Amazing how many books have been written about Kerry's losing All Irelands!!! ;)

TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 15/11/2014 11:18:00    1672435

Kings of September has to be the best of them Hermit. Even you would have to admit it's a great book.

Another great read, very Kerry-related, by an author who has taken a massive fall in people's opinions, rightly so. Dublin v Kerry by Tom Humphries,

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7370 - 15/11/2014 12:48:30    1672446

TheHermit
County: Kerry
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Seeing as Christmas is hurtling towards us now, judging by telly adds anyway, was just wondering about people's thoughts about any good books on the GAA that people might be thinking of picking up for themselves/others for Christmas.

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I always put a GAA book on my Christmas wishlist. This year it is;
Over the Bar: A Personal Relationship with the GAA by Breandán Ó hEithir,

Related to Kerry football. A few years ago my uncle gave me Princes of Pigskin: A Century of Kerry Football. There's alot of reading in it.

mikeyjoe (USA) - Posts: 415 - 15/11/2014 13:25:54    1672448

I think I might get forging a kingdom by Richard macelligot I hear it's a very interesting book, has any1 else read it?

KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 17/11/2014 13:31:09    1672822

The best GAA books I have read were the GAA and Douglas Hyde and a year with the Waterford footballers. Reall good.

bennybunny (Cork) - Posts: 3917 - 17/11/2014 13:40:35    1672824

Kings of September has to be the best of them Hermit. Even you would have to admit it's a great book.

Another great read, very Kerry-related, by an author who has taken a massive fall in people's opinions, rightly so. Dublin v Kerry by Tom Humphries,

I heard Kings of September was good alright Red and Green, I must pick it up sometime. Yes in my humble opinion Dublin v Kerry was one of the best books ever written on the GAA. Humphries was such a fine writer and sports journalist, but understandably he is a person non grata now.

Princes of Pigskin: A Century of Kerry Football, is also a magnificent publication for anyone interested in the lives of some of the greatest players ever to play the game, its a pity they don't think of doing a more national version.

TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 17/11/2014 14:14:39    1672836

Half way trough CAKE and its a good read, calls it the way it is as you would expect, off the wall in a few places but worth the read

giveballaghback (Roscommon) - Posts: 296 - 17/11/2014 21:31:47    1672949

Bought Anthony Dalys yesterday.100 pages in,and its a good read.

cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 18/11/2014 11:06:37    1672986

TheHermit
County: Kerry
Posts: 312

1672836 Kings of September has to be the best of them Hermit. Even you would have to admit it's a great book.

Another great read, very Kerry-related, by an author who has taken a massive fall in people's opinions, rightly so. Dublin v Kerry by Tom Humphries,

I heard Kings of September was good alright Red and Green, I must pick it up sometime. Yes in my humble opinion Dublin v Kerry was one of the best books ever written on the GAA. Humphries was such a fine writer and sports journalist, but understandably he is a person non grata now.

Princes of Pigskin: A Century of Kerry Football, is also a magnificent publication for anyone interested in the lives of some of the greatest players ever to play the game, its a pity they don't think of doing a more national version.
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I own all 3 of those books, and can recommend all of them. Princes of Pigskin should be a must-own for any Kerry fan, and any neutral with an interest in the history of Kerry football. If I had to chose only one of the 3 to hang onto, it would be Princes of Pigskin.

Thomas Clarke (Tyrone) - Posts: 1002 - 18/11/2014 11:51:12    1673002

'Snufalufagus - My road to becoming a Laochra Gael'

I release it every year at this time. A great nylon stocking filler for the missus!

Regards,

Snufalufagus....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 18/11/2014 14:01:12    1673045

Have you added any chapters this year Snufalufagus? Updated version like...

TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 18/11/2014 15:11:26    1673070

cuederocket

Bought Anthony Dalys yesterday.100 pages in,and its a good read.

Agree a very good read

arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4898 - 24/11/2014 09:29:28    1674472

Liam dunnes is a great honest read...heffos last year ok also

curnew (Wicklow) - Posts: 449 - 24/11/2014 15:06:19    1674578

The Hermit, I read O'Dwyer and Cody's books and now it makes sense. If I had known they were ghost written by Martin Breheny I wouldn't have bothered reading them. Maybe really successful people are dull.

I liked The Club by Christy O'Connor, another good book was The Managers by Daire Whelan. lar's was surprsisingly ok, Cusask's was fine, Duignan's was only ok.

Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 24/11/2014 16:44:05    1674619

This is being picky but if he's lied about this what else is bs, so I'm reading Paul Galvins book and I'm on the part were kerry play Dublin in '04 quarter final champo game and he starts going on about how kerry where out on the field after half time and the Dubs weren't and the Hill started singing coybib and in his head he started singing it in his had and that's how he embraced playing Dublin and how it drove him on to play better and so on but the only problem is the hill for that game in '04 was empty cause they were reconstructing it ffs , so his first every game against Dublin he makes up a big lie in his book ha. Good read all the same so far but how much is the truth ?

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 04/12/2014 14:36:04    1676616