This book tells the rich and multifaceted story of how the GAA. It is a major sporting and national body. The GAA both influenced and was influenced by the upheaval of Irish society in the decade between 1913 and 1923.
The book examines the effect of the First World War, the 1916 Rising and its aftermath, the emergence of Sinn Fin, as well as the War of Independence (1919-21) and the bitter Civil War (1922-23).
This is an original perspective through the lens of a sporting organisation.