Post 29 - Hurling

I never heard of Irish sports before I moved here but this is a huge part of Irish culture. They have 2 main ones: Football (I will blog about this later) and Hurling. I think Hurling is the most spectacular one. This is highly physical and all players carry a wooden stick called Hurley so this can get pretty dangerous... Apparently this is a very old game that has been played for over 3,000 years.

This weekend it was the All Ireland Finale (all county have a team and compete with each other). This was Kilkenny against Tipperary. Kilkenny is one of the best team in the country and won the All Ireland 34 times... However this time they did not win, they drew and there will be a replay!

The big change this year is that the games are now live on Sky Sports so this is available in the UK. I don't think that many countries will start playing Hurling but this is definitely a sport that deserves to be on TV. The finale is played in Croke Park (which has a capacity of over 80,000 people) and the atmosphere is absolutely amazing!

Have a look at this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBx7ZsjziHQ