Stynes was born in Newbridge , County Kildare and attended Newbridge College , where he first played Gaelic football and hurling . He moved to Dublin after World War I to find work . He was sworn into the IRA in 1920 by Seán Lemass , joining " C " Company , 2nd battalion , Dublin brigade . He was stewarding in Croke Park on Bloody Sunday 1920 , while carrying concealed guns for the IRA . When British security forces raided the ground , he dumped the guns and escaped over a wall . He participated in the burning of the Custom House in 1921
Bloody Sunday 1920
Bloody Sunday (1920)
Joe Stynes