The Gaelic Renaissance
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THE GAELIC RENAISSANCE
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Patrick F. McDevitt in his book Muscular Catholicism: Nationalism, Masculinity, and Gaelic Team Sports 1884-1916, (edited by Tony Ballantyne and Antoinette Burton) published in the year 2006 examines how the Irish used contact sports to set themselves apart from the British; in a quest to express their Irish culture and to rebel against the British culture (Ballantyne and Burton 2005).
By evaluating the historical development of the sports and their significance, McDevitt, brings out the element of the influential movement that was formed by the Irish as part of their cultural background and social significance (Nadel-Klein and MacDonald 1999). McDevitt, reviews the historical developments of the movement and how it influenced the Irish culture relative to social expression and cultural identity formation.
His purpose is to review the historical development of contact sports in Ireland in...
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