Gold, Silver and Green

by McCarthy, Kevin

• ISBN13: 9781859184585
• ISBN10: 1859184588
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-03-30
• Publisher: Cork Univ Pr

Summary

This book is the product of six years of research across Ireland, London, New York and Switzerland. It seeks to shed light on the half-known story of Irish involvement in the Olympic Games prior to independence. The research has unearthed a huge amount of information, most of it previously unpublished. Few people will have known that hurling and Gaelic football formed part of an Olympic Games, or that Ireland competed as a separate nation in events like bicycle polo and hockey long before independence.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. VII
The Olympic Games, 1896-1924	p. X
List of Abbreviations	p. XI
Introduction	p. 1
The Athens Olympics of 1896	p. 15
The Paris Games, 1900	p. 47
Irish-America and the 1904 Olympics	p. 75
St Louis - Ireland's Olympic Awakening	p. 103
The 1906 Intercalated Games	p. 133
London 1908 From an Irish Perspective	p. 167
1908 and the Triumph of Irish-America	p. 205
The 1912 Olympic Games at Stockholm	p. 239
The Antwerp to Games of 1920	p. 275
From Antwerp to Paris, 1920 - 24	p. 305
Conclusion	p. 321
A Note on Sources	p. 333
Appendix	p. 339
Notes	p. 351
Bibliography	p. 395
Index	p. 405
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