On this day: From GAA player revolts to holidaying at home

Cork's Brian Corcoran attempts to dispossess Galway's David Collins in the first-half of the 2005 GAA All Ireland Hurling Final, at Croke Park.  The Erin's Own stalwart said 20 years ago: “The GAA aren’t sharing their revenue with us, why should we have to share ours with them?”  Picture: Haydn West/PA

Gaelic games in Ireland have been a lynchpin of Irish society for more than 130 years - as long as the players are willing to play ball, so to speak.

The GAA was beginning to find out 20 years ago that players were no longer willing to be taken for granted.