Bloody Sunday massacre at Croke Park still resonates in Irish sport 100 years later

A century ago, on November 21, 1920, fans came in their thousands from all across Dublin and beyond to stand on the terraces of Croke Park.

They were there to see Dublin’s Senior Gaelic Football team take on Tipperary in a “Great Challenge Match”, the playing of which had already created quite a stir.

After all, the Irish public had been relatively starved of major sporting occasions that year.

The progress of the…