THE CHRISTMAS PERIOD is the perfect time to crack open one of the year’s best sports books and devour it while successfully avoiding any annoying family members. This year has seen some excellent titles released – especially in the GAA genre – but we want to know how many classic Irish sports books you’ve read.
Just pick out the ones you’ve gone through to see how well-read you really are when it comes to Irish sports…
Munster: Our Road to Glory by Alan English
Read it.
INPHO
Haven't read it.
House Of Pain: Through the Rooms of Mayo Football by Keith Duggan
Read it.
INPHO
Haven't read it.
Crashed And Byrned: The Greatest Racing Driver You Never Saw by Tommy Byrne and Mark Hughes
Amazon
Read it.
INPHO
Haven't read it.
Last Man Standing by Christy O'Connor
Goodreads
Read it.
INPHO
Haven't read it.
Keane by Roy Keane and Eamon Dunphy
Amazon
Read it.
INPHO
Haven't read it.
This Is Our Year: A Season on the Inside of a Football Championship
Amazon
Read it.
INPHO
Haven't read it.
The Bloodied Field: Croke Park, Sunday 21 November 1920 by Michael Foley
Read it.
INPHO
Haven't read it.
The Road To Croker: A GAA Fanatic on the Championship Trail by Eamon Sweeney
Amazon
Read it.
INPHO
Haven't read it.
The Team That Jack Built by Paul Rowan
Amazon
Read it.
INPHO
Haven't read it.
Rough Ride by Paul Kimmage
Read it.
INPHO
Haven't read it.
The Gambler by Oisin McConville and Ewan McKenna
Amazon
Read it.
INPHO
Haven't read it.
The Big Fight by Dave Hannigan
Amazon
Read it.
INPHO
Haven't read it.
Blue Blood by Bernard Jackman
Amazon
Read it.
INPHO
Haven't read it.
Back From The Brink by Paul McGrath and Vincent Hogan
EBAY
Read it.
INPHO
Haven't read it.
Fields of Fire: The Inside Story of Hurling's Great Renaissance by Damian Lawlor
Read It.
INPHO
Haven't read it.
Stand Up and Fight: When Munster Beat the All Blacks by Alan English
EBAY
Read it.
INPHO
Haven't read it.
Kings of September: The Day Offaly Denied Kerry Five In A Row by Michael Foley
Read it.
INPHO
Haven't read it.
Seven Deadly Sins by David Walsh
Amazon
Read it.
INPHO
Haven't read it.
Hurling: The Revolution Years by Denis Walsh
Amazon
Read it.
INPHO
Haven't read it.
Only a Game? by Eamon Dunphy
Amazon
Read it.
Haven't read it.
The Club by Christy O'Connor
Read it.
INPHO
Haven't read it.
Full Time: The Secret Life of Tony Cascarino by Tony Cascarino and Paul Kimmage
Read it.
INPHO
Haven't read it.
INPHO
You scored out of !
Bookworm
You have an encyclopedic knowledge of Irish sport and are as comfortable talking GAA and rugby as you are 1980's racing drivers.
INPHO
You scored out of !
Aficionado
You are a fan of the mainstream sports and love broadening your knowledge with a good page-turner.
INPHO
You scored out of !
You'll wait for the film
Your junior infants teacher taught you the fundamentals but you have let your sporting literacy levels erode significantly in adulthood.
INPHO
You scored out of !
Screen-Addict
You are just another millennial who's too busy tindering, snapchatting, Instagraming and Periscoping to pick up a book.
