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By John W. Hurley

ISBN-10: 145053841X

ISBN-13: 9781450538411

for hundreds of years the Irish were linked to a stick weapon known as the Shillelagh. And for generations of Irishmen, the Shillelagh used to be a badge of honor - a logo in their braveness, their martial prowess and their willingness to struggle for his or her rights and their honor. In glossy pop culture, the Shillelagh has got a much less beautiful picture, person who makes an attempt to declaw the Irish via adverse racial stereotypes of the Victorian period, which depict the Irish as innocuous club-weilding Leprecauns or drunken, half-witted brawlers. John Hurley’s illuminating research ceaselessly alters our view of this a lot maligned and misunderstood cultural icon by means of revealing the genuine martial arts tradition of the Irish humans, its historical past, evolution and decline and the ensuing results at the Shillelagh - the main strong and debatable of Irish icons.

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