Gaelic Games
Members of the Twin Cities Robert Emmets Hurling Club during a match
Introduction:
Gaelic games (Irish: Cluichà Gaelacha) are a set of sports that originated in Ireland and are now played worldwide. They include Gaelic football, hurling, Gaelic handball and rounders. All these sports are promoted by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) which was founded in 1884. Women's versions of hurling, called camogie, and Gaelic football are also played. The GAA organizes leagues for mens hurling and Gaelic football which are the two most popular. The women's versions and the other sports have leagues organized by outside goups closely tied to the GAA.
Books in the McKiernan Library
- Gaelic Athletic Association
TreoraĂ OifigiĂşl: Cumann LĂşthchleas Gael. Cumann LĂşthchleas Gael, 1966.
GV 563 .G33 1966 IRISH LANG.NOTE: This official GAA rulebook from 1966 is written in both Irish and English.
- Ó hEither, Breandán
Over the Bar. Poolbeg Press Ltd., 1991.
GV 606.5 .O17 1991
- Corry, Eoghan
Oakboys: Derry’s football dream come true. Poolbeg Press Ltd., 1993
GV 944 .G7 C67 1993
- Horgan, Tim
Cork’s Hurling Story: From 1890 to the Present Time. Anvil Books, 1977.
GV 1017 .H8 H69 1977
- Mac CathailrĂ, Pádraig
Cluichà do gach Ócáid. Comharchumann Ide Naofa, TTA., 1965
GV 731 .C58 1965 IRISH LANG.
NOTE: this book of rules for various games is written in the Irish language only.
- O’Reilly, John Boyle
Ethics of Boxing and Manly Sport. Ticknor and Company, 1888.
GV 191 .O73 1888 RARE Â
NOTE: the book focuses largely on boxing, but does have a section on hurling toward the latter part of the book.
- Fitzmaurice, Gabriel
In Praise of Football. Mercier Press, 2009.
PR 6056 .I87 I62 2009
NOTE: This is a book of poetry.
- Ed. by Marcus, David
Irish sporting short stories. Appletree Press, 1995.
PR 8876.5 .S66 I658 1995
NOTE: Contains 17 short works of fiction, some focused on Gaelic games.
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Online sources
- About the GAA: https://www.gaa.ie/the-gaa/about-the-gaa/Â Note: Information about the history of the GAA and changes from recent years.
- Constitution and Rules of the GAA: https://www.gaa.ie/api/pdfs/image/upload/kcfhdojvwz7lxaji3r1j.pdf
- History of USGAA: https://usgaa.org/history/
- History of Hurling: https://www.gaa.ie/news/hurling-history-and-evolution/
- History of Camogie: https://camogie.ie/history/
- History of Twin Cities Robert Emmets Hurling Club: https://www.twincitieshurling.com/tcre-history-by-jim-l
- History of Gaelic Football: https://www.gaa.ie/my-gaa/getting-involved/football-history-and-evolution
- Rules of Hurling and Gaelic Football: https://www.gaa.ie/api/pdfs/image/upload/ry3kyypphlwrgfsxvwgg.pdf
- History of Rounders: http://www.gaarounders.ie/History  Note: Along with Hurling, Football, and Handball, one of the 4 sports listed in the original GAA charter from 1884
- History of Handball: https://www.gaahandball.ie/about/history Note: Along with Hurling, Football, and Rounders, one of the 4 sports listed in the original GAA charter from 1884
Archival sources in the McKiernan Library
- McKiernan, Eoin
Irish Diary. Episode 7, “Freedom Games.” Directed by Richard Carter. Aired October 23, 1964, KTCA-TV. Digital copy accessible in McKiernan Library or by emailing library@celticjunction.org NOTE: Includes excerpts from an instructional film on hurling courtesy of Father Moran which includes part of the 1961 All-Ireland hurling final match between Tipperary and Dublin at Croke Park.