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Weekend Read: Laois historian on the removal of the GAA ban 50 years ago this month

GAA Ban Cormac Moore

Though the rule is gone 50 years ago this month, the infamous GAA Ban is still remembered in the association. Introduced in the early 1900s to prohibit its members from playing the “foreign sports” of rugby, soccer, cricket and hockey, it was only abolished in April 1971. The rule also prevented people from watching foreign…