Author: Corry, Eoghan
Number Of Pages: 255
Release Date: 01-11-2005
Details: Product Description The GAA is the largest amateur sports body in the world and the most successful voluntary association in the history of modern Ireland. Its games are played in every parish, village and townland of Ireland; its influence on Irish public life is immeasurable. Drawing on the resources of the GAA Museum in Croke Park plus many private and public sources, Eoghan Corry surveys the development of Gaelic games through their various eras. Among the themes covered are the consistent domination of the football championship by Kerry in every decade; the emergence of Ulster teams, first in the 60s and more decisively in the 1990s; the up and down fortunes of Dublin's footballers; the emergence of Kilkenny as a major power in hurling immediately before the first World War; the Kilkenny-Cork rivalry of the 1930s; the dominance of Tipperary immediately after the second World War and in the 1960s; and the brilliant revival of hurling, spearheaded by Clare, in the 1990s. In addition, Eoghan Corry pays due attention to camogie, handball and the social side of the GAA. This beautifully illustrated book will be the perfect Christmas gift for every GAA fan in 2005. From the Author The Illustrated History of the GAA has been taking shape over a period of two decades, drawing on new photographic, oral and archive sources to tell the stories of the six indigenous games unique to Ireland and the sporting culture that as grown up around them. The story concentrates on the games, and the people who played, organised and followed them. Bigger issues are also treated, the impact of Gaelic Games on Irish popular and political culture and its international identity in other sports. Some forgotten aspects of Irish history have been rediscovered, some persistent inaccuracies tackled, and some big questions about the evolution of the games and the association which controlled them reassessed. As this is the first serious attempt to revisit GAA history since the publication of Marcus de Burca and William Mandles histories of 1979 and 1984, I took the opportunity to introduce some recent scholarship on Gaelic games and its culture to the general reader. It is my modest attempt to bring forward a reassessment of a massive and under-recognised part of Irelands history. About the Author Eoghan Corry is a former sports editor and one of Ireland's leading sports historians. He story-lined the sports museum at Ireland's leading sports stadium, Croke Park.
EAN: 9780717139514
Languages: english
Binding: Hardcover
Item Condition: New