The GAA was established in Hayes Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary on 1 November 1884 to foster and preserve Ireland's unique games and athletic pastimes.
[4] A special commemorative medal was designed by Dublin jeweller Thomas Gear, whose previous work included similar items for the 1979 Papal visit to Ireland of Pope John Paul II and the Joyce centenary.
It featured on one side a hurling player about to strike a sliotar surrounded by the text Cumann Lúthchleas Gael – GAA – Comórad Céad Bliain.
[9] A special edition of the Late Late Show, Ireland's most popular talk show, was broadcast on 22 September 1984 and hosted by Gay Byrne featured GAA personalities Paddy Buggy, Liam Mulvihill, Liz Howard and former Taoiseach and six-time All-Ireland winner Jack Lynch.
[10] The Wexford Centenary committee commissioned writer Nicky Furlong to write a play-pageant to outline the Association's activity in the county.
[17] Four teams of the century were selected, one in football and one in hurling, and another set covering both codes involving players who had never won an All-Ireland Championship.