 | John Doyle John Doyle (born 1957) is the television critic with Canada's The Globe and Mail newspaper. Doyle also covers major association football events for the paper. His writing on soccer has also appeared in The New York Times and The Guardian. He has made many radio and TV appearances commenting on soccer and he has acted as a consultant on soccer projects. He was born in Nenagh, County Tipperary in Ireland. As a child he moved to Dublin before emigrating to Canada in the 1980s. A writer, he has written a book about his early life in deeply conservative rural Ireland. He was first hired by the Globe to write for Broadcast Week, the paper's weekly television listings, as a columnist. In 2000 he was appointed the Globe's daily television critic. In 2005, Doyle published a bestselling memoir: A Great Feast of Light: Growing Up Irish in the Television Age. His book about soccer, The World is a Ball: The Joy, Madness, and Meaning of Soccer (Doubleday Canada) was a national bestseller in Canada on publication in the summer of 2010 and longlisted for the William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year. It has also been published in the U.S., Ireland, the U.K. and Croatia.
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A Great Feast of Light: Growing Up Irish in the Television Age
By: John Doyle
21 Mar 2005 - Carroll & Graf
The 60s remembered through a black and white tv screen. ...Quick View
Policing the Narrow Ground: Lessons from the Transformation of Policing in Northern Ireland
By: John Doyle
10 Jan 2010 - Royal Irish Academy
The Patten Report on policing in Northern Ireland was a benchmark in the 1998 Belfast Agreement, signaling an end to sectarian violence in the North. Ten years later, this book reflects on the Report, its role in the ong ...Quick View
Celebrates the evolution of soccer as a global phenomenon. This title focuses on the World Cups of 2002 and 2006, the European Championships of 2004 and 2008, and the key games and teams involved in qualifying for the hi ...Quick View
An authoritative textbook presenting major themes and analysis of Irish foreign policy in a contextual framework of history, political science, economics and international relations.
An authoritative textbook presenti ...Quick View
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