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This Is the Life: A Book
Download the book This Is the Life pdf, written by author Ciarán Murphy and published by Sandycove on October 31, 2023, in PDF and ePUB formats, comprising 256 pages.
| Title: | This Is the Life |
| Author: | Ciarán Murphy |
| Publication: | Sandycove |
| Publication date: | 31 October 2023 |
| Total Pages: | 256 |
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| Language: | English |
About the book
The GAA is Ireland’s largest civil society organization, woven into the fabric of families and communities – and yet most books about Gaelic games focus on the greatest players and inter-county teams. This is the Life is a book about the 99 percent: a witty and provocative look at grassroots GAA from the most intelligent and interesting Gaelic games pundit at work today. Ciarán Murphy – of Second Captains and the Irish Times – has an unmatched feel for the timeless elements of this world and a finger on the pulse of change. He looks at the plight of rural clubs that are losing their players to the cities – and he does so not only as a journalist but as a footballer who made the same move himself (and who once, flying home to play a club match, found himself alone on the plane with Jedward). He writes about working as an assistant in the clothing shop owned by the family of Jarlath Fallon – who was both Ciaran’s all-time sporting hero and the local postman. And he looks at things we usually prefer not to talk about, like the role of social class in the GAA. This is the Life is a book about the places the GAA comes from, the places it can take a person, and the things that make a local club worth fighting for.
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