Bloody Sunday 1920

Bloody Sunday Nov 21 1920:

At 15:25 on 21st November 1920 British security forces opened fire on the crowd of a GAA match between Dublin and Tipperary at Croke Park. 13 spectators, including boys aged 10 and 11, and Tipperary player Micheál Ó hÓgáin, aged just 24, were murdered in cold blood in retaliation for the IRA's assassination of British Intelligence officers earlier that morning. This was a significant event in the Irish War of Independence and it led to greater support for the IRA and for Irish Independence from British rule by the people of Ireland. One of the stands at Croke Park is named after Ó hÓgáin to this day.