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This Month's Book

The GAA Museum is delighted to announce that our next Book Club choice for 2024 is Chasing Sam Maguire by Dermot Reilly and Colm Keys. We will be reading the book throughout February and March..


In Chasing Sam Maguire, authors Dermot Reilly and Colm Keys have created an absorbing record of the first fifty years of the Sam Maguire cup. Since the trophy 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 Irish sport. This book celebrates all the heartbreak and glory of those teams bidding to win it over the first 50 years.

Backed up by truckloads of research, Chasing Sam Maguire contains thrilling accounts of the run-up to each final alongside the finals themselves. It also contains the names and home clubs of every player to have played in those finals from 1928 to 1977. In short, it’s an enthralling account of the agony and ecstasy of the pursuit of All-Ireland footballing glory.

If you don’t have or can’t borrow a copy of Chasing Sam Maguire, it’s available to buy online or at the GAA Museum Gift Shop with a 10% discount. Click the link below to purchase it now.

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You can explore our catalogue of GAA Museum Book Club choices and author interviews on our website. Here you’ll find chats with authors including Paul Rouse, David Hannigan, Tadhg Coakley, Siobhán Doyle, Niall McCoy, Michael Foley and Eimear Ryan. Our previous book choices might also inspire some Christmas gift ideas!

Those wishing to get involved with the GAA Museum Book Club can sign up below. 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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Last Month's Author Interview.

Our GAA Museum Book Club recently spoke to This Is The Life author Ciarán Murphy. This book discusses what it is like to be a female in a male dominated sporting world.

Watch our interview now below.


GAA Museum Library & Archive

The Book Club aims to raise awareness and celebrate the GAA Museum Library & Archive - the national repository for the GAA’s records, archives and publications. Its mission is to collect a copy of every book published by the GAA and every book written about the GAA. The GAA Museum and its archives house almost 20,000 items in its collection. Readers, researchers and students can access the archive in Croke Park by appointment when it’s safe to do so. Until then you can search the archive below.

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