Details of a spectacular show at Croke Park to mark the GAA contribution to the 1916

Centenary celebrations will be launched this month.

A specially commissioned 35 minute show is being put together by the world- renowned Tyrone Productions company and is being billed as one of Croke Parkâs âunmissable events.â

Sunday, April 24 is already a big day in the GAA calendar as it will be where the Allianz

football league Division 1 and 2 finals are held at Croke Park.

It is also, however, the exact Centenary to the day that the first shots were fired in the

Rising of 1916 in Dublin.

And the events at Croke Park on April 24 will mark the GAAâs main contribution to

the national calendar of events to mark the Rising.

Such is the scale and impact of the show that a decision was taken not to try and

cram it into the interval between the Division 2 and Division 1 finals.

It will now take place after the Division 1 trophy has been presented and will feature

all four teams who play in Croke Park that day along with a sizeable cast of performers and

musicians from here and abroad.

The full programme of events will be published shortly â but suffice to say this is

one of those occasions when being there will be a special moment for those lucky enough

to get their hands on a ticket

Hopes are high that it will be an occasion to remember and rank alongside great events in

the stadiumâs recent past like the 2003 Special Olympics opening ceremony, the first floodlit

match of 2007 or the Dublin-Tyrone 125 celebration match of 2009 when the stadium

was packed to the rafters.

A rallying call is to be made for GAA fans from every club in the country to be there on

the day and help fill Croke Park to its 82,300 capacity and add to the sense of occasion with

audience participation set to be a key element

of the festivities