Blood And Thunder
Rugby and Irish Life: A History
$86.28
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
4 October 2024
Summary
Liam O’Callaghan’s revelatory Blood and Thunder shows that the rise of Irish rugby is inextricable from the tensions, debates and divisions – of politics, religion and class – that have defined modern Irish history.
Despite the political partition of the island, Ireland competes at rugby internationally with an all-island team – and with a bespoke anthem that nobody loves but everyone tolerates. Ireland has become a leading rugby nation despite its tiny population and the fac…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844886616 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844886611 |
| Author: | Liam O’Callaghan |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Sandycove |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 4 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 544g |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 161mm x 241mm |
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Critics Review
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 Early
The whole book is a delight – Ciarán Murphy
O’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
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.
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