Croke Park
The GAA has no problem with the playing of the British national anthem at Croke Park next weekend before the Ireland-England Six Nations rugby international.....
In the Sunday Tribune , Barrett, who won an All-Ireland with Kerry in 1962 and whose father, Joe, won six All-Ireland medals in the 1920s and 1930s, said: "I cannot reconcile the provocative words of God Save the Queen being sung in the very stadium where Michael Hogan and others died at the hands of crown forces on Bloody Sunday.
In the Sunday Tribune , Barrett, who won an All-Ireland with Kerry in 1962 and whose father, Joe, won six All-Ireland medals in the 1920s and 1930s, said: "I cannot reconcile the provocative words of God Save the Queen being sung in the very stadium where Michael Hogan and others died at the hands of crown forces on Bloody Sunday.
"The arrogant war-mongering words of God Save the Queen ringing out over Croke Park is surely pushing the boundaries of tolerance and common sense beyond what is expected in any republic on earth"(Irish Times; http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/sport/2007/0219/1171575969625.html)
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