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The Celtic Times:
Michael Cusack's Gaelic Games Newspaper 1887
Introduction by Marcus de Búrca
Preface by Breandán MacLua
Foreword by Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh
This publication is out of print.
Price: €75, Details: Tabloid size, Hb, 350pp.,
ISBN: 1 900545 14 4
This long lost newspaper was the first
periodical devoted to Gaelic games and ran from 1 January 1887 to 14 January
1888. It was co-edited by Michael Cusack, founder of the Gaelic Athletic
Association, and A. Morrison Millar, a prominent Scots businessman. The
only known surviving issues, covering the period 19 February to 31 December
1887 are now available in a facsimile edition. The Celtic Times was used
by Michael Cusack to support and encourage the playing of Ireland’s
‘native pastimes’ and athletics, and to promulgate his views
on the organisation and politics of the burgeoning GAA. Detailed reports
of matches, athletic competitions and committee meetings at all levels
are given in every issue. The Celtic Times also provides a fascinating
portrayal of the various nationalist movements which flourished in Ireland
during the closing decades of the 19th century. Weekly coverage is given
to means of developing indigenous resources, establishing new industries
and fostering good labour relations. Cusack also wrote passionately about
Irish literature, music and history, and the Irish language.
The pages of The Celtic Times reflect
the pride and energy of an emerging nation rediscovering its own cultural
history.
The publication includes a detailed
introduction by Cusack’s biographer, Marcus de Búrca, with
a preface by Breandán MacLua and foreword by Micheál Ó
Muircheartaigh.
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