Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will finish. The reason Kilmainham Jail does not take bookings is that it operates by people turning up and taking the tour. Otherwise it would be booked up and people who turn up casually would not have the experience. A person must actually turn up and will then get the tour.

I agree with Senator Landy that the GAA played a critical role in the 1916 Rising and in the entire revolutionary movement. Some would even say it influenced that movement, perhaps even more than the Gaelic League. One of the reasons Michael Collins became involved in the IRB was that he met Sam Maguire who introduced him to the organisation. It came about through Gaelic football at the Geraldine club in London. It was really the GAA that brought Collins into politics.

Maurice Davin was an immense figure.