Hurling(in Irish, iománaíocht or iomáint) is an outdoor team sport of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks and a ball. The earliest known recorded game of hurling is from times before Christ. The game, played primarily in Ireland, is arguably the world's fastest field team sport in terms of game play. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, number of players, and much terminology. There is a similar game for women called camogie. |
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Hurley (stick)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A hurley, also known as a camán (the Irish word), and lesser known as hurl, a hurley stick, shtick (jocular eye dialect), or in parts of Ulster as a scullion, is a wooden stick measuring between 70 and 100 cm (26 to 40 inches) long with a flattened, curved end (called the bas), used to hit a sliotar (leather ball) in the Irish sport of hurling. It is also used in camogie, the female equivalent, and there often called a camogie stick. |
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Gaelic Athletic AssociationThe Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael) is an organisation which is mostly focused on promoting Gaelic games - traditional Irish sports, mainly hurling and Gaelic football. The organisation also promotes handball, rounders, Irish music, dance, and the Irish language. It is the largest and most popular organisation in Ireland with some 800,000 members out of the island's population of almost 6 million. Gaelic football and hurling are the main and most popular activities promoted by the organisation. |
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Gaelic GamesGaelic games are the traditional sports played in Ireland. The two main Gaelic games are Gaelic football and Hurling, both of which are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Other games organised by the association include Rounders, Gaelic handball. During the late 19th century, Gaelic games in Ireland were dying out. This decline was stopped and reversed by the GAA and the Irish national Gaelic Revival. Today they are the most popular games in Ireland |
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