Blood And Thunder

Rigorously researched and incisively written … Blood and Thunder should be on every team bus. – John O’Donnell * Irish Times *Excellent … O’Callaghan willingly challenges any hyperbole about the sport’s appeal here just as he keenly seeks to identify and explain some of the wonders of that reach – Kieran Shannon * Irish Examiner *I really enjoyed it – Ken EarlyThe whole book is a delight – Ciarán MurphyO’Callaghan’s history of Irish rugby is a superb excavation of the place of that sport in Irish life – Paul Rouse * Irish Examiner *Entertaining and informative – Michael Taylor * TLS *Excellent * Sunday Times *

Liam O’Callaghan, a native of Limerick, is a social historian at Liverpool Hope University. He specializes in the social history of modern Ireland, with a focus on sport. He is the author of Rugby in Munster- A Social and Cultural History.