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Although codified versions of Gaelic sports have been played in the United States for well over a century, scholarly research on the Irish experience in America has overlooked the history and significance of the GAA there. This book redresses this neglect by uncovering the origins and subsequent development of these sports amongst the Irish diaspora in America. In particular, the book analyzes the socio-economic, psychological, political, and cultural import of Gaelic games in New York, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco, cities that were not only focal points of Irish immigration but were also the main centers of GAA activity in the US. ""Comprehensive and very readable (especially for being a scholarly work), Darby's book will interest both cultural historian and readers wanting to know more about Gaelic sports in America."" - Book News ... Read more

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Here's a collection of poems about points, pints, goals, blockdowns, yellow cards, fans, saves, cheers, fouls, boots, trains, crowds, captains, and managers. You'll also see referees that can't count, magic sponges, useless goalies, lucky half forwards, obsessive parents, supportive families, dream teams, wet Saturdays in February, sunny Sundays in September, rabbits chasing foxes, and a game of two halves in a sport that has been described as ""martial arts for Irish farmers."" The book also features some of the most memorable quotes in sporting history. ... Read more

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The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Gaelic Football & Hurling is a comprehensive, single-volume work on two of Ireland's most popular sports. They combine skill, athleticism and courage in a wonderfully exciting mix, arousing passions throughout the country and great rivalries between not just county teams, but the teams of each parish too. The GAA is the governing body and is based at Croke Park which hosts the finals of the All-Ireland Championships in both games each September. This book gives one of the best overviews of the two sports, explaining the rules, the development of each and looking at the players and managers who have made the sports the successes they are today. With thrilling descriptions of the great matches and accounts of all the key moments, The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Gaelic Football & Hurling contains everything of importance on Ireland's two greatest national sports. ... Read more

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Chapters: Derry Football Seasons, Derry Football Season 2008, Derry Football Season 2009, Derry Football Season 2007, Derry Football Season 2010. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 29. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:The following are the results and details of the Derry senior Gaelic football team's competitive games in 2007. Details of the 2007 Derry club competitions are also shown.Dr. McKenna Cup Derry were drawn in Section B of the 2007 Dr. McKenna Cup alongside Cavan , Tyrone and Queens University Belfast . Manager Paddy Crozier used the competition as a chance to give inter-county experience to some young promising players, alongside more experienced players. Derry lost to Cavan and Tyrone, before defeating QUB in their final group game. Derry McKenna Cup line-ups: Opposition: Derry team: Ref Group games 7 January 2007: Derry : Cavan : Celtic Park , Derry 14 January 2007 2.00pm: Derry : Tyrone : Healy Park , Omagh 21 January 2007: Derry : 1-10? 0-10? : Queens University Belfast (QUB) : Celtic Park , Derry Referee: R. Doone (Antrim ) Section B final standings Pos: Team: Pld: W: D: L: F: A: SD: Pts Pos = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Scores for; A = Scores against; SD = Score difference; Pts = Points.2 points are awarded for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a lost. The three section winners plus best runner up went though to the semi-finals (shaded in green).National Football League Derry competed in Division 1B of the 2007 Allianz National Football League .Group games Date: Home Team: Score: Away Team: Score: Venue: Report item February 4, 2007: Galway : 0-07: Derry: 0-12: Pearse Stadium , Galway : item February 11, 2007: Derry: 1-09: Westmeath : 3-10: Celtic Park , Derry : item February 25, 2007: Kildare : 0-10: Derry: 0-07: St. Conleth's Pa... ... Read more

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This book answers these questions and more: Who won four All-Ireland medals and six Leinster medals but never played in a final? Could you lift the Sam Maguire cup? Who scored a penalty and saved one in the same game? Which player won nine All-Star awards? How many players were on each team for the first All-Ireland football final in 1887? ... Read more

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Gaelic football is the most popular spectator sport in Ireland. Championship matches regularly attract crowds ranging from 35,000 to 65,000 people, depending on ground capacities. This is the first comprehensive history of the game to be published in modern times. The game was codified in the 1880s on the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association. Prior to that a series of local rough and tumbles, usually known by the generic name of Caid, had been played throughout Ireland. The new codified game, played with a round ball which could be both handled and kicked, contains elements of soccer, rugby and Australian Rules. At its best it provides a thrilling spectacle of high catching, long kicking and clever interpassing. Jack Mahon's history traces the rise and fall of different powers in the game over the last 115 years. The most consistent of all counties has been Kerry, which never failed to win at least one All-Ireland championship in every decade of the twentieth century and won the opening championship of the twenty-first. But teams from every part of the country have dominated at one time or another, and Jack Mahon's history deals impartially with them all.This fine history of Ireland's most popular game has already established itself as a definitive work. Other books by Jack Mahon Galway GAA in Old Photographs. ... Read more

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Gaelic footballers and their followers receive no payment, have no transfer system, and remain loyal to their home county as players or supporters. This is more than a sport o it is a subculture of its own: with songs, stories and ceremonies that are unique in the sporting world. In this fascinating book, Eoghan Corry describes: * The emergence of teams and players whose new tactics brought success as well as the rivalries, near misses and failures which entered the folklore of the game * How the early rule makers observed existing pastimes, prevalent in both urban and rural areas and turned them into an organised sport * How regional and international influences helped shape Gaelic football and how it has been changed by the games, players, innovators and officials in every decade since the GAA was founded in 1884. The History of Gaelic Football also outlines how the game became entangled in the politics of Ireland's independence movement, the internal debates and the organisational difficulties that have coloured the history of the sport.Tracing the course of the game as it weaves and bobs through political controversy, civil war, and the fast-changing Irish society since the 1950s, it shows how the development of techniques and tactics reflected wider trends in Irish society. It recounts the often hilarious incidents, the invading crowds, the crazy goals, the blind referees, the rough, the tough and the bizarre that all characterise Gaelic football everywhere it has been played, from Oxmantown Green in the 1700s to Melbourne Cricket ground in the twenty-first century. But above all it celebrates the players who brought entertainment, excitement and excellence, and enriched the lives of ordinary people through the length and breadth of the country. ... Read more

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This book is based on photographs of hurlers and footballers that the author has been clipping from newspapers since the 1940s. Working from this treasured collection, he followed up by visiting players and recording their memories. The great games and heroes, epic matches and star players who thrilled thousands from every decade of the GAA are recalled. The personal contributions of players and the recollections of those who knew them make fascinating reading for Gaelic games enthusiasts. ... Read more

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For the Record is the first detailed history of the second biggest competition in the GAA calendar, the National Football and Hurling Leagues. It describes all the National League finals in chronological order, from the inaugural finals in 1926 to the deciders of 2002, over 180 games. Many finals drew greater crowds than provincial finals. All 32 counties, plus New York, were involved in either a final or semi-final. 14 counties won football league finals, with Kerry holding the most, while Tipperary top a group of 10 in hurling. Each match report is followed by complete line-outs, over 5000 player names, including christian names. Over 80 team photographs have been unearthed to compliment the text and accompany lineouts. There have been some classic contests in the competition, perhaps none more so than the 1993 hurling league final between Cork and Wexford, when it took 210 minutes, three games, to decide the outcome. This story of stirring matches attempts to do justice to the great players who graced these games and is a worthy salute to their followers who travelled in their thousands. ... Read more

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