There was a time when DJ Carey didnt need a surname. The star player of a Kilkenny hurling team that dominated the sport for a decade, he had a rare, natural talent that led his county to five All Ireland titles and won him nine All Stars. DJ wasnt j...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-Sep-2025, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Black & White Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781785308604)
This book tells the stories of some great GAA locations and the people linked with them.It includes obvious places like Croke Park, the Polo Grounds, Hayess Hotel, Biddy Earlys lake, the family, to less obvious places like, Fiji, East Belfast, Elli...Loe edasi...
The GAA has always been about more than sport. Its the pulse of Irish communities - a shared language of identity, belonging and pride. But today, as the Association finds itself at a crossroads, urgent questions arise. Is the GAA still a grassroo...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 25-Jun-2025, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: The O'Brien Press, ISBN-13: 9781788496315)
Do you play GAA Do you feel theres something missing from your game Do you want to improve as a player and athlete The Players Advice is a compilation of guidance aimed at you, the player, to give you the tools and disciplines to improve and excel...Loe edasi...
"e;Sweeneys prose is on fire. A blistering book that readers will relish enormously."e; MICHAEL HARDING"e;A cracking read ... a championship season as redemption song."e; MICHAEL CLIFFORD"e;All the tension of a tight knockout enc...Loe edasi...
Invaluable . . . A whistle-stop tour down through the ages Jarlath Burns, GAA PresidentThe ultimate book to celebrate 140 years of Irelands greatest sporting and cultural institution - The GAA.Pulse of the Nation is a celebration of the GAAs 140...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 12-Sep-2024, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Black & White Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781785306310)
As we mark the 140th anniversary of the founding of the GAA, this book is a celebration of the greatest treasure in its long and illustrious history: its people. In a fast-changing world, the GAA has given us a fixed point in our lives and Gaelic gam...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-Oct-2023, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Black & White Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781785304866)
This delightful book will be enjoyed and cherished by GAA fans old and young. - Dermot EarleyGaelic Games have a unique capacity to lift the spirits but they also have created many extraordinary moments. In the GAA world the truth is stranger than fi...Loe edasi...
Pat Spillane is one of the best-known sportspeople in Ireland. Selected for the GAAs Team of the Millennium and winner of eight All-Ireland senior football medals, he is one of the greatest Gaelic footballers ever. Yet that isnt half of the Spillan...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-May-2023, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Little, Brown Book Group, ISBN-13: 9780349439297)
An epic and unforgettable love story begins in Saving 6, the third book in the international bestselling and TikTok-phenomenon The Boys of Tommen series, from Chloe Walsh. The power and pain of first love has never been more deeply felt than in Chl...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-May-2023, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Little, Brown Book Group, ISBN-13: 9780349439310)
An epic and unforgettable love story continues in Redeeming 6, the fourth book in the international bestselling and TikTok-phenomenon The Boys of Tommen series, from Chloe Walsh. The power and pain of first love has never been more deeply felt than...Loe edasi...
A book which will very soon be acknowledged as a classic of Irish sportswriting Ciar n MurphyWhat is it like to be female in a male-dominated sporting world? If you play with the boys, more people pay attention - but you get treated like an alien....Loe edasi...
The road to Croke Park can be a long one. For Leitrim hurler Zak Moradi, it was an odyssey. Born at the height of the Gulf War, Zak spent his formative years living in a refugee camp in Ramadi, Iraq, under the oppressive regime of Saddam Hussein. E...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 13-Oct-2022, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Black & White Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781785304163)
101 Great GAA Controversies is a collection of fascinating accounts from the field with appearances from some famous and infamous personalities, like Joe Brolly, Ger Loughnane, Pat Spillane and Babs Keating. With stories from the last 130 years, it i...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 29-Sep-2022, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Black & White Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781785304125)
This is the incredible story of how the GAA and its people managed to weather the coronavirus pandemic and re-emerge to fight another day. On St Patricks Day 2020, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced that Ireland was locking down. Our lives, purpose an...Loe edasi...
They are the chosen few who have drunk from the chalice of immortality. They are the men and women who have been part of the 101 GREAT GAA TEAMS.For GAA fans, our great teams bring colour and richness to our lives. When our team is on a winning strea...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 13-Jul-2021, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9781400832439)
What can possibly account for the strange state of affairs in professional sports today? There are billionaire owners and millionaire players, but both groups are constantly squabbling over money. Many pro teams appear to be virtual "e;cash machi...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 13-Jul-2021, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9781400832439)
What can possibly account for the strange state of affairs in professional sports today? There are billionaire owners and millionaire players, but both groups are constantly squabbling over money. Many pro teams appear to be virtual "e;cash machi...Loe edasi...
'Who are we ''Ballymarra! Ballymarra!' everyone shouted loudly. Thirteen-year-old Anna loves Gaelic football, and she's good: focused, skilled and strong. But then everything changes; after a terrible loss, Anna and her f...Loe edasi...
Fans always answer in the affirmative when their team asks: Will you still love me tomorrow? However, for many GAA fans it is their rivalries that guide them and define them. This unique book celebrates the age-old rivalries that have energised and e...Loe edasi...
