Join Boston College Irish Studies and BC in Ireland, this Friday, 20 November, at 4.30pm EST and 9.30pm Ireland for a discussion on Bloody Sunday 1920 in a global context. Discussion on the Irish Influence will explore what happened on Bloody Sunday, how it fits into the wider history of the Irish revolution, and where such an overt politicisation of sport sits within a wider global and historical context. Panellists include:

• Heather Ditcher is based at the International Centre for Sport History & Culture at DMU Leicester, and has published widely on the interconnections between sport and diplomacy, and sport and politics. Her work has particularly focused on the Olympic Games.  
• Michael Foley is a sportswriter with the Irish edition of the Sunday Times, and focuses on the sports of the Gaelic Athletic Association. He is an award-winning author, and most recently published The Bloodied Field: Croke Park, Sunday 21 November, 1920.
• William Murphy is a historian at Dublin City University, and has worked extensively on the republican movement, especially republican prisoners during and after the revolutionary period. He is also an historian of the Gaelic Athletic Association and was an editor, in 2009, of The Gaelic Athletic Association, 1884-2009.

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