The League of Ireland: An Historical and Contemporary Assessment

This book examines the initial growth of clubs in Dublin and the Free State League’s early turbulent history, while the impact of Irish players and administrators on the development of soccer clubs at home and abroad is also assessed. It was originally published as a special issue of Soccer & Society.

Conor Curran (Trinity College Dublin) has taught sports history at the International Centre for Sports History and Culture at De Montfort University, Leicester and at the University of Giessen and University of Marburg in Germany. He has published numerous articles and books on the history of Irish sport and is a former FIFA Havelange Research Scholar, an Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow and Dublin City Council football historian.