Sport has played a central role in modern Ireland’s history. Perhaps nowhere else has sport so infused the political, social and cultural development and iden

This is the first history of sport in Ireland, locating the history of sport within Irish political, social, and cultural history, and within the global history

Covering the period from the game's origins in Ireland in the 1870s through to the onset of professional rugby in the twenty-first century, this book seeks to e

In the early 1900s, the Olympic Games track and field throwing events were dominated by a group of Irish-born weight throwers representing the United States. Of

Sport occupies a central position in Irish social and cultural life, yet has been relatively marginal within the academy. Significant research has been undertak