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This history of sport in Ireland, locates it within Irish political, social, and cultural history, and within the global history of sport. There are aspects of

This book examines the development of a nationalist agenda within Irish sport and searches for a definition of nationalism in this context. The question of what

This is the first book to examine all the main sports played in Ireland over a period of nearly 250 years, from the beginning of the 17th century to the onset o

Sport has played a central role in modern Ireland's history. This collection of chapters, contributed by some of Ireland's most preeminent historians, showcases

Jerrold Casway coined the phrase “The Emerald Age of Baseball” to describe the 1890s, when so many Irish names dominated teams’ rosters. But one can easil