Gaelic Games, Nationalism and the Irish Diaspora in the United States

by Darby, Paul

• ISBN13: 9781906359232
• ISBN10: 1906359237
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-15
• Publisher: Univ College Dublin Pr

Summary

This book uncovers the origins and subsequent development of Gaelic sports amongst the Irish Diaspora in America.

Author Biography

Paul Darby is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Sports Studies at the University of Ulster (Jordanstown). He is author of Africa. Football and FIFA: Politics, Colonialism and Resistance (2002), and joint editor of Soccer and Disaster: International Perspectives (with Gavin Mellor and Martin Johnes) (2005) and Emigrant Players: Sport and the Irish Diaspora (with David Hassan) (2008).

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Crossing the bowl of tears: the Irish journey to America	p. 16
Sowing the seeds: the origins and early development of Gaelic games in America	p. 30
Patriots and players: the GAA and Irish nationalism in late nineteenth-century America	p. 54
Preserving Ireland's sporting heritage: Gaelic games in the United States from the turn of the century to the Great War	p. 68
Fluctuating fortunes: the GAA in America from the roaring twenties through the Great Depression	p. 85
Revival, 'Golden Age' and decline: Gaelic games in post-war America	p. 102
Lest we forget: Gaelic games and Irish-American nationalism, 1900-68	p. 129
Striving to survive: The North American County Board in the late twentieth century	p. 142
Ourselves alone: The New York GAA since 1970	p. 164
The GAA, Northern Ireland's 'Troubles' and Irish-American identity politics	p. 186
Conclusion	p. 206
Notes	p. 217
Bibliography	p. 230
Index	p. 246
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