''GAA Confidential (Everything you never knew you wanted to know about Gaelic games)'' is a humorous sports book by Darragh McManus, an Irish journalist and author. It was published by Hodder Headline Ireland in April 2007.
The book takes a broad look at the
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include t ...
, and attendant Irish culture, and is divided into sections: The Introduction, The History, The Set-up, The Games, The Competitions, The Fans, The Media, The Arts & Culture, The Look, and The Other Stuff That Wouldn't Fit Anywhere Else.
''GAA Confidential'' received generally favourable reviews on publication, including: “Perhaps the funniest, most cultured book ever written about our national sports” (''
Irish Independent''); “Hilarious…an eclectic collection of anecdotes by an immensely talented writer” (''Sunday Independent''); “Flip, smart, ironic and breezy…by turns a miscellany, polemic, social history and work of satire” (''Sunday Business Post''); “A book that every GAA fan should have…read it” (www.anfearrua.ie); "Guaranteed to raise a smile” (''Sunday Tribune'').
[https://www.tribune.ie/archive/article/2007/dec/09/never-mind-your-frivolous-political-memoirs-or-wor/] It was nominated for the 2007 William Hill Irish Sportsbook of the Year award.
Darragh McManus currently writes freelance for the ''
Irish Independent'' and ''
The Guardian
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''.
References
External links
''GAA Confidential'' website{dead link, date=October 2017 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes
Darragh McManus's articlesin ''
The Guardian
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2007 non-fiction books
Comedy books
Gaelic games books