Football, be it Gaelic, rugby, or soccer is unquestionably the most popular team sport in Ireland. Surprisingly, the modern codes of Gaelic, Rugby, and Assocati

This book assesses association football’s history and development in Ireland from the late 1870s until the early twenty-first century. It focuses on four key

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

Association football has consistently been the most popular sport in Ireland at whatever level it is played, amateur or professional. But the game itself has un

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