GAA to partner with UCC on landmark Atlas of the GAA

The GAA has announced a new partnership with UCC to publish an Atlas of the GAA, a major new publication that will explore, map and celebrate the cultural significance of the organisation both nationally and internationally.

The publication will coincide with the Association’s 145^th anniversary in 2029 and form part of wider commemorative initiatives leading to its 150^th anniversary in 2034.

Central to the project is a call for GAA clubs at home and abroad to contribute data to a major mapping exercise documenting the organisation’s reach, heritage and community impact.

The volume will be co-edited by Atlas Series stalwarts Dr John Crowley (UCC School of the Human Environment) and Dr Donal Ó Drisceoil (UCC School of History), who previously collaborated on Atlas of the Irish Revolution (2017), recently voted one of the top twenty Irish books of the last two decades. They will be joined by Dr Liam O’Callaghan (School of Health and Sport Sciences, Liverpool Hope University), Dr Richard McElligott (School of Business and Humanities, Dundalk Institute of Technology), and cartographic editor Charlie Roche (Mobile GIS). The Atlas will also cover the role of women in the history of the GAA and include the growth of the Camogie Association since 1924 and the Ladies Gaelic Football Association since 1974.

The project is made possible by a GAA donation to Cork University Foundation, underlining the Association’s commitment to supporting scholarly research that deepens understanding of its cultural and social impact.

Further details on club participation will be announced in due course.

A Century of Great Reads

• Read reflections from Sinéad Neville (BA 2012, MA 2013), Head of Publishing at Cork University Press, in the latest issue of The Bridge magazine
• Discover the rest of the Atlas Series on corkuniversitypress.com