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PARADISE LOST AND FOUND: THE STORY OF BELFAST CELTIC
PARADISE LOST AND FOUND THE STORY OF BELFAST CELTIC Author:Padraig Coyle This book "...tells the remarkable story of Belfast Celtic, setting the club's enormous sporting achievements against the turbulent background of the Home Rule era, the Irish Civil War and the formation of Northern Ireland. [The author] uncovers the conflicting theories behind the decision to wind up the club when it was at the height of its suc... more »cess. Was it because of the vicious wounding of a Celtic player in that Boxing Day game [in 1948]? Was it due to a boardroom power struggle? Or was it a risky strategy that backfired?"
Includes a Table of Contents, an Acknowledgments page, approximately 16 black & white photographs,and a short Bibliography.« less