Michael Hogan, the Tipperary footballer shot dead in Croke Park in 1920. His brother Tom served as a Christian Brother in Mullingar in the 1940s. ‘Go tapaidh, go tapaidh,’ was his favourite battle cry on the sideline.
On the weekend of commemoration of Bloody Sunday it is appropriate to remember that Michael Hogan, the Tipperary footballer shot in Croke Park, had a brother that had a significant impact on the development of the GAA in Mullingar and on the Mullingar clubs of the time.
Here Tom Hunt, Mullingar Shamrocks PRO, takes a look at a Mullingar connection to Bloody Sunday, 1920.