The Gaelic Athletic Association and Irishness in Scotland - Jose

History, Ethnicity, Politics, Culture and Identity - Joseph M Bradley

Joseph M. Bradley is on the staff of the Institute for Sports Research at the University of Stirling. He has published extensively in sphere of sport and society including books and papers. He also writes in the press.

In this book, Bradley focuses on aspects of the story of the Irish in Scotland as seen through a number of cultural, social and political strands.

This is achieved by surveying the history of the Gaelic Athletic Association in Scotland. The G.A.A. is the biggest and most significant cultural and sporting organisation in Ireland. It has also been important wherever the Irish have settled and has been present in Scotland since the Irish in Glasgow founded Red Hugh O¹Neill Gaelic Athletic Club in 1897.

By looking at the G.A.A. and situating it within the larger story of the Irish in Scotland, Bradley adds to our knowledge and understanding of this community; a community that comprises Scotland¹s greatest single group of immigrant descent; a community that in the new millennium partly reflects Scotland's status as a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society.