The difference between football (soccer) and football (GAA)

Best thing you can do ! As I learned when I was left with a round bruise on my hip last year from one of the boys in school training hurts like a motherfucker.

Hurling is in Our Blood

A uniquely Irish game, Hurling is one of the world’s oldest field sports and has been played in some form in Ireland for more than 800 years. It is often compared to hockey but other than the fact that both games involve a stick and a ball there is no similarity. The curved wooden stick with a flat end is known as a hurl or hurley, or in Irish a camán [say:come-awn], and is made from a single piece of wood, traditionally Ash.

8 September 2013; Patrick O'Connor, Clare, in action against Séamus Harnedy, Cork. GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final, Cork v Clare, Croke Park, Dublin. Picture credit: Barry Cregg / SPORTSFILE

This silver pendant is based on the Irish hurley. Ireland's national game, hurling is arguably the fastest field sport in the world and quite possibly the oldest. It is played with sticks called hurleys, a ball known as a sliotar, and by two teams of 15 who play on a large pitch with goals at either end. The most famous early account of hurling is found in the Tain Bo Cuailgne, which describes the exploits of the Ulster hero Cú Chullainn. Hurling is mentioned a number of times in the text…

Croke Park - watching some hurling

Antique / Ancient Sliotars - Hurling Balls - Cú Chulainn . HockeyGods strives to untie hockey fans from across the globe covering all types of hockey imaginable. Inform, Involve, Inspire!

28 September 2013; Clare's Brendan Bugler, left, and Shane O'Donnell, who scored three goals in the first half, celebrate after the game. GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final Replay, Cork v Clare, Croke Park, Dublin. Picture credit: David Maher / SPORTSFILE

This is Croke Park in Dublin-seats 80,000 for big Gaelic football or hurling games or U2 concerts Sports of Ireland Part of the issue with the struggles of Irish basketball is the fact that is about 5 on the list of sports in that country. Some of these sports are very interesting and since the country is actually sports crazy I figured a brief description of the uniquely Irish sports is appropriate. Gaelic Football Like here in the states, FOOTBALL IS KING. Theirs is Gaelic football. It is…

All-Ireland Hurling Championship 2013: Clare V Limerick

Croke park