images of hurling,our great irish sport

[WILF 44,182]

Just now, saluki bouy said:

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

As I said mate, they are great athletes.

[stonewall 1,913]

the last lad put on a few pounds. corner back on the junior b team he loves to lower the mowen bar

[WILF 44,182]

Are you involved with a local club yourself Stonewall or just a fan ? 

[stonewall 1,913]

involved with or local club. loved playing the game.miss it now  played it for40 yrs.

Edited December 12, 2017 by stonewall

[WILF 44,182]

3 minutes ago, stonewall said:

involved with or local club. loved playing the game.miss it now  played it for40 yrs.

Fair play to you.

[Rebel 831]

29 minutes ago, stonewall said:

involved with or local club. loved playing the game.miss it now  played it for40 yrs.

What county you from Stonewall

[Miga 106]

37 minutes ago, WILF said:

 

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. 

Agree not as tough as many make out tho still streets ahead of soccer and well ahead of Gaelic on the aggression side of things , much prefer watching now days games compared to the way it was  years ago were the aggression was on another level but skill was dark ages behind the level it's at now days ,and in my opinion is one of the most highly skilled field sports in the world if you consider skill involved and the pace it's played at. Would disagree about the refs think if you look at the quality of all Irelands last lot of years the quality has been exceptional and the refs have more than played there part, just my opinion though?

[neil cooney 10,415]

To compare soccer to hurling is like comparing a terrier who can kill a rat (soccer) to a terrier who can kill a fox (hurling) . Without a doubt hurling is the most skillful field sport there is as well as being recognised as the fastest. You never see a bad game of hurling , as for soccer?????????????

[stonewall 1,913]

rougher times, but lads would meet for a few pints after the match.

[Miga 106]

And sometimes before lol ?

[stonewall 1,913]

i remember once when we were struggling for numbers for a hurling match on a sunday in the 80s,we called into our local and brought 2 lads on with us who togged out in the forward line, the lads were well butted but fair play they didnt let us down.

Edited December 12, 2017 by stonewall

[stonewall 1,913]

my grandfather marked christy many times and they both played side by side on raiwaycup teams, i often heard him say that he was the greatest of all, the bould christy ring.would loved to have seen him hurl in the flesh.

[Miga 106]

Suppose different eras have different heroes ,Mackey, ring, rackard ,d j ,shefflin , rings medal haul was unreal think he won 19 railway cups 8r9 all Ireland's and won one as manager/selecter with cork not long before he died

[stonewall 1,913]

6 minutes ago, Miga said:

Suppose different eras have different heroes ,Mackey, ring, rackard ,d j ,shefflin , rings medal haul was unreal think he won 19 railway cups 8r9 all Ireland's and won one as manager/selecter with cork not long before he died

are u up in northern ireland if so ,i was a big fan of sambo macnaughton and ultan macfetterage when they were hurling.did u play a bit yourself miga.

Edited December 12, 2017 by stonewall

[Blackbriar 8,568]

4 hours ago, WILF said:

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.

 

I understood it to be semi-organised violence, where some kind of ball game breaks out now and again...........