‘The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish cycling’s golden generation’ with Barry Ryan; ‘The Choice’ by Philly McMahon with Niall Kelly and ‘The Warriors Code’ by Jackie Tyrell with Christy O’Connor have been chosen to make up the shortlist for the eir sport Sports Book of The Year 2017.
Kieran Donaghy’s ‘What Do You Think of That’ took the prize last year and the winner for 2017 will receive a €1,500 cash prize, a specially commissioned trophy and €10,000 worth of TV advertising on eir sport.
Glen Killane MD of eir TV and sport said: “We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the eir sport Sports Book of The Year. It was a difficult task for the judging panel to narrow it down to three contenders this year. This shortlist reflects a diversity of writing styles and subject matters.
“eir sport wishes to commend each author and publisher who submitted books for the award with special congratulations to the three authors and publishers on the final shortlist.”
The eir sport Sports Book of The Year is an initiative designed to recognise the very best in Irish sports writing by seeking the best sports book published by an Irish author, or sports book with an Irish subject matter.
The shortlist was chosen by a judging panel made up of Malachy Clerkin (The Irish Times), Jack White (Mail on Sunday), Evanne Ní Chuilinn (RTÉ), Sinead Kissane (TV3), Adrian Barry (Newstalk 106-108fm), Cathal Dervan (The Irish Sun), Seán McGoldrick (Sunday World), John Greene (Sunday Independent).
The winner of the eir sport Sports Book of the Year will be announced at an event in Dublin City Centre on Tuesday, December 12th.
