GAA founder is honoured by police.Byline: JEANANNE CRAIG GARDA Commissioner Fachtna Murphy paid tribute to a policeman and founding father of the GAA at the formal marking of his grave yesterday Thomas St George McCarthy was one of seven sports enthusiasts who gathered in Thurles, Co Tipperary, in 1884 for the inaugural meeting of the sporting organisation. But the former Royal Irish Constabulary The Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) (Irish: Constáblacht Ríoga na hÉireann) was one of Ireland's two police forces in the early twentieth century, alongside the Dublin Metropolitan Police. inspector fell foul of the Association's own rules just two years later when it imposed the controversial Rule 21 prohibiting members of the British forces from joining. The GAA has now erected a headstone at the Tipperary native's final resting place in a quiet corner of Dublin's Deansgrange Cemetery to acknowledge his contribution to gaelic games Gaelic Games are the traditional sports played in Ireland. The two main Gaelic Games are Gaelic football and Hurling, both of which are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Other games organised by the association include Rounders, Gaelic handball. . The ceremony, part of the GAA's 125th anniversary celebrations, was also attended by PSNI PSNI Police Service of Northern Ireland (UK) PSNI Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland PSNI Professional Systems Network, Inc. representatives and relatives of fellow GAA founder Michael Cusack. 125 NUMBER OF YEARS GAA HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE CAPTION(S): HONOUR Guests at the unveiling in Deansgrange PAYING TRIBUTE Police and the GAA dignitaries in Dublin yesterday |
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