Sport and Ireland

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Sport and Ireland is written by Paul Rouse and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0191808687 (ISBN 10) and 9780191808685 (ISBN 13).

This history of sport in Ireland, locates it within Irish political, social, and cultural history, and within the global history of sport. There are aspects of Ireland's sporting history that are uniquely Irish, but it is a history of play shared with other societies, near and far. This book offers a unique insight into the British Empire in Ireland; it also assesses the relationship between sport and national identity, and the manner in which states make policy in respect of sport. The manner in which sport has been colonised by the media and has colonised it, in turn, is also examined.