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A Social and Cultural History of Sport in Ireland

Author : David Hassan,Richard McElligott
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781317326472

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A Social and Cultural History of Sport in Ireland by David Hassan,Richard McElligott Pdf

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 identity of a nation. During this so-called ‘Decade of Centenaries’ in Ireland (2014 to 2024) recently there has been an exponential growth in interest and academic research on Ireland’s sporting heritage. This collection of chapters, contributed by some of Ireland’s most preeminent sport and social historians, showcases the richness and complexity of Ireland’s sporting legacy. Articles on topics as diverse as the role of native Gaelic games in emphasising the emerging cultural nationalism of pre-Revolutionary Ireland, the contribution of Irish rugby to the broader British war effort in World War 1, the emergence of Irish soccer on the international stage, and the long running battle to gain official recognition within international athletics for an independent Irish state, are presented. This work’s intention is to illustrate some of the latest and most vibrant research being conducted on Irish sports history. This book was published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

Sport and Ireland

Author : Paul Rouse
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198745907

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Sport and Ireland by Paul Rouse Pdf

This history of sport in Ireland, locates it within Irish political, social, and cultural history, and within the global history of sport. There are aspects of Ireland's sporting history that are uniquely Irish, but it is a history of play shared with other societies, near and far. This book offers a unique insight into the British Empire in Ireland; it also assesses the relationship between sport and national identity, and the manner in which states make policy in respect of sport. The manner in which sport has been colonised by the media and has colonised it, in turn, is also examined.

Rugby, Soccer and Irish Society

Author : Conor Murray
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781040044216

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Rugby, Soccer and Irish Society by Conor Murray Pdf

This book is the first academic all-island history of either rugby union or association football, two of the three most popular male sporting pastimes in Ireland, across the seven decades that followed the political partition of that country between 1920 and 1922. It moves beyond the occasionally simplistic explanations of the development of Irish sport that have focused on political and sectarian divisions, and goes deeper into the social, cultural and geographical dynamics of the island of Ireland to explain why certain people have played certain games in certain places. Drawing on historical and archival sources as well as cutting-edge geographical information systems, the book brings to life the spatial trends in each game’s administrative development and geographical distribution, that have not normally been a feature of many previous histories of Irish sport. The book also examines first-and-second-hand accounts of athletes and administrators involved in rugby and football during that period, to explore what it meant to represent a province or country at these crucial moments in Irish history and compares the Irish experience of both sports with experiences in other comparable countries. Shining important new light on the interactions between Irish rugby and football and the political, social, economic and cultural trends of Ireland in the twentieth century, this book is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in the history of sport, Ireland or the UK.

A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Industry

Author : Mike Huggins
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350283084

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A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Industry covers the period 1800 to 1920. Over this period, sport become increasingly global, some sports were radically altered, sports clubs proliferated, and new team games - such as baseball, basketball and the various forms of football - were created, codified, commercialized, and professionalized. Yet this was also an age of cultural and political tensions, when issues around the role of women, social class, ethnicity and race, imperial relationships, nation-building, and amateur and professional approaches were all shaping sport. At the same time, increasing urbanization, population, real wages and leisure time drove demand for sport ever higher, and the institutionalization and regulation of sport accelerated. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Sport presents the first comprehensive history from classical antiquity to today, covering all forms and aspects of sport and its ever-changing social, cultural, political, and economic context and impact. The themes covered in each volume are the purpose of sport; sporting time and sporting space; products, training and technology; rules and order; conflict and accommodation; inclusion, exclusion and segregation; minds, bodies and identities; representation. Mike Huggins is Emeritus Professor at the University of Cumbria, UK. Volume 5 in the Cultural History of Sport set General Editors: Wray Vamplew, Mark Dyreson, and John McClelland

Numbers and Narratives

Author : Wray Vamplew
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781351797474

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Numbers and Narratives by Wray Vamplew Pdf

This volume argues for a more quantitative, economic and theoretical approach to sports history. The author notes that sport can have peculiar economics as in no other industry do rival businesses have to cooperate to produce a sellable output. He also demonstrates, via a case study of early gate-money football in Scotland, that sports producers were not always seeking profits, and often put winning games and trophies ahead of making money. Another analysis examines how industrialisation affected sport, how sport became an industry in its own right and how the workplace became a major provider of sports facilities. A look at third sector economics highlights how the popularity of football provided an ideal vehicle for charity fundraising. The book observes that most sports participants are amateurs but at the elite level the paid player has a key role, and this is assessed through case studies of the jockey and the golf professional. Finally, the author discusses and evaluates various theories relating to the historical development of the sports club. This book was originally published as a special issue of Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics.

The History of Physical Culture in Ireland

Author : Conor Heffernan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030637279

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The History of Physical Culture in Ireland by Conor Heffernan Pdf

This book is the first to deal with physical culture in an Irish context, covering educational, martial and recreational histories. Deemed by many to be a precursor to the modern interest in health and gym cultures, physical culture was a late nineteenth and early twentieth century interest in personal health which spanned national and transnational histories. It encompassed gymnasiums, homes, classrooms, depots and military barracks. Prior to this work, physical culture’s emergence in Ireland has not received thorough academic attention. Addressing issues of gender, childhood, nationalism, and commerce, this book is unique within an Irish context in studying an Irish manifestation of a global phenomenon. Tracing four decades of Irish history, the work also examines the influence of foreign fitness entrepreneurs in Ireland and contrasts them with their Irish counterparts.

Youth Sport, Migration and Culture

Author : Max Mauro
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781351205214

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Youth Sport, Migration and Culture by Max Mauro Pdf

How do migrant youth negotiate their role in society through sport and leisure practices? How can political theory and qualitative critical research work together to make sense of these processes? These are among the questions that led to a long-term investigation of young males’ sport practices in Ireland, possibly the most fertile contemporary setting for the analysis of questions of sport and identity. Youth Sport, Migration and Culture emphasises the epistemological and ethical urgency of doing research with rather than on young people. Engaging with the social changes in Irish society through the eyes of children of immigrants growing up in Ireland, the book looks closely at young people’s leisure practices in multi-ethnic contexts, and at issues of inclusion in relation to public discourses around ‘national identity’ and immigration. Offering compelling analysis of how ideas of race and racism are elaborated through sport, this book is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in the sociology of sport, sport development or youth culture.

No Foreign Game

Author : James Quinn
Publisher : Merrion Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781785374746

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From its earliest days, association football was seen not just as a contest between individuals and teams, but also between nations and peoples. The Irish national team was among the first in the world to participate in international competition in the early 1880s, but not everyone accepted it as a truly national entity. Sport in Ireland was disputed ground in a manner that was not the case elsewhere – even the term ‘football’ itself was a contested one. But soccer followers generally found no contradiction between their sporting and national loyalties, and the game found an important niche in Irish life, supported by many leading nationalists, from James Connolly to John Hume. This book provides a unique window into the history of Ireland and Britain, with keen insights into the making of national, regional, sectarian, class and gender identities that crystallised around Irish soccer. Taking the story from the 1870s up to the present, it examines the domestic as well the international game in Ireland, North and South, and sets both in a richly detailed historical and cultural context. It also examines the experience of Irish communities in England and Scotland, and the ways in which the game affected their relationship with their host societies. Carefully weaving together political, social, cultural and sporting history, No Foreign Game tells a story not just of division and conflict, but also one of solidarity and celebration, and in doing so it breaks new ground in the history of Irish sport.

Constructions of the Irish Child in the Independence Period, 1910-1940

Author : Ciara Boylan,Ciara Gallagher
Publisher : Springer
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9783319928227

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Constructions of the Irish Child in the Independence Period, 1910-1940 by Ciara Boylan,Ciara Gallagher Pdf

This volume explores how Irish children were ‘constructed’ by various actors including the state, youth organisations, authors and publishers in the period before and after Ireland gained independence in 1922. It examines the broad variety of ways in which the Irish child was constructed through social and cultural activities like education, sport, youth organizations, and cultural production such as literature, toys, and clothes, covering themes ranging from gender, religion and social class, to the broader politics of identity, citizenship, and nation-building. A variety of ideals and ideologies, some of them conflicting, competed to inform how children were constructed by the adults who looked on them as embodying the future of the nation. Contributors ask fundamental questions about how children were constructed as part of the idealisation of the state before its formation, and the consolidation of the state after its foundation.

Gaelic Games in Society

Author : John Connolly,Paddy Dolan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9783030316990

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Gaelic Games in Society by John Connolly,Paddy Dolan Pdf

In this book John Connolly and Paddy Dolan illustrate and explain developments in Gaelic games, the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), and Irish society over the course of the last 150 years. The main themes in the book include: advances in the threshold of repugnance towards violence in the playing of Gaelic games, changes in the structure of spectator violence, diminishing displays of superiority towards the competing sports of soccer and rugby, the tension between decentralising and centralising processes, the movement in the balance between amateurism and professionalism, changes in the power balance between ‘elite’ players and administrators, and the difficulties in developing a new hybrid sport. The authors also explain how these developments were connected to various social processes including changes in the structure of Irish society and in the social habitus of people in Ireland.

Rugby in Munster

Author : Liam O'Callaghan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 1782053646

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Covering the period from the game's origins in Ireland in the 1870s through to the onset of professional rugby in the twenty-first century, this book seeks to examine Munster rugby within the context of broader social, cultural and political trends in Irish society. As well as providing a thorough chronological survey of the game's development, key themes such as violence, masculinity, class and politics are subject to more detailed treatment. Since the turn of the twenty-first century rugby football in Munster has seen extraordinary growth in terms of popularity and cultural significance. The Munster rugby team in particular has become a hugely important provincial institution through which regional identity has been expressed on the international stage. This book will detail and analyse the game's evolution in Munster from its origins in the 1870s through to the dawn of the professional era in the 2000s. Focusing mainly on the game's two centres of popularity in Limerick and Cork cities, this book will display how contrary to popular myth, rugby football rarely expressed any kind of unitary, coherent identity throughout the province. The game was centred on clubs and was highly adaptable to local conditions throughout its history. In addition, the often fractious internal politics of the game within the province, reflecting the game's contrasting social development in Limerick and Cork, will also be discussed. Drawing on the unpublished records of the game's provincial and national administrative bodies and a comprehensive survey of the provincial press, this book will show how one sport served multifarious roles in terms of class, culture and politics in Munster.

Sport, the Media and Ireland

Author : Neil O'Boyle,Marcus Free
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Mass media and sports
ISBN : 1782053956

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Sport, the Media and Ireland by Neil O'Boyle,Marcus Free Pdf

"Sport occupies a central position in Irish social and cultural life, yet still a relatively marginal position within the academy. While significant research has been undertaken by individual scholars, and various important books have been published - such as Rouse's Sport and Ireland; Cronin et al.'s The GAA: A People's History; and, more recently, Curran's Irish Soccer Migrants - there are currently no collections or monographs devoted to the interrelationship of sport, media and the cultural industries in Ireland - a gap we hope the present collection of essays will redress. The title of this collection places the 'interrelationships' of these domains at the heart of our analysis. As humanities and social sciences scholars interested in popular culture and social history, we argue that sport offers an invaluable lens with which to examine change and continuity in Irish life. As editors of this book, our intention has not been to impose a uniform point of view on what aspects of sport in Ireland are worthy of investigation, or to be prescriptive about what constitutes 'media'. Rather, chapters document a variety of approaches and viewpoints on the subject. In addition to examining the current 'state of play' of sports research in Ireland, our intention is that this book will become as a key resource for future scholarship"--

Leisure and the Irish in the Nineteenth Century

Author : Leeann Lane,William Murphy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781381823

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Leisure and the Irish in the Nineteenth Century by Leeann Lane,William Murphy Pdf

"It has often been argued that 'modern' leisure was born in the period from the mid-nineteenth century to the outbreak of World War One. Then, it has been suggested, that if leisure was not 'invented' its forms and meanings changed. Despite the recent expansion of the literature on Irish popular cultures - perhaps most strikingly sport - the conceptions, purposes, and practical manifestations of leisure among the Irish during this critical period have yet to receive the attention they deserve. This collection represents an attempt to address this. In twelve essays that explore vibrant expressions of associational culture, the emergence of new leisure spaces, literary manifestations and representations of leisure, the pleasures and purposes of travel, and the leisure pursuits of elite women the collection offers a variety of perspectives on the volume's theme. As becomes apparent in these studies, all manner of activity, from music to football, reading to dining, travel to photography, dancing to dining, visiting to cycling, child's play to fighting and attitudes to these were shaped not just by the drive to pleasure but by ideas of class, respectability, improvement and social control as well as political, social, educational, medical and religious ideologies." --

A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Industry

Author : Mike Huggins
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350283077

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A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Industry by Mike Huggins Pdf

A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Industry covers the period 1800 to 1920. Over this period, sport become increasingly global, some sports were radically altered, sports clubs proliferated, and new team games - such as baseball, basketball and the various forms of football - were created, codified, commercialized, and professionalized. Yet this was also an age of cultural and political tensions, when issues around the role of women, social class, ethnicity and race, imperial relationships, nation-building, and amateur and professional approaches were all shaping sport. At the same time, increasing urbanization, population, real wages and leisure time drove demand for sport ever higher, and the institutionalization and regulation of sport accelerated. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Sport presents the first comprehensive history from classical antiquity to today, covering all forms and aspects of sport and its ever-changing social, cultural, political, and economic context and impact. The themes covered in each volume are the purpose of sport; sporting time and sporting space; products, training and technology; rules and order; conflict and accommodation; inclusion, exclusion and segregation; minds, bodies and identities; representation. Mike Huggins is Emeritus Professor at the University of Cumbria, UK. Volume 5 in the Cultural History of Sport set General Editors: Wray Vamplew, Mark Dyreson, and John McClelland

The GAA and Revolution in Ireland 1913–1923

Author : Gearoid Ó Tuathaigh
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781848895102

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The GAA and Revolution in Ireland 1913–1923 by Gearoid Ó Tuathaigh Pdf

The decade between the labour conflict (the 'Lockout') of 1913 and the end of the Civil War in 1923 was one of seismic upheaval. How the GAA – a major sporting and national body – both influenced and was influenced by this upheaval is a rich and multifaceted story. Leading writers in the field of modern Irish history and the history of sport explore the impact on 'ordinary' life of major events. They examine the effect of the First World War, the 1916 Rising and its aftermath, the emergence of nationalist Sinn Féin and its triumph over the Irish Parliamentary Party, as well as the War of Independence (1919–21) and the bitter Civil War (1922–23). This is an original and engrossing perspective through the lens of a sporting organisation. Contributors: Eoghan Corry, Mike Cronin, Paul Darby, Páraic Duffy, Diarmaid Ferriter, Dónal McAnallen, James McConnel, Richard McElligott, Cormac Moore, Seán Moran, Ross O'Carroll, Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh, Mark Reynolds, Paul Rouse