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The Hurlersis a superbly readable account of that dramatic turn of events, of the colourful men who made it happen, and of the political intrigues and violent rows that marked the early years of the GAA. From the very start, republican and ecclesiastical interests jockeyed for control, along with a small core of enthusiasts who were just in it for the sport. In this authoritative and seriously entertaning book, Paul Rouse shows how sport, culture and politics swirled together in a heady, often chaotic mix.
Fascinating ... a brilliantly researched book on hurling in the early years of the GAA Martin Breheny,Irish Independent
I heartily recommend it. Great picture of the emergence of modern Ireland amidst sport, nationalism, priests and assorted crazy hotheads ... Brilliant stuff Dara Briain
A story of pioneerism, passion, intrigue, skulduggery and commitment ... a must read for the many sports, and particularly hurling, supporters and admirers in todays version of IrelandIrish Times
Brilliantly entertaining ... not just the gripping account of that first championship, but also of how the game of hurling itself was saved in the 1880s from what seemed certain extinctionSunday Independent
Terrific Kieran Shannon,Irish Examiner
Cant recommend this enough. Amazing detail, brilliant story telling, full sweep of Irish life in the 1880s and all the seeds and fault lines of GAA life today brought to life Ger Gilroy
A brilliant piece of work Matt Cooper
Both a sports and a history book, full of wonderful stories from a different time, with tales of passion, skullduggery and controversy, played out against the backdrop of what could be described as a civil war within the GAA and a land war that threatened to rip the country apartRT Culture
Fascinating Frank McNally,Irish Times
A page turner that continues to deliver chapter after chapter ...The Hurlersis a must readLimerick Leader
A superbly readable account ... an authoritative and seriously entertaining bookIrelands Own
The perfect read for a brilliant hurling year Caitriona Lally,Irish Independent Top Books of 2018
A vital look into the early years of the GAA and a perfect gift for both sport and history lovers Mark Gallagher,Mail on Sunday Books of 2018
Marries forensic historical research of the cultural and political contexts for the emergence of modern hurling with a polished style and storytelling ability that is rare among historians Diarmaid Ferriter,Irish Times Books of 2018
Flows along far more merrily and lightly than any history book has a right to and is especially enlightening when it comes to drawing the founding fathers Michael Cusack and Maurice Davin Malachy Clerkin,Irish Times, Sports Books of 2018
Marvellous ... the definitive account of this remarkable period when hurling came to lifeClonmel Nationalist
Brilliant Kenny Archer,Irish News
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Penguin Ireland is part of the Penguin Random House group of companies whose addresses can be found at global.penguinrandomhouse.com
First published 2018
Copyright Paul Rouse, 2018
The moral right of the author has been asserted
Jacket image courtesy of the late Seamus Riain
ISBN: 978-1-844-88440-7
. Michael Cusack, father of modern hurling, was an avid cricketer and rugby player before turning against everything foreign and iniquitous in Irish sport. He is pictured here in the front row, with a big, bushy beard with the Phoenix Rugby Club during the 18812 season.
. Minutes of the second meeting of the Dublin Hurling Club, held on 3 January 1883.
. The closest thing to hurling in the capital in the early 1880s was a game called hurley. The Dublin University Hurley Club is pictured here in 1879. Hurley players were present at the first meetings of the Dublin Hurling Club, but the graft didnt take, in part because Cusack referred to them as civilised eunuchs.
. An illustration from a March 1884 issue of the London-based Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, depicting hurling skills and match situations. The artist was probably observing the Metropolitan Hurling Club, founded in Dublin in 1883; Tom Molohan and Michael Cusack are shown, as captain and president.
. Ballinasloe Fair Green, where the hurlers of Killimor, in East Galway, played a match against the Metropolitan Hurling Club in April 1884 arguably the first significant hurling match of the modern era.
. Maurice Davin rower, boxer, cricketer and athletics star pictured in 1878. Davin was Michael Cusacks key partner in the founding of the GAA, and remained an admired figure through the power struggles of the associations early years.
. Michael Cusack schoolmaster, journalist, and Irish-language and hurling revivalist photographed with his trademark blackthorn stick and working boots. He was acutely conscious of his appearance and, somewhat to the GAAs detriment, quick to take offence.
. Hayes Hotel, where the GAA was founded on 1 November 1884.
. A depiction of hurling at Inchicore, in Dublin, with insets featuring two key elements of the early GAA: its patron, Archbishop Thomas Croke, and What Dr Croke fears hurlers getting drunk after a match.
. John Boyle OReilly, a Fenian who shared Cusacks obsession with the idea that the British had taken hurling away from the Irish in order to unman and degrade them. Boyle OReilly ended up in Boston, where hurling was played under GAA rules as early as 1886; teams in that city competed for a trophy named after him.
. J. K. Bracken Fenian, stonemason and key figure in Tipperary hurling.
. Three hurlers and a dog, from the 18859 minute book of Dublin club Faugh-a-Ballaghs.
. P. N. Fitzgerald, the Fenian who chaired the GAAs annual convention in November 1887, at which the IRB seized firm control of the association.
. The hurlers and other athletes who toured the United States in 1888, in what became known in the GAA as the American Invasion. Intended as a money-spinner, the tour lost money, and twenty of the original fifty-one tourists remained in the States. The history of this championship is a most disgraceful one
Sport, 5 April 1888
For Cit, ilis and Joe
Forty-two men stand in military formation on the roadway outside William Cunninghams hotel in the middle of Birr, a small town in the south of Kings County. It is a cold, fine afternoon. At the head of the formation stand three Fenians, members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood: a revolutionary society dedicated to the overthrow of British rule and the establishment of an Irish republic. The one giving the orders is James Lynam, said to be a veteran of the American Civil War; he is now one of the chief Fenian organizers in Galway. The others are Andrew Callanan and Hugh Ryan, who regularly feature in police Special Branch reports of subversive activity across Co. Tipperary. All three were in Hayes Hotel, in Thurles, five months ago, when one of their colleagues fired a shot in over the head of Michael Cusack, the founder of the Gaelic Athletic Association. They were also involved when the following days GAA annual convention descended into a brawl between Republicans and priests.
The forty-two men arrayed behind Lynam, Callanan and Ryan are hurlers. They represent the two clubs Meelick, from East Galway, and Thurles, from Co. Tipperary that have come to Birr to play in the first-ever All-Ireland hurling final. They stand in parallel lines in front of the hotel. The Thurles men are carrying their hurleys upright against their shoulders like long rifles. Their jerseys are green, with a little galaxy of stars around the centre. The Meelick men are also wearing green jerseys, but with a large white stripe running across the middle; and on their heads are green knitted caps with tassels. The hurlers still have on their everyday boots, though these will later mostly be discarded: many of the players will compete barefooted.
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