Every GAA club in Ireland is to be invited to play a role in the official 1916 Commemoration which will  be held in Croke Park this April Sunday, April 24, 2016 will be 100 years to the day since the first shots were fired in the Easter Rising.  And this year it will also be the date of the Allianz football league Division 1 and 2 finals at Croke Park.  The GAA has decided to use this date as the official GAA involvement in the national celebrations around the Rising Centenary.  And it is planned to issue a rallying call to give clubs all over Ireland an invitation to be a part in the ceremony.

Exact details of the event are still being finalised but it is envisaged that clubs will be invited as part of a plan to fill Croke Park to capacity and take part in a scripted ceremony – the first of its kind since the 2003 Special Olympics opening ceremony was held at Croke Park in 2003.

A similar rallying call was issued to Clubs to attend Croke Park for the turning on of the floodlights at Croke Park – an event which saw Croke Park crammed for the Dublin v Tyrone Allianz football league clash in 2009 .

This year will also see the return of Lá na gClubanna which will take place on May 8.  The inaugural Lá na gClubanna was held in 2009 as part of the GAA’s national events to mark our 125th Anniversary.

A decision has been taken to reintroduce this festival into the national calendar  as a day when Clubs will take centre stage and afford them the opportunity to celebrate their existence and impact in their community and reconnect with their locality.

Clubs are being encouraged to keep this date free and to plan events to fittingly mark the role they play in their community.

Further details and an information pack detailing ideas on how clubs can utilise

this occasion will be made available in the coming weeks.

More details at this link here