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Local Heroes - A Celebration of Sligo Sport

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ISBN: 9781786051790
AuthorGray, Jim
Pub Date20/10/2022
BindingPaperback
Pages360
CountryIRL
Dewey
Publisher: Orpen Press
Quick overview Local Heroes: A Celebra.on of Sligo Sport features more than sixty essays across 15 separate sports, illuminatng a vast array of events, personalises and glorious victories which have punctuated the county’s rich sportng history. With a foreword by former RTE journalist and Sligo natve Tommie Gorman, the book casts a new spotlight on the county’s big occasions at iconic venues, but there’s also a deep dive into the local cauldron of sportng actvity, highlightng events and characters who could only be found in a dedicated Sligo book.
€22.99

From the Olympic Games to the Aintree Grand National; from the world’s major golf tournaments to the Premier League – Sligo’s fingerprints are to be found across a galaxy of spectacular sporting achievements. Now, in the most comprehensive collection of Sligo sports stars ever assembled, award-winning local journalists Jim and Leo Gray tell the gripping stories behind the headlines.

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From the Olympic Games to the Aintree Grand National; from the world’s major golf tournaments to the Premier League – Sligo’s fingerprints are to be found across a galaxy of spectacular sporting achievements. Now, in the most comprehensive collection of Sligo sports stars ever assembled, award-winning local journalists Jim and Leo Gray tell the gripping stories behind the headlines.

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