The Irish Game of Road Bowling 1997
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- Road bowling veterans Mick Barry and Liam O’Keeffe go head to head in the village of Monkstown, County Cork.
Mick Barry and Liam O’Keeffe between them, have been road bowling for over five decades. Popular in Cork, the sport is played with a 16oz cast iron bowl which fits into palm of the hand. Two contestants throw the bowl along an agreed distance of road and the winner is the player to reach the finishing line using the least number of throws.
Septuagenarian Mick Barry from Waterfall in County Cork is much admired for his road bowling skills. He is in record books for lofting a bowl over the viaduct on the Cork-Bandon railway line in the 1960s. However, he is not complacent about his challenge against Liam O’Keeffe.
One never knows in bowling, it can go anyway like, you make the best efforts in the world and things might go against you, you hope for the best.
Liam O’Keefe’s preparations for the game have included an early night and abstaining from alcohol. Overseeing the contest is Bishop John Buckley who is friends with both men. Remaining impartial, he anticipates a marvellous display,
Road bowling is something that is bred in our bones here, entwined in our lives, especially in the people of the area.
Once each man chooses a bowl that feels right, it is time to take to the road and a crowd of spectators have gathered for the event. Noel Magnier cannot tell who will win the contest as both men are playing well on an uphill road. This is difficult terrain for young men let alone men in their sixties and seventies.
Wendy Forde enjoys watching road bowling as it involves walking, fresh air and meeting people.
It’s really enjoyable, it doesn’t cost you anything, it’s cheap entertainment.
Mick threw the winning bowl at the finishing line although he found the match very tough.
I made a lot of mistakes, but eventually I made up for it in the end, with the help of Liam throwing a few bad ones.
A ‘Nationwide’ report broadcast on 9 May 1997. The reporter is Donna O’Sullivan.
78 years old and looks like he'd still give ya a fierce clip in the ear
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Down with physical abuse from old thick cultchie bullies
@@louisburke8927 ah no, if he gave ya a belt you'd have deserved it
Well I can't say I know much more about the sport now than I did four minutes ago haha ... but it seems like a good wholesome community-supported activity and that's good to see.
No one's riled by your political spam bait. You've already lost. Future generations will think of your attempts to segregate the world as quaint at best, if they think of them at all.
@Jesse H it's whoever takes the fewest throws to get from start to finish line. Bowl is out when it goes into the ditch. (That's as much as I know -- there may be more rules.)
Not completely wholesome as it's a game with great potential for on the spot betting.
Lots of people out and enjoying been together.
All social animals like to do that
You know it’s getting serious when someone takes their coat off.
And there is a Warden ready to take it 😹😹😹
They used to play outside my Grandparents house near Ballinspittle years ago, my Uncle played💕💕
A group of men still play this on drogheda / baltry road on some sundays. My dad in the 70’s / early 80’s played this in Dublin but they played it in an industrial estate on Sundays.
We went to visit my ex-wife's uncle in Clonakilty a few years ago and he took me to the bowling. There's some serious money is bet on these matches.
Reminds me why my Irish dad was such a character.
So ur not Irish ? But ur dad is ?
@@jksocool5945 Adopted
How does this channel not have more subscribers
I'm French Canadian and I find this channel very entertaining.
Actjally strictly speaking it is not an Irish game, it's Dutch. It is still played in Holland. It was introduced to Ireland by the Williamite army in the 17th century and is very popular in my county, Armagh. We call it bullets as the original "bowls" were small bore cannon balls.
Oh didnt see your comment, its called 'Klootschieten' in dutch
Seems unlikely that it would be widely played in Cork if it was brought here by Orange bastards.
@@citizenkay lol l thought the same thing 🤣. If you are to look it up it says "bowl playing originated in Cork Ireland where it was called Long bullets and was played on the straighter roads outside of houses and in villages", ah but they try to steal everything we claim to be ours.
Every country has its own version l guess that originated in their own country.
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@@citizenkay and you are a fenian bastard
Love they even have Irish font for the title graphics in Irish programming
Wow. Seems so long ago yet or at the same time. How times have changed.
@Mejo Mejo I'd happily go with you.
@John Bold You only have to go back to 2003 when Facebook didn't exist. Now millions can't live without it!!
road bowling still goes on
Love Cork and Ireland but you need subtitles in Cork for sure.
Mick Barry.. Such a Cork name
*Ireland today is unrecognisable from Ireland in 1997*
*Irish people will be a minority in Ireland by 2050*
*Vote The National Party🇮🇪*
Unfortunately too many voters still rigidly voting either FF or FG, tweedle Dee tweedle dum, Also Apathy seems to be a significant problem in Ireland with 38 per cent of Voters not turning up last election and this was just before the Lockdowns.
My Dad always raved about the bowling, he could loft one too.
Looks like 'Klootschieten', old sport that still happens in some rural parts in the Netherlands
Ah how I wish we could go back to the 1997
1997 but looks like 1957
When I first moved down to West Cork from Dublin I found this game strange and annoying because they block the road. Lol
The new Irish from Islamabad and Lagos will undoubtedly carry on these ancient traditions once they are a majority of the population.
Have you ever been to Ireland?
Dean wright is an English name!
@@MB-pe1dw You think people use their real name on RUclips like its their passport? :D Yes born and live in this third world dumping ground. Seen it go from homogeneous to mini London rapidly.
@@MB-pe1dw ok
I was in Dublin airport two years ago and saw very few non white people. The main airport in Ireland. Compare that with Birmingham airport where I traveled from. There were people from all over the world there. And that is not the UK'S main airport.
Well Done
Many Blessings
Remember Seamus Flynn Irish spin bowler that played for Hampshire . This is where is skills came from
You can tell by the way they celebrated at the end that there was some serious money on it
Barry wont be paying for his pint tonite....
Mick Barry never drank alcohol
A mighty bit of craic in its day ,I've only had the pleasure to see it been played once and it'll always stay with me how we used to be in this country before idiots took it over .
Maybe further into the 21st Century this Sport will become more popular again. Throughout history Sports have being revived (Gaelic Football and Hurling were at the very late 19th Century). Also Interesting video.
With modern traffic it's becoming harder and harder to really play this game
The bowl actually weighs 28oz not 16oz like she says at 1:28
Makes sense. 28 is almost 800 grammes. 16 would be too light. I play boules (the French "Petanque"). The boules are between 650 and 800 grammes. Have you played this yourself? (bowling)
And they're cast iron? That would leave a mark on one of those spectators.
@@sdrtcacgnrjrc yes I do I’m from the south of Ireland where it’s quite popular in certain areas however it’s still misunderstood by many and sadly not advertised enough by the leading organisation - in my opinion there’s not enough new players coming in
I grew up in that part of Ireland near the viaduct the 16oz was for us kids the 28 was for the men and there was also a 32oz but not many could throw that, it was also said the game came about from the Irish throwing cannon balls back at the brits we didn’t have any cannon.
Not to be confused with any other movement..#bowel
Why not throw it with hand raised overhead and forward?
En Aragón jugamos con bolas de 1,66kg allí con cuánto?
oh my word, peak craggy island
Yes, everyone referencing to "craggy Island" like the Irish are a joke, nice one. So many videos where this bs is commented suppressing our past to a mere cringe culture. I'm proud of our people. 🇮🇪
@@irishcountrygirl78 and I thought Ireland had a sense of humor
@@Bert86 yes we do. When it's funny and not old AF. 😊
@@irishcountrygirl78 I laughed and I laughed and I laughed. Why don't you just have a nice cup of tea
@@Bert86 over here we call it Tae. Yeah, think l will 🤭👍
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2:24 Noel Magner .. (island rooms nightclub Cork) introducing all the acts . One night Dermot Morgan . Great place for entertainment.
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28ozs not 16
#bolaaragonesa
#tirodebola
Ancient?.....
You think all that shouting and their wasn't a sneaky book being run!?
Loads of money changing hands I'd say, skullduggery & sabotage too. The way that fella lept up in the air celebrating at the end - must've trousered a few grand!
they play this in belfast also. with molotov cocktails and bricks. 100 points if you hit a land rover.
Really strange throwing technique?
Dowcha Boy
anyone know if bowls are one weight or 16, 28 & 32 ounces? tx from nyc
Didn't half roads that we're tarmac in them days ! What rubbish
This is peasantry 101. As an Irish person its embarrassing.
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Whoever gets it the fardest
Here in the US we play a similar game but we use our automobile as the arm and BLM/antifa in the streets as the ball.
and you use Capitol Police Officers as the ball too
@celticandliverpool80🇮🇪 I'm talking about a whackjob rightwinger driving their car over a Capital Police officer. If you think I'm a BLM person then think again. Both of those sets of clowns are fucking assholes
@@wakeoftheflood2 yet zero information or details of the perpetrators involved in the Capitol riots. An unarmed lady who was ex airforce was shot in the neck and killed for climbing over a barrier by a secret service agent, did you see the footage, did you hear any outcries about her murder??
16ouncz🤣