Cormac Moore: 2 books
by Cormac Moore
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
In a new book entitled The Irish Soccer Split, Cormac Moore provides the most comprehensives analysis on the reasons why we have division in soccer in Ireland today unlike in sports such as rugby and cricket. Soccer in Ireland was governed for the whole island from 1880 until 1921 under the auspices...
by Cormac Moore
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2012
On 13 November 1938, just months after his inauguration, President Douglas Hyde attended a soccer match between Ireland and Poland. In a passionate reaction, the GAA declared that by attending a ‘foreign game’, he had broken Rule 27 – the Ban – and they removed him as patron. One of the most...