The Children of Croke Park
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The Children of Croke Park: Bloody Sunday 1920
By Michael Foley
Published by O'Brien
The first book for younger readers by the acclaimed author of 'The Bloodied Field'
On a bright day in November, three boys joined the huge crowd heading to a Gaelic football match at Croke Park. Excitement filled the air, but also fear. Important men had been killed in their beds that morning by the IRA. The police were angry. In the middle of a cruel war for Irish independence, people were afraid of what might happen next.
But the war wouldn't come to Croke Park? Would it?