The Game Launched!
3 June 2022
The launch of The Game was a wonderful event. Thanks so much to Waterstones Cork for hosting and Danny Denton for doing the honours. Some photos here.
Sports essay
Interview with PJ Coogan of Cork’s 96fm
31 May 2022
I really enjoyed my chat with PJ Coogan of Cork’s 96fm talking about the Game and the importance of sport in our lives. You can listen back here.
Interview with Oliver Callan on Ryan Tubridy Show
31 May 2022
I really enjoyed my interview with Oliver Callan on the Ryan Tubridy Show about The Game. Oliver, producer Jack Murphy and everyone at Cork RTÉ studios couldn’t have been more professional and nicer. You can listen back to it here (18 minutes).
Extract from The Game in The Journal and The42.ie
31 May 2022
Big thanks to The Journal and The42.ie for publishing an extract of The Game. It’s from the essay ‘Ekstatsis’. You can read it here.
Review in The Irish Times
31 May 2022
This review of The Game in The Irish Times by Rory Kiberd blew me away. An extract: “This multi-faceted book ponders how sport teaches us about our own limitations, how winning is foundational on losing, losers being in far greater supply than winners; how defeats and victories are ephemeral. All lessons essential to life. Indeed, sport is like a more concentrated version of life, a microcosmic intensification of its vagaries. So, it’s fitting then that this book transcends its remit. It’s an enquiry into the philosophy of sport with universal application. Even people who’ve never kicked a ball or roared in triumph in the stands will love this. My absorption never faltered.” Full review here.
The Game is in the bookshops!
28 May 2022
The Game is in the bookshops! Here’s me signing copies in Waterstones Cork, always a special moment, when first you see your book in a bookshop. Support your local bookshop! Buy books!
Launch of The Game!
27 May 2022
The Game will be launched on June 2, in Waterstone’s Cork at 6:30 pm with Danny Denton. All invited! Thanks so much to Danny and John Breen and all the staff in Waterstones.
Piece on Going to a Championship Match in Thurles
10 May 2022
I went to the Clare Cork hurling match in Thurles. Wrote about it for the Irish Examiner. You can read it here.
Time for another sports diet… maybe next week
1 February 2022
Column in the The Irish Examiner about how much sport I consume. Featuring TJ Reid, Claire Melia, Tom Brady, Jonathan Wilson, Raymond Carver, Jorge Valdano and Catherine Tate. You can read it here.
My Tribute to Canon O’Brien in The42.ie Best Sportswriting of the Week
19 January 2022
Big thank you to the42.ie for including my Irish Examiner Tribute to Canon O’Brien in its Best Sportswriting of the Week. I’m in some amazing company here. You can read the full selection here.