Gaa and the War of Independence

The story of the Gaelic Athletic Association's position in Ireland's struggle for nationhood, from the author of "The Twelve Apostles".

About the author

Tim Pat Coogan is Ireland's best-known historical writer. His 1990 biography of Michael Collins rekindled interest in Collins and his era. He is also the author of The IRA, Long Fellow, Long Shadow, 1916: The Mornings After and The Twelve Apostles.

Summary

The stirring story of the GAA and the role it played in Ireland's fight for nationhood.

Foreword

The stirring story of the GAA and the role it played in Ireland's fight for nationhood.

Additional text

In The GAA and the War of Independence there is little room for doubt. The book knows what it is for, and knows who it is against. It asks few questions, and even fewer to which it doesn't already have an answer' Irish Times.

Product details

• Authors: Tim Pat Coogan, Coogan Tim Pat
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781786697035
• ISBN: 978-1-78669-703-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social & cultural history, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Ireland, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, Non Fiction, 1916–1922 (Irish Revolutionary period)