images of hurling,our great irish sport

[stonewall 1,913]

 

Edited December 12, 2017 by stonewall

[THE STIFFMEISTER 14,553]

 

[WILF 44,196]

Niall Quinn was a good hurling player by all accounts before he chose football.

 

[Rebel 831]

I always like this picture, in the days before the helmet and he went back on to play after being stitched up.

Game or what?

 

[kanny 19,331]

I thought hokey was for girls?  

[j j m 6,480]

ha ha

[stonewall 1,913]

[stumfelter 3,032]

Hurling should be reserved for dwarves.

[WILF 44,196]

For every other human being on the planet outside of Ireland, Hurling is a game they play with a ball and stick, they then try and knock the ball between some rugby posts.........that’s about the strength of it.

This has been a public service announcement.

 

[stonewall 1,913]

[stonewall 1,913]

no  other game comes close to it for sheer blood guts and thunder.

[WILF 44,196]

It’s funny, GAA lads are some of the fittest amature athletes you will come across.

Gealic is touted by many as a real rough, tough game but the truth is it’s far from it.

You will see much more aggression and physical contact inflicted in your average Sunday League football game on a Sunday morning almost anywhere in the UK.

Its much too gentlemanly and the refereeing is dogshite......it could, without the refs be a real tasty game but because the refs won’t allow any nastiness it’s pretty ordinary in truth. 

[ginger beard 4,652]

5 minutes ago, stonewall said:

no  other game comes close to it for sheer blood guts and thunder.

Back in enniscorthy in about 93 I was watching a kids game where this young kids got a smack on his head and died in a shop and hour later.

 

[WILF 44,196]

The thing the local GAA clubs get very right (and the Irish FA get very wrong) is that they put money back into the game and the community.

You will see tiny little towns with about 5 houses but they will have a really good GAA pitch complete with clubhouse, changing facilities and flood lighting and the local clubs are the heart and soul of the community.

They are great at getting kids involved, it’s cheap and the coaches put in a lot of time and effort.

If the FA copied the GAA then Ireland would be a footballing giant !! 

[saluki bouy 635]

Half way through autobiography of Jackie Tyrrell a warriors code very good read even for someone who has no idea about hurling such as myself amazing mind set the lad has