Blood, Sweat, Triumph and Tears: Tales from the GAA

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Blood, Sweat, Triumph and Tears: Tales from the GAA
Authors and Contributors      By (author) John Scally
Foreword by Ger Loughnane
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:296
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 153
Category/GenreSports and outdoor recreation
ISBN/Barcode 9781785300738
ClassificationsDewey:796.09415
Audience
General
Illustrations 8pp colour plate section

Publishing Details

Publisher Black and White Publishing
Imprint Black and White Publishing
Publication Date 20 October 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

p>Gaelic games are a key part of our everyday life. They're the focus of endless debate and speculation, set the mood of Monday's post-match workplace and dominate pub-talk. For many of us, life and death run second to major GAA events. Blood, Sweat, Triumph & Tears looks back at some of the best moments from the sporting nation's favourite soap opera. It pays homage to the great players and personalities in Gaelic football, hurling, ladies' football and camogie, and the classic victories and thrilling contests the Gaelic games have produced down the decades. Based on exclusive interviews with many of the greatest personalities in the rich history of the GAA and covering every county in Ireland, this is a unique insight into the passion and the politics, the controversies and the crises, the wisdom and the wit, and the highs and the lows of the country's greatest national treasure. Full of entertaining anecdotes, inspirational incidents and epic encounters, Blood, Sweat, Triumph & Tears captures the magic of the GAA. "A book to shorten the long winter nights for any GAA fan." Dermot Earley, Kildare legend

Author Biography

John Scally is a lecturer in Trinity College, but in his spare time is a writer and broadcaster. Since 1992 he has written 40 books with cumulative sales of over 150,000 copies. He is the author of the biggest selling GAA book in Ireland, Raising the Banner: The Biography of Ger Loughnane, and for a few years his biography of Tony Ward was the biggest selling rugby book in Ireland.