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. dib.ie
About the Author
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.
Book Information
ISBN 9781911479857
Author Terry Clavin
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Royal Irish Academy
Publisher Royal Irish Academy
About the Author
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.
Book Information
ISBN 9781911479857
Author Terry Clavin
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Royal Irish Academy
Publisher Royal Irish Academy
