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Bloody Sunday remembrance plaque at Croke Park. Bloody Sunday (Irish: Domhnach na Fola) was a day of violence in Dublin on 21 November 1920, during the Irish War of Independence. More than 30 people were killed or fatally wounded.
The ground was then renamed Croke Park in honour of Archbishop Thomas Croke, one of the GAA's first patrons. In 1913, Croke Park only had one stand on what is now known as the Hogan Stand side and grassy banks all round. In 1917, a grassy hill was constructed on the railway end of Croke Park to afford patrons a better view of the pitch.
Hogan took part in a challenge match between Tipperary and Dublin at Croke Park on Bloody Sunday, 21 November 1920. The day before, he travelled on the train with the other members of the team. The day before, he travelled on the train with the other members of the team.
Along with Peadar Clancy and Conor Clune, he was killed by his captors in Dublin Castle on Sunday, 21 November 1920, a day known as Bloody Sunday that also saw the killing of a network of British intelligence agents by the "Squad" unit of the Irish Republican Army and the killing of 14 people in Croke Park by the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC). [1]
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British soldiers and relatives of the Bloody Sunday victims during the military enquiry into the Croke Park massacre. 21 November 1920: Bloody Sunday: Morning: The IRA carried out an assassination operation targeting British intelligence agents in Dublin (most of whom were part of the "Cairo Gang"). Eight addresses were raided and fifteen men ...
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