Jul 8, 2026 · 13 min · 6 segments
# This week on the Podcast this week Dick and Tom are talking about Hurling # You can find the articles referenced in this podcast on www.advertiser.ie/galway.If you have a message for Tom or Dick…
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was exactly yeah and there are all kinds of references in various books and so on you know Erling was played 1200 BC in Tara in County Mead maybe Cuchulainn was in that match we know the Brehon laws have recorded it from the 5th century but it was a different game to what we know today it was an ancient game and the teams represented usually local villages but there could be hundreds of people playing in the match
I think it was really organised to avoid family or not family but village feuds
probably yeah yeah Not only were there hundreds of players, but the games could last for several hours, even days sometimes.
They were trying to ban the game of Harling, which was, of course, the most Irish of games.
But, in fact, they might as well have been doing it into the wind or trying to hold back the tide, I think.
Besides, they had a good weapon to wield in their hands and didn't like that either.
It's similar to Shenty in Scotland or Bando in England and Wales and Camogh on the Isle of Man.
But it's the fastest game on grass in the world and it's certainly one of the most skilful.
It generates a communal spirit, a deep-seated sort of local territorial loyalty where people, players used to play for the credit of the little village.
he
was exactly yeah and there are all kinds of references in various books and so on you know Erling was played 1200 BC in Tara in County Mead maybe Cuchulainn was in that match we know the Brehon laws have recorded it from the 5th century but it was a different game to what we know today it was an ancient game and the teams represented usually local villages but there could be hundreds of people playing in the match
I think it was really organised to avoid family or not family but village feuds
probably yeah yeah Not only were there hundreds of players, but the games could last for several hours, even days sometimes.
They were trying to ban the game of Harling, which was, of course, the most Irish of games.
But, in fact, they might as well have been doing it into the wind or trying to hold back the tide, I think.
Besides, they had a good weapon to wield in their hands and didn't like that either.
It's similar to Shenty in Scotland or Bando in England and Wales and Camogh on the Isle of Man.
But it's the fastest game on grass in the world and it's certainly one of the most skilful.
It generates a communal spirit, a deep-seated sort of local territorial loyalty where people, players used to play for the credit of the little village.
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