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‘Within 90 seconds, 14 people lay dead and mortally wounded on the Croke Park field and benches and on the streets outside. Tonight, 100 years later, we stop to remember you all – the 14 who went to a game and never came home. ‘# B100dySunday pic.twitter.com/pjmQpt8EWc
– The GAA (ficialofficialgaa) November 21, 2020
THE CENTENARY OF Bloody Sunday was marked today with a moving commemoration in Dublin.
President Michael D. Higgins and Taoiseach Micheal Martin were among those who attended the event in Croke Park.
14 people were killed or mortally wounded by British forces during the Gaelic football match that day, and dozens more were injured.
Due to coronavirus regulations, only a limited number of people were able to attend. GAA encouraged those who stayed home to light a candle.
On that day in 1920, 14 civilians attended a GAA game in Croke Park and, tragically, never returned home. On the darkest day in GAA and Croke Park history, we celebrate the centennial of Bloody Sunday by remembering those victims; Jane Boyle, James Burke, pic.twitter.com/u9d3hFmvZw
– Croke Park (@CrokePark) November 21, 2020
The lives of the 14 victims were remembered in a ceremony that coincided with the lighting of 14 flames in a dedicated area of Cerro 16 and a corresponding pillar of light dedicated to each of the deceased.
There was also a performance of a specially commissioned piece of music by Colm Mac Con Iomaire.
It preceded a Leinster senior soccer final between Dublin and Meath.
Today marks the centenary of Bloody Sunday. In the absence of spectators at Croke Park, we ask that you today pay your own tribute to those who died by lighting a candle at dusk in their home. # BloodySunday100 pic.twitter.com/GAEzf4JII0
– Croke Park (@CrokePark) November 21, 2020
Speaking before the event during which he laid a wreath, President Higgins said that many lives were irrevocably changed as a result of the events of that day.
“Today we remember the lost and those who suffered with a sense of deep sadness and even outrage, but also as a reminder of the fragility of the hard-won peace we have grown accustomed to and the consequences that stem from the abuse of power. and the failure of diplomacy and politics, ”he said.
“That the events that occurred can, in their brutality and disregard for death, still shock and challenge us all, is something that must be understood.
People of different origins on the island can reflect on Bloody Sunday in different ways. We must respect this and be open to different perspectives, and encourage hospitality for these different narratives of the events of that day.
“For all of us, to avoid being captive to any frozen version of the events of our past, we must find the courage to remember painful events honestly.
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“Doing this can only help us take responsibility for the present and for our shared and peaceful future together.”
Source: PA
The Taoiseach described Bloody Sunday as “one of the most moving days in Ireland’s struggle for independence.”
“The violence of what happened in Croke Park still has the ability to move us and move us,” he said.
100 years later, we remember the 14 people who lost their lives that day.
Earlier, outside the main gates of the stadium, an unofficial commemoration took place.
There was a short procession led by a flute player before photos of the 14 dead and flowers were posted as several people watched, clapping each name as it was read.
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