Gaelic Games, Nationalism and the Irish Diaspora in the United States
by Darby, PaulFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-03-15
Publisher(s): Univ College Dublin Pr
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Summary
This book uncovers the origins and subsequent development of Gaelic sports amongst the Irish Diaspora in America.
Author Biography
Paul Darby is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Sports Studies at the University of Ulster (Jordanstown). He is author of Africa. Football and FIFA: Politics, Colonialism and Resistance (2002), and joint editor of Soccer and Disaster: International Perspectives (with Gavin Mellor and Martin Johnes) (2005) and Emigrant Players: Sport and the Irish Diaspora (with David Hassan) (2008).
Table of Contents
| List of Illustrations | p. vii |
| Preface | p. ix |
| Abbreviations | p. xv |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Crossing the bowl of tears: the Irish journey to America | p. 16 |
| Sowing the seeds: the origins and early development of Gaelic games in America | p. 30 |
| Patriots and players: the GAA and Irish nationalism in late nineteenth-century America | p. 54 |
| Preserving Ireland's sporting heritage: Gaelic games in the United States from the turn of the century to the Great War | p. 68 |
| Fluctuating fortunes: the GAA in America from the roaring twenties through the Great Depression | p. 85 |
| Revival, 'Golden Age' and decline: Gaelic games in post-war America | p. 102 |
| Lest we forget: Gaelic games and Irish-American nationalism, 1900-68 | p. 129 |
| Striving to survive: The North American County Board in the late twentieth century | p. 142 |
| Ourselves alone: The New York GAA since 1970 | p. 164 |
| The GAA, Northern Ireland's 'Troubles' and Irish-American identity politics | p. 186 |
| Conclusion | p. 206 |
| Notes | p. 217 |
| Bibliography | p. 230 |
| Index | p. 246 |
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