page_title: Tailteann Games (Irish Free State)
hierarchical_section_title: Tailteann Games (Irish Free State)
caption_attribution_description: An unusual photo, this one, of fireworks at the First Tailteann Games or Aonach Tailteann, which took place at Croke Park, Dublin between 2nd and 17th August 1924. For anyone interested in more about this amazing sporting and political phenomenon, read &lt;a href="http://www.theirishstory.com/2011/02/23/the-tailteann-games-1924-1936/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;this blog post&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://www.theirishstory.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Irish Story&lt;/a&gt;. Date: 15 August 1924 NLI Ref.: &lt;a href="http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000218269" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;HOG188&lt;/a&gt;
context_page_description: The Tailteann Games or Aonach Tailteann was an Irish sporting and cultural festival held in the Irish Free State in 1924, 1928, and 1932. It was intended as a modern revival of the Tailteann Games held from legendary times until the Norman invasion of Ireland; as such it drew inspiration from the Modern Olympics revival of the Ancient Olympics. Croke Park, the Dublin headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association, was the venue for the opening ceremony and many of the sports events, which were open to people of Irish birth or ancestry. The Tailteann Games were held shortly after the Summer Olympics, such that athletes participating in Paris 1924 and Amsterdam 1928 came to compete. Participants coming from England, Scotland, Wales, Canada, the USA, South Africa and Australia as well as Ireland. Chess competitions were held in conjunction with the Irish Chess Union as part of the Tailteann Games. There were also artistic competitions and industrial displays. The games became regarded as a Cumann na nGaedheal project, and when that party lost power to Fianna Fáil after the 1932 election there was no financial backing for further games.
context_section_description: The Tailteann Games or Aonach Tailteann was an Irish sporting and cultural festival held in the Irish Free State in 1924, 1928, and 1932. It was intended as a modern revival of the Tailteann Games held from legendary times until the Norman invasion of Ireland; as such it drew inspiration from the Modern Olympics revival of the Ancient Olympics.  Croke Park, the Dublin headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association, was the venue for the opening ceremony and many of the sports events, which were open to people of Irish birth or ancestry. The Tailteann Games were held shortly after the Summer Olympics, such that athletes participating in Paris 1924 and Amsterdam 1928 came to compete. Participants coming from England, Scotland, Wales, Canada, the USA, South Africa and Australia as well as Ireland. Chess competitions were held in conjunction with the Irish Chess Union as part of the Tailteann Games. There were also artistic competitions and industrial displays. The games became regarded as a Cumann na nGaedheal project, and when that party lost power to Fianna Fáil after the 1932 election there was no financial backing for further games.
caption: Fireworks at the first Games, 15 August 1924
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