More Than a Game
€14.99
Out of stock
Con Houlihan was, quite simply, one of Ireland’s finest sports writers. Over a lengthy career, Con covered many of the greatest Irish and international sporting events, from classic Gaelic football and hurling finals to soccer and rugby world cups, the Olympics and memorable race meetings at home and abroad. He also wrote about sport’s biggest stars, from George Best to Muhammad Ali.
Con knew that writing well was a demanding craft. As he put it himself: “A man who will misuse an apostrophe is capable of anything.” More Than a Game gathers together the finest examples of Con’s sports journalism from the mid-1970s to the early 2000s. Let Con be your guide to some of the greatest moments and characters in world sport.
Con Houlihan
Con Houlihan was born, as he put it himself, “in the hill country above Castle Island on the 6th of December 1925, in a blizzard”. After working as a teacher he began writing as a journalist, producing a column three times a week for the Evening Press. He subsequently wrote for a variety of publications, including the Sunday World and Magill magazine. Con died in 2012. His writing recalls the bardic tradition of reciting the feats on the battlefield of departed warriors.