Cold War Football: Yugoslavia in Dalymount Park

Three Castles Burning by Donal Fallon

Jun 22, 202632:44Society & Culture

In October 1955, the visit of Yugoslavia to Dublin caused real division in Irish society. A top-class football side on the world stage, opposition to communism led Archbishop McQuaid and others to call for a boycott of t...

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