Liam O’Callaghan, Rugby in Munster. A Social and Cultural History

Abstract

Rugby in Munster. A Social and Cultural History by Liam O’Callaghan was first published in 2011 in the wake of Munster’s 2006 and 2008 victories in the Heineken Cup (European cup), only a decade after the advent of professionalisation (1995) forced the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) to reorganise along provincial (1997) rather than the traditional club lines in order to lure Irish players back home and revive its international fortunes whilst ensuring the financial sustainability of the sm...