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By Trent Johnston & Gerard Siggins.
The O'Brien Press, 2007.
Price: £11.00
Ireland's qualification for the last eight of the World Cup in the West
Indies opened up many eyes to the mere existence of the sport in Ireland.
This is the story of how a special group of players came together
to achieve international success.
Captain Trent Johnston and journalist Gerard Siggins trace the long and
difficult journey Irish cricket had to make to reach the World Cup, as well
as the story of Ireland's amazing victories of two of the world's top
teams.
- The amazing story of how cricket gripped the Irish public.
- Spectacular photographs of the amazing games that saw them reach the Super Eights.
- The real story, as it happened, from the Irish captain.
- Interviews with the team, other players, fans and Bob Woolmer.
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A Diary of Ards Cricket Club.
The first 25 years 1945-1969.
By Rab Dunn.
Whiteside Publications 2005, ISBN 095505060X.
Our Price: £9.99
More Than Sixty Summers records the highs and lows of a junior cricket cklub in Northern Ireland; the 'Glory Days' of the 1950s when Ards could well have made the leap forward into Senior League cricket, and the absolute low when they were relegated in 1959 and soon went into oblivion. It was to be almost 20 years before the club recovered from its setbacks.
The 188 pages of this book form an exhaustive record of the club, both on and off the field, during the period - its outstanding players and officials, as well those whose efforts kept the club ticking over by making the tea and rolling the wickets.
Many scorecards and photographs appear throughout the book, as well as a wide-ranging set of appendices.
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By Gerard Siggins and James Fitzgerald.
Nonsuch Publishing 2007, ISBN 1845885643
Our Price: £10.00
In 'Ireland's 100 Cricket Greats', Gerard Siggins and James Fitzgerald explore the stories of the top players to play for Ireland, bringing life to the long history of the game in the country and recounting some fascinating tales.
Recent stars such as Ed Joyce, Jeremy Bray, Niall O'Brien, Trent Johnston and Eoin Morgan are joined by greats of the past such as Alec O'Riordan, Jimmy Boucher and Dermott Monteith.
These greats are joined by such as the former captain who was killed in the 1916 Rising, the baronet who picked a fight with WG Grace and the batsman who drowned off Taiwan after playing for Hong Kong.
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By Andrew White.
Sport NI, 2007.
Price: £5.00
Ireland's Caribbean Carnival is a joy to read for cricket enthusiasts, sports fans and the whole family. Talented Ireland all-rounder and County Down born Andrew White writes with passion and the ease of a professional author about the journey of the Ireland Cricket team from training and preparation, through the World Cup, visiting a host of beautiful countries. Beautiful photography, courtesy of Rowland White, adorns every page.
This book portrays Ireland's success story through a player's eyes and captures the unique atmosphere created by a team with organisation, dedication, passion, ability and the desire to produce one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history.
Proceeds from the sale of this book go to various charities.
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By Gerard Siggins.
Nonsuch Publishing 2005, ISBN 1845885120.
Our Price: £10.00
Ireland's qualification for the 2007 World Cup is just the latest stage on a journey that began in the Phoenix Park more than two centuries ago.
Ireland's cricket history is an extraordinarily colourful one, peopled by writers such as Joyce, Shaw and Beckett, statesmen such as the Duke of Wellington, Parnell, John Redmond and John Hume, and personalities such as Lady Gregory, Thomas Andrews and Colin Farrell.
With a fascinating collection of vintage photographs, and stunning action shots from the modern era, Gerard Siggins tells the story of cricket in Ireland from the earliest days up to the ICC Trophy final in July 2005.
It is the story of a sport buffeted by the enormous social and political changes of the last 200 years, with war, famine, revolution, independence, and economic boom and bust all impacting on Irish cricket.
Cricket in Ireland 1792-2005 tells the stories of Irish cricket's darkest days and finest hours - and looks forward to many more to come.
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By Patrick Bracken.
Liskeveen Books, 2004, ISBN 095465334X
Our Price: £12.00
In his account of 'foreign and fantastic field sports', and specifically cricket in County Tipperary, Patrick Bracken has gathered together information from sports reports which appeared in the local Tipperary press of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He chronicles the development, growth and decline of cricket in Tipperary. Coexistent with this was the development of other sports and recreations, and an overview of some of these is also included. The foundation of the GAA and the associationsÕ ban on foreign sports features highly.
Sport did not take place in isolation and an outline of social life in Tipperary is also used to illustrate the political and social conditions of the times.
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