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100 GAA Greats

Author : John Scally
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 184596943X
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (459 download)

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Download or read book 100 GAA Greats written by John Scally and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 100 GAA Greats, John Scally celebrates the most significant players Gaelic games have brought us in their 125-year history. He selects those footballers, hurlers, managers and camogie players who have lit up Irish sport, becoming national treasures in the process, and highlights their remarkable skills. Amongst those included in this unique who's who of the sport are Christy Ring, Mick O'Connell, Nicky Rackard, Mick Mackey, John Joe O'Reilly, Nicky English, Mickey Harte, Kevin Moran, Enda Colleran, D.J. Carey, Angela Downey, Ger Loughnane, John O'Mahony, Justin McCarthy, Colm O'Rourke, Matt Connor and Liam Griffin. Many of the profiles featured in the book are based on exclusive interviews with the stars themselves, as well as with some of their competitors. The entries offer candid insights into the many pivotal events, major controversies, epic matches and thrilling contests to have occurred during the GAA's existence. Laced with humour and packed with entertaining anecdotes, 100 GAA Greats pulsates with insider's knowledge. It will inform, entertain, enlighten, amuse and spark debate, and is a must for all GAA fans.

The GAA

Author : John Scally
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1845969472
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (459 download)

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Download or read book The GAA written by John Scally and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 125 years, the GAA has been a fixed point in a fast-changing age, and this oral history marks the125th anniversary of the Association. It is the story of the GAA as seen through the eyes of those key personalities who shaped it. Author Jon Scally has carried out over a hundred revealing interviews with players and managers who are synonymous with the Games, including Babs Keating, Jimmy Barry-Murphy, Ger Loughnane, D.J. Carey, Liam Griffin, Mick O'Dwyer, Colm O'Rourke, John O'Mahony, Joe Brolly and Matt Connor, and these contributions offer a unique eyewitness testimony to the dramas that captivated, enthralled and occasionally infuriated the nation both on and off the pitch. The book sheds new light on high-profile controversies, offers new insights into the players and personalities that linger long in the memory and presents a fresh look at the epic contests that turned Ireland's Games into a national soap opera. The GAA: An Oral History is a celebration of the good, the bad and the beautiful of Gaelic Games, and is a must for all sports fans.

GAA Giants in a Small County

Author : Kieran Murphy (Sports writer)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780957577909
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (779 download)

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Download or read book GAA Giants in a Small County written by Kieran Murphy (Sports writer) and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Michael Cusack and the GAA

Author : Marcus De Búrca
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Michael Cusack and the GAA written by Marcus De Búrca and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Men and Masculinities in Irish Cinema

Author : D. Ging
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137291931
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (372 download)

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Download or read book Men and Masculinities in Irish Cinema written by D. Ging and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-12-03 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning a broad trajectory, from the New Gaelic Man of post-independence Ireland to the slick urban gangsters of contemporary productions, this study traces a significant shift from idealistic images of Irish manhood to a much more diverse and gender-politically ambiguous range of male identities on the Irish screen.

Until Victory Always

Author : Jim McGuinness
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0717169359
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Until Victory Always written by Jim McGuinness and published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd. This book was released on 2015-10-23 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'There's a difference between living and being alive.'Jim McGuinness inherited a wounded thing when he took over as manager of the Donegal senior football team in the summer of 2010. When he stepped down just over four years later, the same group of players had won three Ulster championships, the All-Ireland title of 2012 and succeeded in overturning a century-old perception of how Gaelic football should be played.His departure also marked the end of a personal odyssey, which had begun almost three decades earlier and weathered the aftermath of two family tragedies. Destined to become a classic, Until Victory Always is McGuinness's unforgettable and highly personal account of his years at the helm of the Donegal team.Confessional, moving, funny and fiercely honest, it's at once the epic story of one team's audacious bid to rewrite its destiny and one man's moving testament to the power of sport to sustain us in our darkest moments.

Knocknagow: Or, the Homes of Tipperary

Author : Charles Joseph Kickham
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9780530483191
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (831 download)

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Download or read book Knocknagow: Or, the Homes of Tipperary written by Charles Joseph Kickham and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Gaia

Author : James Lovelock
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198784880
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Gaia written by James Lovelock and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gaia, in which James Lovelock puts forward his inspirational and controversial idea that the Earth functions as a single organism, with life influencing planetary processes to form a self-regulating system aiding its own survival, is now a classic work that continues to provoke heated scientific debate.

Voices from Croke Park

Author : Sean Potts
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1845969170
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (459 download)

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Download or read book Voices from Croke Park written by Sean Potts and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voices from Croke Park charts the journeys of 12 true greats of the Gaelic games, each of whom has helped shape the rich history of football and hurling. These are men who pursued glory in Ireland's greatest sporting arena, players whose passion and vision were embodied in their performances in their county's jersey. The footballers featured are Bernard Flynn (Meath), Mikey Sheehy (Kerry), Ciarán Whelan (Dublin), Anthony Molloy (Donegal), Peter Canavan (Tyrone), Liam McHale (Mayo) and Cork footballer and hurler Jimmy Barry-Murphy. From hurling, Eamonn O'Donoghue (Cork), Tony Keady (Galway), DJ Carey (Kilkenny), Gerard McGrattan (Down) and Michael Duignan (Offaly) are interviewed. This collection is a celebration of their achievements in the GAA, with their stories brought vividly to life by Ireland's leading sportswriters.

Northern Ireland Yearbook 2005

Author : Lagan Consulting
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780954628420
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (284 download)

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Download or read book Northern Ireland Yearbook 2005 written by Lagan Consulting and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2004-12 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Jayo

Author : Jason Sherlock
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 147116604X
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book Jayo written by Jason Sherlock and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘It’s got to be said for the little man, give him a sniff at goal – and he is deadly.’ Jim Gavin One of the greatest Dublin players of the modern GAA era. A man who transcended the racial divide to carve out a stellar career. Foreword by Jim Gavin - manager of the All-Ireland-winning Dublin team. Jason Sherlock grew up in Finglas, North Dublin. As the son of an Irish mother and Asian father, he experienced racism throughout his childhood. On the playing fields and basketball courts however, he found acceptance, along with a new-found discipline to fend off the daily taunts. Sherlock represented Ireland in under-21s soccer, captained its basketball team and spent his summers winning hurling trophies in Cork. But in 1995 his life changed overnight as he was plucked from the fringes to become the best-known star in the GAA. He won an All-Ireland SFC title with Dublin, whose supporters gave him his own song. ‘Jayo Mania’ came out of nowhere and spread through the country like wildfire. New opportunities arose from his new-found celebrity status. He became a TV presenter and started to mix with the good and the great, opened shops with Sylvester Stallone and Richard Branson, and gladly surfed the wave of celebrity. His soccer and GAA performances however, declined, and he began to feel as though he was seen as a novelty or marketable product, rather than a sportsman. Over the next decade and a half, Dublin failed to win another All-Ireland and Sherlock became utterly obsessed with trying to get back on top. In 2009, he was dropped from the Dublin panel, his self-worth plummeted, and he started to label his career as ‘fourteen years of failure’. Not content to wallow for long, he began the fight to get his place back on the team. Sherlock’s story is one of a battle for acceptance, a fight against racism, a climb to the highest levels of three sports with a stop off along ‘Celebrity Way’. It is the journey of a boy who was cast head-first into the full glare of the media and became an Irish legend. But more than anything else, this is a story of one man’s resilience.

Catholic Churchmen and the Celtic Revival in Ireland, 1848-1916

Author : Kevin Collins
Publisher : Four Courts Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Catholic Churchmen and the Celtic Revival in Ireland, 1848-1916 written by Kevin Collins and published by Four Courts Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an investigation into the contribution made to the Celtic Revival in Ireland in nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by the Roman Catholic Church. It aims to identify the major clerical figures involved; to examine what they contributed to revivalism; and to examine their reasons for the propagation of the Gaelic language and its culture. It will be suggested that Celtic revivalism, so-called, was not an entirely new ideology, but rather a re-emergence of an older ethnic nationalism, based on language and faith, already discernable, significantly enough, in the writings of seventeenth century clerical figures. It is argued that the legacy of these clerics permeated the worldview of nineteenth century clergymen, who, in consequence, kept alive this older ethnic nationalism. The attitude of the nineteenth century Roman Catholic Church to Gaelic Culture is examined. The Clerics played the leading role in founding language organizations: The Gaelic Society; The Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language (SPIL), The Gaelic Union and The Gaelic League. They were also prominent in the success of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The Clerics shaped the ideology of the revivalist movement through the creation of two new literatures: one in the Irish language but also one in English which, for practical purposes, was the language through which they could most easily reach the populace with their revivalist message.

Pacific Rural Press

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1034 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Pacific Rural Press written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 1034 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Blood, Sweat, Triumph & Tears

Author : John Scally
Publisher : Black & White Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1785301047
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Blood, Sweat, Triumph & Tears written by John Scally and published by Black & White Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gaelic Games are the focus of endless debate and speculation, set the mood of Monday's post-match workplace and dominate pub-talk. For many of us, life and death run second to major GAA events. Blood, Sweat, Triumph & Tears looks back at some of the best moments from the sporting nation's favourite soap opera. It pays homage to the great players and people in Gaelic football, hurling, ladies' football and camogie. And it glories in the classic victories and thrilling contests witnessed down the decades. Based on exclusive interviews with the greatest personalities in the GAA's rich history, and covering every county in Ireland, here is a unique insight into the passion and politics, the controversies and crises, the wisdom and wit and all the highs and lows of Ireland's national treasure. Full of entertaining anecdotes, inspirational incidents and epic encounters, Blood, Sweat, Triumph & Tears truly captures the magic of the GAA. 'A book to shorten the long winter nights for any GAA fan.' DERMOT EARLEY, Kildare legend 'Will bring back great memories for lovers of Gaelic Games.' KAROL MANNION

The History of Hurling

Author : Seamus King
Publisher : Gill & MacMillan
ISBN 13 : 9780717127122
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (271 download)

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Download or read book The History of Hurling written by Seamus King and published by Gill & MacMillan. This book was released on 1996-10-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated to cover the Clare and Wexford triumphs of 1995 and 1996, this history of the Irish sport of hurling is mainly devoted to its development since the foundation of the GAA in 1884. It also deals with issues such as the geography of hurling and the game overseas.

The Florists' Exchange

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1032 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Florists' Exchange written by and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The People's Games

Author : John Scally
Publisher : Black & White Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1785303279
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book The People's Games written by John Scally and published by Black & White Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over 130 years the GAA has been at the heart of Irish life. Now, in The People’s Games, John Scally tells the compelling stories of the men and women behind the rich history of Gaelic Games. Since the introduction of television Gaelic Games have become a huge entertainment industry, yet at their core remain deeply embedded in the local community. They shape the national conversation and lift the mood of the country. Hurling, ladies’ football, camogie and Gaelic football are Ireland’s greatest national treasures. Gaelic Games are part of the DNA of the Irish Race, and the people are the beating heart of the Games. This comprehensive collection captures the GAA’s evolving history, the fabled heroes, the controversies, the scandals, the pulsating games, the fans, the centrality of the clubs, and the unending and heart-stopping drama. Full of fascinating insights, amusing anecdotes, thrilling tales and new revelations about famous incidents and epic encounters, this volume brings the people’s games alive in all their vibrancy. Based on exclusive interviews, this captivating compendium explores the rich history of the men and women of the GAA who made it all happen.