
corona virus
Today sports has been affected massively. The global pandemic stopped sports for a few months. But thankfully sports where then able to continue. Many people worried if any Gaelic games would go ahead but club games started during the summer and the county games are being played from the autumn time and into the winter of 2020.
