Gaelic Games in Society Civilising Processes, Players, Administrator
‘Connolly and Dolan set Gaelic games in the context of the development of sport worldwide, including trends towards less violence among players and spectators. Yet they also show how the GAA has been tied up with power relations within Irish society, betw
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Gaelic Games in Society Civilising Processes, Players, Administrators and Spectators John Connolly Paddy Dolan
Palgrave Studies on Norbert Elias Series Editor Tatiana Savoia Landini Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo Sao Paulo, Brazil
More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/16153
John Connolly • Paddy Dolan
Gaelic Games in Society Civilising Processes, Players, Administrators and Spectators
John Connolly DCUBS Dublin City University Dublin, Ireland
Paddy Dolan Technological University Dublin Dublin, Ireland
ISSN 2662-3102 ISSN 2662-3110 (electronic) Palgrave Studies on Norbert Elias ISBN 978-3-030-31698-3 ISBN 978-3-030-31699-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31699-0 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
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John dedicates this book to the three hurlers Mossy, Tadhg and Fiachra Paddy dedicates this book to Jakki and Kate
Preface
In many ways, it is difficult to identify the genesis of this book. We first began to study Gaelic games in 2005, when we were both based at what was then Dublin Institute of Technology—now Technological University Dublin (John’s introduction to Elias was via Paddy, who had been introduced to Elias’s work by Professor Stephen Mennell in 1994 while studying for a master’s in sociology at University College Dublin). Extended lunchtime discussions on Eliasian understandings of violence (and violence in sport) were soon considered in relation to the sport of hurling. The subsequent research project culminated firs
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