This book assesses association football’s history and development in Ireland from the late 1870s until the early twenty-first century. It focuses on four key
2021 saw the centenary of the formation of the League of Ireland, the Republic of Ireland’s primary professional association football league. This new collect
Sport has played a central role in modern Ireland’s history. Perhaps nowhere else has sport so infused the political, social and cultural development and iden
Association football has consistently been the most popular sport in Ireland at whatever level it is played, amateur or professional. But the game itself has un
