Nice one lads, for checking out hurling. I'm English but lived in Ireland for a few years and quickly fell in love with this sport. It's action from start to finish, the sliotar is flying from left to right and the fans are all so passionate for their counties. No salary, no transfers, no BS; the pride of your county is on the line. The stamina and technical skill is mind blowing. Easily my favourite sport to watch, ever. Galimh Abu!
@@pyroteknical that being said funding for that and irish soccer having them be a permanent fixture on telly would be brilliant Irish man from Dublin here never had much of an interest in hurling or gaa but have been wanting more and more to get into it after experiencing the aif in the pubs etc a few times I wouldn't know when the season starts most of the rules etc Even though I played in primary school I have no knowledge of it because its not on enough and none of my friends watch it
Glad you enjoyed it! My dad played for many years and my son has played it in school since he was 5! Hope you can get back over to watch a match again sometime soon.
There was a Tipperary player who broke both fingers on one hand during a game and instead of going off he taped his hand to the hurl (stick) and continued playing. Best game in the world. Hands down. Skill is unreal. 🇮🇪
The ones wearing the helmets have been hit in the head with the hurley and remember it, those without helmets have been hit in the head but don't remember!
First time I saw hurling was on tv in a bar in a small town in the middle of The Republic. I walked in, noticed what was happening on tv - and stopped. I could not believe what I was seeing. The speed, the large ominous-looking sticks and the commentary - in Gaelic, at 100 mph. I stood there for several beats, rooted to the floor and muttered to myself "a man could get hurt out there". A local sitting at the bar near to me looked around and said " you won't get hurt in here: pull up a seat". Utterly amazing.
@@CMR_1317 Chances are it’s an anti-immigration trope, as if Irish culture has disappeared somehow 🙄 The little Irelanders are all over social media but are few in number, out in the real world.
In Scotland we play Shinty. It's a similar game with slightly different rules. Sometimes Scotland and Ireland play a mash up of both games. The game where you skim the large stone on ice is called Curling. 😁
The "All Ireland hurling final" is a Sunday afternoon (GMT) of TV that should never be missed. I am normally humble in my opinions but this I say proudly. It has to be seen to be believed. They don't earn a cent, they do it for themselves, their local club and eventually for their county. There's also camogie, the women's version, equally as thrilling to watch. You will witness passes, solo runs and scores that seem to defy logic. Happy viewing.
Hi Guys. You got it correct on some of your reaction. This is our national game, it runs in our blood. Archaeological finds indicate its origins are about 3000 years old. The sport developed from the battle training used by Irish Kings and Chieftains. The original competitions would have hundreds of troops on each side, and would go on for days. Now it is Played entirely by amateurs. It is played for the love of the sport. You play for your parish, local club, and at higher level for your county.
@@whoneedsposers Where is this still going on? If you know for sure, call them out on it. Name the club or clubs involved. You would have my and I suspect many others supporting you. If you can not name them I think you should reflect on what may be your own prejudice.
@@whoneedsposers utter lies. A unionist from Northern Ireland, are you? Name the club and report it to any Irish media. They’d be torn asunder and apologise.
@@whoneedsposersIt's clear to anyone that ever set foot in a GAA Club that you're talking out of your hole. GAA Clubs are a vital part of the social fabric in every town in Ireland. Weddings, Christenings, youth discos, charity events. GAA Clubs are part of the lifeblood of Ireland.
As a guy from Ireland who has played this at underage . I will say this that it is the most exciting came you will ever see. the clips that make up this video come from the all Ireland hurling championship which takes place every summer. With the winner taking home the Liam mc Cathy cup. The final take places in Croke park in Dublin city which is home to the GAA museum. The final usually take place around august September time, but the championship takes place around the month of may.
Yes this is thousands of years old. Us Irish grow up playing it. Its rough, its exciting. A lot of sports you know in the US came from this originally. Its an armature sport too, these high level guys play for free and have regular day jobs too..
Hurling is becoming popular in many universities across the US. It is also played by ex-pats and many Americans who were introduced to this ancient sport and wanted to try it. There is a RUclips video about an American military unit finishing their tour, and stopping off in Shannon airport in Ireland( Shannon airport is used as a stopover point for US military), they saw the game of hurling being played on TV. They immediately felt connected to the sport and set up their own team when they returned back to their US base. This ancient sport goes back 3000 years and was used by kings and chieftains to keep their soldiers fit and ready for battle. Girls and women also play hurling but our game is known as Camogie( pronounced Cam-O-Gee... g as in get). If you guys need to know anything just ask.
SAOIRSE, PLEASE, EXPLAIN,THE, DIFFERENCE, BETWEEN, HURLING, &, SHINTY, OTHER, THAN, THE, NAME?! HURLING, IS A GREAT GAME, REMEMBER, I WATCHED IT BOUT 20 YEARS AGO, ALONGSIDE, GAELIC FOOTBALL, DURING THE SEASON, CHAMPIONSHIPS!
@jamiew4824 Shinty is Scottish, the "hurl" they use is a different shape, and a ground game it is more than hurling. Every year, Ireland play our Scottish cousins in a game. I'm sure you could find one on RUclips.
Historically their were two games winter and summer hurling. Summer hurling was played with lighter sticks and these might have resembled modern shinty sticks. Winter hurling was played with heavier sticks hence modern hurling @@EMMYK1916
I'm Irish and work with a few guys who play Hurling. Its not unusual for them to come to work with broken noses and black eyes. This is a tough skillful sport and not for the more delicate types. This game goes from end to end in seconds and is a fascinating watch. You'd learn the basics after a couple of matches.
Thanks lads for doing the reaction vid. The pitch is roughly 3 times the size of an nfl field less the in goal areas. It's lined at 13, 20, 45 and 65 metres from the goal line with 15m between the 65m lines. A lot of the points you saw in the vid were hit from 70 yards plus from the goal. One of the early ones in the vid was closer to 100yds. Plenty of matches on RUclips.
What's crazy about the hurling is, the ball is like a rock, and they only introduced helmets as mandatory a few years ago lol. Yes this is a Gaelic sport, played 1000 years ago easily. There are many mythical stories going back 2,000 years documenting this game.
@@mischief.brewed I was Hurling U-12 when they first tried to make it mandatory but it only stuck for the underage lads, it's right we finally got there in the end. But when I was corner-forward I never wanted a face guard in me way! I had a lovely old red ' 'micro' or was it 'mycra' made one? Jaysis I'm getting old!😂
@@AlainnCorcaigh 35 years old and tryina point out that out that 12 is different from a few? C'mon man, you know how liberally we use the word 'few' here! Eg- To the missus.."I'm just heading for a few pints with the lads" 😂 we need that meaning to be up in the air fella!
Like your vids lads. You are the first Americans who are a bit half sensible and don't try to compare American football with every other sport. Well done.
Soo it's a fully amateur sport. The players have days jobs and are usually teachers, farmers, gardai (cops) etc... As for the helmets, it used to be a preference but now it's a rule that you have to wear a helmet. You should definitely watch a full game once it starts back 😊
Reaction to a match would be awesome, to really see how fast this game is on grass; few interruptions, just constant overs everywhere and legendary goals. Kilkenny will probably win but meh.
the fact is hurling was invented, played centuries before america was united, it is the oldest, fastest sport in the world because the sliotar, ball travels upto speeds of 180km per hour during the game, which is 111.5 miles per hour
I see you've found the Ancient Game. Designed to test young warriors for battle and also believed to have been used to settle disputes between clans, without the need for full warfare. As you can see, many of these disputes are still ongoing today. : - )
Jaisus, I absolutely love hurling! I played from when I was five years old until I left the Republic to travel to England and join the British Army. at 16 We never wore helmets in those days, and neither did the senior teams. Folks play for their county. If you're not from the county, then you're not eligible. There are no transfers. If you're not born and bred in the county, then you can't play. End of. And it's all on an amateur basis. There are no "professional" hurling players, who move from club to club or county to county. I very quickly became thoroughly disillusioned with the (relatively) popular "over 50s" games (I'm now 80 years of age, by the way) because the fat, lazy bastards on both teams couldn't be bothered to take a bit of a run and attempt to intercept a pass when they were given one. That slowed the game down tremendously and took all the excitement (and speed) out of it, in my view. Still, I can always watch proper "iománaíocht" games.😊😊😊 MsG
Since it is legal to hit the ball in the air, and also legal to grab it out of the air, there's a danger that you'll reach up for the ball and someone else will swing at it and break your hand. So for safety, people will often put the hurl behind their hand to protect it. The stick is called a "hurley", "hurl", or "hurling stick" depending on whom you ask. Most commonly a hurley. A goalkeeper's stick has a slightly larger flat area.
Love the teeth comment. So very true. Loads of lads my age who grew up in Ireland are missing front teeth or have nasty dents in their shins. Helmets were frowned on back in the day but are now accepted. I'm half Irish half Welsh so Hurling/Galic Football and Rugby union are in my blood.
You made comment about needing to not get angry when holding a weapon. You must appreciate that hurling is the national sport of Ireland, played throughout the country by men and women, every one of them Irish! As for the don't get angry thought, they are Irish, look up the many youtube videos about hits, fights, and best plays. An incredibly skillful game played on a huge pitch (85 yds wide 145 yds long) with no offside rule and the ability to move the ball from one end of the pitch to the other in a flash. A fantastic game. Enjoy your journey.
I love it when people don't understand it and watching them tryna explain and understand it does be funny. I'm Irish. Even tryna explain it to someone is difficult
It's the other way around, Ice hockey derived from hurling in Canada because the Irish immigrants wanted to play hurley in wintertime, so they played hurley on the ice when the fields were covered in snow, eventually other folks up north saw the Irish lads were playing it and they wanted in on the craziness and were not all raving drunks either.
Helmets are a quite recent thing. Now, you have a choice whether to wear one or not. There are now over 100 hurling clubs in America. I predict it will be America's top game within decades.
I had an Uncle who used to play this sport in Southern Ireland. I think he used to play for County Cork. Apparently they have been playing this game of over 3000 years. It’s a full contact sport
@@tomoshea7230 he means the Republic of Ireland, because Northern Ireland is part of the UK but Cork is in the south of the Republic. Hope that clears it up.
Great take on Hurling lads, I think for us we think of it as a norm from childhood like alot of stuff over here, Apparently though it is 3000 yrs plus and most sports derive from it in some form or other, No one is paid, to be good you need to practice from quite young. I stopped when I lost track of the ball on the field which is a nono, caught sight of a blur travelling towards me, ducked but the poor guy behind me got messed. Helmets are often not liked as they prevent full visual tracking of a high speed object. best of irish toya :)
Hurling is legendary. It shocks people in other sports by the speed and skill. So many sports took bits from it when Irish emigrants to the US brought it. Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson attended a game, and someone asked him "would you like to be out there with a hurley (the stick)?" He answered "well, I sure as hell wouldn't like to be out there without one!!!" Remember also, players of hurling and Gaelic football are AMATEURS. They aren't paid to play. They have day jobs, then train in their own time and play matches at the weekend. Each county in Ireland has a hurling team, and a football team. Some counties are mainly hurling counties. Some are mainly Gaelic Football counties. Some are top at both. Kilkenny and Cork are famous for being top at both. The British royals are reportedly big fans of Hurling (and Gaelic football), having seen it on Sky Sports. They were shocked at how fast Hurling is. They are sports mad but had never seen anything like it. In fact, the royal estate at Sandringham grows ash trees that are harvested and used now as one of the suppliers of hurleys in the game now, as hurleys are made from ash.
Am... who've won the All Ireland in 20, 21& 22 ...We gave the neighbours Cork a decant beating in 21 so we did. We shut up Cody, we've a squad that could possibly win a few more judging by the new lads brought in. I lived in Cork for college, love the people and eventhough twas during the Covid era, the craic was mighty up in Brogans before the match. Just pointing out that Limerick have gad a significant influence on how the game today is operated. Don't you think its fair we're up there with the best? Tipp are gone to shite the past few seasons.
I played Shinty (a sport from Scotland that is similar to hurling) and there are international games between the two sports with crossover rules. They were great fun (I played at under 17 level) but I've still got some scars as a result!
Great reactions guys and a big hello from Ireland. Hurling is a great sport. I'm glad to see people from outside my native country actually get to see the game and appreciate it. It's a fast, tough, skillful sport and it's amateur. No players get paid which is crazy when you consider other athletic sports.
Try play this sport for 5 minutes and you will know what sport is and also you don’t get paid it pure passion from where your from and then next day you go to work
Hurling is thousands of years old. Magnificent sport. Fast skillful and played by amateurs at local provincial and national level, You're both welcome to Ireland 🇮🇪 to see this game played
This originated from how wars/battles were fought thousands of years ago in Ireland. Warriors trained with hurling sticks and balls. A famous one was CuCullain (also known as Setanta). He was a warrior with a stick and ball. It predates swords.
These guys got it in one every sport was made from hurling as the Irish spread there sports knowledge to the USA and every American sport came from it and no other country has the balls to play it and not get paid for it as it’s play for pride only
To someone who was forced to play hockey at school, this looks like hockey on acid. (Only memorable thing I ever did on a hockey pitch was to fetch the games mistress a right whack on the ankle bone with my stick. She hit the floor like a felled tree. It was genuinely accidental but, ooh, it was satisfying!)
When you think that a sliotar is pretty much the same weight and hardness as a baseball, and are caught with bare hands traveling at speed !! And then look at a baseball glove 😂😂 Sometimes you'd forget that growing up playing and watching hurling from a young age for Irish people is very normal, it's only when you see people's reactions to it you realize how great a sport it is. And why other country's never played it 😂
The thing is, you need to start young to develop and perfect the skills don't you. Watching an American game (I lived & played Camogie in Chicago), ti's like a Junior C match!
Originally there was no wearing of helmets and then when the use of helmets became a thing in hurling only some wore them but now its part of the rules that every player has to wear a helmet when playing hurling
@@EmbraceTheSuck21 Com on guys you are the only yanks not to have checked out Catherine Tates "offensive translator" & The two Ronnies "4 candles Skit"
I think you guys are right, to an extent, about today's mainstream sports being little bits of this and that older sport. However, geography also comes into play. Hurling may have a history 1000+ years old in Ireland but Lacrosse is a sport of Native North Americans (Canada and the US) with no influence from Europe. Of course, MODERN Lacrosse has been significantly modified and influenced by Europeans, but it is a uniquely Native North American game. Like many games in history it was a mob game often between two villages with hundreds of men playing.
That is exactly how hurling developed. In the early stages, some 3 thousand years ago it was used to settle differences between two rival clans. Each clan had a village and the gate of each village would be the goal and putting the sliotar through the gate of your opponents gate is how you scored. Villages could be a couple of miles apart and every male over the age of 10 or 12 played.
Scoring: under the bar (a goal) is worth 3 points, over the bar is worth 1 point. The trick of marking someone is to be super close to them so that you are within the arc of their hurl - or develop the hide of a rhino!
Ye lads are great and its great to see you checking out hurling. I'm Irish and I get confused over the rules so don't feel bad. But its a fantastic game to watch and the lads are very passionate about winning for their county. You need to plan a trip to Ireland and watch a game in person.
There are GAA(Gaelic Athletics Association), the body which governs Hurling, Gaelic Football, and a few other smaller sports does have clubs across the US in areas where you have alot of Irish immigration mainly. In fact New York sides a team in the annual All-Ireland Gaelic Football championship, though not in the hurling. Interestingly though Hurling was an exhibition sport at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, where various clubs from around the US competed to show off the sport, and I believe a club from Chicago won. Both Chicago and New York have facilities known as Gaelic Park, with Chicagos beiing a 43 acre facility, and the one in new york having a 2000 capacity 'stadium' As far as the helmets, they used to be optional and those clips you saw included older clips, but in recent uyears they brought in rules at the youth level making them mandatory, so now at the senior level of play, all the players wear helmets, which is wise considering the ball is as hard as a baseball. As far as being a precursor sport, there is strong speculation that Irish and Scottish immigrants, adapting the sport to harsh winters of Canada and gave birth to Ice Hockey. In Canada an informal pickup game of hockey is known as Shinny, and the Scottish equivilant of Hurling is a game called Shinty
The best advice I can give is to watch a game in full. ruclips.net/video/NuT3jBl8-TE/видео.html The link above was from the All Ireland semi-final in 2018, 80,000 people were at the game. Couple of things to note: - The video you were watching was footage from around 2000, where wearing a helmet was the players' choice. Nowadays it's mandatory. - These guys don't get paid one cent to play. It's about the love of the game and representing your people.
Its a mix of field hockey, ice hockey, and lacrosse, a goal is worth 3 points, and putting it over the bar between the upright posts is 1 point, this game originates in 'Celtic' Europe, and is played in Ireland, and Scotland has its own version.
Hi Guys. I know I have commented before, but. Just to explain. When. It comes to throwing up. The word Hurling is derived from the game. It is to hold possession as long as you can, and when necessary. Pass it as fast and accurately as possible.🇮🇪
the all-Ireland hurling final takes place this coming Sunday; Kilkenny vs Limerick, ye could probably stream it, if ye wanted. enjoying the channel, thanks,
Really delighted to see your vid on hurling! Injuries were never THAT bad when I played. Lots of staved and slightly broken fingers, but it toughens you up. I always had to wear a helmet and cage when at school so the teeth were fine. Lots of bruises tho! :)
The game its self is 3000 years old, played by village against village with no real rules, but the sport only developed to what it is now when the GAA in 1884, to save irish sports and tradition because of British rule in ireland which tried to destroy the irish culture.
Couple things for ya lads. The sticks are called a Hurley. And as for your question about the helmets, some of the clips are from before they were introduced. Nowadays you won’t be allowed onto the pitch (as we call it) if you don’t have a helmet
The crazy thing about hurling is even it's top tier athletes play for free. No player gets paid. It's all done for pure passion and pride for your community/county.
Back in the day when I was young and played hurling you would have been seen as a wuss if you wore a helmet , but so many heads got stitches and teeth knocked out, people have even lost an eye, common sense finally prevailed and it is now compulsory to wear helmets with face guards, mind you a belt from a hurl still hurts lol. Great game all about your pride in your club and county nothing else.
Even with the helmets its dangerous as fuck. Played it up to the age of fourteen (my secondary had no senior team, switched to rugby), managed to break or dislocate every finger bar one
True Gaelic sport, virtually everyone who plays Hurling gets hurt its just part of the game, usually just the power and commitment rather than delibrate
Fun fact, Some of these clips could’ve been taken from games at croke park, the main gaa stadium in Dublin( gaa being the Irish sport association aka hurling and Gaelic football) and when Noel Gallagher was asked had he played in croke park as in wiht oasis Noel said when he was younger he played a match of Gaelic football there as he had Irish and a very Irish upbringing and played for a local gaa club in Manchester, there would’ve been many gaa clubs etc in Manchester and Liverpool and that area as they are full of Irish people as so many Irish emigrated through the past 200 years and to the present, especially in the 60s when Liam and Noels parents would have moved, and one thing that is quite annoying is how everyone now pronounces their name as galla(g)her wiht a hard g but it’s an Irish name and in the Irish language it is pronounced galla(h)er
Absolutely correct, it drives me nuts when they pronounce Irish names such a Gallagher, the other one is Mahony or Mahoney often pronounced maa honey, its enough to drive you to drink!
A few fun facts about hurling, some of which you have already had in comments I'm sure. First, to answer your helmet question, this video is pretty old. Wearing a helmet wasn't a regulation before, more of a guideline. The further back you go, the less helmets you'll see. It was made a rule in the 2010s sometime. A hurling pitch is between 130-145m long and 80-90m wide and a match lasts 70 minutes without extra time. So they really do have some stamina to do all that running. The word puck in hockey comes from the Irish word poc, which is basically the word for striking a ball. So maybe there are some roots in your sports. Speaking of which, the ball, or sliotar (shlit-her would be the closest I could come with text) is hard as fuck. Probably nearest approximation would be a baseball, which I hear are pretty bad to get hit by. And they're catching it at speeds of up to 100mph, though it would be at the tail-end of the throw when they catch it often. But it hurts to catch even at school level. The sticks are called hurleys, or hurls. They're usually made of ash would because it's notoriously hard to break, and you might have noticed they're wearing shorts and tshirts. That's all they wear. No padding of any kind (You might see shin guards now and again, or gloves, but that's about it) On the international side, I know some places on the East coast has it, though the biggest event for hurling is in Milwaukee for some reason. It has gained some traction in the US over the years I've definitely noticed that. Do some searching and you might find something in your state, or the next state over if you're lucky. And my most important fact that almost certainly got mentioned that I saved for last. Irish sports, not just hurling but GAA too, are classed as amateur sports. As a sports celebrity some of the best hurlers can make some money. But they play for pride in their county and nothing more. They don't make any money even if they win the All-Ireland Final.
It's me Maura again. Hurling is probably the hardest, fastest and pretty dangerous games you'll ever watch... The ball is called a slitior, pronounced (shlitor). They have to wear helmets now, thank God.... Get the slitoir in the net it's 3 points, over the bar is 1 point. Same scoring for garlic football.
I love hurling. Mainly because it s not like football. People don't fake falls as often as they do in football to get frees. In hurling you'd keep fighting for the sliotar whilst your nose is bleeding. My uncle's have injuries and wear fake teeth resulting from their matches years ago
American football, Rugby and Australian football are all derived from Gaelic Football. Hurling definitely influenced lacrosse and field hockey. Today Hurling and Gaelic Football know as GAA is the top sport in Ireland with Rugby no 2 and Soccer no 3.
It's over 3000 years old lads. It is how Celtic warriors trained for battle. Its one of our national sports. We have 2 . The whole game training starts at age around 4 or 5. Unprofessional and never will be professional. Its for the love of the game . The Parish , the County. The big Stadium you see was purpose built to hold the highest honoured players of our sports . A Stadium steeped in history. One of the largest and modern Stadai in Europe. The men and women that reach the lofty heights of the hallowed ground of CROKE PARK Will always be revered in the local parish they grow up in. And some go on to be national hero's.
When I was kid we had two people in our school make the county Lacrosse team (similar sport), our didn't play Lacrosse at the time but due to these two lads being in the county team they introduced it, we had 3 players knocked out it the first two games and the school banned it permanently lol Great school :D
My best mates dad won the all Ireland with kikkenny so he got me into hurling. Not the norm for england. I had no skills or flair but my mates dad used to soak my hurley in water and oil stuff for about 3 days before a session thing would weigh a tonne It was like swinging a battle axe nobody got close to hitting it as far and nobody got close as I was breaking hurleys and fingers everywhere loo
I don't know specifically for hurling, but in the closely related Scottish sport 'shinty' and also in Rugby, the reason some players are wearing helmets and others aren't is very simple. The governing body of the sport has decided to leave it very much up to the players whether they choose to wear one or not. You can if you choose too, but you also don't have to.
Nice one lads, for checking out hurling. I'm English but lived in Ireland for a few years and quickly fell in love with this sport. It's action from start to finish, the sliotar is flying from left to right and the fans are all so passionate for their counties. No salary, no transfers, no BS; the pride of your county is on the line. The stamina and technical skill is mind blowing. Easily my favourite sport to watch, ever. Galimh Abu!
One of the best parts of the gaa is that its all not paid.
Corcaigh Abu 🇮🇩❣️
Up the kats
@@pyroteknical that being said funding for that and irish soccer having them be a permanent fixture on telly would be brilliant
Irish man from Dublin here never had much of an interest in hurling or gaa but have been wanting more and more to get into it after experiencing the aif in the pubs etc a few times
I wouldn't know when the season starts most of the rules etc
Even though I played in primary school I have no knowledge of it because its not on enough and none of my friends watch it
Glad you enjoyed it! My dad played for many years and my son has played it in school since he was 5! Hope you can get back over to watch a match again sometime soon.
There was a Tipperary player who broke both fingers on one hand during a game and instead of going off he taped his hand to the hurl (stick) and continued playing. Best game in the world. Hands down. Skill is unreal. 🇮🇪
The ones wearing the helmets have been hit in the head with the hurley and remember it, those without helmets have been hit in the head but don't remember!
the ones with the Helmet have a brain to protect lol
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I still have the scars!
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Helmets are compulsory now, I think there was too many hold ups at the airport because of the metal implants..
First time I saw hurling was on tv in a bar in a small town in the middle of The Republic. I walked in, noticed what was happening on tv - and stopped. I could not believe what I was seeing. The speed, the large ominous-looking sticks and the commentary - in Gaelic, at 100 mph. I stood there for several beats, rooted to the floor and muttered to myself "a man could get hurt out there". A local sitting at the bar near to me looked around and said " you won't get hurt in here: pull up a seat". Utterly amazing.
welcome to Ireland.. its simple here where we just want to enjoy a drink and some sports
@@whublah that was the old ireland, have you looked outside your window recently.
@@raytracer2651 ? What do you mean by that? Genuine question.
@@CMR_1317 Chances are it’s an anti-immigration trope, as if Irish culture has disappeared somehow 🙄 The little Irelanders are all over social media but are few in number, out in the real world.
@@TheLastAngryMan01 Is gobshite é😉
In Scotland we play Shinty. It's a similar game with slightly different rules. Sometimes Scotland and Ireland play a mash up of both games. The game where you skim the large stone on ice is called Curling. 😁
Shinty needs to change the rules so that only goalies can raise their camans above their shoulders in height. Similar to Bandy.
The "All Ireland hurling final" is a Sunday afternoon (GMT) of TV that should never be missed. I am normally humble in my opinions but this I say proudly. It has to be seen to be believed. They don't earn a cent, they do it for themselves, their local club and eventually for their county. There's also camogie, the women's version, equally as thrilling to watch. You will witness passes, solo runs and scores that seem to defy logic. Happy viewing.
With 80,000 spectators watching, tickets are always sold out!
Hi Guys. You got it correct on some of your reaction. This is our national game, it runs in our blood. Archaeological finds indicate its origins are about 3000 years old. The sport developed from the battle training used by Irish Kings and Chieftains. The original
competitions would have hundreds of troops on each side, and would go on for days. Now it is
Played entirely by amateurs. It is played for the love of the sport. You play for your parish, local club, and at higher level for your county.
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Where is this still going on? If you know for sure, call them out on it. Name the club or clubs involved. You would have my and I suspect many others supporting you. If you can not name them I think you should reflect on what may be your own prejudice.
@@whoneedsposers it doesn’t
@@whoneedsposers Rule 27, rescinded in 1971. Plenty who play GAA play other sports today. You're talking shite.
@@whoneedsposers utter lies.
A unionist from Northern Ireland, are you?
Name the club and report it to any Irish media.
They’d be torn asunder and apologise.
@@whoneedsposersIt's clear to anyone that ever set foot in a GAA Club that you're talking out of your hole. GAA Clubs are a vital part of the social fabric in every town in Ireland. Weddings, Christenings, youth discos, charity events.
GAA Clubs are part of the lifeblood of Ireland.
Great to see your reaction, our national sport, genuinely in our DNA, it’s a game of skill, speed and agility…..😀🇮🇪
As a guy from Ireland who has played this at underage . I will say this that it is the most exciting came you will ever see. the clips that make up this video come from the all Ireland hurling championship which takes place every summer. With the winner taking home the Liam mc Cathy cup. The final take places in Croke park in Dublin city which is home to the GAA museum. The final usually take place around august September time, but the championship takes place around the month of may.
You haven’t lived until you’ve seen a good hurling match , it’s amazing
Yes this is thousands of years old. Us Irish grow up playing it. Its rough, its exciting. A lot of sports you know in the US came from this originally. Its an armature sport too, these high level guys play for free and have regular day jobs too..
great job guys, 3000 years of a sport to train warrior
Hurling is becoming popular in many universities across the US. It is also played by ex-pats and many Americans who were introduced to this ancient sport and wanted to try it. There is a RUclips video about an American military unit finishing their tour, and stopping off in Shannon airport in Ireland( Shannon airport is used as a stopover point for US military), they saw the game of hurling being played on TV. They immediately felt connected to the sport and set up their own team when they returned back to their US base. This ancient sport goes back 3000 years and was used by kings and chieftains to keep their soldiers fit and ready for battle. Girls and women also play hurling but our game is known as Camogie( pronounced Cam-O-Gee... g as in get). If you guys need to know anything just ask.
SAOIRSE, PLEASE, EXPLAIN,THE, DIFFERENCE, BETWEEN, HURLING, &, SHINTY, OTHER, THAN, THE, NAME?!
HURLING, IS A GREAT GAME, REMEMBER, I WATCHED IT BOUT 20 YEARS AGO, ALONGSIDE, GAELIC FOOTBALL, DURING THE SEASON, CHAMPIONSHIPS!
@jamiew4824 Shinty is Scottish, the "hurl" they use is a different shape, and a ground game it is more than hurling. Every year, Ireland play our Scottish cousins in a game. I'm sure you could find one on RUclips.
GAA will never become a world sport because it is flawed. It is largely played abroad by immigrants from Ireland.
@@jamiew4824Shinny is more like field hockey but without the bullshit rules.
Historically their were two games winter and summer hurling. Summer hurling was played with lighter sticks and these might have resembled modern shinty sticks. Winter hurling was played with heavier sticks hence modern hurling @@EMMYK1916
To quote Jason Statham its a cross between hockey and Murder
I'm Irish and work with a few guys who play Hurling. Its not unusual for them to come to work with broken noses and black eyes. This is a tough skillful sport and not for the more delicate types. This game goes from end to end in seconds and is a fascinating watch. You'd learn the basics after a couple of matches.
FIFA footballers would not last long playing Hurling or Shinty.
Thanks lads for doing the reaction vid. The pitch is roughly 3 times the size of an nfl field less the in goal areas. It's lined at 13, 20, 45 and 65 metres from the goal line with 15m between the 65m lines. A lot of the points you saw in the vid were hit from 70 yards plus from the goal. One of the early ones in the vid was closer to 100yds. Plenty of matches on RUclips.
What's crazy about the hurling is, the ball is like a rock, and they only introduced helmets as mandatory a few years ago lol. Yes this is a Gaelic sport, played 1000 years ago easily. There are many mythical stories going back 2,000 years documenting this game.
I remember the outcry when helmets were introduced! It was gas
@@AlainnCorcaigh I’m guessing you’re quite young because I’m in my 40s. 12 years ago was yesterday. I would consider it a few years ago!
@@ClezVideos I'm 35 and remember it well to actually kid
@@mischief.brewed I was Hurling U-12 when they first tried to make it mandatory but it only stuck for the underage lads, it's right we finally got there in the end. But when I was corner-forward I never wanted a face guard in me way! I had a lovely old red ' 'micro' or was it 'mycra' made one? Jaysis I'm getting old!😂
@@AlainnCorcaigh 35 years old and tryina point out that out that 12 is different from a few? C'mon man, you know how liberally we use the word 'few' here!
Eg- To the missus.."I'm just heading for a few pints with the lads" 😂 we need that meaning to be up in the air fella!
My son played Rugby in the winter and Hurling in the summer two fantastic sports..
They have to wear face shields now. Brilliant game. So fast & skilful. The girls also play but they call it Camogie (cam o gee).
Like your vids lads. You are the first Americans who are a bit half sensible and don't
try to compare American football with every other sport. Well done.
Its full on and one of the best sports ever.....only for the brave !!
Soo it's a fully amateur sport. The players have days jobs and are usually teachers, farmers, gardai (cops) etc...
As for the helmets, it used to be a preference but now it's a rule that you have to wear a helmet.
You should definitely watch a full game once it starts back 😊
my teacher is litterly in the video its weird
Reaction to a match would be awesome, to really see how fast this game is on grass; few interruptions, just constant overs everywhere and legendary goals. Kilkenny will probably win but meh.
the fact is hurling was invented, played centuries before america was united, it is the oldest, fastest sport in the world because the sliotar, ball travels upto speeds of 180km per hour during the game, which is 111.5 miles per hour
I see you've found the Ancient Game.
Designed to test young warriors for battle and also believed to have been used to settle disputes between clans, without the need for full warfare.
As you can see, many of these disputes are still ongoing today. : - )
Nothing new under the sun. 👍
Jaisus, I absolutely love hurling! I played from when I was five years old until I left the Republic to travel to England and join the British Army. at 16 We never wore helmets in those days, and neither did the senior teams. Folks play for their county. If you're not from the county, then you're not eligible. There are no transfers. If you're not born and bred in the county, then you can't play. End of. And it's all on an amateur basis. There are no "professional" hurling players, who move from club to club or county to county.
I very quickly became thoroughly disillusioned with the (relatively) popular "over 50s" games (I'm now 80 years of age, by the way) because the fat, lazy bastards on both teams couldn't be bothered to take a bit of a run and attempt to intercept a pass when they were given one. That slowed the game down tremendously and took all the excitement (and speed) out of it, in my view. Still, I can always watch proper "iománaíocht" games.😊😊😊
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Since it is legal to hit the ball in the air, and also legal to grab it out of the air, there's a danger that you'll reach up for the ball and someone else will swing at it and break your hand. So for safety, people will often put the hurl behind their hand to protect it.
The stick is called a "hurley", "hurl", or "hurling stick" depending on whom you ask. Most commonly a hurley. A goalkeeper's stick has a slightly larger flat area.
Love the teeth comment. So very true. Loads of lads my age who grew up in Ireland are missing front teeth or have nasty dents in their shins. Helmets were frowned on back in the day but are now accepted. I'm half Irish half Welsh so Hurling/Galic Football and Rugby union are in my blood.
You made comment about needing to not get angry when holding a weapon. You must appreciate that hurling is the national sport of Ireland, played throughout the country by men and women, every one of them Irish! As for the don't get angry thought, they are Irish, look up the many youtube videos about hits, fights, and best plays. An incredibly skillful game played on a huge pitch (85 yds wide 145 yds long) with no offside rule and the ability to move the ball from one end of the pitch to the other in a flash. A fantastic game. Enjoy your journey.
They should really update this video to more recent clips
I love it when people don't understand it and watching them tryna explain and understand it does be funny. I'm Irish. Even tryna explain it to someone is difficult
shout out from free Derry Ireland ;)
Congrats for shining a light on our national sport. Cmon Tipp
Forget Rugby, American Football, Soccer, Rally......the lot.
This is the greatest game ever.
Your gift from Ireland 🇮🇪 ❣️
You're welcome 😎
It's the other way around, Ice hockey derived from hurling in Canada because the Irish immigrants wanted to play hurley in wintertime, so they played hurley on the ice when the fields were covered in snow, eventually other folks up north saw the Irish lads were playing it and they wanted in on the craziness and were not all raving drunks either.
Helmets used to be optional back in the day but in the last decade or two it's now mandatory to wear them - for obvious reasons lol
Similar to safety rules in ice hockey
Helmets are a quite recent thing. Now, you have a choice whether to wear one or not. There are now over 100 hurling clubs in America. I predict it will be America's top game within decades.
I had an Uncle who used to play this sport in Southern Ireland. I think he used to play for County Cork.
Apparently they have been playing this game of over 3000 years.
It’s a full contact sport
Is southern Ireland the name of a country? like I have a uncle who lives in southern Spain
@@tomoshea7230 he means the Republic of Ireland, because Northern Ireland is part of the UK but Cork is in the south of the Republic. Hope that clears it up.
@@CMR_1317 with a name like O'shea he should already know this
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He’s being sarcastic or maybe asking if he lives in the south of the Republic of Ireland
"Are there any teeth left in this game?". Hahahaha. You guys are killing me ....
Great take on Hurling lads, I think for us we think of it as a norm from childhood like alot of stuff over here, Apparently though it is 3000 yrs plus and most sports derive from it in some form or other, No one is paid, to be good you need to practice from quite young. I stopped when I lost track of the ball on the field which is a nono, caught sight of a blur travelling towards me, ducked but the poor guy behind me got messed. Helmets are often not liked as they prevent full visual tracking of a high speed object. best of irish toya :)
Hurling is legendary. It shocks people in other sports by the speed and skill. So many sports took bits from it when Irish emigrants to the US brought it. Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson attended a game, and someone asked him "would you like to be out there with a hurley (the stick)?" He answered "well, I sure as hell wouldn't like to be out there without one!!!"
Remember also, players of hurling and Gaelic football are AMATEURS. They aren't paid to play. They have day jobs, then train in their own time and play matches at the weekend. Each county in Ireland has a hurling team, and a football team. Some counties are mainly hurling counties. Some are mainly Gaelic Football counties. Some are top at both. Kilkenny and Cork are famous for being top at both. The British royals are reportedly big fans of Hurling (and Gaelic football), having seen it on Sky Sports. They were shocked at how fast Hurling is. They are sports mad but had never seen anything like it. In fact, the royal estate at Sandringham grows ash trees that are harvested and used now as one of the suppliers of hurleys in the game now, as hurleys are made from ash.
Am... who've won the All Ireland in 20, 21& 22 ...We gave the neighbours Cork a decant beating in 21 so we did. We shut up Cody, we've a squad that could possibly win a few more judging by the new lads brought in. I lived in Cork for college, love the people and eventhough twas during the Covid era, the craic was mighty up in Brogans before the match. Just pointing out that Limerick have gad a significant influence on how the game today is operated. Don't you think its fair we're up there with the best? Tipp are gone to shite the past few seasons.
Kilkenny footballers ????
I played Shinty (a sport from Scotland that is similar to hurling) and there are international games between the two sports with crossover rules. They were great fun (I played at under 17 level) but I've still got some scars as a result!
and I think shinty sticks were used to start golf, knocking a pebble or ball around a track on the Eastern dunes of Scotland..??
I heard someone try to claim hurling was the inspiration of ice hockey.. but I think it's a stretch
probably the Dutch or Danes
Shinty and hurling were probably the same game back in history.
@@rossgeographyNot directly no, Hockey was probably the inspiration for Ice Hockey !!
And hockey definitely was derived from Hurling.
Great reactions guys and a big hello from Ireland. Hurling is a great sport. I'm glad to see people from outside my native country actually get to see the game and appreciate it. It's a fast, tough, skillful sport and it's amateur. No players get paid which is crazy when you consider other athletic sports.
Try play this sport for 5 minutes and you will know what sport is and also you don’t get paid it pure passion from where your from and then next day you go to work
Hurling is thousands of years old. Magnificent sport. Fast skillful and played by amateurs at local provincial and national level, You're both welcome to Ireland 🇮🇪 to see this game played
This originated from how wars/battles were fought thousands of years ago in Ireland. Warriors trained with hurling sticks and balls. A famous one was CuCullain (also known as Setanta). He was a warrior with a stick and ball. It predates swords.
These guys got it in one every sport was made from hurling as the Irish spread there sports knowledge to the USA and every American sport came from it and no other country has the balls to play it and not get paid for it as it’s play for pride only
It's the speed of play that makes it so exciting to watch
To someone who was forced to play hockey at school, this looks like hockey on acid.
(Only memorable thing I ever did on a hockey pitch was to fetch the games mistress a right whack on the ankle bone with my stick. She hit the floor like a felled tree. It was genuinely accidental but, ooh, it was satisfying!)
When you think that a sliotar is pretty much the same weight and hardness as a baseball, and are caught with bare hands traveling at speed !! And then look at a baseball glove 😂😂
Sometimes you'd forget that growing up playing and watching hurling from a young age for Irish people is very normal, it's only when you see people's reactions to it you realize how great a sport it is.
And why other country's never played it 😂
The thing is, you need to start young to develop and perfect the skills don't you. Watching an American game (I lived & played Camogie in Chicago), ti's like a Junior C match!
It's a mix of hockey and murder. Played it till my late teens and I still have PTSD from it. Love your clips showing our Irish comedians 👍🏻
Originally there was no wearing of helmets and then when the use of helmets became a thing in hurling only some wore them but now its part of the rules that every player has to wear a helmet when playing hurling
New clothes!!!!!! This must be a special occasion😂
You can tell we film these videos in batches right lol?!
@@EmbraceTheSuck21 Com on guys you are the only yanks not to have checked out Catherine Tates "offensive translator" & The two Ronnies "4 candles Skit"
For a proper game of hurling you need a a big pitch like we have in Ireland.
Thanks so much for your reaction video.
Loved this! from Ireland!
I think you guys are right, to an extent, about today's mainstream sports being little bits of this and that older sport. However, geography also comes into play. Hurling may have a history 1000+ years old in Ireland but Lacrosse is a sport of Native North Americans (Canada and the US) with no influence from Europe. Of course, MODERN Lacrosse has been significantly modified and influenced by Europeans, but it is a uniquely Native North American game.
Like many games in history it was a mob game often between two villages with hundreds of men playing.
That is exactly how hurling developed. In the early stages, some 3 thousand years ago it was used to settle differences between two rival clans. Each clan had a village and the gate of each village would be the goal and putting the sliotar through the gate of your opponents gate is how you scored. Villages could be a couple of miles apart and every male over the age of 10 or 12 played.
For something different, have a look at Calcio Storico, a ball game played only in Florence, Italy. That is one mad game.
Scoring: under the bar (a goal) is worth 3 points, over the bar is worth 1 point. The trick of marking someone is to be super close to them so that you are within the arc of their hurl - or develop the hide of a rhino!
Could you imagine this game crossed with ice hockey (enforcement) It be like a riot with points.
Ye lads are great and its great to see you checking out hurling. I'm Irish and I get confused over the rules so don't feel bad. But its a fantastic game to watch and the lads are very passionate about winning for their county. You need to plan a trip to Ireland and watch a game in person.
Worth noting that the players are not traded either like other sports. Everyone plays for the county they come from.
Had the same reaction with my mind going completely out....:))))))))
Played hurling up to under 21, lost four teeth and 3 broken fingers, still miss it though
There are GAA(Gaelic Athletics Association), the body which governs Hurling, Gaelic Football, and a few other smaller sports does have clubs across the US in areas where you have alot of Irish immigration mainly. In fact New York sides a team in the annual All-Ireland Gaelic Football championship, though not in the hurling. Interestingly though Hurling was an exhibition sport at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, where various clubs from around the US competed to show off the sport, and I believe a club from Chicago won.
Both Chicago and New York have facilities known as Gaelic Park, with Chicagos beiing a 43 acre facility, and the one in new york having a 2000 capacity 'stadium'
As far as the helmets, they used to be optional and those clips you saw included older clips, but in recent uyears they brought in rules at the youth level making them mandatory, so now at the senior level of play, all the players wear helmets, which is wise considering the ball is as hard as a baseball.
As far as being a precursor sport, there is strong speculation that Irish and Scottish immigrants, adapting the sport to harsh winters of Canada and gave birth to Ice Hockey. In Canada an informal pickup game of hockey is known as Shinny, and the Scottish equivilant of Hurling is a game called Shinty
The best advice I can give is to watch a game in full.
ruclips.net/video/NuT3jBl8-TE/видео.html
The link above was from the All Ireland semi-final in 2018, 80,000 people were at the game.
Couple of things to note:
- The video you were watching was footage from around 2000, where wearing a helmet was the players' choice. Nowadays it's mandatory.
- These guys don't get paid one cent to play. It's about the love of the game and representing your people.
Thanks for reacting to my video, guys. Glad you enjoyed it
Its a mix of field hockey, ice hockey, and lacrosse, a goal is worth 3 points, and putting it over the bar between the upright posts is 1 point, this game originates in 'Celtic' Europe, and is played in Ireland, and Scotland has its own version.
Hi Guys. I know I have commented before, but. Just to explain. When. It comes to throwing up. The word Hurling is derived from the game. It is to hold possession as long as you can, and when necessary. Pass it as fast and accurately as possible.🇮🇪
the all-Ireland hurling final takes place this coming Sunday; Kilkenny vs Limerick, ye could probably stream it, if ye wanted. enjoying the channel, thanks,
Re: Getting rich. Hurling is an amateur sport. There's no such thing as a professional hurling player.
You need to review some Australian rules football (AFL)
Really delighted to see your vid on hurling! Injuries were never THAT bad when I played. Lots of staved and slightly broken fingers, but it toughens you up. I always had to wear a helmet and cage when at school so the teeth were fine. Lots of bruises tho! :)
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The game its self is 3000 years old, played by village against village with no real rules, but the sport only developed to what it is now when the GAA in 1884, to save irish sports and tradition because of British rule in ireland which tried to destroy the irish culture.
This is an old video ,so there have been a few changes like compulsory wearing of helmets since 2010
Couple things for ya lads. The sticks are called a Hurley. And as for your question about the helmets, some of the clips are from before they were introduced. Nowadays you won’t be allowed onto the pitch (as we call it) if you don’t have a helmet
The crazy thing about hurling is even it's top tier athletes play for free. No player gets paid. It's all done for pure passion and pride for your community/county.
In reference to what is said around 6:00 : in my experience Irish people don't get angry, they just get pissed off.
Hurling is mainly played by Irish ex-pats in the states.
Nice one, from ireland 👍
Back in the day when I was young and played hurling you would have been seen as a wuss if you wore a helmet , but so many heads got stitches and teeth knocked out, people have even lost an eye, common sense finally prevailed and it is now compulsory to wear helmets with face guards, mind you a belt from a hurl still hurts lol. Great game all about your pride in your club and county nothing else.
Even with the helmets its dangerous as fuck. Played it up to the age of fourteen (my secondary had no senior team, switched to rugby), managed to break or dislocate every finger bar one
True Gaelic sport, virtually everyone who plays Hurling gets hurt its just part of the game, usually just the power and commitment rather than delibrate
Fun fact, Some of these clips could’ve been taken from games at croke park, the main gaa stadium in Dublin( gaa being the Irish sport association aka hurling and Gaelic football) and when Noel Gallagher was asked had he played in croke park as in wiht oasis Noel said when he was younger he played a match of Gaelic football there as he had Irish and a very Irish upbringing and played for a local gaa club in Manchester, there would’ve been many gaa clubs etc in Manchester and Liverpool and that area as they are full of Irish people as so many Irish emigrated through the past 200 years and to the present, especially in the 60s when Liam and Noels parents would have moved, and one thing that is quite annoying is how everyone now pronounces their name as galla(g)her wiht a hard g but it’s an Irish name and in the Irish language it is pronounced galla(h)er
he was on the Late Late show last week and they showed a picture taken of Noel playing in Croker
@@Shenanigan5 yeah seen it it was a great interview
Also Croke Park is the 2nd largest stadium in Europe.
Absolutely correct, it drives me nuts when they pronounce Irish names such a Gallagher, the other one is Mahony or Mahoney often pronounced maa honey, its enough to drive you to drink!
Best way I can explain this is, Irish Samurai, except we don't have the out of dying we have to go again and again ;)
There are a handful of bars in several American cities that show hurling matches.
A few fun facts about hurling, some of which you have already had in comments I'm sure.
First, to answer your helmet question, this video is pretty old. Wearing a helmet wasn't a regulation before, more of a guideline. The further back you go, the less helmets you'll see. It was made a rule in the 2010s sometime.
A hurling pitch is between 130-145m long and 80-90m wide and a match lasts 70 minutes without extra time. So they really do have some stamina to do all that running. The word puck in hockey comes from the Irish word poc, which is basically the word for striking a ball. So maybe there are some roots in your sports. Speaking of which, the ball, or sliotar (shlit-her would be the closest I could come with text) is hard as fuck. Probably nearest approximation would be a baseball, which I hear are pretty bad to get hit by. And they're catching it at speeds of up to 100mph, though it would be at the tail-end of the throw when they catch it often. But it hurts to catch even at school level. The sticks are called hurleys, or hurls. They're usually made of ash would because it's notoriously hard to break, and you might have noticed they're wearing shorts and tshirts. That's all they wear. No padding of any kind (You might see shin guards now and again, or gloves, but that's about it)
On the international side, I know some places on the East coast has it, though the biggest event for hurling is in Milwaukee for some reason. It has gained some traction in the US over the years I've definitely noticed that. Do some searching and you might find something in your state, or the next state over if you're lucky.
And my most important fact that almost certainly got mentioned that I saved for last. Irish sports, not just hurling but GAA too, are classed as amateur sports. As a sports celebrity some of the best hurlers can make some money. But they play for pride in their county and nothing more. They don't make any money even if they win the All-Ireland Final.
Cricket balls are pretty hard.
@@willrichardson519 ...Indeed?
It's me Maura again. Hurling is probably the hardest, fastest and pretty dangerous games you'll ever watch... The ball is called a slitior, pronounced (shlitor). They have to wear helmets now, thank God.... Get the slitoir in the net it's 3 points, over the bar is 1 point. Same scoring for garlic football.
If you get hit with the Hurley or the sliotar it FUCKING hurts
I love hurling. Mainly because it s not like football. People don't fake falls as often as they do in football to get frees. In hurling you'd keep fighting for the sliotar whilst your nose is bleeding. My uncle's have injuries and wear fake teeth resulting from their matches years ago
It's played in the USA within the Irish community's there. That is original reason for GAA game's , to keep community together.
American football, Rugby and Australian football are all derived from Gaelic Football. Hurling definitely influenced lacrosse and field hockey. Today Hurling and Gaelic Football know as GAA is the top sport in Ireland with Rugby no 2 and Soccer no 3.
I'm from Ireland 🇮🇪 so the goal counts for 3 points and over the goal is a point its a great sport I used to play it
the US used to have it's own league for hurling.
i'm irish, used to be a hurler, it's as scary as you're seeing in the vid, more even.
It's over 3000 years old lads. It is how Celtic warriors trained for battle. Its one of our national sports. We have 2 . The whole game training starts at age around 4 or 5. Unprofessional and never will be professional. Its for the love of the game . The Parish , the County. The big Stadium you see was purpose built to hold the highest honoured players of our sports . A Stadium steeped in history. One of the largest and modern Stadai in Europe. The men and women that reach the lofty heights of the hallowed ground of CROKE PARK Will always be revered in the local parish they grow up in. And some go on to be national hero's.
Me who played hurling (technically camogie):
I have so much POWER!
(Fr tho it was so fun)
When I was kid we had two people in our school make the county Lacrosse team (similar sport), our didn't play Lacrosse at the time but due to these two lads being in the county team they introduced it, we had 3 players knocked out it the first two games and the school banned it permanently lol Great school :D
My best mates dad won the all Ireland with kikkenny so he got me into hurling. Not the norm for england. I had no skills or flair but my mates dad used to soak my hurley in water and oil stuff for about 3 days before a session thing would weigh a tonne It was like swinging a battle axe nobody got close to hitting it as far and nobody got close as I was breaking hurleys and fingers everywhere loo
"This is a dentist's dream" - All Irish sports...
I went to a game in Dublin, Ireland and the Kilkenny Cats won the world series
I don't know specifically for hurling, but in the closely related Scottish sport 'shinty' and also in Rugby, the reason some players are wearing helmets and others aren't is very simple. The governing body of the sport has decided to leave it very much up to the players whether they choose to wear one or not. You can if you choose too, but you also don't have to.