The best GAA book for christmas

[Armagh4SamAgain]

Whats the best GAA book to get this vchristnmas. i want 1 for me Da.

[the milkman]

Armagh: The Glory Year

[heffo]

Whats the best GAA book to get this vchristnmas. i want 1 for me Da.

Dessie: Tangled up in blue

[Guillem2]

Last Man Standing would be my recommendation.

[thebandit]

Last Man Standing would be my recommendation.

Who's that about?

[stephenite]

Whats the best GAA book to get this vchristnmas. i want 1 for me Da.

Dessie: Tangled up in blue

Thought it was one of the worst meself

[RedandGreenSniper]

Some great ones out there

Last Man Standing (Christy O'Connor) profiles the trials and tribulations of hurling goalkeepers
Hurling: The Revolution Years (Denis Walsh) is a great work on the hurling scene from 1995-2000
Kings of September (Michael Foley) is a wonderful look back on the 1982 All-Ireland Football Final, very insightful
Kerry and Dublin (Tom Humphries) looks at that great rivalry
The Lifelong Season (Keith Duggan) would be the best pick for me, a series of chapters looking at different individuals throughout the GAA whose life is framed by the GAA
House of Pain (Keith Duggan) is a good tearjerker, looking at Mayo's continuous failure . . .

[T Fearon]

Is it just me or are their very few new books out this year (apart from the County Yearbooks)? A lot of those books mentioned have been hanging around for a few years.The Championship is a must for me. Season of Sundays 2008 was £28 sterling in Belfast yesterday, it will be available in Easons in O Connell Street for 5 euros next autumn, so my advice is to wait patiently.

Humphries Kerry V Dublin book is a great read, especially for those of us who remember and lived through the 70s era.


PS Buy all your sports books on Amazon, you'll save a fortune, but at this stage they'll not be here for xmas.

[ONeill]

Isn't there one out about Cork Hurlers 96-08?

[corn02]

Isn't there one out about Cork Hurlers 96-08?

Strike it rich?

[INDIANA]

Of this years books only its probably the worst year for a while. a lot of the books mentioned above have been out for 2 years. Blood brothers is good but the rest are very average.

[under the bar]

I got Michael O'Muirheartighs's biog last year but havent had the chance to read it yet.  Anyone got that far?

[5 Sams]

He has another book out since that called "From Booroloola to Mangerton Mountain"....excellent book. Its really a collection of anecdotes from his travels around the world most of them with a GAA connection. There's also some cracking photos in it especially the one of himself and Dara Ó Cinnéide on top of Brandon with Sam.

[T Fearon]

On top of Brandon? Is that a male or female?

[ONeill]

There's a Tyrone picture book out based on the 2008 season (pictures mostly which'll suit those in Urney, Brackaville, Andersonstown, Gortin and Moortown).

Fairly decent - pics all by Jim Dunne.