Proceed to Banteer - Jerry Healy PRICE: IR£6.95 PUBLISHER: Jerimiah Healy

Far from being solely a chronicle of local events, this book also portrays the local, national and international athletic scene of the time. It traces the history of athletics, from the commencement of organised amateur athletics, the impact which the founding of the GAA had, when "labourers, artisans and mechanics" were allowed to take their rightful place, and the impact which Irish athletes exerted during this period, particularly in disciplines such as discus, hammer, shot, high, long. and triple jump, which required both an element of strength and skill. It also examines the election of three County Boards in Cork, simultaneously, the effects of the replayed Dublin versus Cork All Ireland Football Final of 1894, and the real reason why no Irish track or field athletes competed at the first Olympic Games at Athens in 1896, where our sole representation was in tennis.