
Irish sporting lives
Royal Irish Academy (Publisher)
Published on 15. November 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-1-911479-85-7 (ISBN)
Description
Serial winners and glorious losers, heroes and
villains, trailblazing women, role models and rogues,
all are here; so too are audacious sporting founders,
enduring legends and forgotten or overlooked
greats. Through a selection of sixty lives from the
Dictionary of Irish Biography, this book celebrates the
diversity of Irish sporting history.
The Dictionary of Irish
Biography is a project of the
Royal Irish Academy. It tells
the island's life story through
the biographies, at home and
overseas, of prominent men
and women born in Ireland,
north and south, and the
noteworthy Irish careers of
those born outside Ireland.
The online edition of the
Dictionary of Irish Biography
now features nearly 11,000
lives and continues to grow.
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villains, trailblazing women, role models and rogues,
all are here; so too are audacious sporting founders,
enduring legends and forgotten or overlooked
greats. Through a selection of sixty lives from the
Dictionary of Irish Biography, this book celebrates the
diversity of Irish sporting history.
The Dictionary of Irish
Biography is a project of the
Royal Irish Academy. It tells
the island's life story through
the biographies, at home and
overseas, of prominent men
and women born in Ireland,
north and south, and the
noteworthy Irish careers of
those born outside Ireland.
The online edition of the
Dictionary of Irish Biography
now features nearly 11,000
lives and continues to grow.
dib.ie
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Dublin
Ireland
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
60 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-911479-85-7 (9781911479857)
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TERRY CLAVIN is a historian who has published over four hundred biographies with the Dictionary of Irish Biography. He joined the project in 2006.
TURLOUGH O'RIORDAN is a historian and the online and digital editor of the Dictionary of Irish Biography. He has worked on the project for over two decades.
TURLOUGH O'RIORDAN is a historian and the online and digital editor of the Dictionary of Irish Biography. He has worked on the project for over two decades.