The origins and development of football in Ireland : being a reprint of R.M. Peter's Irish football annual of 1880
"R. M. Peter's pioneering Irish Football Annual was published in 1880, at a crucial juncture in the development of Irish football in all its forms. Reproduced here, it provides voluminous detail on more than 600 players and 50 clubs of the time: it is a mine of information for the sports enthusiast, the historian and the genealogist alike." "Peter's valuable work is placed in a wider historical perspective by Neal Garnham's introduction which outlines the development and early growth of all three of Ireland's footballing codes, from their origins until after the First World War. The outcome is an engrossing and entertaining story of the early years of soccer, rugby and Gaelic football in Ireland and their place in the wider world of sport and society."--BOOK JACKET
Print Book, English, 1999
Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast, 1999