600 year-old 'sliotars' and a medal for Austin Stack among exhibits at new GAA exhibition

Dr Siobhán Doyle, Curator of GAA: People, Objects & Stories, shows off a rugby football used by the prisoners to play Gaelic football in Frongoch internment camp in Wales in 1916. Picture: Marc O'Sullivan

A 10-carat gold GAA medal made in New York dating back to 1936, 600-year-old hurling balls made from matted cow hair, and a medal presented to Austin Stack are among the many exhibits at a new exhibition charting the GAA's influence.

‘GAA: People, Objects and Stories’ was unveiled at the National Museum of Ireland on Wednesday morning.