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Serial winners and glorious losers, heroes andvillains, trailblazing women, role models and rogues,all are here; so too are audacious sporting founders,enduring legends and forgotten or overlookedgreats. Through a selection of sixty lives from theDictionary of Irish Biography, this book celebrates thediversity of Irish sporting history. The Dictionary of IrishBiography is a project of theRoyal Irish Academy. It tellsthe island's life story throughthe biographies, at home andoverseas, of prominent menand women born in Ireland,north and south, and thenoteworthy Irish careers ofthose born outside Ireland. The online edition of theDictionary of Irish Biographynow features nearly 11,000lives and continues to grow. dib.ie

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Publié par	Royal Irish Academy
Date de parution	15 novembre 2022
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781911479642
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Irish Sporting Lives
EDITED BY Terry Clavin AND Turlough O Riordan
Irish sporting lives First published 2022 Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2 www.ria.ie
The biographies in this book are selected from the Royal Irish Academy s Dictionary of Irish Biography ( Royal Irish Academy 2009, 2018; published by Cambridge University Press, reproduced with permission), a comprehensive, scholarly biographical reference work for Ireland, treating the lives of persons from the earliest times to the present day, and encompassing every sphere of human activity. Access to the online version of the Dictionary is freely available at www.dib.ie
ISBN 978-1-911479-85-7 (PB) ISBN 978-1-911479-63-5 (pdf) ISBN 978-1-911479-64-2 (epub)
All rights reserved. The material in this publication is protected by copyright law. Except as may be permitted by law, no part of the material may be reproduced (including by storage in a retrieval system) or transmitted in any form or by any means; adapted; rented or lent without the written permission of the copyright owners or a licence permitting restricted copying in Ireland issued by the Irish Copyright Licensing Agency CLG, 63 Patrick Street, D n Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, A96 WF25.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
Copyeditor and project manager: Helena King
Book design by Fidelma Slattery
Index: Lisa Scholey
Printed in the UK by Clays
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A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER
We want to try to offset the environmental impacts of carbon produced during the production of our books and journals. For the production of our books this year we will plant 45 trees with Easy Treesie. The Easy Treesie - Crann Project organises children to plant trees. Crann - Trees for Ireland is a membership-based, non-profit, registered charity (CHY13698) uniting people with a love of trees. It was formed in 1986 by Jan Alexander, with the aim of Releafing Ireland . Its mission is to enhance the environment of Ireland through planting, promoting, protecting and increasing awareness about trees and woodlands.
TERRY CLAVIN is a historian who has published over four hundred biographies with the Dictionary of Irish Biography . He joined the project in 2006.
TURLOUGH O RIORDAN is a historian and the online and digital editor of the Dictionary of Irish Biography . He has worked on the project for over two decades.
The Dictionary of Irish Biography is a project of the Royal Irish Academy. It tells the island s life story through the biographies, at home and overseas, of prominent women and men born in Ireland, north and south, and the noteworthy Irish careers of those born outside Ireland. The online edition of the Dictionary of Irish Biography now features nearly 11,000 lives and continues to grow.
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Contents
Editors note
Introduction by Paul Rouse
B REDE A RKLESS by Terry Clavin
G EORGE B AILLIE by Helen Andrews
G EORGE B EST by Lawrence William White
H ARRY B RADSHAW by Jim Shanahan
M ABEL C AHILL by Paul Rouse
J OHNNY C AREY by James Quinn
S TEVE C RUSHER C ASEY by Jim Shanahan
J ACK C HARLTON by Paul Rouse
N INA C OOTE by Patrick M. Geoghegan
C LARA ( M A ) C OPLEY by Miles Templeton
M ICHAEL C USACK by James Quinn
B EAUCHAMP D AY by Jim Shanahan and Terry Clavin
J ACK D EMPSEY by Lawrence William White
D AN D ONNELLY by Paul Rouse
J ACK D OYLE by Paul Rouse
J OHN D OYLE by Terry Clavin
H ENRY D UNLOP by Turlough O Riordan
J OEY D UNLOP by Harry Havelin
S HAY E LLIOTT by Paul Rouse
D ICK F ITZGERALD by Marie Coleman
D AVE G ALLAHER by Turlough O Riordan
P HILOMENA G ARVEY by Linde Lunney
M OLLIE G ILL by William Murphy
K EN G OODALL by Turlough O Riordan
V ERE G OOLD by Tom Higgins
L ADY M ARY H EATH by Bridget Hourican
K EVIN H EFFERNAN by Marc Duncan
M AY H EZLET by John Rouse and Terry Clavin
A LEX ( H URRICANE ) H IGGINS by James Quinn
T OM H ORAN by Turlough O Riordan
M OSS K EANE by James Quinn
I RIS K ELLETT by Terry Clavin
J ACK K YLE by Liam O Callaghan
J OHN F ORTUNE L AWRENCE by Turlough O Riordan
E LIZABETH L E B LOND by Carol A. Osborne
B EATRICE H ILL -L OWE by Turlough O Riordan
B ILL M C C RACKEN by Jim Shanahan
M IKE M C T IGUE by Jim Shanahan
K AY M ILLS by Mary Moran
T ONY M ULLANE by Lawrence William White
T ERRY M ULLEN by Jim Shanahan
A NNE O B RIEN by Helena Byrne
V INCENT O B RIEN by P. Gerry McKenna
P AT O C ALLAGHAN by Paul Rouse
N ANNIE P OWER O D ONOGHUE by Bridget Hourican
K EVIN O F LANAGAN by Turlough O Riordan
J OAN O R EILLY by Turlough O Riordan
P ADDY P ERRY by Jim Shanahan
S EAN P URCELL by Terry Clavin
N ICKY R ACKARD by Lawrence William White
C HRISTY R ING by John A. Murphy
J OHN R YAN by Terry Clavin
E LISHA S COTT by Des McCabe
M OLLY S EATON by Steve Bolton
M ARTIN S HERIDAN by Paul Rouse
J IM S MITH by Jim Shanahan and Terry Clavin
J IM S TYNES by Derek Barry
P AT T AAFFE by Des McCabe
F AY T AYLOUR by Niav Gallagher
S IM W ALTON by Jim Shanahan
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Acknowledgements
Editors note
We have selected 60 sporting lives from the over 540 people active in the sporting realm who feature in the Royal Irish Academy s Dictionary of Irish Biography ( DIB ). Aside from household names such as George Best, Jack Kyle, Christy Ring, Lady Heath, Vincent O Brien, Alex Higgins and Jack Charlton, the volume will also inform readers about less well-known but equally fascinating figures. These include the only Wimbledon tennis finalist ever convicted of murder, New Zealand s most revered rugby captain and an athlete who won nine Olympic medals for the USA.
Certain lives included here are abridged versions of those originally published in the DIB ; in most cases this was to reduce the non-sporting aspects of the biography. Others have been expanded or rewritten to reflect both recently published research and the widespread digitisation of newspapers. Finally, six new entries have been prepared especially for this volume (Brede Arkless, Jack Charlton, Ma Copley, Mollie Gill, Anne O Brien and Molly Seaton) and two existing entries (Elizabeth Le Blond and Dave Gallaher) have been completely rewritten.
First and foremost, subjects eligible for inclusion in this volume must have died. As a result, some of Ireland s most famous sports names such as Roy Keane, Katie Taylor, Brian O Driscoll and Sonia O Sullivan do not feature here. That aside, persons eligible for inclusion also must be born in Ireland with careers in Ireland (like Christy Ring), born in Ireland with careers outside Ireland (like George Best) or born outside Ireland with careers in Ireland (like Jack Charlton). In the last case, the biography focuses on the Irish career, even though the non-Irish career may also be of significance. An exception to our general rule is made for Brede Arkless, who had a non-Irish career but was raised in Ireland and whose birth abroad was entirely fortuitous.
Our selection aims at capturing the different eras and range of sporting experience contained within the DIB . The earliest life dates from the early nineteenth century, with most being concentrated from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. There are relatively few from the late twentieth century onwards because most sports stars from this era are still alive. The main sports-Gaelic games, soccer, rugby, athletics, horse racing and boxing- are well represented, but so too are minority sports such as croquet, cricket, tennis and hockey. Formerly popular sports such as fox hunting, archery and handball feature, while the presence of Australian Rules Football and baseball highlights the importance of the Irish diaspora. The all-rounder , Kevin O Flanagan, who was a soccer and rugby international, as well as an athlete of note, represents a type that was once common in Irish sporting life.
Thirty per cent of our subjects are women, which provides a positive gender balance bearing in mind how women were discouraged from participating in most sporting activities until relatively recently. With interest in women s sports now on the rise in Ireland, some of the women selected may in time attain a greater prominence as early trailblazers. Perhaps this volume can play a small part in this process. In the light of a surge in research into women s sports history, the editors commissioned five new entries (Brede Arkless, Ma Copley, Mollie Gill, Anne O Brien and Molly Seaton) on women subjects specifically for this volume. The entry on Molly Seaton was only made possible by the publication of new research on her as recently as September 2020. The women featured are referred to by the surname by which they are most commonly known.
We have included lives of organisers, promoters and trainers, such as the world-renowned racehorse trainer Vincent O Brien, the Gaelic Athletic Association s founder Michael Cusack, the prolific golf course designer George Baillie and the much-loved boxing promoter Ma Copley, none of whom engaged physically in sport at an elite level. The same is true for Henry Dunlop and John Fortune Lawrence, who both played pivotal roles in the establishment of sporting infrastructure and competition in Victorian Ireland. Others like Iris Kellett, Jack Charlton, Mollie Gill and Kevin Heffernan enjoyed considerable success as direct participants in sport but were as noteworthy for their careers as trainers or organisers.
Our featured sportswomen and sportsmen were not necessarily chosen for being the best or the most successful at their sport, though there are plenty of those: Jack Dempsey, Kay Mills, Christy Ring, Vincent O Brien, Dave Gallaher, May Hezlet and Martin Sheridan to name but a few. In selecting entries, we aimed primarily to provide readers with material that is informative and enga