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The Trinity College VIII : rowing for the Ladies Plate / David Hickey.

By: Publication details: Dublin : The Liffey Press, 2021.Description: ix,243 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781838359362
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 797.123
Summary: The Trinity College VIII is a light-hearted account of how the 1977 Dublin University Boat Club raced the best university crews in the world in an attempt to win the cherished Ladies Plate at the Henley Royal Regatta - almost exactly 100 years after their last win at the prestigious event. Trinity College Dublin has a rich academic and sporting history, and similarly has produced talented undergraduates with mischievous minds and a healthy disregard for establishment rules. In The Trinity College VIII the two fuse together perfectly. Author and crew member David Hickey describes their prowess on the water and their misadventures on land, from his awkward meeting with an Egyptian General who he had told to f**k off on the telephone, to the explosive results one gets when opening a beer keg in the bath tub without the proper tools. - Book cover.
List(s) this item appears in: New Acquisitions Spring 2022
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The Trinity College VIII is a light-hearted account of how the 1977 Dublin University Boat Club raced the best university crews in the world in an attempt to win the cherished Ladies Plate at the Henley Royal Regatta - almost exactly 100 years after their last win at the prestigious event.
Trinity College Dublin has a rich academic and sporting history, and similarly has produced talented undergraduates with mischievous minds and a healthy disregard for establishment rules. In The Trinity College VIII the two fuse together perfectly.
Author and crew member David Hickey describes their prowess on the water and their misadventures on land, from his awkward meeting with an Egyptian General who he had told to f**k off on the telephone, to the explosive results one gets when opening a beer keg in the bath tub without the proper tools. - Book cover.

Donated to the Library by RDS member John Aiken. IeDuRDS

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