“How much for this one?” I asked the proprietor of a time-portal-in-the-wall antique shop in the charming Ireland town of ...

It is a team sport, each side comprising 15 players. Hurling is played with a stick (camán) and ball (sliotar) (fig 1), but differs from hockey in that the player may handle the ball, which therefore ...

On Saturday, the annual Hurling Classic brings the Irish sport ... Armed with only a ball and a bronze stick - a hurley - the boy fought back, throwing the ball down the beast's throat before ...

Purdue Hurling Club secured the title of National Collegiate Gaelic ... a junior studying nursing and the club’s player wellness chair. “You play with a stick, the hurley, and a baseball-esque ball, ...

The mighty old stick and ball game The history of hurling and camogie is as much legend as it is documented fact. The sports’ roots stretch deep into the country’s founding mythology ...

Two major catapults evolved from Dionysius's invention: the double-armed machine, or ballista, used for shooting arrows, and the single-armed catapult designed for hurling large objects. Although the ...

This extraordinary run of success signalled the effective birth of what would become a phenomenal Kilkenny hurling tradition. And yet, the rise of Kilkenny hurling was neither inexorable nor ...

We all need to be a little bit more Joe Hegarty. “Heaven has one more angel today, and he’s carrying a hurling stick.” Pupils and staff from his primary school as well as his teammates ...

Buying a new guitar cable is far from the most exciting thing you’ll ever do as a guitarist, but it’s certainly an essential piece of gear you can’t do without. Cheap cables break, usually at the most ...

BOLTON singer Danny Jones proved his rock star credentials in traditional fashion during the launch of a new computer game – by throwing a television out a window. The Bromley Cross McFly axe ...

Stick vacuums are big right now, and it’s easy to see why. They’re more compact and lightweight than traditional vacuums, which makes them convenient to store and carry around. Their cleaning ...

We all need to be a little bit more Joe Hegarty. “Heaven has one more angel today, and he’s carrying a hurling stick.” Pupils and staff from his primary school as well as his teammates ...