Irish sporting lives

Serial winners and glorious losers, heroes andvillains, trailblazing women, role models and rogues,all are here; so too are audacious sporting founders,enduring legends and forgotten or overlookedgreats. Through a selection of sixty lives from theDictionary of Irish Biography, this book celebrates thediversity of Irish sporting history.The Dictionary of IrishBiography is a project of theRoyal Irish Academy. It tellsthe island's life story throughthe biographies, at home andoverseas, of prominent menand women born in Ireland,north and south, and thenoteworthy Irish careers ofthose born outside Ireland.The online edition of theDictionary of Irish Biographynow features nearly 11,000lives and continues to grow. dib.ie

Détails du produit

• Collaboration: Terry Clavin (Editeur), Turlough O’Riordan (Editeur), Turlough O’Riordan (Editeur), Turlough OâEUR(TM)Riordan (Editeur), Turlough O'Riordan (Editeur)
• Edition: Royal Irish Academy
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.12.2022
• EAN: 9781911479857
• ISBN: 978-1-911479-85-7
• Pages: 416
• Dimensions: 190 mm x 129 mm x 37 mm
• Poids: 374 g
• Thème: Irish Lives - Dictionary of Irish Biography
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits) > Correspondance, journaux intimes; Littérature spécialisée > Politique, société, économie > Biographies, autobiographies