#OTD in 1971 – The GAA lifted its ban on members playing or attending ‘foreign’ sports such as soccer or rugby.

11/04/2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

The GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) finally revokes its infamous Rule 27, commonly known as “The Ban.” The rule banned all GAA members from playing or watching in non-Gaelic games. Non-Gaelic included rugby, soccer, hockey and cricket. GAA members who broke Rule 27 were expelled from the GAA. This famously included Irish President and GAA-Patron Dr. […]

#OTD in 1971 – The GAA lifted its ban on members playing or attending ‘foreign’ sports such as soccer or rugby.

11/04/2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Ancient Irish (Brehon) Law and Divorce

15/10/2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

In early Celtic Ireland, grounds for divorce included sexual impotence due to gross obesity, telling tales about your love life, or being a thief. There was also a virgin-price that guaranteed the wife’s purity. It’s also interesting to note that if two people of unequal rank wanted to marry, the person of lower rank was […]

#OTD in 1971 – The GAA lifted its ban on members playing or attending ‘foreign’ sports such as soccer or rugby.

11/04/2018.Reading time 1 minute.

Brehon Law, Irish Law and Divorce

15/10/2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

#OTD in 1971 – The GAA lifted its ban on members playing or attending ‘foreign’ sports such as soccer or rugby.

11/04/2017.Reading time 1 minute.

Brehon Law, Irish Law and Divorce

15/10/2016.Reading time 2 minutes.

1976 – Tens of thousands defy a ban on commemorating the heroes of Easter 1916 at the GPO in Dublin.

25/04/2016.Reading time 1 minute.

In 1976, the 60th anniversary of the Rising, the southern state and the republican paramilitaries – particularly the Provisional IRA were in frank confrontation. The Irish government banned that year’s proposed Easter parade by republicans under the Offences Against the State Act – its anti-terrorist legislation. Just ten years after the state’s own bombastic commemoration […]

1971 – The GAA lifts its ban on members playing or attending ‘foreign’ sports such as soccer or rugby.

11/04/2016.Reading time 1 minute.

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