Keys to the Kingdom: a fascinating account of the GAA in Kerry

Forging a Kingdom: The GAA in Kerry, 1884-1934

It is often forgotten that Kerry’s first All-Ireland success was in hurling, when a Kerry team won the 1892 All-Ireland. The players had to pay their own expenses then, and this proved so costly that the team did not defend its crown the following year

The Gaelic League is often credited with inspiring the movement that led to Irish independence, but the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) had been set up nine years earlier. Thus, the GAA was arguably a more seminal inspiration because it inspired the establishment of the Gaelic League.