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The Development of Sport in Donegal, 1880-1935
Conor Curran
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Description for The Development of Sport in Donegal, 1880-1935
Hardcover. The first comprehensive study of sport in Donegal throughout the period from 1880 until 1935. In assessing developments at a local and national level, it examines how structures for competitions and teams underwent a significant change within the county and throughout Ireland from the late Victorian period to the beginning of the Irish Free State. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; WSBX; WSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 241 x 33. Weight in Grams: 750.
During the nineteenth century sport underwent a revolution which was heavily influenced by the social and economic changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution in England. How this sporting 'revolution' affected the development of sport at a micro-level, in a peripheral Irish setting, has received only limited attention. Donegal, a rather isolated county lying in the north-west of Ireland, but at the time part of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, has thus far received little analysis. The development of Gaelic and association football will be given particular emphasis but cricket, hockey and rugby will also be explored in ... Read more
During the nineteenth century sport underwent a revolution which was heavily influenced by the social and economic changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution in England. How this sporting 'revolution' affected the development of sport at a micro-level, in a peripheral Irish setting, has received only limited attention. Donegal, a rather isolated county lying in the north-west of Ireland, but at the time part of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, has thus far received little analysis. The development of Gaelic and association football will be given particular emphasis but cricket, hockey and rugby will also be explored in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781782051206
SKU
9781782051206
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Ref
99-1
About Conor Curran
Conor Curran is currently engaged in a post-doctoral research scholarship on the migration of Irish footballers to Britain between 1945 until 2010.
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