The Grass Ceiling

GAA Museum Book Club Book of the Month May/June

The Grass Ceiling

By Eimear Ryan 

Published by Penguin 

In The Grass Ceiling acclaimed novelist Eimear Ryan asks what it’s like to be female in a male-dominated sporting world? She digs deep into the confluence of gender and sport and all the questions it throws up about identity, status, competition and self-expression.  

This newly published sporting memoir has been described as a sharp, nuanced and heartfelt exploration of questions that affect everyone who loves sport.

Eimear Ryan’s writing has appeared in Granta, Winter Papers, the Dublin Review and the Stinging Fly and she is co-founder of the literary journal Banshee. Her first novel Holding Her Breath was shortlisted for the Newcomer of the Year Award at the Irish Book Awards and for the John McGahern Prize. The Grass Ceiling is her debut non-fiction book. Eimear is a Tipp native, but now lives in Cork city.

GAA Museum Book Club

The Grass Ceiling was the focus of the GAA Museum Book Club in May/June 2023.  Watch author, Eimear Ryan in conversation with the GAA Museum Book Club team here.

Each month the GAA Museum team choose a well-known GAA book to read and review.  An interview with the author is released at the end of the month.  To find out more about the GAA Museum Book Club and how you can become a member, click here.