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Irish Collar & Elbow
The first in a series of podcasts looking at some of the obscure folk-wrestling styles from around the world. This one explores the ancient and now sadly forgotten art of Irish collar & elbow - a style with origins in Ireland's distant pre-Christian past that eventually crossed the Atlantic and for a while reigned as the most popular sport in America before disappearing entirely. Or did it?
Inspired by the original “Grappling Around the World” map: www.instagram.com/groundworkmaps
References:
Armstrong, Walter. Wrestling. Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1890.
Cronin, Mike. “Projecting the Nation through Sport and Culture: Ireland, Aonach Tailteann and the Irish Free State, 1924-32.” Journal of Contemporary History, vol. 38, no. 3, 2003, pp. 395–411. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3180644.
Fagan, Brian M. The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850. Perseus Book Group, 2002.
Gallagher, Edward C. Amateur Wrestling. Co-Operative Publishing Co., 1925.
Gregory, Augusta. Cuchulain of Muirthemne: The Story of the Men of the Red Brand of Ulster. Colin Limited, 1973.
Gunning, Paul Ignatius. “Hardy Fingallians, Kildare Trippers, and ‘The Divil Ye'll Rise’ Scufflers: Wrestling in Modern Ireland.” A Social and Cultural History of Sport in Ireland, pp. 110-121, 2016
Hatton, Nathan. Thrashing Seasons: Sporting Culture in Manitoba and the Genesis of Prairie Wrestling. University of Manitoba Press, 2016.
Kelly, Richard J. “An Introduction to the Context of Early and Medieval Irish Poetry.” The Harp, vol. 10, 1995, pp. 14–23. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20533350.
MacAlister, R.A Stewart. Lebor Gabala Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland (5 Vols). Irish Texts Society, 1932-1942
Mitchel, John. The Last Conquest of Ireland (Perhaps). R&T Washbourne Ltd., 1882.
Morrow, Charles W. The Magnificent Scufflers: Revealing the Great Days When America Wrestled the World. The Stephen Green Press, 1959
Nally, Thomas H., Aonach Tailteann or Tailteann Games: Their Origin, History, and Ancient Associations. The Talbot Press Limited, 1922(?).
O’Reilly, Edward. An Irish-English Dictionary. James Duffy & Co. Limited, 1864
Sayers, William. “The Motif of Wrestling in Early Irish and Mongolian Epic.” Mongolian Studies, vol. 13, 1990, pp. 153–168. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/43193128.
Co. Kildare Online Electronic History Journal. 2006. Famous Kildare Wrestling, Ancient Gaelic Style of Collar and Elbow: How Kildare Exiles Carried the Game Abroad. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.kildare.ie/ehistory/2006/05/collar_and_elbow_wrestling.asp. [Accessed 15 November 2018].
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The first in a series of podcasts looking at some of the obscure folk-wrestling styles from around the world. This one explores the ancient and now sadly forgotten art of Irish collar & elbow - a style with origins in Ireland's distant pre-Christian past that eventually crossed the Atlantic and for a while reigned as the most popular sport in America before disappearing entirely. Or did it?
Inspired by the original “Grappling Around the World” map: www.instagram.com/groundworkmaps
References:
Armstrong, Walter. Wrestling. Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1890.
Cronin, Mike. “Projecting the Nation through Sport and Culture: Ireland, Aonach Tailteann and the Irish Free State, 1924-32.” Journal of Contemporary History, vol. 38, no. 3, 2003, pp. 395–411. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3180644.
Fagan, Brian M. The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850. Perseus Book Group, 2002.
Gallagher, Edward C. Amateur Wrestling. Co-Operative Publishing Co., 1925.
Gregory, Augusta. Cuchulain of Muirthemne: The Story of the Men of the Red Brand of Ulster. Colin Limited, 1973.
Gunning, Paul Ignatius. “Hardy Fingallians, Kildare Trippers, and ‘The Divil Ye'll Rise’ Scufflers: Wrestling in Modern Ireland.” A Social and Cultural History of Sport in Ireland, pp. 110-121, 2016
Hatton, Nathan. Thrashing Seasons: Sporting Culture in Manitoba and the Genesis of Prairie Wrestling. University of Manitoba Press, 2016.
Kelly, Richard J. “An Introduction to the Context of Early and Medieval Irish Poetry.” The Harp, vol. 10, 1995, pp. 14–23. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20533350.
MacAlister, R.A Stewart. Lebor Gabala Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland (5 Vols). Irish Texts Society, 1932-1942
Mitchel, John. The Last Conquest of Ireland (Perhaps). R&T Washbourne Ltd., 1882.
Morrow, Charles W. The Magnificent Scufflers: Revealing the Great Days When America Wrestled the World. The Stephen Green Press, 1959
Nally, Thomas H., Aonach Tailteann or Tailteann Games: Their Origin, History, and Ancient Associations. The Talbot Press Limited, 1922(?).
O’Reilly, Edward. An Irish-English Dictionary. James Duffy & Co. Limited, 1864
Sayers, William. “The Motif of Wrestling in Early Irish and Mongolian Epic.” Mongolian Studies, vol. 13, 1990, pp. 153–168. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/43193128.
Co. Kildare Online Electronic History Journal. 2006. Famous Kildare Wrestling, Ancient Gaelic Style of Collar and Elbow: How Kildare Exiles Carried the Game Abroad. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.kildare.ie/ehistory/2006/05/collar_and_elbow_wrestling.asp. [Accessed 15 November 2018].