Ireland and its inhabitants have often been described as being
'sports mad'. As a relatively small geographical entity, Ireland,
north and south, has produced a disproportionately high number of
world class sports men and women who have excelled at the highest
levels of their chosen sport. The significance of sport in Ireland
though extends far beyond the achievements of such individuals.
Sport has historically assumed a centrality in the lives of the
island's inhabitants, a fact that can be measured by the numbers
and commitment of participants as well as the emotional and
financial investment of fans. This book seeks to address the ways
in which Irish aptitude and ebullience for sport has manifested
itself in those parts of the world that have or have had relatively
large Irish communities. The first part of the book explores the
diffusion of Gaelic games to a number of centres of Irish
immigration and examines the social, economic, political and
psychological impact that these games had in helping the Diaspora
adjust to life in what were often inhospitable environs. The second
part of the book extends the analysis by examining the contribution
of Irish sports men and women to the sports culture that they
encountered in their new homes and assessing the ways in which
their involvement in these sports allowed them to come to terms
with and make their way in their new locales. This book was
previously published as a special issue of the journal, Sport in
Society
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