University of Galway

Project Publications

Please find below a list of publications that have emerged from ongoing research of sport and cinema being led by Dr. Seán Crosson.

Monographs

  • Seán Crosson (2019) Gaelic Games on Film: From Silent Films, to Hollywood Hurling, Horror and the Emergence of Irish Cinema. Cork: Cork University Press.
  • Seán Crosson (2013) Sport and Film. London: Routledge.

Edited Books

  • Seán Crosson (Ed.). (2021) Sport, Film, and National Culture Sport, Film, and National Culture. London: Routledge.
  • Philip Dine and Sean Crosson (Ed.). (2010) Sport, Representation and Evolving Identity in Europe. Oxford: Peter Lang.

Journal Articles

  • Seán Crosson (2023) 'Going vertical: examining the rise and impact of contemporary Russian sports cinema. Front. Sports Act. Living 5:1250961. doi: [10.3389/fspor.2023.1250961]
  • Seán Crosson (2018) 'Sport, Representation, and the Commemoration of the 1916 Rising: ‘A New Ireland Rises’?'. Review of Irish Studies in Europe, 2 (2):40-54. http://risejournal.eu/index.php/rise/article/view/1882
  • Seán Crosson (2016) 'Configuring Irishness through Coaching Films: Peil (1962) and Christy Ring (1964)'. Sports Coaching Review, 5 (1):14-28. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21640629.2016.1198585
  • Crosson, S. (2014) 'From Babe Ruth to Michael Jordan: Affirming the American Dream via the Sports/Film Star'. Kinema, Fall 2014 (42):79-104. https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/kinema/article/view/1299/1687
  • Crosson, S (2013) 'Ar son an Naisiuin: The National Film Institute of Ireland's All-Ireland Films'. Eire-Ireland, 48 (1&2):191-210. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/510692
  • Crosson, S. (2012) '‘Horror, Hurling, and Bertie: Aspects of Contemporary Irish Horror Cinema’'. Kinema, (37):65-83. https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/kinema/article/view/1274/1637
  • Crosson, S. (2012) '‘‘for the honour of old Knock-na-gow I must win’: Representing Sport in Knocknagow (1918)’'. Screening the Past, (33). http://www.screeningthepast.com/2012/02/%E2%80%9Cfor-the-honour-of-old-knock-nagow-i-must-win%E2%80%9D-representing-sport-in-knocknagow-1918/
  • Crosson, S., Dine, P. (2011) 'Sport and the Media in Ireland: an introduction (Special Number)'. Media History, 17 (2):109-116. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13688804.2011.554721
  • Seán Crosson and Dónal McAnallen (2011) '‘“Croke Park goes Plumb Crazy”: Pathé Newsreels and Gaelic Games''. Special Issue Of Media History, On ?Representing Sport In Ireland?, 17 (2):161-176. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13688804.2011.554728

Book Chapters

  • Seán Crosson (2024) '(Forthcoming) Hollywood hurling? Gaelic games on film' In: The Atlas of Irish Sport. Cork: Cork University Press.
  • Seán Crosson (2023) 'The film of the Chamonix Winter Olympics' In: Chamonix 1924: The First Winter Olympics, edited by Julien Sorez. Grenoble: Glénat and International Olympic Committee, pp. :166-177.
  • Seán Crosson (2023) 'Gaelic Games on Film: How Cinema Chronicled the Evolving Techniques of Hurling, Gaelic Football and Hammer Throw' In: Sport et Cinéma La technique à l¿épreuve du réel, edited by Thomas Bauer, Loïc de la Croix, and Hugo Gerville-Réache. Limoges: PULIM: Limoges: PULIM.
  • Seán Crosson (2022) "'Men Love Women, But Even More Than That, Men Love Cars': Motor Racing on Film". In: The History and Politics of Motor Racing: Lives in the Fast Lane (Global Culture and Sport Series) Edited by Damion Sturm, Stephen Wagg, and David L. Andrews. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 443-476.
  • Seán Crosson (2022) 'Sport, Film, and the Cultural Imaginary' In: Oxford Handbook of Sport and Society. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Seán Crosson (2021) 'European cinema and the football film: ‘Play for the people who’ve accepted you’' In: Football and Popular Culture: Singing Out from the Stands. Edited by Stephen R. Millar, Martin J. Power, Paul Widdop, Daniel Parnell, and James Carr: 87-107 London: Routledge: London: Routledge.
  • Seán Crosson (2021) 'Sport, Film, and National Culture: An Introduction' In: Sport, Film and National Culture. London: Routledge.
  • Seán Crosson (2020) 'The Mediatisation of the GAA’s Commemoration of the 1916 Rising: “A New Ireland Rises”?' In: Sport, the Media and Ireland: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. :93-109 Cork: Cork University Press.
  • Seán Crosson (2018) '‘“Is it another of their Rebellions?”: Gaelic games and the films of John Ford’' In: Beyond Ireland: Boundaries, Passages, Transitions: Essays in honour of Prof. Dr. Werner Huber, Irish Studies in Europe, Vol. 8. :67-76 Trier, Germany: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier.
  • Seán Crosson (2017) 'Sport and Christianity in American Cinema: the beloved grew fat and kicked(Deuteronomy 32:15)' In: Global Perspectives On Sports And Christianity. :225-242 London: Routledge. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Perspectives-Christianity-RoutledgeResearch-Culture/dp/1138828521
  • Seán Crosson (2017) 'Configuring Irishness through coaching films: Peil (1962) and Christy Ring (1964)' In: Representations of Sports Coaches in Film: Looking to Win. :14-28 London: Routledge.
  • Seán Crosson and Philip Dine (2016) 'Sport and the Media in Ireland: An Introduction' In: Sport and Communication. :65-78 London: SAGE Publications.
  • Crosson, S. (2012) '“Filming Gaelic Games: George Fleischmann and the Emergence of a Distinctive Irish film culture post-World War II,”' In: Ireland in Drama, Film, and Popular Culture: Festschrift Werner Huber. :91-100 Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier.
  • Crosson, S., Dine, P. (2010) '“Exploring European Sporting Identities: History, Theory, Methodology”' In: Sport, Representation and Evolving Identities in Europe. :1-12 Oxford: Peter Lang. https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/11018
  • Crosson, S. (2009) '“Gaelic Games and ‘the Movies’”' In: The Gaelic Athletic Association 1884–2009. :111-136 Dublin: Irish Academic Press.
  • Crosson, S. (2009) '‘Shillalah Swing Time’...You'll thrill each time a wild Irishman’s skull shatters’: Representing Hurling in American Cinema: 1930-1960”' In: Screening Irish-America: Representing Irish-America in Film and Television. :148-164 Dublin: Irish Academic Press.

Audiovisual material

  • Seán Crosson (Convenor and Chair) (2021) Cois Coiribe Podcast: Women in Sports and levelling the playing fields. Galway, Cois Coiribe Digital Magazine: Galway, Cois Coiribe Digital Magazine Audiovisual material. https://impact.nuigalway.ie/podcasts/cois-coiribepodcast-women-in-sports-and-levelling-the-playing-fields/
  • Crosson,S. (2011) DVD Liner Notes for “GAA Gold, All Ireland Gaelic Football Final Highlights: 1948-1962”, (Dublin: Irish Film Institute, 2011). Audiovisual material.
  • Crosson, S. (2010) DVD Liner Notes for “GAA Gold, All Ireland Hurling Final Highlights: 1948-1959”, (Dublin: Irish Film Institute, 2010). Audiovisual material.

Documentary

  • Seán Crosson (Contributing Interviewee) (2018) Éire na Nuachtscannán [Ireland in the Newsreels]. TG4: TG4 Documentary.
  • Seán Crosson [Archive Footage Consultant] (2018) The Game: The Story of Hurling. Crossing the Line Productions for RTÉ: Crossing the Line Productions Documentary. http://www.galwaygaa.ie/images/Downloads/2017/The-GameTheStoryofHurling.pdf
  • Seán Crosson (2014) Contributor to Lámh Láidir Abú – Scéal Mhíolta Móra na hÉireann (Andrew Gallimore, 2014), documentary (screened on TG4 in January 2014) concerning the Irish Whales, Irish born athletes who enjoyed extraordinary success at the Olympics in the early 20th century. TG4 Documentary.
  • Crosson, S. (2009) January-March 2009 and November-January 2009/2010, Contributor to 10-part documentary series, “GAA@125 Bliain”, broadcast on TG4. Documentary.

Electronic Article

  • Seán Crosson (2019) How hurling conquered Hollywood. RTÉ Brainstorm: RTÉ Brainstorm Electronic Article. https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2019/0513/1049084-hollywood-andhurling/
  • Seán Crosson (2016) Interview: Mary McGuckian, ‘The Price of Desire’. Dublin: FILM IRELAND Electronic Article. http://filmireland.net/2016/06/01/interview-mary-mcguckianthe-price-of-desire/
  • Seán Crosson (2017) Community Games. Dublin: rte.ie: rte.ie Electronic Article. https://www.rte.ie/eile/brainstorm/2017/1107/918120-community-games/

Magazine Article

  • Seán Crosson and Dónal McAnallen (2016) 'Croke Park Goes Plumb Crazy' Gaelic Games in Pathe Newsreels 1920-1939. Kilkenny: Cornerback Magazine: Cornerback: The Retro GAA Magazine Magazine Article.

Online Multimedia

  • Seán Crosson (2020) The GAA Collection (Irish Film Institute) (Various Titles). Dublin: Irish Film Institute: Dublin: Irish Film Institute Online Multimedia. https://web.archive.org/web/20200911075745/https://ifiplayer.ie/gaa/

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