A dissertation on the place of cricket in Ireland at the end of 19C
‘Decolonising Cricket’: The Politicisation of Sport in Ireland from 1882 to 1924
Michael O’Reilly
The dissertation examines the politicisation of cricket in Ireland between 1882 and 1924, charting the sport’s transformation from a celebrated ‘national pastime’ into a marginalised ‘garrison game’. Existing scholarship has variously attributed...
