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Breheny, Martin; Keenan, Donal

 
9781399734653: Pulse of the Nation: GAA 140 Years - Rankings, Ratings, Tales and Drama
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1399734652 ISBN 13 : 9781399734653
Editeur : Hachette Books Ireland, 2024

Synopsis

THE GAA book of 2024 - covering 140 years of the agony and the ecstasy of Ireland's national games and their place at the heart of Irish life.

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À propos des auteurs

Martin Breheny has worked in sports journalism for 50 years and was the Irish Independent GAA Editor for 20 years before retiring from the full-time role in 2019. His weekly GAA column currently appears in the Irish Independent.

He co-wrote The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Gaelic Football and Hurling (2001) with Donal Keenan and collaborated in the autobiographies of several of the biggest names in GAA, including DJ - A Sporting Legend by DJ Carey (2013), Without a Shadow of a Doubt by Joe Kernan (2012), Cody by Brian Cody (2009), Blessed and Obsessed by Mick O'Dwyer (2007), Back to the Hill by John O'Leary (1997) and The Right to Win by Cyril Farrell (1994).

He has won many awards for his writing, including Sports Journalist of the Year in 2001, Sports Story of the Year in 2016 and the GAA McNamee Award in 1998. He was honoured with a GAA McNamee Hall of Fame Award in 2022.



Donal Keenan has worked in sports journalism since the 1980s. He was GAA Correspondent of the Irish Independent and the Sunday Times and was Chief Sports Writer for the Irish Daily Mail.

He has vast experience in writing sports books, having written the biography of Páidí Ó Sé, Páidí (2013); Beef or Salmon (2012); and Brothers in Sport GAA (2010); co-wrote The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Gaelic Football and Hurling (2001); wrote Teddy Boy, the autobiography of Teddy McCarthy (2012) and Babs, A Legend in Irish Sport with Michael Keating (1996).

A native of Roscommon, his father Donal won two All-Ireland championships in 1943 and 1944 and was President of the GAA from 1973 to 1976.

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Éditeur
Hachette Books Ireland
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1399734652
ISBN 13 
9781399734653
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
416
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Hachette Ireland
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