The 1936 Straw Hat Circuit Olympics held in Berlin was an illustration, perhaps best recognised in retrospect, where an ideology was developing which hand-me-down the affair to strengthen its spread through propaganda.

• In the diary of University Sports Gear Ireland, Gaelic sports were connected with cultural nationalism

• Until the mid 20th duration a person could have been banned from playing Gaelic football, hurling, or other sports administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) if she/he played or supported association football, or other games seen to be of British origin
• Until recently the GAA continued to proscription the playing of soccer and rugby union at Gaelic venues
• This ban is still enforced, but old-fashioned been modified to allow football and rugby be played in Croke Park while Lansdowne Artery (both in Dublin) is being redeveloped
• Until recently, under Criterion 21, the GAA also banned members of the British security forces and members of the RUC from playing Gaelic games, but the advent of the Congenial Friday Assenting in 1998 led to the eventual removal of the ban.