The essential @limerick1912 has been posting excerpts from the incredible first book on how to play gaelic football, which was written by Kerryman Dick Fitzgerald in 1914. This is incredible. I'm sure Mick O'Connell would approve.
Dick Fitzgerald (Member of the Kerry Football Team for 20 years) wrote the first ever book on "How to Play Gaelic Football" (1914)
— Limerick1912 (@Limerick1912) December 17, 2012
He writes about how Gaelic Football used to be played in the 19th Century with 21 players aside, & that the game was 'a trial of strength'
— Limerick1912 (@Limerick1912) December 17, 2012
"Gaelic Football is a natural game & there is no incentive in it towards rough play." (1914)
— Limerick1912 (@Limerick1912) December 17, 2012
"One player can hamper or impede another in one way, and only one way, and that by means of a shoulder.." #bringbacktheolddays
— Limerick1912 (@Limerick1912) December 17, 2012
"The goalkeeper is like a poet, he is born, not made.."
— Limerick1912 (@Limerick1912) December 17, 2012
More tweets as we get them.
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