Christy oconnor autobiography samples
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Out of Control
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A very interesting look at GAA life on the local level, notable for the darker aspects of the game that it presents.
This is going to be a very focused review, so I’ll get some of the basics out of the way now. Christy O’Connor has created a very readable account of his association with the St Josephs Doora-Barefield club that is to the point and very accessible to read, even for someone who has little grounding in the sport of hurling. A goalkeeper and member of the team that won the All-Ireland club title in 1999, O’Connor weaves a narrative centred around a club that is slowly dying after its time on the top, culminating in the emotional roller coaster of the 2009 season.
It’s paced well, varying between look backs at the clubs past when appropriate and first person accounts of matches in the present. It has a very rural tone at times, as any GAA based media tends to have, but that is not a negative, not here anyway.
This is a story of a club, not just a team and O’Connor devotes much of his time to discussing the local area and how the club tries to integrate itself the community. Nothing written here will be a surprise to those who live within the vicinity of a GAA club, but it does outline very clearly how the GAA has become an integral part of life in many parts of I
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Christy O'Connor: His Autobiography (John Redmond - 1985) (ID:96954)
Publisher: Gill and MacMillan
Year Published: 1985
Condition: GOOD
Folio: N/A
Signed: Yes
1st Edition: N/A
Ex-Library: N/A
Dust jacket: Yes
Dust jacket condition: Good
Pagination: 139
Edition: No Edition Remarks
ISBN: N/A
Reference: 1695296954MEP
Image note: Image taken of actual book