D.I. Thomas St. George MacCarthy - Founder of the G.A.A. http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/594/D-I-Thomas-St-George-MacCarthy-Founder-of-the-G-A-A- en-us Copyright 2011, Yuku ceco@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:20:25 GMT Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:20:25 GMT Kickapps Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ D.I. Thomas St. George MacCarthy - Founder of the G.A.A. ]]> http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/594/D-I-Thomas-St-George-MacCarthy-Founder-of-the-G-A-A- Not many people know that one of the seven founder members of the Gaelic Athletic Association was a serving RIC officer. The following is an extract from a press release issued by the GAA on the 19th November 2009. At a ceremony in Deansgrange a new headstone was unveiled to D.I. MacCarthy.

Press Release:

As part of the final stages of the GAA's 125 Year Celebrations events organised to honour the founding fathers of the Association took place today (19 November 2009) at Deansgrange and Glasnevin Cemeteries in Dublin.

A new headstone was unveiled at Deansgrange at the final resting place of Thomas St George McCarthy. This ceremony was attended by representatives of both an Garda Siochána and the PSNI as an acknowledgement of McCarthy's membership of the RIC.

Afterwards a wreath was placed at the grave of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Peter Mc RIC) http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/594 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:20:25 PST