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  • Siobhán Doyle

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    Dr Siobhán Doyle is a historian, author and researcher who works in the National Museum of Ireland. Her first book A History of the GAA in 100 Objects is published by Merrion Press.

    Tay and sandwiches: Down supporters prepare for a day out at the National Football League in Wexford Park in January 2015. Photo: Donall Farmer/Inpho via Getty Images

    Why do supporters follow GAA games so obsessively?

    Being a GAA supporter means being part of a strange yet powerful phenomenon where you're bound by an attachment to your local area

    GAA • 14 Jul 24
    The Meath Point to Point Races by Letitia Hamilton. This is a study for a picture of the same title that won the artist a bronze medal at the 1948 Olympic Games in London.

    What happened to the art which represented Ireland at Olympics?

    We know Jack B Yeats' medal-winning painting is in the National Gallery, but where are the other Irish artworks which were Olympic hopefuls?

    Olympic Games • 10 Jul 24
    Former Mayo star Lee Keegan at a GAA Cúl Camp in Leitrim in 2017. Photo: Matt Browne/Sportsfile

    How Cúl camps became an Irish phenomenon

    The GAA camps have been the staple of Irish summers for thousands of children since the 1980s

    Cúl Camps • 08 Jul 24
    Irish Olympic athletes parading through the streets of Dublin in 1932. Photo: Keystone France/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

    The bizarre story of Ireland's bid for the 1940 Olympic Games

    Blueshirts' leader Eoin O'Duffy believed Dublin could be entrusted with the Olympics, but his plans were vague, unrealistic and unworkable

    History • 02 Jul 24
    The Anna Livia Statue which was unveiled in Dublin's O'Connell St, 17th June 1988. Photographer Tom Burke. Photo: Getty Images

    What can we learn from Ireland's fraught history with public art?

    From historical monuments to the Spire and the Portal, public art in Ireland has often struggled to win over the general public

    Culture • 23 May 24
    Kathleen Cox working in her studio in Dublin. Photo credit: Gráinne Palmer

    Meet Kathleen Cox, the Irish ceramic artist who broke the mould

    Unheralded during her lifetime, Cox left behind a striking collection of works which continue to fascinate, influence and inspire

    Ireland's Hidden Treasures • 26 Apr 24
    Irish Army officers dressed in mythical outfits and accompanied by wolfhounds at the opening of the Tailteann Games at Croke Park in August 1924. Photo: Independent News And Media/Getty Images

    The rise and fall of the Tailteann Games

    They were 'the greatest sporting carnival ever organised in Ireland', but the spectacle and glamour turned out to be short lived

    History • 17 Apr 24
    Páirc Uí Chaoimh: home of Cork hurling, Bruce Springsteen concerts, Siamsa Cois Laoí headbands, €30m of debt and, coming soon perhaps, a kiosk selling SuperValu sausages.

    Why renaming GAA grounds is such a big deal

    Selling naming rights to a stadium may be a commercial winner, but such deals have lasting effects on GAA history and heritage.

    GAA • 31 Jan 24
    Croke Park: can you hear us at the back?

    5 things the GAA can learn from other sports

    What ideas and innovations could the GAA introduce from other sports to progress and develop Gaelic games?

    GAA • 20 Nov 23
    Seamus Connolly's statue of Páidí Ó Sé (2015) in Ventry, Co Kerry. Photo: https://seamusconnolly.carbonmade.com/

    Statues, murals and Henry Shefflin: 100 years of art and the GAA

    Many artists, designers and craftspeople have been inspired by the GAA, from traditional portraits of players to public sculptures

    art • 15 Sep 23
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