In sunshine or in shadow : how boxing brought hope in the Troubles
McRae, Donald, 1961-2019
Books, Manuscripts
At the height of the Troubles, Gerry Storey ran the Holy Family gym from the IRA's heartland territory of New Lodge in Belfast. Despite coming from a family steeped in the Republican movement, he insisted that it would be open to all. He ensured that his boxers were given a free pass by paramilitary forces on both Republican and Loyalist sides, so they could find a way out of the province's desperate situation. In the immediate aftermath of the 1981 Hunger Strikes, Storey would also visit the Maze prison twice a week to train the inmates from each community, separately. In itself, this would be a heroic story, but Storey went further than that: he became the trainer for world champion Barry McGuigan and Olympian Hugh Russell, who became one of the most famous photographers to document the Troubles.
Main title:
Author:
McRae, Donald, 1961-, author
Imprint:
London : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Collation:
371 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9781471163104 (hbk)
Dewey class:
796.83092796.83796.8309920MCR
LC class:
GV1137.6
Local class:
796.83796.83092
Language:
English
Subject:
Storey, Gerry -- Career in boxingStorey, GerryBoxing trainers -- Ireland -- BelfastBoxing -- Ireland -- Belfast -- History -- 20th centuryPolitical violence -- Ireland -- Belfast -- History -- 20th centurySportBoxing trainers -- Northern Ireland -- BelfastBoxing -- Northern Ireland -- Belfast -- HistoryHoly Family Boxing Club (Belfast, Northern Ireland)Political violence -- Northern Ireland -- History -- 20th century
BRN:
2452937