Sports history conference

January 15, 2008 in General, News

Boston CollegeBoston College-Ireland, a branch of the Jesuits’ Boston College, is holding a one-day conference on Sports History at their Dublin campus on St Stephen’s Green next February 16. Most of the papers relate to Irish sports history, covering such topics as ‘DeValera and sport’, ‘GAA and Soccer in Donegal, 1884-1914’ and ‘The Cork City GAA, Civil Disobedience and the Public Assembly Ban of 1918’. For more details, check the Boston College website.