The Irish flag and national anthem are synonymous with the GAA but this could be set to change.

Association president Aogán Ó Fearghail has stated that if there were to be political realignments on the island post-Brexit then the GAA would be open to change, but added that there could be no change in advance of such agreements:

"The flag and the anthem means a lot to the GAA and will continue to do so, but who knows in the future? In the future, if there are different agreements in place for the whole of Ireland, of course the GAA would be inclusive in that.

"There could be further agreements politically at home. There is a massively changing world at home. Brexit is going to affect the GAA the same as it's going to affect everyone else and it does cause concerns. In the future if there are new agreements and new arrangements we'd be open-minded about things like flags and anthems but not in advance of agreements."

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