The Hurlers

by Paul Rouse

Book Overview

In 1882, a letter was published in the Irish Times , lamenting the decline of hurling. The game was now played only in a few isolated rural pockets, and according to no fixed set of rules. It would have been absurd to imagine that, within five years, an all-Ireland hurling championship would be underway, under the auspices of a powerful national organization. The Hurlers is a superbly readable account of that dramatic turn of events, of the colorful...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844884392
• ISBN13: 9781844884391
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Penguin Ireland
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"