The GAA Museum Book Club
The GAA Museum Book Club regularly chooses a GAA book to read and review. An author interview video is then available for all members.
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This Month's Book
The GAA Museum is delighted to announce that our next Book Club choice is The GAA Covered by John Kelly.
The GAA Covered: The History of the GAA in Match Programmes is perfect for sports fans and those with an interest in social and Irish history. Published by Gill Books, it’s a visual compendium of over 100 years of GAA programme covers from 1913 to the present day. The book celebrates match programmes and highlights the important role they play on a match day.
As the book progresses, it showcases the transformation of the humble programme from folded A4 pages in black and white to the detailed colourful publications of today. These programmes feature team lineups, venues, officials, dates and times and serve as an historical account of one of the most important dates on the Irish sporting calendar – All-Ireland Final day.
Author John Kelly is a primary school principal with a lifelong involvement in Gaelic games as a player, coach and administrator. He holds an MA in Irish Regional History from Carlow College St Patrick’s / SETU. He has been a contributor to RTÉ’s Sunday Miscellany and Ireland’s Own magazine and lives in Carlow with this wife Maria and two sons Pádraic and Lorcan.
Those wishing to get involved with the GAA Museum Book Club can sign up for free at
www.crokepark.ie/bookclub. The GAA Museum team regularly choose a well-known GAA book to read and review. The museum team also interview the author and release the video to all members.
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Author Interviews
Our GAA Museum Book Club recently spoke to 'The GAA Covered' author John Kelly!
Catch-up on this fascinating discussion below.