GAA BOOKS

Norman Freeman / Classic Hurling Matches: 1976-91 (Large Paperback)

 Hurling is one of the world's great field sports and this book is one of two titles which contain accounts of a selection of games from 1956 to 1991. This book reflects the variety of hurling itself...

Oisin McConville / The Gambler : Oisin McConville's Story (Large Paperback)

   As far as those who marvel at his sporting glories are concerned, Oisin McConville is a winner. His career has marked him out as one of the most gifted footballers of a generation. To date, he has...

Ollie Byrnes - Clare Hurling Voices 1910-2010 - PB

Large format paperback, published by the author in 2020.  The author interviewed a host of Clare residents about their own memories of playing at local or county level, with a host of photographs,...

Owen McCann - The Shell Book of the McCarthy Cup - PB - 1993

Published by Oisín Publications, 1993.  Covers the history of Senior Hurling Championship Finals up to 1992, discussions of each year, teams , with photographs throughout. 

Owen McCann / The Liam MacCarthy Cup (Hardback)

 First awarded in 1923, Sean Og O Ceallachain and Owen McCann survey every decade since then, recalling many of the most famous All-Ireland hurling finals:* The thunder and lightning final of 1939,...

Paddy Russell / Final Whistle: The Paddy Russell Story (Large Paperback)

Tipperary native Paddy Russell has been one of the leading referees in the GAA for the past 30 years. His story is a remarkable one, following his rise from humble beginnings to the pinnacle of two...

Padraic Maher / All on the Line (Large Paperback) Tipperary GAA

Padraic Maher is one of the greatest hurlers of his generation and an icon in his beloved Tipperary. Winner of three All-Ireland senior hurling medals and six All-Star awards, Maher was one of...

Pádraig O'Toole - The Glory and the Anguish - 1984 PB GAA History 1901-1929

A paperback first edition, 1984 of an uncommon book on the early years of the GAA, circa 1910-1925. The author, a native of Loughrea, was the grandson of the Secretary of the GAA from 1901-1929, Luke...

Pat Lynch - Clane's Golden Era : Gaelic Games 1985 - 2000 HB Kildare GAA

A hardback 1st edition history of Clane GAA, 1985-2000, by Pat Lynch - covering the County Kildare club. No ISBN, unpriced, hardcover with pictorial covers with titles in white to spine and front...

Pat O'Shea - Records of the Kerry County Senior Championship 1889-1998 : Face the Ball - HB

Hardcover, published by Kerry County Board 1998.  Previous owner's gift incription to blank front endpage. , compiled and edited by Pat O'Shea 

Pat Spillane / In The Blood : My life in and out of Football (Hardback)

Pat Spillane is one of the best-known sportspeople in Ireland. Selected for the GAA’s Team of the Millennium and winner of eight All-Ireland senior football medals, he is one of the greatest Gaelic...

Patrick Madden - History of Gaelic Games in Whitegate and Mountshannon 1825-1924

A larger format paperback, published 1984 ( as one of a host of GAA Centenary publications) for the East Clare parishes.  A huge volume of local testimonies ( many by those who were in their 80's and...

Paul Fitzpatrick / Charlie: The Story of Charlie Gallagher, the GAA's Lost Icon (Large Paperback)

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Paul Galvin / In My Own Words: The Autobiography (Large Paperback)

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Paul Healy / Gaelic Games and the Gaelic Athletic Association

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Paul Rouse -The Hurlers - The First All-Ireland Championship and the making of Modern Hurling - HB - 2018

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...

PJ Cunningham - GAA Grassroots : Stories From the Heart of the GAA Volume 1 - HB -2021

This collection dips into that vast reservoir of memories, tales and incidents of members from every county in the country and from across the great Gaelic diaspora. Grassroots : Stories From The...

Pj Cunningham / Grassroots : Stories From The Heart Of The GAA (Hardback)

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Ralph Riegel - Three Kings - Cork | Kilkenny | Tipperary : The Battle For Hurling Supremacy - HB

The old rivalries between these three counties are around as long as the GAA itself, and as hard-fought and intensely felt now as any time over the past hundred and twenty years.This book honours...

Ralph Riegel / Three Kings - Cork| Kilkenny| Tipperary (Hardback)

 The old rivalries between these three counties are around as long as the GAA itself, and as hard-fought and intensely felt now as any time over the past hundred and twenty years.This book honours...

Raymond Smith - Decades of Glory - PB - GAA 1st edition - 1966

A paperback first edition of an important work in the history of the GAA - Decades of Glory by Tipperary native and journalist, Raymond Smith. Published by Little and McClean , Dublin, 1966. Smith...

Raymond Smith - The Greatest Hurlers of our Time - PB 1990 GAA

Paperback, 1990, published by the author, one of the most prolific writers on GAA history , this sets ' the advance of the national game into the 1990's and to place in perspective the all time...

Roland Tormey / Summertime Blues : Dublin's Epic Journey to a Historic All-Ireland (Large Paperback)

 Told through the experiences of a Dublin Gaelic football fan and of a number of the players from the team of the early 1990s, "Summertime Blues" is the story of the long, hot dry summer of Dublin's...

Ronnie Bellew & Dermot Crowe - Hell For Leather : A Journey Through Hurling in 100 Games - HB - 2014

A hardcover , 2024 by Two Irish Independent sports writers, Ronnie Bellew and Dermot Crowe - Hell for Leather chronicles hurling's evolution from the fragile beginnings of the 1880's through to the...

Ronnie Bellew - GAA : The Glory Years - Hurling and Football 1991-2005 - HB

During the fifteen years from 1990 to 2005,  the GAA went through a renaissance. Despite the rising popularity of other sports, it revolutionised itself to take its place centre stage in the Irish...

Ronnie Bellew / GAA : The Glory Years - Hurling and Football 1991-2005 (Coffee Table Book)

During the past 15 years, the GAA has gone through a renaissance, taking center stage in the Irish sporting arena, enjoying a greater groundswell of support than ever before. In The Glory Years,...

Ronnie Bellew / GAA: The Glory Years of Hurling and Football

During the past 15 years, the GAA has gone through a renaissance, taking center stage in the Irish sporting arena, enjoying a greater groundswell of support than ever before. In The Glory Years,...

Rory Callan / The Little Book of GAA Quotations : Motivation Inspiration Determination

 From the start of the GAA in the 1890s right up to the present day it has been at the heart of communities throughout Ireland and had provided both local and national heroes. This collection of...

Rory O'Connor / The Rory's Stories Guide to the GAA (Hardback)

 Based on the popular Facebook page, which regularly reaches over 500,000 people, The Rory's Stories Guide to the GAA sends up a certain kind of lad obsessed with the GAA calendar, his local club and...

Seamus Maloney / The Sons of Sam : Ulster's Gaelic Football Greats (Coffee Table Book)

Published 2005   In 1933 Cavan were the first Ulster team to wrest the Sam Maguire Cup from the stranglehold that the southern counties had on the trophy. After five remarkable wins, the Breffni men...

Seamus McRory - The Voice From the Sideline : Famous GAA Managers - 1997

Paperback,  some minor creases to corners on back covers.  Follows the Gaelic football careers of some of the managers who have contributed to the development of the game in the 30 years up to...

Seamus McRory / The Road to Croke Park: Great GAA Personalities (Large Paperback)

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Sean Kelly - Rule 42 and All That - PB - BRAND NEW - GAA - Biography

From boyhood days in his local GAA field at Kilcummin, Co. Kerry, to the office of President of the GAA, Seán Kelly reflects on how he came to lead one of the most dramatic, debate-provoking changes...

Sean Kelly / Rule 42 and All That (Hardback) GAA

 From boyhood days in his local GAA field at Kilcummin, Co. Kerry, to the office of President of the GAA, Sean Kelly reflects on how he came to lead one of the most dramatic, debate-provoking changes...

Sean McGoldrick / I Remember it well - Biography Of Jimmy Magee (Large Paperback)

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Sean O'Sullivan / The Players' Advice: Tips and Tactics from GAA Stars (Large Paperback)

Do you play GAA?Do you feel there’s something missing from your game?Do you want to improve as a player and athlete?The Players' Advice is a compilation of guidance aimed at you, the player, to give...

Seán Óg Ó Ceallacháin - The Dubs : Dublin GAA Since the 1940's - HB

Hardcover, published by Gill & Macmillan , 2006.  Ó Ceallacháin was the long time host of the GAA sports results on RTE radio for many years, as well as being a dual code GAA player for Dublin...

Sean Og O Ceallachain / Giants of Gaelic Football

 Giants of Gaelic Football is a unique publication, the first of its kind, recalling and celebrating the careers of the finest players in the history of the game. Embracing great players from each of...

Sean Og O Ceallachain / Giants of Gaelic Football : 50 All-Time Greats (Hardback)

 Because of their successes, the premier football counties occupy a very prominent position in the book. Not forgotten, however, are the large numbers of great players who did their counties proud on...

Seán Óg Ó Ceallacháin- Seán Óg : His Own Story - PB - 1988

Published by Brophy Books, 1988. Seán Óg Ó Ceallacháin was an enduring voice of sport commentary on Irish radio and television. For over 3 deacdes, and following on from his father, he brought news...

Sean Óg Ó hAilpín / The Autobiography (Hardback)

Sean Og O hAilpin, the iconic hurler of his generation, tells his own story. Sean Og O hAilpin became synonymous with Cork hurling during a period when the Rebel County reached the highest of highs...

Sean Potts / Paidi: The Life of Gaelic Football Legend Paidi O Se (Large Paperback)

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Sean Potts / Voices from Croke Park

 Voices from Croke Park charts the journeys of 12 true greats of the Gaelic games, each of whom has helped shape the rich history of football and hurling. These are men who pursued glory in Ireland's...

Shane Curran / Cake (Large Paperback)

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Sportsfile & Damian Lawlor - Treaty Triumph - How Limerick's Young Hurlers Lifted the Liam MacCarthy Cup 2018 - PB

This 168 page book is a pictorial record of how Limerick's young hurlers captured the hearts of a county and lifted the Liam MacCarthy cup in 2018 - the first win since 1973. Treaty Triumph was...

Sportsfile - A Season of Sundays - 2000 - HB - GAA - Photography

The annual GAA photography yearbook, with the best of photography by Sportsfile . Kerry defeated Galway in the football final, while Kilkenny defeated Offaly in the hurling Section on the...

Sportsfile - A Season of Sundays - 2005 - HB - GAA - Photography

The 2005 annual A Season of Sundays, with the best in GAA photography from Sportsfile. Bump / crush to the lower corner of the covers, otherwise internally unmarked. the 9th issue of the series...

Sportsfile - A Season Of Sundays 2020 - GAA Photography - Yearbook - 2020 HB - Sport

This 192 page hardback coffee table book (300mm x 300mm) is a collection of images of the 2020 Gaelic Games year by the Sportsfile photographers. With text by Alan Milton, it is a record of the...

Sportsfile - A Season Of Sundays 2021 - GAA Photography - Yearbook - 2020 HB - Sport

This  hardback coffee table book (300mm x 300mm) is a collection of images of the 2021 Gaelic Games year by the Sportsfile photographers. With text by Alan Milton, it is a record of the season to be...

SPORTSFILE - Great Moments in Gaelic Football - HB -2016

 Fast, physical, athletic and driven by local and national rivalries, Gaelic football is a unique part of our heritage. Ray McManus and his team at Sportsfile are as passionate as all true sports...

Sportsfile - Great Moments in Hurling ( Updated Edition ) - BRAND NEW

New, updated edition, published in paperback. Hurling is unique to Ireland, and widely considered the fastest sport in the world. Fast, physical, athletic and driven by local and national rivalries,...

Sportsfile - Great Moments in Hurling ( Updated Edition 2023)

New, updated edition, published in paperback. Hurling is unique to Ireland, and widely considered the fastest sport in the world. Fast, physical, athletic and driven by local and national rivalries,...