Con Houlihan

Con Houlihan
Born	6 December 1925 (1925-12-06) (age 85) Castleisland, County Kerry, Ireland
Occupation	Sports journalist
Nationality	Irish
Notable work(s)	More Than a Game, A Harvest
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Con Houlihan (born 6 December, 1925) is considered one of Ireland's finest sportswriters. Over a lengthy career, he has covered many of the greatest Irish and international sporting events, from classic Gaelic football and hurling finals, to soccer and rugby World Cups, the Olympics and numberless race meetings inside and outside of Ireland.^[1]

A journalist with the Irish Press group writing for The Irish Press, Evening Press and sometimes The Sunday Press, until the group's demise in 1995. He wrote the "Tributaries" column and Evening Press back sports page "Con Houlihan" column.

A bronze sculpture of Houlihan stands outside the Palace Bar on Dublin's Fleet Street and another sculpture stands on the Main Street of his native Castleisland.^[2]

Works

• More Than a Game

• A Harvest: New, Rare and Uncollected Essays

• Princes of Pigskin: A Century of Kerry Footballers

• Close the Wicket Gate: Tales From the Kilmichael Bar

• Death of A King and Other Stories

• In So Many Words: The Best of Con Houlihan

• Windfalls

References

1. ^ http://www.libertiespress.com/cartage.html?main_page=product_book_info&cPath=4&products_id=10&zenid=pqdbv4khe9dj8hgssr4bbutgl5
2. ^ Nihill, Cian. "Palace of inspiration: Sculptures of writers unveiled", The Irish Times, 6 October 2011.

External links

• The author's page at Liberties Press

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Name	Houlihan, Con
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Date of birth	6 December 1925
Place of birth	Castleisland, Co. Kerry, Ireland
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