The full title of the book is Chasing Sam Maguire – The All Ireland Football Championship 1928 – 1977.
It is almost one hundred years since the Sam Maguire Cup was first awarded to the winner of the All-Ireland Football Championship, the pinnacle of sporting ambition for generations of Gaelic footballers. This book celebrates all the heartbreak and glory of the first fifty years of its history.
Since it was first presented in 1928, to Kildare, who beat Cavan by a single point, the Sam Maguire has become one of the most treasured pieces of silverware in world sport.
Dermot Reilly and Colm Keys have created an absorbing record of the first fifty years of Sam. Thrilling accounts of the run-up to each final and the finals themselves are included. The book details the names and home clubs for every player to have graced the field in those All-Ireland finals.