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Recently released from Merrion Press, The Big Fight : When Ali Conquered Ireland explores the story of Muhammad Ali’s 1972 visit to Dublin. Corkonian and New York resident Dave Hannigan's 3rd book on Ali's legacy.
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March 24, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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@irishexaminer.bsky.social books The Barn: The Murder of Emmett Till and the Cradle of American Racism by Wright Thompson (Hutchinson Heinemann) reviewed by @davehannigan.bsky.social
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Book review: Killing of a black boy whitewashed
'The Barn' is a glimpse of a nation’s troubled past that offers insight in to the tortured present, and makes you worry about the bleak future
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January 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The Legend of Sparrow Robertson: The last sportswriter in Nazi Paris

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The Legend of Sparrow Robertson: The last sportswriter in Nazi Paris
Described as ‘illiteracy’s most famous product’, what Robertson lacked in skill he made up for in tenacity under the cloud of Nazi occupation
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December 30, 2024 at 1:54 PM
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New Two Writers Slinging Yang stars former WBO middleweight champ Andy Lee—author of my favorite sports book, "Fighter." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
December 17, 2024 at 6:25 PM
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Muhammad Ali had a meeting in Dublin about the Troubles, Gerry Hutch used his sporting links as a weapon and a shield, the fight for Gaza is led by men and women who wore the sky blue of the city.
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Dublin's story is one where sport often mixes with all kinds of different worlds
Former Dublin footballer Michael Darragh Macauley mentions the Dublin 1 postcode, and that goes to the heart of what the area is up against. There is a stigma to various addresses in the capital that ...
www.irishmirror.ie
December 7, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Wondering if anybody out there knows who owns the rights to this photo? Want to use it in a book and desperate to pay and credit the owner etc...
December 5, 2024 at 8:03 PM
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Looking forward to the Spring 2025 schedules on publishing, and here's one guaranteed bestseller that jumped out - @davehannigan.bsky.social 's book on Muhammad Ali in Ireland - The Big Fight - Coming March 2025 - Merrion Press
December 4, 2024 at 3:45 PM
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@irishexaminer.bsky.social books: Paper of Wreckage: The Rogues, Renegades, Wiseguys, Wankers, and Relentless Reporters Who Redefined American Media
Susan Mulcahy and Frank DiGiacamo
@atriabooks.bsky.social reviewed by @davehannigan.bsky.social #books

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Book review: Breaking the news: The sordid and legendary days of the ‘New York Post’
'Paper of Wreckage' is an entertaining, fast-paced, and hilarious read — like the 'New York Post' in its heyday
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December 1, 2024 at 8:38 PM
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Ireland's national football team provokes optimism and pessimism in equal measure. Heimir Hallgrimsson now knows the reality of the task on his hands. I looked beyond the narratives & investigated the data.
ANALYSIS: Irish football’s optimism-pessimism swing
THE definition of optimism is ‘the quality of being full of hope and emphasising the good parts of a situation, or a belief that something good will happen’. With Irish football, it's easy to be pessimistic about our optimism. An academic study could be conducted into how public opinion on the health of the game in this country has evolved. When we had world class players in the 1980s but could not get over the line with regards to reaching major tournaments, pessimism was the default view of the national team.
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November 20, 2024 at 10:51 PM
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After a half-year (or so) hiatus, the Pearlman Journalism Substack has returned. Topic: Why it's time for everyone to leave Twitter. pearlman.substack.com/p/the-yang-s...
November 15, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Currently reading this rollicking affair, the most accurately titled book of 2024
November 15, 2024 at 2:18 PM