The Celtic, Glasgow Irish and the Great War: The Gathering Storms Tapa dura -

City Not Stated: Ian McCallum, 2013. 1st ed.. Hardback large octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, minor edgewear jacket, faint foxing top edge. 304 pp. Examines the social history, political atmosphere and wartime experiences of the Roman Catholic Irish community that had settled in and around Glasgow over the course of the 19th century. The books survey the community support for, and attitude regarding, the British war effort over the course of the Great War (WW1), seen through the prism of their greatest sporting achievement, the Celtic Football Club. There are a number of pen pictures of the club's founding fathers, many never before published. The book also examines the unique relationship between the club and it's worldwide family of Celtic supporters. (Book 1 in this series.).