1916 and the Radicalization of the Gaelic Athletic Association

What is it about?

This article examines the impact of the 1916 Rising on the GAA and how the Association and its broad membership underwent a process of political radicalization in the three years after the Rising. By 1919 the GAA had become a body which by through its motions and actions was now an ideological opponent of British rule in Ireland.

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Why is it important?

It is the first attempt to examine the political radicalization of a sporting body in Ireland, during the Irish Revolutionary period.