Unladylike: A History of Ladies Gaelic Football (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781835940037)

After first emerging in the 1920s, ladies Gaelic football was soon sidelined; breathless women chasing after a football was just too unladylike for the powers that be.

Despite this resistance, the sport became a popular novelty act at local carnivals. And when the Ladies Gaelic

Football Association (LGFA) was founded in Tipperary in July 1974, fifty years of extraordinary growth were set in motion. From writing the rule book to a membership of nearly 200,000, the earliest All-Stars to game-changing partnerships, this definitive history captures that unstoppable journey to becoming a national sport and so much more.

Lavishly illustrated and drawing from national, club and personal archives, UNLADYLIKE is for the players, the fans, the kit-washers, the sandwich-makers and the supporters alike, and confirms the best is yet to come.

Author: Hayley Kilgallon
ISBN-10: 183594003X
ISBN-13: 9781835940037
Publisher: New Island Books
Language: English
Published: 11/12/2024
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover