G.A.A. History of the Parish of New Inn and Knockgraffon 1884-2018
This is a comprehensive work that faithfully records the contributions of the thousands of people, who have represented the Rockwell Rovers club in gaelic games over the many years of its existence.
The author has made a tremendous effort in researching the club’s past and recording the contributions of the great and not so great, who have represented the club in hurling and football, athletics and camogie, in Scór and in a range of other activities at all ages.
As well as giving detailed accounts of matches of all kinds in all grades, the history includes a large selection of pictures and illustrations, over five hundred in all, which make the publication both vivid and attractive.
An added attraction of this book is the information included on many exciting events in the history of the period, which may not be strictly sporting but which gives the book a wider interest and makes it attractive to a larger audience.
People from the parish that feature in the history include P. R. Cleary, who was secretary of the G.A.A. at national level at the end of the 19th century, James M. Ryan who set up a world high jump record at Tipperary sports in 1895 and Lena Rice from Marlhill, who is the only Irish person to win a title at Wimbledon. There are others also who add to the interest of this book and make it as much a parish history as a record of sport in New Inn and Knockgraffon.
Hardcover: 360 pages
Published: 2019
Publisher: Lion Print, Cashel
Price: €25
ISBN: 978-1-9993543-0-5