A noble cause rediscovering Ireland’s proud sporting history

Whether you say it’s all bunk or it’s a nightmare from which you’re trying to awake, there’s one thing you can count on when it comes to history.

There’s never an angle lacking.

We were nudged towards history again last week when it was brought to our attention that Sports History Ireland is having its annual conference next month in Cork (September 15 in UCC). Nothing would do but to pick up the phone and call Richard McElligott, chair of SHI.