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Mon 11 Nov 2009Ceremony, pageantry and hurling mark association's historic day
THE GAA yesterday returned to its roots in Co Tipperary exactly 125 years to the day since the organisation was founded.
A day of ceremony and pageantry in Thurles recalled the events of November 1st, 1884, when seven men, led by Clare-born Michael Cusack, met in the billiards room of the Commercial and Family Hotel, Lizzie J Hayes proprietress, and founded the Gaelic Athletic Association for the Preservation and Cultivation of National Pastimes.
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