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The Hurlers

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

The Hurlers

By Paul Rouse

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About the book

In 1882, a letter was published in the Irish Times, lamenting the decline of hurling. The game was now played only in a few isolated rural pockets, and according to no fixed set of rules. It would have been absurd to imagine that, within five years, an all-Ireland hurling championship would be underway, under the auspices of a powerful national organization.The Hurlers is a superbly readable account of that dramatic turn of events, of the colourful men who made it happen, and of the political in...Show more

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ISBN

9781844884391

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Published year

2018

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1

Original title

The Hurlers

Format

Hardcover

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