Unladylike book

GAA Museum Book Club Book of the Month for October/November

Unladylike

By Hayley Kilgallon

Published by Gill Books

Hardcopy edition

Unladylike is the definitive history of ladies Gaelic football and draws from national, club and personal archives. The book charts the growth of the sport from a novelty act at local carnivals to the powerhouse it is today. It also promises that the best is yet to come. Memorable photographs sit alongside the extraordinary tale of the foundation of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA). The books examines everything from the writing of the rule book to the first All-Stars to game-changing partnerships and media coverage.

Author Hayley Kilgallon is a PhD student at the School of History in University College Dublin. Her research area is the history of women’s sport in Ireland and she has contributed on this subject for RTE, TG4 and BBC Gaeilge as well as numerous journals. She is currently a tutor at the School of History in UCD and has been a Programme Manager at Social Entrepreneurs Ireland. Hayley has also been a judge for the Young Social Innovator Awards and played Gaelic football at club level in Sligo, Boston and Dublin.

GAA Museum Book Club

Unladylike is the GAA Museum Book Club choice for October/November.

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.