Shinty is insane, but I've never really watched enough hurling to tell the difference. I have occasionally been to see the international shinty-hurling matches where I think Scotland play to their rules and Ireland play to their rules and basically it's very fast and insane and people get their teeth knocked out a lot and no-one except dedicated experts (we used to get to go because my mum's boss sponsored the beer tent when it was held in Inverness) has the faintest idea what's going on.
Classic, obviously.
― ailsa, Monday, 9 August 2010 11:51 (fourteen years ago) link
And, while we're about it, Gaelic Football is awesome too
― tom d: he did what he had to do now he is dead (Tom D.), Monday, 9 August 2010 11:52 (fourteen years ago) link
it's very fast and insane and people get their teeth knocked out a lot
yes i believe that's the one
― "It's far from 'loi' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Monday, 9 August 2010 11:53 (fourteen years ago) link
When I said shinty is crappier, only in the sense that hardly anyone plays it or watches it, in comparison with hurling
― tom d: he did what he had to do now he is dead (Tom D.), Monday, 9 August 2010 11:54 (fourteen years ago) link
whisper it softly tom, but i never really took after the GAA footy tbh. the english version of the beautiful game won it for me on subtlety grounds.
― "It's far from 'loi' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Monday, 9 August 2010 11:54 (fourteen years ago) link
"English" version LOL
― tom d: he did what he had to do now he is dead (Tom D.), Monday, 9 August 2010 11:56 (fourteen years ago) link
I dreamt about hurling last night! I dreamt I was on holiday in Dorset and I ended up in an indoor hall where hurling was to be played. It was basically indoor hockey with two sticks, one of which was bendy. I know this isn't what hurling is. I also dreamt I was leading my classmates down the London Underground on a mission against the Russians, and that Muse's album 'Absolution' was actually called 'Amnesty' and was a post-modern prog masterpiece where every song contained the line "New York I love you but you're bringing me down" in the chorus and that this was so very witty
― visit europe more (acoleuthic), Monday, 9 August 2010 11:57 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm in Dublin next month but the weekend after the big final* otherwise efforts would be made to try to attend.
* can't be sure I've got the right sport here tbh - could be Gaelic football
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 9 August 2010 11:57 (fourteen years ago) link
I got those O'Muircheartaigh quotes fwded to me the other day, kind of a tonic as I got mad love for Sid Waddell still but his classic work is all in decades long gone
― welcome fake world we hope enjoy cardboard melon (DJ Mencap), Monday, 9 August 2010 12:30 (fourteen years ago) link
You;d need to have heard Míchéal's craggy tones first to get an idea though.
IK- if you can get to Croke Park for a game at all it's worth a look, staggering stadium.
― "It's far from 'loi' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Monday, 9 August 2010 12:40 (fourteen years ago) link
only two types of football, man- ours and theirs!
― "It's far from 'loi' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Monday, 9 August 2010 12:48 (fourteen years ago) link
There's supposed to be an u21 final the following week that we might be going to, but venue still tbc
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 9 August 2010 12:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Wouldn't bother for a GAA match myself, especially if it's not at Croker.
― "It's far from 'loi' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Monday, 9 August 2010 12:57 (fourteen years ago) link
when you come out of the cork airport this is the first thing you see:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3454/3878540757_cf6d67d1d7_b.jpghttp://farm3.static.flickr.com/2490/3878546491_258c3db181_b.jpg
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 9 August 2010 13:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Cork know what's up. Kilkenny and Tipperary would be the other main exponents of the art over the years.
― "It's far from 'loi' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Monday, 9 August 2010 13:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Current Kilkenny side are equivalent to 1950's Real Madrid side, there basically isn't anyone else playing this sport at the moment. Everyone else is in a reserve competition, and the second best team in ireland is probably the Kilkenny Minors.
― "It's far from 'loi' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Monday, 9 August 2010 13:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Tom Humphries (as always) covers match report and their dominance in the one article
― "It's far from 'loi' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Monday, 9 August 2010 13:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Just watched all of the hurling final and yeah it's pretty rad but I have a question:
Why do the goalkeepers not wear facemasks?
― visit europe more (acoleuthic), Monday, 9 August 2010 13:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Is it a macho thing or part of the rules to make goalkeeping less palatable?
A plastic protective helmet with faceguard is mandatory for all age groups including senior level as of 2010.
― "It's far from 'loi' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Monday, 9 August 2010 13:25 (fourteen years ago) link
None of them would be wearing the helmets were it not mandatory, it's a fairly new development.
but why are the goalkeepers the only ones NOT wearing helmets
― visit europe more (acoleuthic), Monday, 9 August 2010 13:26 (fourteen years ago) link
also when that guy gets twatted in the face with a stick I bet he's glad he's wearing a helmet
― visit europe more (acoleuthic), Monday, 9 August 2010 13:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Hurling is older than the recorded history of Ireland. It is thought to predate Christianity, having come to Ireland with the Celts.[5] It has been a distinct Irish pastime for at least 2000 years.[6] The earliest written references to the sport in Brehon law date from the fifth century.[5] In the book by Seamus King "A History of Hurling" there is a reference from Irish verbal history of hurling as far back as the 1200 B.C.
― "It's far from 'loi' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Monday, 9 August 2010 13:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Not involved in as many clashes? I'd guess
― "It's far from 'loi' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Monday, 9 August 2010 13:32 (fourteen years ago) link
The tale of the Táin Bó Cuailgne (drawing on earlier legends) describes the hero Cúchulainn playing hurling at Emain Macha. Similar tales are told about Fionn Mac Cumhail and the Fianna, his legendary warrior band
BTW LJ if you're not doing much with yourself atm look this stuff up.
― "It's far from 'loi' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Monday, 9 August 2010 13:35 (fourteen years ago) link
I really enjoy hurling. I think the skill level is phenomenal. I love Kilkenny for the fact that they are leagues ahead of everyone else but I couldnt watch more than 25 mins of the match yesterday, they just destroyed Cork. Having grown up on the limerick side of the tipp-limerick border, I automatically have to hate Tipp but I usually cheer them on (Nicky English is a cousin!). Although in the semi, I cant help but shout for Waterford's gnarled, grizzled old vets.
― Michael B, Monday, 9 August 2010 13:36 (fourteen years ago) link
As a mayoman, I don't really have to worry about allegiances later on in the championships
― "It's far from 'loi' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Monday, 9 August 2010 13:42 (fourteen years ago) link
'We're taking this match awful seriously. We're training threetimes a week now, and some of the boys are off the beer since Tuesday' -Offaly hurler quote in the week before a Leinster hurling final vs.Kilkenny
LOL
― Michael B, Monday, 9 August 2010 13:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Thing is, that's a lol out of the mouth of, say, Dara O'Briain, but from an inter-county hurler I have no reason to believe that it's anything but sincere.
― "It's far from 'loi' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Monday, 9 August 2010 13:50 (fourteen years ago) link
i played it when i was younger but it can be dreadfully scrappy to watch at times (quarter finals were great this year tho) and i dont know if these new rules are helping things either.
― Michael B, Monday, 9 August 2010 14:04 (fourteen years ago) link
well god help us and bless us sure we all played it.
played hurling up to u-13 level, loved it. always found the football too physical as a participative sport, tbh.
― "It's far from 'loi' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Monday, 9 August 2010 14:12 (fourteen years ago) link
was pathetic at hurling tbh
― Michael B, Monday, 9 August 2010 14:16 (fourteen years ago) link
took up golf, the marking was easier
― "It's far from 'loi' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Monday, 9 August 2010 14:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Just watched both halves of that 2009 final - Tipperary seemed so unlucky! Maybe that was the editing though?
Is there passing in this sport?
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Monday, 9 August 2010 14:34 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, short hand passes (slap the ball to someone, basically) then medium/long range pucks with the hurl.
i kinda wish there was a better/clearer clip- yesterday's performances on both sides were basically impromptu group poetry through the media of ball and physical abuse.
― "It's far from 'loi' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Monday, 9 August 2010 14:36 (fourteen years ago) link
love this shit
― max, Monday, 9 August 2010 16:09 (fourteen years ago) link
both times ive been to ireland ive caught games on tv and they were rad. a bit like a more vicious field hockey with fewer rules
― max, Monday, 9 August 2010 16:11 (fourteen years ago) link
hurling don't mean shit in ulster iirc
― buzza, Monday, 9 August 2010 16:48 (fourteen years ago) link
This always used to be on when I used to have Setanta RIP and I never watched it :-(
― ailsa, Monday, 9 August 2010 16:54 (fourteen years ago) link
wow that ball is small in relation to the size of the field!
― dyao, Monday, 9 August 2010 17:21 (fourteen years ago) link
I guess if you ever wondered "what would full contact golf be like" this is your answer
have to say I think tom humphries is one of the most tedious and overrated people in the irish media. an article. begins. like this. like any other article. every week. in a parish. in tom humphries' parish. with a computer. on a keyboard. mighty. passion. astonishing.
like the gaa tho, amazing that dublin are in the semis this year, i can dream of a victory. was there in 1995 when they last won and at tons of games in the early 90s. haven't been to croke in years as my dad worked near the stadium and i had a job from age 14 till i moved to london at 25 manning their car park where they invited customers to park. prob the most lucrative job i'll ever have.
my favourite o'muircheartaigh moment isn't in that email, i heard it myself one time a few years back, i avidly listened to him in the car park job.
it was some random game and a streaker ran on the pitch but naturally he didn't let that stop him commentating.
"there's a streaker on the pitch. there's a streaker on the pitch. he's on the 40 yard line, he moves towards the 50 yard line. he's still going, he's on the 60 yard line. he is evading the stewards. he's on the 70 yard line....eh em eh...the stewards are still trying to catch him........eh...........IN FAIRNESS HE'S MADE A GREAT RUN BY NOW!"
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Monday, 9 August 2010 22:16 (fourteen years ago) link
i like the backround mumbling of humphries, and every now and then he writes an astonishing piece.
― "It's far from 'loi' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Monday, 9 August 2010 22:20 (fourteen years ago) link
all ireland final just started. Get streaming folks. Tipp just scored! Kilkenny heavy favourites tho.
― k¸ (darraghmac), Sunday, 5 September 2010 14:43 (fourteen years ago) link
link?
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 5 September 2010 14:46 (fourteen years ago) link
watchin on terrestial tbh and surfin on crappy nokia browser so not in great position to go checkin streams, sry
Use mymp2p.eu for footy streams you might have some luck there? Teams are kilkenny and tipperary
― k¸ (darraghmac), Sunday, 5 September 2010 14:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Kilkenny 0-3 Tipperary 1-6
shocking!!
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 5 September 2010 14:59 (fourteen years ago) link
I shan't be going to the u21 final when I'm there next weekend. It's in Thurles, not Croke Park (in a stadium holding 53,500 in a town of just over 7,000 folk!)
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 5 September 2010 15:05 (fourteen years ago) link
kilkenny star man h shefflin off after 13 mins- had no right to even start did his cruciate only 6 weeks ago or somethin crazy
No stream on myp2p but vimeo claimi a link.
Great goal kk!
― k¸ (darraghmac), Sunday, 5 September 2010 15:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Must be some hiding in a freezer
― imago, Sunday, 6 February 2022 15:22 (two years ago) link
The All-Ireland Champions came to Wexford today they were talking about painting the Town Green. But By God The Boys of Wexford were having none of it. OUT ye Go. OUT OUT they Said— Buff Egan (@buff_egan) February 6, 2022
a fine sentiment
― imago, Sunday, 6 February 2022 16:22 (two years ago) link
How many times have you talked about the wristy hurling now
― mardheamac (gyac), Sunday, 6 February 2022 16:28 (two years ago) link
Everyone knows it's wristy
― Reader, I buried him (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 6 February 2022 16:34 (two years ago) link
I missed all this
this limerick team have greatness in them, dominant say in the way of that very physical, athletic and organised Mou Chelsea etc but the greatest of all time will fall between Kilkenny (pick yr era) and I'd guess (not a great knowledge of the historical brilliance of individual teams) Offaly, Tipp?
― Ár an broc a mhic (darraghmac), Sunday, 6 February 2022 17:01 (two years ago) link
This thread title is perfect
otm it is among my favorite thread titles on ILX.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Sunday, 6 February 2022 19:24 (two years ago) link
xp even I wouldn’t nominate Offaly despite the greatness of the 1998 side. Cork must be up there, Tipp certainly
― mardheamac (gyac), Sunday, 6 February 2022 20:59 (two years ago) link
I made sure to talk about wristy hurling very often yes
― Ár an broc a mhic (darraghmac), Sunday, 6 February 2022 17:01 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
lol notice how someone who'd never seen a game before picked up on this exact comparison after watching them for fifteen minutes
― imago, Monday, 7 February 2022 10:31 (two years ago) link
That was a pretty low scoring game yesterday, imago. Blustery winds a factor, id say. Limerick were bad yesterday, but sure look it, its early days in the league and we'd only a b team out.
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Monday, 7 February 2022 14:00 (two years ago) link
Deems hasnt a clue, I forsee a decade of brutal dominance for this Limerick team.
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Monday, 7 February 2022 14:02 (two years ago) link
My expectations are now unreasonably high for Wexford, lol
― imago, Monday, 7 February 2022 14:05 (two years ago) link
I dunno that 'they aren't definitely the greatest team of all time' is quite enough to hang that I haven't a clue on tbh
― Ár an broc a mhic (darraghmac), Monday, 7 February 2022 14:56 (two years ago) link
Especially from a lad who probably pronounced hurling with three syllables until yesterday
― mardheamac (gyac), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:11 (two years ago) link
no that's bourke now attacking me tbf
― Ár an broc a mhic (darraghmac), Monday, 7 February 2022 17:28 (two years ago) link
and on the 'hurling stronghold' and apropos of nothing more, here's some GAA quotes:
Great GAA Quotes
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1. I love Cork so much that if I caught one of their hurlers in bedwith my missus, I'd tiptoe downstairs and make him a cup of tea"- JoeLynch, actor.
2. "We've won one All-Ireland in a row"-Wexford Fan in 1996.
3. "The toughest match I ever heard off was the 1935 All-IrelandSemi-Final. After 6 minutes, the ball ricocheted off a post and wentinto the stand. The pulling continued relentlessly and it was 22 minutesbefore any of the players noticed the ball was missing" - Michael Smith.
4. "Sylvie Linnane would start a riot in a graveyard"-Tipp fan onthe Galway legend.
5. "I'm not giving away any secrets like that to Tipperary. If Ihad my way, I wouldn't even tell them the time of the throw-in" - GerLoughnane.
6. "He's like Lazarus; but Lazarus didn't have such a sweet rightboot"-Micheal O'Muircheartaigh on Colin Corkery.
7. "Whenever a team loses, there's always a row at half time butwhen they win, it's an inspirational speech"-John O'Mahony.
8. "There are 2 things in Ireland that would drive you to drink.GAA referees would drive you to drink, and the price of drink would driveyou to drink"-Sligo Fan after 2002 Connact final.
9. 'Life isn't all beer and football...some of us haven't touched afootball in months' - Kerry player during league campaign 1980s
10. "When my friends were besotted with Jason Donovan, my heroeswere Colm O'Rourke and Barney Rock"-Sue Ramsbottom (Laois Ladies Captain).
11. 'We're taking this match awful seriously. We're training threetimes a week now, and some of the boys are off the beer since Tuesday' -Offaly hurler quote in the week before a Leinster hurling final vs.Kilkenny
12. 'Ger Loughnane was fair, he treated us all the same duringtraining-like dogs' -anonymous Clare hurler
13. 'Any chance of an autograph? Its for the wife...she really hatesyou' - Tipp fan to Ger Loughnane
14. 'You can't win derbies with donkeys' - Babs Keating before Tippplayed Cork in 1990
15. 'Sheep in a heap' -Babs Keating description of Offaly in 1998
16. 'Babs Keating 'resigned' as coach because of illness andfatigue. The players were sick and tired of him' - Offaly fan in 1998
17. 'And as for you. You're not even good enough to play for thisshower of useless no-hopers' - Former Clare mentor to one of his subs after aheavy defeat
18. 'Babs Keating was arrested in Nenagh for shaking a cigarettemachine,but the gardai let him off when he said he only wanted to borrowtwenty players' - Waterford fan after 2002 Munster final
19. 'They have a forward line that couldn't punch holes in a paperbag'* Pat Spillane on the Cavan football team
20. 'Meath players like to get their retaliation in first' -Cork fan 1988
21. 'Meath make football a colourful game-you get all black andblue'* another Cork fan 1988
22. 'Colin Corkery is deceptive. He is slower than he looks' - Kerryfan
Subject: FW: Micheal O Muircheartaigh masterpieces
"In the first half they played with the wind. In the second half theyplayed with the ball."
"... and Brian Dooher is down injured. And while he is, i'll tell ye alittle story. I was in Times' Square in New York last week, and I wasmissing the Championship back home. So I approached a newsstand and Isaid 'I suppose ye wouldn't have the Kerryman (Paper) would ye?' Towhich, the Egyptian behind the counter turned to me and he said 'do youwant the North Kerry edition or the South Kerry edition?'... he hadboth...so I bought both. And Dooher is back on his feet..."
"Anthony Lynch the Cork corner back will be the last person to let youdown* his people are undertakers."
"I saw a few Sligo people at Mass in Gardiner street this morning andthe omens seem to be good for them, the priest was wearing the samecolours as the Sligo jersey! 40 yards out on the Hogan stand side of thefield Ciaran Whelan goes on a rampage, it's a goal. So much forreligion."
Colin Corkery on the 45 lets go with the right boot. Its over the bar.This man shouldn't be playing football. He's made an almost Lazarus-likerecovery from a heart condition. Lazarus was a great man but he couldn'tkick points like Colin Corkery."
"1-5 to 0-8.. well from Lapland to the Antarctic, that's level scores inany man's language."
"Pat Fox has it on his hurl and is motoring well now... but here comesJoe Rabbitte hot on his tail ...... I've seen it all now, a Rabbittechasing a Fox around Croke Park!"
"I see John O Donnell dispensing water on the sideline. Tipperary,sponsored by a water company. Cork sponsored by a tae company. I wonderwill they meet later for afternoon tae."
"Teddy looks at the ball, the ball looks at Teddy"
"Danny "The Yank" Culloty. He came down from the mountains and hasn't hedone well."
"He grabs the sliotar, he's on the 50...... he's onthe 40.... he's on the 30.......... he's on the ground">"He kicks the ball lan san aer, could've been a goal, could've been apoint...... it went wide."
"Stephen Byrne with the puck out for Offaly....Stephen, one of 12....allbut one are here to-day, the one that's missing is Mary, she's at homeminding the house..... and the ball is dropping i lar na bpairce...."
"Pat Fox out to the forty and grabs the sliothar, I bought a dog fromhis father last week. Fox turns and sprints for goal, the dog ran agreat race last Tuesday in Limerick. Fox to the 21 fires a shot, it goesto the left and wide..... and the dog lost as well."
"Sean Og o Hailpin.... his father's from Fermanagh, his mother's fromFiji, neither a hurling stronghold."
"Teddy McCarthy to John McCarthy, no relation, John McCarthy back toTeddy McCarthy, still no relation. "
― "It's far from 'loi' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Monday, 9 August 2010 11:50 (thirteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink
rip to the voice of gaelic games, míchéal ó muirceartaigh at 93 - 75 years after his first commentary gig
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Tuesday, 25 June 2024 11:46 (four months ago) link
sunday, bbc2
i expect to see some big activity itt lads
― tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Friday, 19 July 2024 21:49 (three months ago) link
Has the final been shown on BBC before?
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Friday, 19 July 2024 22:42 (three months ago) link
maybe a regional (NI) but i think this is the first
only turning on now
― tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Sunday, 21 July 2024 14:52 (three months ago) link
two great points in succession clare
― tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Sunday, 21 July 2024 14:56 (three months ago) link
watching this. seems like a nice, gentile sport.
― koogs, Sunday, 21 July 2024 15:01 (three months ago) link
its been a soft game alright
― tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Sunday, 21 July 2024 15:02 (three months ago) link
xp celtic in fact
the fans are sitting next to each other in the stands, completely mingled together.
― koogs, Sunday, 21 July 2024 15:03 (three months ago) link
some run from clare this
― tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Sunday, 21 July 2024 15:08 (three months ago) link
it's a bit hockey, a bit rugby, some egg and spoon race and a bit of 2000ad's aeroball. i have no real idea what's going on
― koogs, Sunday, 21 July 2024 15:09 (three months ago) link
its full contact golf played by frustrated rugby lads
― tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Sunday, 21 July 2024 15:10 (three months ago) link
Who’s playing I can’t watch cos I’m working
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Sunday, 21 July 2024 15:11 (three months ago) link
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Sunday, 21 July 2024 15:12 (three months ago) link
Cork - Clare?! LarryDavidugh.gif but as always, fuck the Banner
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Sunday, 21 July 2024 15:13 (three months ago) link
its an exhibition of hurling
― tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Sunday, 21 July 2024 15:14 (three months ago) link
also noticeable was that after 40 minutes of that they all jogged off at half time
― koogs, Sunday, 21 July 2024 15:18 (three months ago) link
Oh fuck, I thought this was on later.
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Sunday, 21 July 2024 15:28 (three months ago) link
some game
― tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Sunday, 21 July 2024 15:44 (three months ago) link
clare leaving gaps but absolutely determined to shoot from anywhere
― tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Sunday, 21 July 2024 15:55 (three months ago) link
Referee in the wars.
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Sunday, 21 July 2024 15:56 (three months ago) link
ive no idea how this is close its been all clare but they have been perhaos too content to take their points
― tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Sunday, 21 July 2024 16:07 (three months ago) link
Couldn't really be any closer!
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Sunday, 21 July 2024 16:09 (three months ago) link
clare have the legs but cork look far more efficient
i think at this stage of a final....you want to be efficient
― tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Sunday, 21 July 2024 16:24 (three months ago) link
love to have a leather ball hit flush at about 90mph towards my goal, get a wooden club in front of it to stop the score and hear a bored commentator say "you'd expect to save it"
― tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Sunday, 21 July 2024 16:49 (three months ago) link
Well that was somewhat thrilling.
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Sunday, 21 July 2024 16:54 (three months ago) link
jesus unlucky with that last effort
― tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Sunday, 21 July 2024 16:54 (three months ago) link
if cork had lumped it all game they might have been clear
clare had them for legs all game