American FIRST REACTION to IRISH HURLING - THE FASTEST GAME ON GRASS

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  • @b4gith758
    @b4gith758 3 роки тому +731

    Who else is irish and are watching these and laughing

  • @evanhogan4024
    @evanhogan4024 3 роки тому +281

    the best thing about it is that all the players are doing it for free. they play for the love of the game and thier counties

    • @laurenceoconnor6499
      @laurenceoconnor6499 3 роки тому +11

      They're not "doing it for free". The players secure employment via nepotism corruption and cronyism. So stop lying.

    • @hegamaddness
      @hegamaddness 3 роки тому +120

      @@laurenceoconnor6499 I see you're bitter from being dropped from your junior c team

    • @thisguy976
      @thisguy976 3 роки тому +23

      @@laurenceoconnor6499 Do you think non senior level club players gain employment through nepotism and cronyism? I'll admit there are perks at elite inter County level with the top counties, but not really for everyone else.

    • @dubmait
      @dubmait 3 роки тому +8

      @@laurenceoconnor6499 that exists in many other fields as well. Its all about who you know

    • @irishrosa703
      @irishrosa703 3 роки тому +19

      @@laurenceoconnor6499 ok please tell me what they get?? lot of them do normal jobs... clearly you are bad at the sport you that jealous...

  • @kev643
    @kev643 2 роки тому +106

    This magnificent stadium Croke Park holds 82,000 spectators. It has massive historical significance for the Irish people. It was here in 1920 that British soldiers during Irelands war of independence opened up on the crowd at a football match killing 14 people including Michael Hogan Tipperary player. The Hogan stand is called after Michael. Many were also injured on this terrible day.

  • @MrBizteck
    @MrBizteck 3 роки тому +50

    The coolest advertising I ever saw was a Guinness advert with a player holding a Hurl in silloute. The caption was 'This man can break hearts from 85 yards'

    • @GAAShorts
      @GAAShorts 3 роки тому +3

      @@RobLewis3 That is the kind of picture you’d see on a pub wall.

    • @constancekavanagh1125
      @constancekavanagh1125 3 роки тому +1

      😁🙌🌬🙏🇮🇪👊💚

  • @aoifeflynnfallon1434
    @aoifeflynnfallon1434 3 роки тому +62

    It was literally a warrior sport. They would play the night before going into battle. It was to toughen them up and get them confident at being rough and physically close to another person with a weapon.... Or hurl

    • @obecpokl3603
      @obecpokl3603 Рік тому

      Damn...i would not be able to get up from the bed the nxt morning...I think i would have to drink some pints the Next day to killed all the pain ;-) Well, I am an old Sack already, 47 y.o. - did guys of my age also play this sport before the Battle? I think it was rather the young stallions, wasn' it?

    • @aoifeflynnfallon1434
      @aoifeflynnfallon1434 Рік тому +2

      @@obecpokl3603 it was anyone going into battle, that would be those in their 20,30s but as far as I'm aware the lifespan was that long. Thing is though, the sport is so skillful you can play a whole match without ever touching anyone or people getting hurt. Usually they're the most entertaining to play and watch. I played the sport for 6 years and a friend of mine plays for the highest level possible. Once you get a love for it, it never truelly leaves you. I would recommend everyone to play or at least watch a match once in their lifes

    • @obecpokl3603
      @obecpokl3603 Рік тому

      I was a fool, I lived in Cork for 6 months and in Dublin for almost 3 years back in 2007 and I never tried. You write about playing hurling with so much passion. Thanks.

    • @ardri31
      @ardri31 Рік тому +2

      They used to play the game INSTEAD of a battle aswell, if 2 tribes had a dispute they settled it on the field, alot of men died in these matches

  • @reecehughes4829
    @reecehughes4829 3 роки тому +42

    I'm a girl and I play the girls version is camogie it's very fast and you must be on your feet for the whole match, and it can be down the otherside in a second, most of us girls are very competitive when playing camogie

    • @niallfinan
      @niallfinan 3 роки тому +1

      And boys while playing hurling

    • @frostgotlost21
      @frostgotlost21 2 роки тому +1

      I play on the camogie team and the hurling team lmao

    • @artseosamhogriobhta
      @artseosamhogriobhta Рік тому +1

      I only learned this year that camogie was hurling. I always thought it was something like hockey

    • @ardri31
      @ardri31 Рік тому

      ​@@frostgotlost21how? Lol

    • @nekrisch
      @nekrisch Рік тому +1

      I’m playing my first year of camogie this year, my team is headed for national championships in a couple of weeks. Can’t wait!

  • @GAAShorts
    @GAAShorts 3 роки тому +79

    The players have really good coordination so that’s why the goalkeepers can often stop the ball from going in

    • @darrenmurphy6791
      @darrenmurphy6791 3 роки тому +13

      Iv been a goalkeeper ever since I started playing hurling when I was 4, and having a seriously good hand eye coordination is vital to have when playing at a high level, but having all that coordination is totally wasted if you lack the bravery that's needed to play the position, it's all good and dandy catching a ball above the crossbar or plucking the sliotar out of the air. It's another thing when your the only man standing between a forward and the goal in the dying moments of a big game. You have to be prepared to do what ever it takes to ensure that ball doesn't get past you, weither it be by using your hurl or using your body.

    • @clash9788
      @clash9788 3 роки тому

      You must also have a good puckout, u got everything else spot on

  • @oddluck7539
    @oddluck7539 3 роки тому +56

    I first stumbled across Hurling about a decade ago, and I was amazed at the skill and brutality of the game. Back then, they did not really any videos that explained to us Yankees how it works. I had to decipher it for myself. I have really grown to enjoy this sport. Go ahead and look up some championship games over the past decade, and you will get hooked. I recently saw a video of a group of American Football players watching Hurling for the first time, and their reactions to the sport....Go find that video....it is not often you will see a linebacker feeling sorry for someone else playing a sport, as most football players feel they have the corner on violent game play....but Hurling is in a league all it's own. ENJOY GUYS

  • @Thecrazies23
    @Thecrazies23 3 роки тому +62

    Watch an All-Irleland final....you'll not be disappointed. Best sport in the world. Catching, hooking, blocking, solo running, hand passing, ground strike, air strikes, side line cuts, free taking, just to name a few of the skills involved. Your born ready for it where I live 😂

    • @sarahbreen2856
      @sarahbreen2856 3 роки тому +2

      And often fighting

    • @creativecorbett
      @creativecorbett 4 місяці тому

      You will never be disappointed in an all Ireland final

    • @creativecorbett
      @creativecorbett 4 місяці тому

      You'll never be disappointed in an All-Ireland final

  • @morphelan
    @morphelan Рік тому +16

    Fun facts the GAA finals are held in Croke Park the third biggest stadium in Europe and Ireland is a pretty small country. A GAA pitch is about 1.5 times longer than an American Football field. Players can and have scored from home run distances 135m. The sliotar (the ball) can travel at over 110mph / 180kmph.

  • @annedunne4526
    @annedunne4526 3 роки тому +32

    All 32 counties of Ireland have a different colour Jersey and each of the counties play each other within the four provinces . Finally the last 2 counties play for the cup. It's very exciting. Much more important than rugby or soccer.

    • @fenorcity
      @fenorcity 9 місяців тому +1

      and with 2 good teams , the winners would not be known until the last few minutes , seconds in some cases........... a real game where all the players dont even get paid - we play for the pride of our county and country............. not like the girlies of soccer , on millions a week........ and it visible for all to see.......... passion versus image

  • @qwertyTRiG
    @qwertyTRiG 3 роки тому +36

    You can handle the ball only twice per posession. That's why they sometimes bounce the ball off the ground, which actually resets the posession count.

    • @fieldagentryan
      @fieldagentryan Рік тому

      the ball is a balls if you can bounce it on the ground

  • @mariahoulihan9483
    @mariahoulihan9483 3 роки тому +15

    Dad was Irish. Around once a year UK tv would show Hurling. It was so exciting.. especially seeing Dad shouting at the tv and sitting on the end of his seat, lol. many years ago my uncle played for Munster I think. The man would be over 100 years of age now.

    • @mariahoulihan9483
      @mariahoulihan9483 3 роки тому +3

      he bought a stick each for my broter and when we were over on holidays once.. and had us doing drills with it out the back lawn. He came from a sporty family. He confiscated them from us once, for playing swords with them and causing a lot of noise when he was in bed sleeping off nights. lol.

    • @mariahoulihan9483
      @mariahoulihan9483 3 роки тому +4

      we were here for a wedding once and the day after were all at my uncles house and My dad and his siblings, men and women in the 50s were out in the field playing an impromptu game - giving no quarter to one another. I was quite touched as I felt I was having a privileged glimpse in their home life when they were youngsters. They were all very close to one another. I once saw a Kennedy family movie of them playing touch ball or something at their home and it reminded me of my Dad and is family.. without the wealth and influence.. they had the same competiveness about sports.

  • @papadoc711
    @papadoc711 2 роки тому +22

    I Boxed and played hurling and Gaelic football while at school and chose to stick with boxing instead. Far too violent and fast for me but incredibly enjoying to watch even at the club level, I watched my sister lift an Ireland title with her local Belfast club Rossa.

  • @peadarruane6582
    @peadarruane6582 3 роки тому +89

    There is no offside rule in Hurling so the play can literally shift all the way done the pitch in a blink of an eye. I remember my friend growing up in Canada was mad into Lacrosse and called field lacrosse that fastest field sport in the world... I argued it was hurling. This was before youtube etc... But TSN the main sports network in Canada used to show the All-Ireland Gaelic Football and Hurling Finals a month or so after they were played, and my mate saw the hurling on and phoned up and conceded the argument immediatlely

    • @sirlee2686
      @sirlee2686 3 роки тому +6

      It's like Gaelic Football and Aussie Rules in that regard. Neither of those two football codes are for the faint of heart or the slothful. You simply have to keep up with the play - if you want to enjoy the match.

    • @johncooke7617
      @johncooke7617 2 роки тому +1

      their is an offside its called a square ball

    • @peadarruane6582
      @peadarruane6582 2 роки тому +1

      @@johncooke7617 similar rule, but not the same. Still means that in single strike, the sliotar can move almost right down the field.

  • @gavinlowry4880
    @gavinlowry4880 2 роки тому +9

    I’m playing since I’m 6 years old you can’t beat the passion and love we have for our own sports I love hurling the first lesson you are taught get close or your dead😂

  • @jasonwall5012
    @jasonwall5012 2 роки тому +24

    Hurling was actually a form of martial arts training exercise, for ancient warriors for combat preperness. Many famous ancient warriors played hurling one of which being hero warrior Cú Chulainn. even up till the early 1900's they'd use the hurley as the gun. The stick is called a hurley or Hurl for short. The ball is a sliotar, said slit-er

    • @fenorcity
      @fenorcity 9 місяців тому

      martial arts me hole

  • @soundsean
    @soundsean 3 роки тому +55

    Helmets with faceguards are mandatory now at all levels. Have been at underage levels for some time. There were no faceguards when I was a kid. I broke my upper jaw in two places playing aged 12. Classic stick to face action. When I went back playing my parents wanted me to wear an ice hockey helmet but I refused for fear of mockery. We comprimised on a gumshield(mouthguard) and I got mocked relentlesly for weeks.

    • @declanoconnell8576
      @declanoconnell8576 3 роки тому +2

      brilliant

    • @declanoconnell8576
      @declanoconnell8576 3 роки тому +1

      legend, can't find smily face on my laptop, fuck

    • @67lionsoflisbon37
      @67lionsoflisbon37 Рік тому +1

      My sympathy with the Hurley! Painful at the time, but a great memory. Got whacked accross both shins (no shinpads) with a hurl, in an U16 match, and couldn't lift my toes for days! Ah! but life was good!🤣🤣🤣

    • @Noemi-jm7gh
      @Noemi-jm7gh 11 місяців тому

      Holy shit when was THIS normally we would share helmets but never ever play without one

    • @soundsean
      @soundsean 11 місяців тому

      @@Noemi-jm7gh mid 80s

  • @patrickwalsh1321
    @patrickwalsh1321 2 роки тому +9

    I love how he calls it a stick and not a Hurley 😂

  • @KarlXByrne
    @KarlXByrne 3 роки тому +9

    Now you know why we irish are the undisputed world champions at the Egg and spoon race!

  • @martindoyle5505
    @martindoyle5505 Рік тому +5

    The goal keepers hurl has a bit more surface area at the contact point with the sliotar. That area is called the boss of the hurl. This makes it slightly easier to stop the sliotar going into the goal and for pucking the sliotar back out up the pitch.

  • @terrym5385
    @terrym5385 3 роки тому +7

    You were right the first time - "one ball to the head and it's brain damage" - although many would confide brain damage as prerequisite the desire to play.

  • @mawhinney2.196
    @mawhinney2.196 2 роки тому +7

    The reason they don’t constantly hit it with their hand is because the ball is as hard as a baseball, it takes it toll

  • @67lionsoflisbon37
    @67lionsoflisbon37 Рік тому +3

    A beer ad about 20 years ago went along the lines, "football is for men, Hurling is for Heroes!". The Legend of Cuchulainn. The modern players are supreme athletes and highly skilled. And unpaid.

  • @mojophe1617
    @mojophe1617 2 роки тому +4

    In the Gaelic Revival when we were on our knees as a nation, these ancient games were revived to build the strength of our young men in sports and overthrew our oppressor after 800 yrs of torment. All nations have their traditions, build them up and be the best that you can be. A strong youth is a nation's strength.

    • @catherinecahill-x5q
      @catherinecahill-x5q 11 місяців тому +1

      That was when the 'loving' English walked all over us. My, how times have changed.

  • @VirtualFeats
    @VirtualFeats 3 роки тому +6

    I am from Ireland! Loved watching your video 👍 its so nice to see your reaction! 😂 sending love from Ireland 🇮🇪

  • @big.r.c
    @big.r.c 2 роки тому +2

    For Americans ( yea I’m Irish ) hurling is the fastest game on grass with means it can go on one end of the pitch to another in about like 1.5 seconds

  • @brendasheehan2844
    @brendasheehan2844 Рік тому +2

    Thats the beauty of hurling its so fast paced the scores can change in an instant the ball is called a slitter I'm actually living in limerick and we're the all ireland hurling champions for the fourth year in a row 💚💚

    • @catherinecahill-x5q
      @catherinecahill-x5q 11 місяців тому +1

      So sad, Kilkenny were the champs for many years. As a girl I played camogie - female hurling and it's every bit as rough as the male version. We used to play on the road and used rocks as goal post, sans posts. One time, long ago, during a match I hit my sister on the nose with my hurley. I didn't go home that night, I slept in a ditch because me Da would have killed me. Since coming to America 40 years ago, I've become quite civilized😇😇

  • @kazbaz2011
    @kazbaz2011 2 роки тому +5

    Female version is called Camogie (Ca-Mo-Gee) - my daughter plays it. Tough game but she loves it!

  • @ggwalie
    @ggwalie Рік тому +2

    When I was a teenager (girl) I received the brunt force of the sliotar smack right between my spine and shoulder blade when the lads were playing in the field. Full force from about a half pitch length away. It was like have the soul whacked out of my body! I played for a bit too, the girls are killers for whipping the ankles off ya, I was never any good, started too late - you have to get in when you’re young and none the wiser to avoid the fear, it’s a terrifying game to play, but a fantastic spectacle of a sport!

  • @LilikoLovely
    @LilikoLovely 3 роки тому +13

    Hurling is everything to many people in Ireland. Most people play at least a few seasons as a kid and have been to a few matches. I'm from Tipperary and we were in the final quite a bit when I was a kid so it was huge in my area.

    • @senreg25
      @senreg25 Рік тому

      I play for a club in Dublin but we don't have a hurling team. Idrm since it doesn't look like my kinda sport anyways. But it's part of the Irish culture so ye gotta respect it

    • @LilikoLovely
      @LilikoLovely Рік тому

      @@senreg25 Dublin is, in terms of sociological significance, very different from most other parts of Ireland.

  • @ShadyManMI5
    @ShadyManMI5 2 роки тому +4

    It's a brilliant sport. The noise from Hurl to ball is insane

  • @politicalscientist8880
    @politicalscientist8880 Рік тому +2

    Man that block as well... when two hurleys clash - it shakes your bones. It hurts everytime

  • @Amare-fidem-spes
    @Amare-fidem-spes 3 роки тому +16

    It was played by irish warriors part of battle training to toughen young boys up.
    It's not for the fearful.
    I lost eye brows cracked bruised scared up.
    It's more safe than when I was young. I'm 50. It is the best game and one of the oldest on the planet. It's great the game is getting the interest it deserves.
    No hemlets when I played I see many people with cracked heads.

  • @MsBobbybear
    @MsBobbybear 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you for appreciate Irish cause I’m Irish and I’m a kid who loves hurling

  • @WildBoreWoodWind
    @WildBoreWoodWind 2 роки тому +2

    Hurling is a fight that happens to be played on a field, with lines and goal posts - occasionally, a ball (sliotar) is involved in the action, more by chance than by design and their weapon of choice, is a big ass stick (a hurl), violence is mandatory and the game is allegedly controlled by an umpire. I took my daughter to a match between Down and Antrim, where a fight broke out on the field and the umpire requested that the small crowd leave the field, as the fight was only for the players, not the spectators - fair play to the spectators, they all did leave the field and they did let the players get on with it. 🤣😂🤣

  • @gustavmeyrink_2.0
    @gustavmeyrink_2.0 3 роки тому +5

    For the first 2990 years helmets were illegal for field players.

  • @janettedavis6627
    @janettedavis6627 2 роки тому +2

    Watch 2014 game Tipperary/Kilkenny it was fast and so exciting to watch.

  • @indoor_cinder3630
    @indoor_cinder3630 Рік тому +4

    The reactions to hurling are so funny.but if you grow up with it you don't see it as dangerous it's just normal 😂

  • @diarmuidoriordan9090
    @diarmuidoriordan9090 Рік тому +1

    We're from Ireland and we love hurling

  • @PS_testing321...
    @PS_testing321... 2 роки тому +4

    Anyone playing without a helmet is insane, there have been serious head injuries. We are American, but when I take my son back to Ireland he goes to the local GAA and has learned to play hurling and Gaelic football. You should watch Gaelic football, equally insane. Took my son to his first match, Mayo vs. Kildare (Mayo for SAM!) He played American football and rugby, and the whole game he couldn't believe how nuts the rules are and no-one was ejected. He was about 12 at the time and he was like you watching this. When we got home the first thing he did was look up the local Gaelic football club here in America. Also all the players are the local butcher and doctor, they play for the glory and respect for their county, they are not professionals.

    • @theeggtimertictic1136
      @theeggtimertictic1136 2 роки тому

      There have been deaths.

    • @cacamilis8477
      @cacamilis8477 8 місяців тому

      Before the helmets were made compulsory, you knew to stay the fuck away from the guys and girls WITHOUT helmets. You knew they were mad bastards who weren't scared of anything.

  • @wjadam024
    @wjadam024 Рік тому +1

    as far as I can tell Hurling is the origin sport of every team game we enjoy today

  • @tomjones8608
    @tomjones8608 Рік тому +1

    I had a great uncle who was killed playing this for County Claire, before they had helmets and shields. He was struck in the head with the stick.

  • @anneconnolly4845
    @anneconnolly4845 2 роки тому +2

    Hey from 🇮🇪 Ireland love ur reaction to our games

  • @josephfisher2100
    @josephfisher2100 Рік тому +1

    Helmets are compulsory now. Stick is made from Ash, my uncle John Torpy in six mile bridge Co Clare makes them, and he also makes them out of bamboo

  • @indiantinamorals5791
    @indiantinamorals5791 11 місяців тому +1

    Cheers JJ, great video, love from Ireland xx

  • @everyonelovesdee
    @everyonelovesdee 3 роки тому +7

    Just double checked, as though Irish, I don't really follow GAA myself but whatever match is being broadcast at the weekend someone always has it on in the house, BUT helmets are now required by all players to worn. Getting walloped by a slíotar (ball used in hurling) is no fun experience at any speed let alone the speed they're firing them off at.

  • @michellemaria-3911
    @michellemaria-3911 2 роки тому +5

    Actually was mainly the goalie when I played for 5 years; serious hand eye coordination is so necessary.
    It's a seriously tough game; I've come out of a game with torn ligaments in my leg due to a close rang puck out straight into my leg. Countless broken fingers due to catching the sliotar (name of the ball) the wrong way or a smack of a hurly while catching a ball. Got a smack into the ribs at full force, felt like I'd broken a rib but it was luckily just bruising.

  • @davidgiblin97
    @davidgiblin97 3 роки тому +5

    hurling is the fastest game on grass because the sliotar can travel up to 180kph (111.85 mph)

  • @Saywhatnow-o3w
    @Saywhatnow-o3w 9 місяців тому

    I love when different cultures discover Irish sports. Especially when they start to play them.

  • @Irishbeermonk
    @Irishbeermonk 2 роки тому +3

    This game was played by Irish Warriors long before god was a child. The game continues today. No room for the weak, the tired or the dramatic. These people aren't paid for playing. You play for you County and your regional pride. No other country understands how intense it can get.

  • @mervinmannas7671
    @mervinmannas7671 2 роки тому +2

    I watched the all Ireland Final this year with my Irish neighbours and it was great. I'd seen local games before when we went to Ireland as kids (my mother is Irish) and it can get brutal

  • @conwaynoel3715
    @conwaynoel3715 2 роки тому +1

    Rules are simple 1: over the bar for a pint ( now where did I hear that before ) 2: under the bar for a goal worth three points. 3: kill an opponent and your done for murder. That's pretty much that not much in between, but what a game ,wow 😯

  • @eamonnca1
    @eamonnca1 2 роки тому

    Thanks for reacting to my video!

  • @josephbetts7992
    @josephbetts7992 Рік тому +1

    The all Ireland hurling final is on Sunday 23rd of July, if you get a chance to watch do your best, considering there will be over 80,000 at the game and they are all amatures, no one gets paid and there's only winners medals

  • @Blsjdhhee
    @Blsjdhhee Рік тому +2

    (Irish person). Noticed that they didn’t really show the brutality as though a shoulder off the ball

  • @dapix3989
    @dapix3989 2 роки тому +1

    ive een playing since i was 4-5 now its hard to imagine a life without it

  • @andrewoshea5944
    @andrewoshea5944 2 роки тому +1

    Dude, I love your reaction to this game.

  • @sirlee2686
    @sirlee2686 3 роки тому +3

    "Fastest game on grass"? That's because there's no stop-work meetings as in American Football or Rugby Union, the ball can change direction without warning, and to get to the place where the action is, you have to keep running. I haven't played it in Ireland - I doubt I would've ever been able to keep up with the Irish - but even at the level I've played it, you don't stop - and for what it's worth, I've seen a goalie score a goal from his own goal square, by hitting it back into play, and the other goalie not seeing it in time ... I've never seen that in any other sport.

  • @KingK339
    @KingK339 Рік тому +1

    What would truly amaze you is how good the goal keepers are at stopping the ball. How heavy and hard the ball is, how fast it's traveling. No pads...

  • @waynemolloy4250
    @waynemolloy4250 Рік тому +1

    Can you imagine every time you have the ball someone is chasing you with a stick and sometimes it might be two or 3 people chasing you 😅😅

  • @stephenjsmyth
    @stephenjsmyth Рік тому +1

    That sliotar is very hard! My dad broke a few ribs getting hit with the ball and multi people get injured daily (My dad makes me get ice and take care of them I seen it all)

  • @meghannquigg5409
    @meghannquigg5409 11 місяців тому +1

    Me watching it like a normal game even shouting in my head

  • @paidiconvery7387
    @paidiconvery7387 2 роки тому +2

    That think it’s so easy like omg you can hold it in your hand , what it’s so easy to just score with that big bit in the air😂

  • @nikkihayes5411
    @nikkihayes5411 3 роки тому +4

    In Salford you could tell the hurley players who didnt wear helmets coz they had no front teef!😬

  • @vizenbre1658
    @vizenbre1658 Рік тому +1

    Being a guy who’s just joined his first hurling club in the states with a college team, it’s as fun as it looks

  • @darmerl6548
    @darmerl6548 Рік тому +1

    You have to watch a match. A Munster final. Or all Ireland final day then you'll see why it's such a great game. Fast and furious.

  • @dubhainoceanntabhail5262
    @dubhainoceanntabhail5262 3 роки тому +8

    Play for your local club and hope you can represent your county someday. Best game in the world. 1000s of years ago It was played by young men in Ireland to prepare them to become warriors.

  • @johndoyle2397
    @johndoyle2397 8 місяців тому +1

    Im Irish born and bred. Kildare son and ultra patriot

  • @mistyshadow100
    @mistyshadow100 3 роки тому +5

    Hurling is all heart, skill and passion. If your going to go in, no half measures. Don't pick the all up off the ground and as you play the rest will come to you.

    • @davidguiney1746
      @davidguiney1746 3 роки тому

      Novices don't realize that if you go in half measure you're going to get hit. But the closer you can get to the person swinging the hurley the more likely it will wrap around your body (instead of getting a slap from the boss)

  • @bobbyderwin1398
    @bobbyderwin1398 3 роки тому +5

    Fastest game on grass is because the ball could go from one end of the field to the other in just one strike. Plus it’s pretty hectic when there’s a ruck of players trying to scoop the ball off the ground.

    • @darraghfarrell9024
      @darraghfarrell9024 3 роки тому +1

      And keep in mind that none of the players get paid to play it!?!

  • @yvonneryan189
    @yvonneryan189 2 роки тому +1

    I am Irish and my grandparents used to be famous hurling players and hurling if your Irish is actually a bit ez

  • @PEBelarus
    @PEBelarus 8 місяців тому

    I have also recently got into hurling and I'm not sure about one thing but it's a really interesting point about a very physical game with a lot of movement and running. I think you're allowed to bump into people, like using your shoulder or your arm or something like that and you're allowed to touch their stick or the ball with your stick but you can't tackle people like football. I don't think it's like rugby where you bring a fella to the ground. It's only fighting for the ball and you're welcome to push a fellow out of the way. I think that's an interesting nuance about this game that it's very very physical and adversarial, but they are not grabbing each other and only going for the ball. Definitely a positive point if you ask me and I agree, this might be the greatest sport ever invented.

  • @seamuskelly5506
    @seamuskelly5506 Місяць тому

    when i was 9 i had a teacher who was crazy about the game and in my class of fifty two kids one young lad was from limerick a hurling stronghold our teacher used to put the limerick lad at the back of the class and while he was teaching us you know maths, english, whatever he would hit the ball with his hurl as hard as he could to the limerick kid so he could practise catching the ball in one hand, the kid would catch it hit it back to the teacher and he would slam it back to him over and over untill one of them got tired. He was nuts but he was one hell of a teacher we all loved him

  • @MichaelFottrell-b5v
    @MichaelFottrell-b5v 4 місяці тому +1

    The clash of the ash stirs the blood of spectator, and hurler alike......'From the first time that you laced up, and then tightened ev'ry stud.....That mad virus known as hurling was so active in your blood.....First you dreamt it, then you played it, second fiddle took the rest....Now you're standing on the sideline, but your heart aches for the test! from page 134 of Runes 'n' Tunes'n'Worthy Doin's [A New Ross Songbook}.

  • @markdeegan4113
    @markdeegan4113 3 роки тому +1

    It's fu*king massive man, greatestest game on earth

  • @AnBru
    @AnBru Рік тому +1

    The best thing about it is that they don't follow the rules, so generally whatever is the most entertaining is what's allowed.

  • @denishourigan6311
    @denishourigan6311 2 роки тому +1

    Hurling is the fastest toughest game in the world 3 points in the net 1 point over the bar..American football bro I lived in America for few yrs took me a long time to understand the rules...🇮🇪

  • @markdeegan4113
    @markdeegan4113 3 роки тому +1

    goalie is the maddest person you can find

  • @galoglaich3281
    @galoglaich3281 3 роки тому +6

    Hurling is very big in ireland,but its mostly in the southern half of the country in the rest of the country its gaelic football and soccer.Gaelic football and hurling are run by the GAA ,so the field and posts are the same.They have the third largest stadium in europe as you saw in your stadiums video

    • @oisinmccarthy8717
      @oisinmccarthy8717 3 роки тому +4

      Hurling is more of a national sport though because of how unique it is. I am much more proud to say hurling is an Irish sport than football. Football is kinda an average sport

    • @galoglaich3281
      @galoglaich3281 3 роки тому +1

      @@oisinmccarthy8717 Yes there is something just awkward and not right about football and the more they change the rules the worse it gets like the offensive mark.

    • @manuisgood1233
      @manuisgood1233 2 роки тому

      @@galoglaich3281 I live in Dublin and no one wants to be a hurler

    • @ianhaddit4890
      @ianhaddit4890 2 роки тому +2

      @@manuisgood1233 I think you meant to say, I live in Dublin and no one's a good hurler even after spending all that money....

    • @gallowglass2630
      @gallowglass2630 2 роки тому

      @@manuisgood1233 Dublin would be in the northern half of the country so my point stands

  • @margaretcasey871
    @margaretcasey871 3 роки тому +3

    I’m ☘️ love the game. Hugely fast, and inedible skill.

  • @kevinwhelan9607
    @kevinwhelan9607 2 місяці тому +1

    Only the Irish could have invented a game so wild, crazy, and touched with genius. Thanks for your enthusiasm!❤

  • @lfcgero35
    @lfcgero35 3 роки тому +14

    Tough sport but also very skillfull. Played it for 16 years in dublin ireland. But tipperary kilkenny galway cork limerick and wexford are the big boy counties of hurling dublin doesnt get a look in really.

    • @Hnossa
      @Hnossa 3 роки тому +3

      Dublin have made massive improvements in recent years in fairness. They'll be proper contenders soon enough if they keep going that way - (from a Galwegian).

    • @lfcgero35
      @lfcgero35 3 роки тому +3

      @@Hnossa yes true they have improved but winning a Liam MacCarthy before the teams i mentioned is still a fair bit away.

    • @Hnossa
      @Hnossa 3 роки тому +1

      @@lfcgero35 Aye, Liam's a bit out of their reach still. More competition never hurts though :)

    • @catherinecahill-x5q
      @catherinecahill-x5q 11 місяців тому

      Broke my heart when limerick beat Kilkenny at the 2023 All Ireland. Guess it was time to let other counties win.

    • @CuniLaad
      @CuniLaad 10 місяців тому

      ​@@catherinecahill-x5q it's been time for other counties to win it for the last 8 years, sure Limerick are on 4 in a row

  • @cathalnolan9427
    @cathalnolan9427 2 роки тому +1

    I play hurling and I love it

  • @calvinmarah
    @calvinmarah 2 роки тому +1

    When we are born the first thing we get handed is a Hurley or Hurl. Same thing just named in different counties. It's part of mythology and eliminates every year on one Sunday. In the one of the biggest Stadiums in Europe but only to hold our national games. Believe me those goalies st bullets

  • @brandoncreek7502
    @brandoncreek7502 4 місяці тому +1

    The Skill comes from the fact that all Hurlers start when they are around 6 yrs old

  • @jwmulligan1
    @jwmulligan1 2 роки тому +1

    This wild Irish game is played throughout the United States. See USGAA an NCGAA.

  • @joemoorehead1954
    @joemoorehead1954 2 роки тому +1

    Best sport on the planet ( especially to play) I was not brilliant but stupidly rough I’ve had my front teeth knocked out / concoction) both cheekbones broken/ nose broken and a few scars and these injuries are not uncommon sadly plenty have died from head injuries and NOW helmets are compulsory but you are still far from fully protected but still the biggest sport in Ireland

  • @daveologhlen
    @daveologhlen 3 роки тому +9

    Just Watch An All Ireland Hurling Final....Just do it Bro....Peace...

  • @gcanty32
    @gcanty32 Рік тому

    Hurling is my favourite sport.I play corner forward

  • @slugdub101
    @slugdub101 3 роки тому +6

    The ball (known as a sliotar, which is pronounced ‘schlither’, kind of) speed makes it the fastest game on grass. No other object/ball in a field sport travels as fast.

    • @fionaohehir3978
      @fionaohehir3978 3 роки тому

      Yeah and it's heavy AF. Get a sliothar walloped in the face and it's serious damage

    • @tomasfuchsbauer1536
      @tomasfuchsbauer1536 2 роки тому

      @@fionaohehir3978 not as much since helmets were introduced, but you would feel it in the groin 🤣🇪🇺🇮🇪

  • @naomhfermin
    @naomhfermin Рік тому +1

    Its the fastest team sport on grass. Ball can travel at about 100km per hour at times. Its a completely amateur sport. Check out the 3rd biggest active stadium in Europe, Croke Park Dublin. Lots of Hurling clubs in the USA. One has the best slogan ever for a club, I think its Pittsburg "We like to hurl before we drink" (hurl means vomit in Ireland also)

  • @martibnd
    @martibnd Рік тому +1

    Hurling and Gaelic Football are both amateur sports in ireland. But the players train and dedicate their time to the same level as professional players in the likes of Rugby, American Football and soccer. Its all done for the love of the game.

  • @katied2437
    @katied2437 3 роки тому +2

    Friend of mine literally lost all her teeth in Camogie (female version of Hurling)

  • @sarsfield70
    @sarsfield70 3 роки тому +2

    Yeah my dad born 1928 Clonmel Tipperary Ireland played for the Mechanics and the county team....lost all his front teeth :)

  • @Trisha_stan
    @Trisha_stan 2 роки тому +1

    Im irish and from our point of view this kind of sport is very normal

  • @Drewbyu
    @Drewbyu 2 роки тому +2

    This is my first time watching hurling and I live in Ireland 😂

  • @owenzey
    @owenzey Рік тому +2

    I became a cage fighter cause i was too frightened to hurl

  • @seamusobyrne7845
    @seamusobyrne7845 2 роки тому +1

    yeah, played in school and watched the blood pass my eyes before i knew i was hit..

  • @MetalMonkey
    @MetalMonkey 2 роки тому +1

    The goalie just has a slightly bigger stick (the stick is called a Hurley or a Hurl, the ball is called a Sliotar (pronounced Shlitter).
    Yes Gaelic football has the same scoring system, goal = 3 points and over the bar = 1 point. If the game is a draw on points, the team who scored the most goals is the winner.
    A lot of players don't wear helmets and get smacked in the face by the hurley, they put football/soccoer players to shame.
    FYI Irish/British people hate the football players who roll around faking injury. From my observation, the worst culprits are from "hot countries", Italians, Spanish, Portuguese, South Americans, Africans