Donnelly's Arm in Croker

An exhibition of Fighting Irishmen at which Dan Donnelly's arm is a key attraction was officially opened last week in the GAA Museum in Croke Park.

The exhibition, which is curated by Jim Houlihan of the Irish Arts Center in New York, has previously been shown in the Arts Center, the South Street Museum in Manhattan, Boston College and the Irish-American Folk Museum in Omagh. It will run through the summer in Croke Park before moving on to a number of other venues on and beyond the island of Ireland.

Donnelly's arm has been in the ownership of the Byrne family for nearly six decades. Pictured at the opening of the GAA Museum exhibition is Josephine Byrne, wife of the late Des Byrne. (INPHO/Morgan Treacy)