Tag: Conor Murray

Conor Murray’s Rugby, Soccer and Irish Society: 1921-1990 (Routledge) is an all-island history of rugby union and association football, two of the three most popular male sporting pastimes in Ireland, across the seven decades that followed the political partition of that country between 1920 and 1922. Our knowledgeable reviewer Conor Curran wonders about the time frame – why not end in 1998? – and a couple of lacunae in the bibliography, but is generally appreciative of Murray’s effort.

Soccer and Society is the first international journal devoted to the world’s most popular game. It covers all aspects of soccer globally from anthropological, cultural, economic, historical, political and sociological perspectives.