Conor Murray

Rugby, Soccer and Irish Society

1921-1990

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 551g
• ISBN-13: 9781032650043
• ISBN-10: 1032650044
• Artikelnr.: 70149512

Autorenporträt

Conor Murray is Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University, Ireland. He was awarded a PhD by Dublin City University's Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in October 2022, and has previously contributed lectures in the history and sociology of sport at Ulster University, Northern Ireland.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Rugby and Soccer in Pre-Partition Ireland
2. Rugby
Soccer and the Partition of Ireland
3. International Soccer
1925-1978: Two Irelands
One Game
4. Rugby and its Ulster Question
1925-1985
5. The Social Class Base of Rugby in Ireland
1947-1988
6. The Social Class Base of Soccer in Ireland
1921-1988
7. Rugby
Soccer and the Economies of Ireland
1929-1980
8. Rugby
Soccer and Irish Urbanisation
9. Spectators
Officials and Violence
10. Television and Irish International Rugby and Soccer
11. Rugby
Soccer and Irish Identity(ies)
12. Conclusion: Extra Time