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SportHistoryIreland

@SportHisIre

Sport History Ireland is a society set up to encourage academic and popular study of the history of sport and sporting organisations in Ireland.

Joined June 2013
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Cormac Moore@cormacmoore9 Aug 2019
As part of @HeritageWeek and based on a chapter of my upcoming book, Birth of the Border: The Impact of Partition in Ireland, I will be giving a talk on the impact of partition on sports in Ireland at Marino Library at 6:30pm on Monday, 19th August. tinyurl.com/yy55wqqq
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Sounds like a great event for #NationalHeritageWeek by @museumofCP featuring @RichardMcELL talking sport, children and nationalism in pre-indepence Ireland!
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Great event this Sunday @royalmarine for @museumofCP as part of #NationalHeritageWeek organised by @EmmaOToole2 I'll be sharing a stage with the brill Marnie Hay and @SarahAnneBuckle and discussing the history of sport, children and Irish nationalism @SportHisIre #twitterstorians
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Dr. Katie Liston@kliston1416 Aug 2019
Interested in sport and society in partition-era Ireland? Panel discussion Sep 17th Belfast by @corrymeela funded @SEUPB featuring football, Gaelic games and athletics, by Dr Neal Garnham, Dr Donal McAnallen and myself. For more info and to register visit corrymeela.org/events/186/pl…
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Fascinating new article in @IrishStudiesRev by @RichardMcELL looking at Irish nationalist appropriation of children's sport in late 19thC and early 20thC. Free copy can be accessed at tandfonline.com/eprint/5z9AN… #Sportshistory #irishhistory
Richard McElligott (@RichardMcELL) profile pictureRichard McElligott@RichardMcELL12 Mar 2019
Delighted my article exploring how Irish nationalists utilised children’s sport for their political and cultural campaigns between 1880-1920 is being published in @IrishStudiesRev @BAIrishStudies People can access a free copy tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… #Irishstudies #Irishhistory

“Boys indifferent to the manly sports of their race”: nationalism and children’s sport in Ireland,...

The late nineteenth century saw Irish children being exposed to formal sport in an unprecedented fashion. This era coincided with Ireland’s so-called Gaelic Revival and the emergence of a virulent ...

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Happy New Year to all, FYI check out this wonderful funded PhD opportunity in Irish Sports History based @UlsterUni under @kliston14 which will explore: Sports-Related Concussion: A Socio-Historical Analysis. Full details below: ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcollege…
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Dr. Katie Liston@kliston1414 Jan 2019
Pls RT. Opportunity for funded socio-historical doctoral research on #concussion in sport? See bit.ly/2T1WGo9 for further info. Closing date 18 February
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Brilliant afternoon of sports history yesterday as part of @HistFest @DCLAReadingRoom thanks to @cormacmoore @WillMurphy8 @L_Blaney @RichardMcELL and all the other great speakers!
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The GAA and the Great War is the subject of @RichardMcELL at @DCLAReadingRoom @HistFest
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What promises to be a great afternoon of sports history is taking place this Saturday @dubcilib Pearse St as part of @HistFest featuring talks by @RichardMcELL @cormacmoore @WillMurphy8 @L_Blaney and many more. Its free and full details are below: dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/e…
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A brilliant piece of the island's sporting history taken for the @NatTreasuresIRL @NMIreland Paddy Bonner's Belfast Celtic jersey and a great blog on it by @RichardMcELL nationaltreasures.ie/blog/be…
Some great blogs by the @NatTreasuresIRL curators @RTE_Culture including @RichardMcELL fascinating insight into Ireland's Tailteann Games, the largest sporting event in the world in 1924! rte.ie/culture/2018/0327/950…

National Treasures - creating a people's history of Ireland

Dr Richard McElligot, one of the curators of the National Treasures project, introduces the series (which premieres on RTÉ this April) and talks about his passion for those moments where 'Irish sport...

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An important part of the history of @officialgaa that shouldn't be forgotten: irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-…

From Gaelic fields to poppy fields: the GAA’s hidden part in the Great War

The legion of GAA men who left for the Western Front have remained invisible until now

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Great to see Ireland's sporting history being prominent during @NatTreasuresIRL @RTE programme the last few weeks and great to see our former chairman @RichardMcELL so heavily involved! There's fascinating sporting objects in their digital archive: nationaltreasures.ie/
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National Treasures@NatTreasuresIRL14 Mar 2018
We are delighted to launch a new blog exploring the history around some of the objects received by @NatTreasuresIRL. First up, our sports curator @RichardMcELL explores the fascinating links between sport, politics and identity. Read it here: nationaltreasures.ie/blog/ta…
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The launch of Tom Hunt's, The Little Book of Irish Athletics, takes place @TheBookCentres Waterford, Friday, 8 December @6:30pm It promises to be essential reading for anyone with an interest in the history of Irish athletics at national and international level.
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DCLA Reading Room@DCLAReadingRoom5 Dec 2017
Delighted to be adding new material to our sports archive & seeing more & more researchers engage with sports & leisure history. #histsport @Playing_Pasts @SportHisIre @dccsportsrec xitter.gq/dubcilib/status/938012…
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@dubcilib5 Dec 2017
The Irish Ramblers Club Archive is the newest addition to Dublin City Sports Archive @DCLAReadingRoom dublincity.ie/story/irish-ra…
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DCLA Reading Room@DCLAReadingRoom16 Nov 2017
Our Dublin City Sports Archive founded in 2010 continues to exand each year & to promote the collections we have two FREE events as part of #explorearchives 2017, relating to footballer Patrick O'Connell & Irish Ramblers Club Archive
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Richard McElligott@RichardMcELL22 Oct 2017
Paddy O'Shaughnessy of Westmeath, the only man to ever win a county Camoige final! @NatTreasuresIRL #Belfastroadshow
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Richard McElligott@RichardMcELL26 Sep 2017
One of the best books, never mind sportsbooks I've read in a long time. Wonderful and very emotional, well done Donal @PenguinRandomIE
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Just a reminder for our upcoming conference this Saturday @UlsterUni Conference schedule is as follows:
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Dr. Katie Liston@kliston1422 Aug 2017
Schedule for upcoming @SportHisIre conference Sep 22nd hosted by @UlsterSchSport goo.gl/k8FDus Event is free. Pls circulate/RT
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