Croke Park Rugby Game

Brother Chris Cahillane passed along this interesting article from the Christian Science Monitor.

England and Ireland face off at Croke Park Saturday, 87 years after Bloody Sunday marked the stadium's place in Irish history.

By Michael Seaver | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor

DUBLIN, IRELAND - Shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Saturday the "unthinkable" will happen in Dublin's historic Croke Park stadium. Eighty-seven years after British troops fired into the crowd here and killed innocent Irish spectators, England's rugby team will sing God Save the Queen before a peaceful international match against their Irish opponents.

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