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Sports and literature

On the occasion of the 2024 Olympic Games, the CCI's cultural season is getting up to speed! It is the perfect occasion to come and discover the new selection focusing on sport and its representation in the arts.

Learn all there is to know about Olympic games and Gaelic sports in our numerous resources on Irish sports and Irish athletes.
Or simply immerse yourself in sport through literature. Dive into the life of a young swimmer with Holding her Breath by Eimear Ryan, come and borrow Midfield Dynamo by Adrian Duncan, or find motivation in poems about sport collected by John McAuliffe in Everything To Play For : 99 poems about sport.
And don't forget the films Gold and Handsome Devil, or the documentaries such as Waveriders on surfing, In the Blood on boxing, and many more...

Sports and Arts

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Cliffs of Insanity : A Winter on Ireland's Big Waves

Keith DUGGAN, Author | Londres : Transworld Ireland | 2012

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The Collected Stories

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The Collected Stories

John MCGAHERN, Author | Londres : Faber and Faber | 1992

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Cours, Azari, cours !

Jane MITCHELL, Author ; Claire-Lucie POLES, Translator | Vincennes : Talents Hauts | 2024

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Croke Park : A History

Tim CAREY, Author | Wilton : The Collins Press | 2007

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Dancer

Colum MCCANN, Author | Londres : Phoenix | 2003

Based on the life of Rudolf Nureyev

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The Dubs

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The Dubs : Dublin GAA since the 1940s

Sean OG O CEALLACHAIN, Author | Dublin : Gill & Macmillan | 2006

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An Emerald Odyssey : In Search of the Gods of Golf and Ireland

Paul J. ZINGG, Author | Wilton : The Collins Press | 2008

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Everything To Play For

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Everything To Play For : 99 poems about sport

John MCAULIFFE, Compiler | Dublin : Poetry Ireland | 2015

Poems about: tennis and table tennis, gaelic football, horse racing, golf, pitch and putt,handball and bowls, soccer, running,cycling,fishing,archery, falconery and skiing, indoor / outdoor sports ...

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Forty Foot

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Forty Foot

Leticia AGUDO, Director ; Paul MCGRATH, Director ; Aoibheann O'SULLIVAN, Director | 2009

Court-métrage disponible en consultation sur place uniquement. Projeté dans le cadre du festival "View From the Doc" en octobre 2011 au Centre Culturel Irlandais. Forty Foot is about the famous sw...

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GAA Confidential : Everything you never know you wanted to know about Gaelic games

Darragh MCMANUS, Author | Dublin : Hodder Headline Ireland | 2007

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The GAA : A People's History

Mike CRONIN, Author ; Mark DUNDAN, Author ; Paul ROUSE, Author | Wilton : The Collins Press | 2014

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The Gaelic Athletic Association : 1884-2009

Mike CRONIN, Editor ; William MURPHY, Editor ; Paul ROUSE, Editor | Dublin : Irish Academic Press | 2009

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Gaelic Games on Film : From silent films to Hollywood hurling, horror and the emergence of Irish cinema

Seán CROSSON, Author | Cork : Cork University Press | 2019

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Gold

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Gold

Niall HEERY, Director ; James NESBITT, Actor ; Maisie WILLIAMS, Actor ; David WILMOT, Actor | [S.l.] : Sony Pictures | 2014

Maisie Williams stars as Abbie in this offbeat comedy about father-daughter relationships and figuring out how far you're willing to push the limits to achieve your dreams

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Gold, Silver and Green

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Gold, Silver and Green : The Irish Olympic Journey, 1896 - 1924

Kevin MCCARTHY, Author | Cork : Cork University Press | 2010

Kevin McCarthy follows the story of Irish and Irish American Olympic involvement from its accidental beginnings in 1896 through to the very significant political issues which dominated Irish sports...

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The Grass Ceiling : On Being a Woman in Sport

Eimear RYAN, Author | Dublin : Sandycove | 2023

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Green Is the Colour : The Story of Irish Football

Peter BYRNE, Author | Londres : André Deutsch | 2012

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Green Days

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Green Days : Cricket in Ireland 1792-2005

Gerard SIGGINS, Author | Stroud : Nonsuch | 2005

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Handsome Devil

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Handsome Devil

John BUTLER, Director ; Andrew SCOTT, Actor | [S.l.] : Icon Film | 2016

Award-winning writer/director John Butler returns with a charming story of the unlikely friendship between two boarding school rommmates - music-mad Ned and macho rugby player Conor. In this funny ...

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A History of the GAA in 100 Objects

Siobhan DOYLE, Author | Newbridge : Merrion Press | 2022

The Gaelic Athletic Association is a huge part of the Irish consciousness and plays an influential role in Irish society that extends far beyond the sports. In popular imagination and experience, t...

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A History of Gaelic Football

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A History of Gaelic Football

Jack MAHON, Author | Dublin : Gill & Macmillan | 2000

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A History of Hurling

Seamus J. KING, Author | Dublin : Gill & Macmillan | 1996

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Holding Her Breath

Eimear RYAN, Author | Londres : Penguin Books | 2022

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An Illustrated History of the GAA

Eoghan CORRY, Author | Dublin : Gill & Macmillan | 2005

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In the Blood

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In the Blood : The story of Irish racing

RTE, Producer | [S.l.] : RTE | 2008

Few sports have such cultural resonance with the people of Ireland as horse racing and even fewer share such a long and rich history. Ireland's fascination and unique connection with horsemanship a...

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In praise of heroes

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In praise of heroes : Ballads and poems of the GAA

Jimmy SMYTH, Editor | Dublin : Geography Publications | 2007

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Ireland's Olympians : Beijing and Beyond

Niall O'FLYNN, Author ; Ronnie DELANY, Author of introduction, etc. | Wilton : The Collins Press | 2008

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The Irishman who ran for England

Jim HOGAN, Author | Blackrock : Currach Press | 2008

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La Jeunesse de Studs Lonigan

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La Jeunesse de Studs Lonigan

James T. FARRELL, Author ; Marcelle JOSSUA, Translator | Paris : Gallimard | 1950

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Knuckle

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Knuckle

Ian PALMER, Director | Londres : Revolver Entertainment | 2011

How do you resolve a long running family feud? By brutal, bare-knuckle fist fights of course. At least you do if you're the Joyce or Quinn-McDonagh families

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Lansdowne Road : The Stadium, the Matches, the Greatest Days

Gerard SIGGINS, Author ; Malachy CLERKIN, Author | Dublin : The O'Brien Press | 2010

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Legends : Stories from Ireland's sporting greats

Patricia SCANLAN, Editor | Dublin : New Island | 2022

Drawn from bestselling autobiographies and other first-hand accounts, the book features stories from: AP McCoy, Barry McGuigan, Bonnar Ó Loingsigh, Cora Staunton, Gavin Bazunu, Henry Shefflin, Kati...

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Love of the World

John MCGAHERN, Author ; Declan KIBERD, Author of introduction, etc. | Londres : Faber and Faber | 2009

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Midfield Dynamo

Adrian DUNCAN, Author | Dublin : The Lilliput Press | 2021

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Nage libre

Nicola KEEGAN, Author ; Madeleine NASALIK, Translator | Paris : Editions de l'Olivier | 2010

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Netherland

Joseph O'NEILL, Author | Londres : Harper Perennial | 2009

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Netherland

Joseph O'NEILL, Author ; Anne WICKE, Translator | Paris : Editions de l'Olivier | 2009

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O'Brien Pocket History of Gaelic Sports

Eamonn SWEENEY, Author | Dublin : The O'Brien Press | 2004

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Panenka

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Panenka

Ronan HESSION, Author | Hebden Bridge : Bluemoose Books | 2021

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The Parting Glass

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The Parting Glass : A play

Dermot BOLGER, Author | Dublin : New Island | 2011

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Punching Above Their Weight : The Irish Olympic Boxing Story

Sean MCGOLDRICK, Author | Dublin : The O'Brien Press | 2015

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Run For Your Life

Jane MITCHELL, Author | Dublin : Little Island | 2022

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The Running Book

John CONNELL, Author | Londres : Picador | 2021

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Soleil oblique : et autres histoires irlandaises

Donal RYAN, Author ; Marie HERMET, Translator | Paris : Albin Michel | 2023

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Sport in Ireland, 1600-1840

James KELLY, Author | Dublin : Four Courts Press | 2014

Equine sports: horse racing, hunting. Blood sports: cockfighting, throwing at cocks, bull-baiting, bear-baiting and other animal blood sports. Team sports: hurling, commons and football. Fighting s...

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Sport and Ireland : A History

Paul ROUSE, Author | Oxford : Oxford University Press | 2015

Chapter One: Sport before 1800 i: Inventing the Past: Sport in Medieval Ireland ii: Hunting before 1800: From Medieval to Modern iii: The World of Popular Play, 1500-1800 iv: Sport in Urban...

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Sport and the Irish

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Sport and the Irish : Histories, Identities, Issues

Alan BAIRNER, Editor | Dublin : University College Dublin Press | 2005

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Sport, the Media and Ireland : Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Neil O'BOYLE, Editor ; Marcus FREE, Editor | Cork : Cork University Press | 2020

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Studs

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Studs

Paul MERCIER, Director ; Brendan GLEESON, Actor | [S.l.] : Buena Vista Home Entertainment | 2005

Emmet Rover FC is a team in trouble. Every Sunday morning they tog out, chase a football around a pitch and get beaten. Sometimes, they get thrashed. For this rag tag side of amateurs, losing has b...

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Swimming

Nicola KEEGAN, Author | Londres : Vintage | 2010

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Swimming Pool

Sarah CROSSAN, Author ; Clémentine BEAUVAIS, Translator | Paris : Rageot | 2018

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The Van

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The Van

Stephen FREARS, Director ; Roddy DOYLE, Author of adapted texts | [S.l.] : TF1 Vidéo | 2001

En pleine coupe du monde de football, alors que l'Irlande vient d'etre selectionnée, Bimbo Reeves, ouvrier boulanger, est licencié. Bien décidé à s'en sortir, Bimbo et son pote Larry, chomeur lui a...

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Waveriders

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Waveriders

Joel CONROY, Director | Dublin : Element Pictures | 2008

Featuring renowed Irish, British and American surfers, Waveriders tells the epic and inspirational story of the unlikely Iirsh roots of the worldwide surfing phenomenon and today's pioneers of big ...

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The Weight of Water

Sarah CROSSAN, Author | Londres : Bloomsbury | 2012

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Late opening on Wednesday until 8pm

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