Turtle Bunbury

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SPORTING LEGENDS OF IRELAND - VOLUME ONE
Turtle Bunbury & James Fennell (Mainstream, 2010)

2010 will see the publication of the fifth collaboration between author Turtle Bunbury and photographer James Fennell. Commissioned by Edinburgh-based Mainstream Publishing, the opening volume of 'Sporting Legends of Ireland' will offer a photographic look at the careers of forty of Ireland's leading sporting heroes, encompassing sports as diverse as hurling, rugby, boxing, show-jumping and darts. Further details about the 'Sporting Legends' project will be made available in May 2010.

Amongst those already photographed for the book are rugby greats Jackie Kyle and Willie John McBride, footballing legend Mick O'Connell, hurling icons Eddie Keher and DJ Carey, two time Ladies Footlball All Star Cora Staunton, Tour de France winner Stephen Roche, champion jockey Charlie Swan, trainers par excellence Paddy Mullins, Willie Mullins and Jessie Harrington, 10-time All Ireland pole-vaulting champion Dinny Hyland, world champion snooker maestro Ken Doherty, world No. 1 showjumper Eddie Macken, world wrestling champion Dave Finlay Jr, Olympic medallists Ronnie Delany, Eamonn Coghlan, Maeve Kyle and Sam Martin, 44-time Classic winning greyhound trainer Ger McKenna, tennis ace June Anne Fitzpatrick, world rally champion Rosemary Smith, world rowing champion Niall O'Toole, GAA commentator Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, multiple handball champion Peader McGee and camogie champ Angela Downey-Browne.

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