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9780415464918

Emigrant Players: Sport and the Irish Diaspora

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415464918

  • ISBN10:

    0415464919

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-09-04
  • Publisher: Routledge

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This book analyses how the Irish aptitude and ebullience for sport has manifested itself abroad in countries with large Irish communities. Tracing how some clung to the traditions of the Old Country; it also considers how involvement in sports enabled ymigrys to adapt to new locales.

Table of Contents

Locating Sport in the Study of the Irish Diasporap. 1
The Irish Diaspora and Gaelic Sport
Gaelic Games, Ethnic Identity and Irish Nationalism in New York City c.1880-1917p. 15
Enacting Irish Identity in Western Australia: Performances from the Dressing Roomp. 36
The Role of Gaelic Games in the lives of the Irish Diaspora in Europep. 53
The "Temporary Diaspora" at Play: The Development of Gaelic Games in British Universitiesp. 70
Becoming Irlandes: Hurling and Irish Identity in Argentinap. 93
Gaelic Sport, Soccer and Irishness in Scotlandp. 107
The Irish Diaspora and Global Sport
Wearing the Baggie Green: the Irish and Australian Cricketp. 125
Tales from the Fifth Green Field: The Psychodynamics of Migration, Masculinity and National Identity amongst Republic of Ireland Soccer Supporters in Englandp. 144
The Fighting Irish of Toronto: Sport and Irish Catholic Identity at St. Michael's College, 1906-1916p. 163
Hibernian Football Club: The Forgotten Irish?p. 182
Indexp. 205
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