Irish sporting lives
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Irish sporting lives

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Irish sporting lives

About this book

Serial winners and glorious losers, heroes andvillains, trailblazing women, role models and rogues, all are here; so too are audacious sporting founders, enduring legends and forgotten or overlookedgreats. Through a selection of sixty lives from theDictionary of Irish Biography, this book celebrates thediversity of Irish sporting history.The Dictionary of IrishBiography is a project of theRoyal Irish Academy. It tellsthe island's life story throughthe biographies, at home andoverseas, of prominent menand women born in Ireland, north and south, and thenoteworthy Irish careers ofthose born outside Ireland.The online edition of theDictionary of Irish Biographynow features nearly 11, 000lives and continues to grow. dib.ie

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Information

Publisher
Royal Irish Academy
Year
2022
eBook ISBN
9781911479642
Edition
0
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Editors’ note
  6. Introduction by Paul Rouse
  7. Brede Arkless by Terry Clavin
  8. George Baillie by Helen Andrews
  9. George Best by Lawrence William White
  10. Harry Bradshaw by Jim Shanahan
  11. Mabel Cahill by Paul Rouse
  12. Johnny Carey by James Quinn
  13. Steve ‘Crusher’ Casey by Jim Shanahan
  14. Jack Charlton by Paul Rouse
  15. Nina Coote by Patrick M. Geoghegan
  16. Clara (‘Ma’) Copley by Miles Templeton
  17. Michael Cusack by James Quinn
  18. Beauchamp Day by Jim Shanahan and Terry Clavin
  19. Jack Dempsey by Lawrence William White
  20. Dan Donnelly by Paul Rouse
  21. Jack Doyle by Paul Rouse
  22. John Doyle by Terry Clavin
  23. Henry Dunlop by Turlough O’Riordan
  24. Joey Dunlop by Harry Havelin
  25. Shay Elliott by Paul Rouse
  26. Dick Fitzgerald by Marie Coleman
  27. Dave Gallaher by Turlough O’Riordan
  28. Philomena Garvey by Linde Lunney
  29. Mollie Gill by William Murphy
  30. Ken Goodall by Turlough O’Riordan
  31. Vere Goold by Tom Higgins
  32. Lady Mary Heath by Bridget Hourican
  33. Kevin Heffernan by Marc Duncan
  34. May Hezlet by John Rouse and Terry Clavin
  35. Alex (‘Hurricane’) Higgins by James Quinn
  36. Tom Horan by Turlough O’Riordan
  37. Moss Keane by James Quinn
  38. Iris Kellett by Terry Clavin
  39. Jack Kyle by Liam O’Callaghan
  40. John Fortune Lawrence by Turlough O’Riordan
  41. Elizabeth Le Blond by Carol A. Osborne
  42. Beatrice Hill-Lowe by Turlough O’Riordan
  43. Bill McCracken by Jim Shanahan
  44. Mike McTigue by Jim Shanahan
  45. Kay Mills by Mary Moran
  46. Tony Mullane by Lawrence William White
  47. Terry Mullen by Jim Shanahan
  48. Anne O’Brien by Helena Byrne
  49. Vincent O’Brien by P. Gerry McKenna
  50. Pat O’Callaghan by Paul Rouse
  51. Nannie Power O’Donoghue by Bridget Hourican
  52. Kevin O’Flanagan by Turlough O’Riordan
  53. Joan O’Reilly by Turlough O’Riordan
  54. Paddy Perry by Jim Shanahan
  55. Sean Purcell by Terry Clavin
  56. Nicky Rackard by Lawrence William White
  57. Christy Ring by John A. Murphy
  58. John Ryan by Terry Clavin
  59. Elisha Scott by Des McCabe
  60. Molly Seaton by Steve Bolton
  61. Martin Sheridan by Paul Rouse
  62. Jim Smith by Jim Shanahan and Terry Clavin
  63. Jim Stynes by Derek Barry
  64. Pat Taaffe by Des McCabe
  65. Fay Taylour by Niav Gallagher
  66. Sim Walton by Jim Shanahan
  67. Image credits
  68. Acknowledgements