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|Headline=Cromwellians Needlessly Ban Cricket from Ireland | |Headline=Cromwellians Needlessly Ban Cricket from Ireland | ||
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|Text=<p>Simon Rae writes that the "killjoy mentality reached its zenith under the Puritans, during the Interregnum, achieving an absurd peak when cricket was banned in Ireland in 1656 even though the Irish didn't play it." Evidently, hurling was mistaken for cricket.</p> | |Text=<p>Simon Rae writes that the "killjoy mentality reached its zenith under the Puritans, during the Interregnum, achieving an absurd peak when cricket was banned in Ireland in 1656 even though the Irish didn't play it." Evidently, hurling was mistaken for cricket.</p> | ||
<p>Simon Rae, <u>It's Not Cricket: A History of Skulduggery, Sharp Practice and Downright Cheating in the Noble Game</u> (Faber and Faber, 2001), page 46. <b>Note:</b> Rae does not document this event.</p> | <p>Simon Rae, <u>It's Not Cricket: A History of Skulduggery, Sharp Practice and Downright Cheating in the Noble Game</u> (Faber and Faber, 2001), page 46. <b>Note:</b> Rae does not document this event.</p> | ||
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| Text | Simon Rae writes that the "killjoy mentality reached its zenith under the Puritans, during the Interregnum, achieving an absurd peak when cricket was banned in Ireland in 1656 even though the Irish didn't play it." Evidently, hurling was mistaken for cricket. Simon Rae, It's Not Cricket: A History of Skulduggery, Sharp Practice and Downright Cheating in the Noble Game (Faber and Faber, 2001), page 46. Note: Rae does not document this event.
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