Got a few books off Santy and was wondering which was the best to start with a read and if i dont have it i'll get it for my birthday on New Years Day

gaamad1996 (Wexford) - Posts: 439 - 28/12/2009 11:01:29    521540

Got a few meself gaamad 1996,They all look good but I'm leaving the ones that look best till last like Dónal Ógs or Codys

What ones did ya get

dammon (Meath) - Posts: 1291 - 28/12/2009 11:16:08    521544

I thought mr hartes was very good. Much better than jack o connors

Orlaith (Derry) - Posts: 4282 - 28/12/2009 11:40:00    521548

Just finished Mickey Harte's book: excellent stuff. About to start Damien Lawlor's book on Waterford footballers and then Donal Og cusack's book is next on the list.

football first (None) - Posts: 1259 - 28/12/2009 12:08:20    521551

micky harte,s book is top class.best by a mile

bigman2 (Tipperary) - Posts: 1202 - 28/12/2009 12:57:42    521563

Tadgh Kennellys- is a good read a lot of interseting stuff from his time in Australia and in Listowel!
Billy Morgans- I thought it was alright but for i got confused on which years he was talking about because he seems to talk about one year go on to another and then got back to the following year! but he also had a very interesting life so i would reccomend for all to read!
Waterfords-Working on dream- I have only started it but it gives a lot of behind the scenes information and the struggle they go through to get numbers for training and matches

Royal_son (Meath) - Posts: 300 - 28/12/2009 14:58:07    521594

Just finished reading 'Working on a Dream' and its by far the best GAA book I've read in a long time. It puts a lot of stuff in perspective regarding the GAA and its players. Brilliant piece of work.

Have read Codys and Hartes books and both are fine also.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13839 - 28/12/2009 18:45:23    521679

I know it wasn't released this year but earlier in the year I read Davy Fitzgerald's book. I used to have a bit of respect for the man but this book portrayed him very badly. Extremely arrogant and self-centred. Really didn't come across well and I wouldn't recommend it!

local (Fermanagh) - Posts: 154 - 28/12/2009 19:54:56    521708

Just started on Working on a dream, seems a good read so far.

Royal_Girl2k9 (Meath) - Posts: 2107 - 28/12/2009 21:35:31    521751

Fair play - just finished Dónal Óg's book & while it is a wee bit repedetive in places he says a few good things about the structure of local clubs that we all should look at going forward. His side of the Cork strike also interesting but I would also like to hear the opposition's version. He a bit harsh on Gerald McCarthy - too personal a bit for my liking but maybe that's the way it was.

Fair enough read though. I would recommend it even though I'm not a hurling man per say.

dingle1 (Clare) - Posts: 805 - 29/12/2009 01:18:26    521812

GAA- OFFICAL GUIDE RULE BOOK is an excellent read. Full of fantasy and fiction that never happens.

datsrite (Sligo) - Posts: 473 - 29/12/2009 03:19:04    521821

'Evolution of the GAA', a collection of writing from people like Maurice Hayes & Joe Lennon (Down), Mickey Harte, etc, is excellent. Maurice Haye's piece is very witty as well as interesting. Also, 'GAA - A People's History' is very good.

ajdoyle78 (Down) - Posts: 520 - 29/12/2009 09:14:44    521835

nobody should by them as they are lining the pockets of managers and publishers

10DLSAM (Derry) - Posts: 266 - 29/12/2009 12:01:00    521865

ajdoyle78, I am just reading "The Evolution of the G.A.A." at the moment. It is very enjoyable and has great old photographs !!

Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 29/12/2009 12:26:34    521874

Mickey Harte's book: excellent book so far halfway through .

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 29/12/2009 17:27:18    522059

Working on a dream, about a year on the road with Waterford footballers, absolutley fantastic, I just could not leave it down, Jaysus the hardship these guys have to go through to try and better themselves, their battles with their own county board and total lack of support from their own people is shocking, the hurlers are treated like gods down there but the footballers are treated like dirt, VERY SAD. One thing that this book proves is that John Kiley is truely a legend in every sense of the word.

REDROM (Offaly) - Posts: 208 - 30/12/2009 11:27:50    522301

Even though i have yet to read it, i get the impression that "Working on a Dream" is going to be a fantastic read. Biographies / Autobiographies are all the same nowadays, fairly bland with the odd controversy thrown in to sell a few more copies. Damien Lawlor's book seems to be a well written, informative piece. Unfortunately i am unable to find somewhere from which to purchase a copy as there are no copies stocked in the mainstream shops over here in the UK. (at least not down here in sleepy Southampton, that GAA hotbed of the South!)

Tongo (UK) - Posts: 1795 - 30/12/2009 12:08:27    522312

Cody's id decent but not enough about him as a player and also like the man himself his personal stuff is kept ..well personal.

Harte's book is again a good read and slightly better!

"workin on a dream"is one of the best GAA books I've ever had the pleasure of reading!Could not leave it down reminds me of my own club in so many ways once upon a time!

BigJohn.6_8 (Galway) - Posts: 704 - 30/12/2009 12:22:17    522320

I know its an old book but just read it last week "The Gambler, Oisin McConville"

Its the best Gaa book ive read regarding a player! its 10times the book Tadgh Kennellys is!

Skyblue (Tyrone) - Posts: 193 - 30/12/2009 12:33:24    522327

Damien Lawlor's on the Waterford footballers was easily the best GAA book I read over the Christmas.

Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2420 - 30/12/2009 15:14:09    522397