Author: Conor Heffernan

A Different Breed?
Animal History for the Sporting Historian

Posted by Conor Heffernan | Jan 2, 2021 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Physical Culture, Playing Pasts Publications, Sport & Leisure History, Sport & Politics, Sporting Cultures: Global Perspectives: edited Volume 2019, Theatre and the Arts, Wrestling/Self-defence | 0

Please cite this article as: Heffernam, C. A Different Breed? Animal History for the Sporting...

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Muscle Building and Society Bending:
The Slow Birth of Irish Bodybuilding

Posted by Conor Heffernan | May 23, 2020 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Physical Culture, Playing Pasts Publications, Playing Pasts: edited Volume 2020 | 0

Please cite this article as: Heffernan, C. Muscle Building and Society Bending: The Slow Birth of...

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American Exceptionalism at the Heart of Gaelic Ireland: Dublin’s 1924 Rodeo

Posted by Conor Heffernan | Nov 18, 2019 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], General | 0

To hear some people talk about Rodeo you would fancy it was something compounded from roots,...

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Extreme Definition Diets? Vince Gironda and the Transformation of American Bodybuilding

Posted by Conor Heffernan | Jul 22, 2019 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Physical Culture | 1

Published in 1973 by the American weight trainer Vince Gironda, Definition: The New Revised...

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“Creatine is Cheating No Matter How You Look at It”
Moral Panics and Irish Supplements in the New Millennium

Posted by Conor Heffernan | Apr 4, 2019 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], General | 0

For Irish sport lovers in the early 2000s it appeared that a new, and potentially dangerous, drug...

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