Where Heroes Are Made

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Where Heroes Are Made

Legendary GAA People and the Places That Made Them

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Author: John Scally

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Language: English

Published by: Black & White Publishing

Published on: 18th September 2025

Format: LCP-protected ePub

ISBN: 9781785308604


Introduction

This book tells the stories of some great GAA locations and the people linked with them. It includes obvious places like Croke Park, the Polo Grounds, Hayes's Hotel, Biddy Early's lake, the family, to less obvious places like, Fiji, East Belfast, Ellis Island, and an internment camp in Wales.

Visit to the Club

We also visit the club: the unbroken chain in the GAA's ageless passing of wisdom before taking a bypass on the Boulevard of Broken Dreams to a barber's shop and a car park.

Revelations and Stories

Full of compelling revelations such as for the first time Jack Lynch's startling admission in his final interview of the big regret of his career; the GAA's first miracle; why Kevin Heffernan lost his temper with Bernard Brogan; why Liam Griffin was told he would become a laughing stock; the story of Limerick's gate-crasher and the day Sean Purcell rose from the dead.

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