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Classic Hurling Matches: 1956-75
Norman Freeman
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Paperback. 8vo .Illustrated. First edition.The Gaelic Athletic Association is an Irish amateur sporting and cultural organisation.It promotes traditional Irish sports including hurling ,gaelic football camogie and handball.
Hurling is one of the world's great field sports and this book is one of two titles which contain accounts of a selection of games from 1956 to 1991. This book reflects the variety of hurling itself. Some, like the Tipperary-Cork Munster Final of 1987, were simply examples of hurling at its exuberant and skilful best. Others, like the 1973 Limerick-Tipperary Munster Final, or the 1981 Offaly-Galway All-Ireland Final, were heroic victories of underdogs against the odds. Others, like the 1956 Wexford-Cork All-Ireland Final with which this book opens, are forever associated with a few players: in this case, the ... Read more
Hurling is one of the world's great field sports and this book is one of two titles which contain accounts of a selection of games from 1956 to 1991. This book reflects the variety of hurling itself. Some, like the Tipperary-Cork Munster Final of 1987, were simply examples of hurling at its exuberant and skilful best. Others, like the 1973 Limerick-Tipperary Munster Final, or the 1981 Offaly-Galway All-Ireland Final, were heroic victories of underdogs against the odds. Others, like the 1956 Wexford-Cork All-Ireland Final with which this book opens, are forever associated with a few players: in this case, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9780717120307
SKU
KEX0307939
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