O'Brien Pocket History of Gaelic Sport [electronic resource]
Sweeney, Eamonn2012
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A clear, concise and fascinating introduction to Gaelic sport, covering Gaelic football, hurling, camogie and handball. The two greatest finals, the All Ireland Hurling and Football finals, are the largest amateur events in the world, drawing huge crowds and bringing many parts of the country to a standstill. This book deals with the origins of these games and their revival, the history of the championships and the GAA, the main rules and scoring systems, famous teams and players, great GAA grounds, All-Star awards and tours, the women's games, famous commentators, the gear and the trophies, compromise games with Aussie rules. A compendium of information on the fastest field sports in the world.
Main title:
O'Brien Pocket History of Gaelic Sport [electronic resource] / Eamonn Sweeney
Author:
Sweeney, Eamonn, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : The O'Brien Press, 2012
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Biography/History:
Eamonn Sweeney was born in 1968 in the nearly hurling-free county of Sligo, a deficiency remedied by his hurling-mad father from Kilkenny. He has written on sports for the Irish Examiner for a number of years, and is the author of two novels, The Photograph and Waiting for the Healer, a book on soccer, There's Only One Red Army, and a play, Bruen's Twis. Eamonn now lives in County Cork and regularly broadcasts on RTÉ radio and television on a wide variety of topics. Sport, however, remains his first love.
ISBN:
9781847175212
Language:
English
BRN:
2889576