Curtain comes down on GAA 25 celebrations in Thurles

THE GAA will conclude their 125 celebrations on Sunday in Thurles, on the anniversary of the day the Association was founded in Hayes Hotel in 1884.

Organised by the Tipperary County Board and the National Awards & Presentation Committee in conjunction with the Munster Council, it will feature a special Mass at 11am in the Cathedral of the Assumption followed by a wreath-laying ceremony at the Croke Monument in Liberty Square.

The chief celebrant at the mass will be Archbishop Dermot Clifford, Archbishop of Cashel and Emly and Patron of the GAA. The mass readings will be given by GAA President Christy Cooney and Director-General Paraic Duffy, while the prayers of the faithful will be recited by representatives of the provincial councils.