Bloody Sunday ticket fetches €7,500

A TICKET for the Gaelic football match at Croke Park which ended in the notorious Bloody Sunday massacre by British troops reached more than double its expected value at auction yesterday.

Debate raged over the playing of God Save the Queen ahead of Ireland’s Six Nations rugby clash with England at Croke Park on February 24 this year, the scene of the 1920 Bloody Sunday murders.

Auctioneers believe the hype surrounding that historic fixture — which evaporated as 82,000 fans stood shoulder to shoulder during the rugby game — helped the poignant souvenir fetch €7,500 at the sale.