Thomas Croke
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Thomas William Croke D.D. was the second Catholic Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand (1870–74) and later Archbishop of Cashel and Emly in Ireland. He was important in the Irish nationalist movement especially as a Champion of the Irish National Land League in the 1880s. The main Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Dublin is named Croke Park, in his honour.
Croke in the 1870s
Croke Park, the headquarters of the GAA, named after Archbishop Croke.
Archbishop of Cashel
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The Archbishop of Cashel was an archiepiscopal title which took its name after the town of Cashel, County Tipperary in Ireland. Following the Reformation, there had been parallel apostolic successions to the title: one in the Catholic Church and the other in the Church of Ireland. The archbishop of each denomination also held the title of Bishop of Emly. In the Catholic Church, it was superseded by the role of Archbishop of Cashel and Emly when the two dioceses were united in 2015 and in the Church of Ireland the title was downgraded to a bishopric in 1838.
The Rock of Cashel, including the cathedral, the episcopal seat of the pre-Reformation archbishops.
The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Baptist and Saint Patrick, Cashel, the episcopal seat of the Church of Ireland archbishops.
The Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles, the episcopal seat of the Catholic archbishops.