An Athletics Compendium

351 - 361 Wales ~ Clubs Wales ~Clubs Neath Harriers 351 Neath Harriers silvejrubilee 1986: souvenir bookle/t edited byAlan Currie. Neath: The Club, 1986. 39p; illus; pbk Newport Athletic Club 352 Newport Athletic Club, 1875-1975 / W. E. Davies and others. Newport: Starling, 1974. 184p; illus BL: X.809/19745 Athletics are covered on pages 171to179. Roath Harriers 353 Roath [Cardiff] Harriers: a shorht istory of the premier athletic club in Wales, from its formation in 1882 / V. I. Pitcher. Cardiff: The Club, 1953. 20p; pbk • Additional References 354 Athletic competition ipnre-industrial Wales, 1c0.66-1880 / Emma Lile. BirminghamUniversity, 1994. MPhil thesis. Ireland ~ General 355 The rulebook ofthe Gaelic Athletic Association. Dublin: The Association, 1885- Many subsequenet ditions The 1593 edition includaens article onthe Tailteann Games and festivals DrbyDouglas Hyde. 356 The Irishathletic record/ F. B. Dineen. Dublin: 1906. Contains detaiolsf Irish, British and Americarnecords and championships,with an article byP. J. Cusack on training. 357 The story ofthe Gaelic Athletic Associatio/n Thomas F. O'Sullivan. Dublin: Privately printed, 1916. xxxx, 200p; illus BL: D O'Sullivan gives a good account of the astonishing growth ofIrish athletics on both sides of the Atlantic. There are photographs of M. Cusack (founder), M. Davin, ?. J.Kelly, F. Dineen, P. Davin, J.5. Mitchel, P. J. Leahy, MS. heridan, TF.. Kiely,J. J. Flanagan, M. McGrath, P. O'Connor anodthers. '[The Association] has helnpoetd only todevelop Irish bone and muscle but to fostera spirit of earnest nationality in the heaorftsthe rising generation and it has been the means of saving thousands of young Irishmen frombecoming mere West Britons.' 358 A history ofIrish athletics / P.J. Devlin and 'Carbery'. Dublin: 1924. 'Carhery'is a pseudonym for P. D. Mehigan The title listed above is speculative. Thceo-author, 'Carbery,'described it aslse'nader work'in preparation for the mocreomprehensive studieofs1943and1945. 359 Fifty years of Irishathletics / 'Carbery'. Dublin: Gaelic Publicity Services, 1943. 127p; illus 'Carhery'is a pseudonymfor P. D. Mehigan 360 Seventy years ofIrish athletics / 'Carbery'. Dublin: Carbery, 1945. 119p 'Carbery'is a pseudonymfor P. D. Mehigan Includes a review of the seasons 1943w-4o,rld and Irish records, championship lists and various anecdotes of many of gthreat Irish champions. Peter O'Connor contributesan interesting article on the long jump. 'Many Irish, English and American newspapers, in articles which I have preserved, commented on my peculiar styleof long jumping, stating that I seemed to wriggle or make a secondjump midway inthe air.... At the Olympic Gameisn Berlin in1936 nI oticed that the world famed Jesse Owens gave the same wriggle or lift in the airmore than midway from the take-off and landed forwardexactly as usI ed to.' Thims ay be the first record of the hitch-kick or'hang'technique in long jump. 361 Champions of the athletic are/naWilliam Dooley. Dublin: General Publicity Services, 1946. 104p; illus An outstanding book which tells the stories maonfy Irish athletes,from the Davin brothers of the 16>70s to Bert Healion in the 1940s. Ttheext is rich in detail: hundreds of performances arleisted and recounted with compelling narrative poweru,nlike most histories. Professionals, such as T. M. Malone and G. B. Tincler, share the pages wFiltahnagan, Morgan, O'Connor and [ 3 2 ]