This book tells the story of Irish Horse Fairs beginning 3,000 years ago with The Great Fair at the Triennial Conference on the Hill of Tara in 1200BC. It is brought to life by over 300 of the Author’s Photos, and covers the author’s personal memories as a child growing up in County Galway of Ballinasloe Fair, and in recent years attending Cahermee, Smithfield, Barthlemy, Aughrim, Banagher, Maam Cross, and Spancil Hill still held today in towns around Ireland.
Thomond Park is not just a magnificent stadium. It is also full of tradition, emotion, memories, and a magnificent sense of fair play and good humour. Here its history is traced in a colourful and entertaining style, highlighting great games played and great characters who graced the arena.
Based on the popular Facebook page, which regularly reaches over 500,000 people, The Rory’s Stories Guide to the GAA sends up a certain kind of lad obsessed with the GAA calendar, his local club and county team above everything else.
Ronan O'Gara is one of the greatest sportsmen Ireland has ever produced. This title presents the story of a rugby player at the top of his game, of a life lived to the full, and of a passionate and proud representative of the people of Cork and Ireland.
An account of an ordinary young man, a GAA star, who found a way to move past the dark thoughts that beset his mind during his worst days, and who discovered that the only way out of the darkness is to ask for help.
A popular and successful footballer, manager and now pundit and media personality, Peter Reid reveals all about his successes and failures in the game, from his humble beginnings growing up on Merseyside to reaching the highest level with club and country.
How Sean Kelly and Stephen Roche, two young men from Ireland, a cycling backwater, emerged from obscure beginnings to dominate professional cycling in the 1980s. Contains exclusive new interviews. Publication coincides with the 30th anniversary of Stephen Roche's golden year, when he won the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and World Championships.