Bloody Sunday victims to be honoured in Croke Park

Short biographies of those who died on Bloody Sunday will be read out in Croke Park next Saturday, the 95-year anniversary of the significant event in Irish history.

Prior to the Ireland-Australia International Rules test, there will be a commemoration of the day of violence where the Royal Irish Constabulary opened fire at a crowd who were attending a Dublin-Tipperary challenge football game at GAA HQ, killing 14 people including Tipperary’s Michael Hogan after whom the Croke Park’s Jones Road side stand is named.

“We want to do something respectful because it is the calendar anniversary, November 21, and we are a sporting stadium,” said GAA stadium and commercial director Peter McKenna. “There will be a short recognition of who the individuals were. You don’t want to distract from the game either and it has to be done in as sensitive a way as possible.