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Limerick hurling players after their victory in the Division I final of the National Hurling League against Kilkenny this month. By David Segal. Photographs by Paulo Nunes Dos Santos.
Hurling, Ireland’s ancient national sport, blends speed, tradition, and identity. Discover how it unites communities and keeps Irish heritage alive through fierce competition.
This is the time of the year when hurling is placed on an altar for worship. Even the agnostic are curious. It is like when Wimbledon is on telly, or The Masters, or the Six Nations, or the World ...
Purdue Hurling Club secured the title of National Collegiate Gaelic Athletic Association (NCGAA) champions, dominating in the recent hurling tournament. Hurling is one of the two national sports of ...
Trump ordered 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles to combat violent protesters opposed to immigration enforcement. Concrete-hurling protesters clashed June 6 and 7 with helmeted police in ...
It was “something doctors had never witnessed before.” “It was disgusting, and I was hurling violently for hours after,” Amanda Gommo recalled. “I just couldn’t … ...
Two players, one from each side, were given six-month suspensions but hurling wasn’t plunged into a novena of repentance and reflection. In the game, there was a certain tolerance for blackguarding.
PROVIDENCE — The fastest game on grass? Not soccer. Not baseball. It’s hurling — with an “h,” a stick-and-ball sport not to be confused with curling, an ice-and-broom sport. Hurling’s ...
Former Wexford manager Tony Dempsey has called for the hurling championship to be restored to the prime summer months and warned that the sport is "under threat".
When eight-year-old Fionn lost his sliotar (hurling ball) while on a summer holiday in Donegal, he thought he had lost it forever. But when the ball washed up on a Scottish beach eight months ...
The ancient Irish sport of hurling is described by one American as a "sort of athletic manslaughter" in this hilarious video from the 1920s. The short video, shared on Twitter by the "We, ...