A book which draws together the stories of more than 90 members of the GAA killed during the Troubles has been published.
GAA President Jarlath Burns said it was an important contribution to the historical record of the association.
In a foreword to the book, he said the stories were a reminder to present-day GAA members of more difficult times which they had been fortunate to avoid.
"The Troubles represent a dark and challenging period for us to process - citizens and historians alike - and their proximity in relative terms means they continue to loom large for many," he wrote.
The book, Lost Gaels, details the lives of GAA members who died in a variety of circumstances over three decades to 2002.
150 members of the association have been identified as having died during the violence, with 92 families contributing pen portraits.
It is the first time an attempt has been made to collate the information.
Many were civilians murdered in sectarian attacks by loyalists, sometimes in random shootings, sometimes targeted at club facilities or on their way to and from GAA games.
Others were members of the IRA both armed and unarmed at the time of their deaths.
Some of them died at their own hand in premature explosions, others were shot by soldiers or RUC officers police while carrying out attacks.
A handful of the GAA people listed were members of An Garda Síochána or the PSNI - killed by republicans on both sides of the border - one of them the holder of an All-Ireland hurling medal with Wexford.
They also include a young man shot in a case of mistaken identity and a number of the 1981 hunger strikers. A former RUC officer killed by loyalists is also included.
The book is the work of Peadar Thompson, a law graduate and researcher with the victims' group, Relatives for Justice.
He said he wrote the book because he felt there was a "gap in the record".
"The book is as inclusive a project as it could be. Our focus was not on the circumstances of death, or any association that the person recorded belonged to, other than the GAA."
He said he wanted to present a book that got behind statistics and told the human stories of those who had died.
Some clubs suffered more than others.
St Enda's GAA club on the outskirts of north Belfast lost three members in separate loyalist gun attacks between 1993 and 2002.
Assistant Chairman Niall Murphy said it had been an "devastating time", but, from it, the club had developed an "unbreakable" spirit.
The three members are memorialised by the club which has named pitches for them, built a memorial garden and hosts an annual family fun day to remember them.
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