Sport in Victorian Dublin / Julien Clénet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clénet, Julien, 1986- Author.

Series:

Sport, history and culture, 1664-1906 ; vol 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Ireland--Dublin--History--19th century.

Sports.

Sports--Ireland--Dublin--Sociological aspects.

Nationalism and sports--Ireland--Dublin--History--19th century.

Nationalism and sports.

Dublin (Ireland)--Social life and customs--19th century.

Dublin (Ireland).

Physical Description:

xxii, 257 pages illustrations 23 cm

illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2026]

Summary:

"This book is the first full-length academic study of sport in nineteenth-century Dublin. Drawing extensively from historical and archival material, it maps out the emergence and development of modern sport in the city as traditional pastimes were progressively replaced by formally organized games. It examines the initial role of Dublin University students in fostering such games among the city's rapidly expanding middle classes and illustrates how commercial forces, sustained by a growing number of retailers and entrepreneurs, proved equally decisive in shaping new recreational habits. Crucially, it explores how the evolution of an urban and imperial British society as well as Irish customs and a renewal of cultural nationalism in late nineteenth-century contributed to fashioning the original and distinctive sporting scene which emerged in Victorian Dublin. This book also depicts a city at play, where an unremittable passion for games and excitement drove Dubliners to join sport clubs or congregate in the stands. Eventually, social class, gender, political allegiance and local pride were central to creating such sporting identities and, conversely, leisure activities reinforced one's status within the community"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The spread of associational culture: 1850s and 1860s

The rationalisation and organisation of sport: 1870s

Consumerism and democratisation: 1880s and 1890s

Sport and the middle classes

Sport and the working class

Elite retreat

Local, national, and masculine identities

Urbanization and civic institutions

The pursuit of pleasure.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-234) and index.

Other Format:

Online version Clénet, Julien, 1986- Sport in Victorian Dublin

ISBN:

9781803743684

1803743689

OCLC:

1584382087

Publisher Number:

90104466902