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The Hurlers: The First All-Ireland Championship and the Making of Modern Hurling
Paul Rouse
In 1882, a letter was published in the Irish Times, lamenting the decline of hurling. The game was now played only in a few isolated rural pockets, and according to no fixed set of rules. It would have been absurd to imagine that, within five years, an all-Ireland hurling championship would be underway, under the auspices of a powerful national organization.
The Hurlers is a superbly readable account of that dramatic turn of events, of the colourful men who made it happen, and of the political intrigues and violent rows that marked the early years of the GAA. From ... Read more
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Martin Breheny, Irish Independent
I heartily recommend it. Great picture of the emergence of modern Ireland amidst sport, nationalism, priests and assorted crazy hotheads ... Brilliant stuff
Dara Ó Briain
A story of pioneerism, passion, intrigue, skulduggery and commitment ... a ... Read more