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Nov 21, 2023 • 16 tweets • 6 min read
1. 103 years ago today, at 3.25pm on Nov 21, 1920, police opened fire on a crowd of 15,000 people at Croke Park watching a football game between Dublin and Tipperary. These are the 14 that went to a game and never came home. 2. Jane Boyle, 29. From Dublin. Butcher shop employee. Shot and trampled at the halfway line on the Cusack Stand. Attended the game with her fiancé Daniel Byron. They were to be married the following week, Jane was buried in her wedding dress Image
Nov 21, 2020 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
1.A hundred years ago today, at 3.25pm on Nov 21, 1920, police opened fire on a crowd of 15000 people at Croke Park watching a football game between Dublin and Tipperary. These are the 14 that went to a game and never came home. #B100dySunday 2. Jane Boyle, 29. From Dublin. Butcher shop employee. Shot and trampled at the halfway line on the Cusack Stand. Attended the game with her fiancé Daniel Byron. They were to be married the following week, Jane was buried in her wedding dress