hyalinejim
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino Frances (2003), St Jean - Logrono (March, 2013)
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You're right! That's a bit unusual? I think we'll be in Arca then so I guess we'll miss it.I think the match is on Saturday afternoon/evening, it's to be played under lights
Anyone know of a place in Saint Jean Pied de Port to watch the match?
We'll arrive to Santiago on Sunday morning and, being from Cork, want to watch the game. Does anyone know of an Irish bar or elsewhere that might be screening the match live?
I remember an Irish pub in Santiago when I was there 10 years ago... but will they show the match?
What is this sport? Is it what it sounds like?
My Irish blood is tingling - must find this broadcast somewhere in Texas!
What is this sport? Is it what it sounds like?
Hallo Jim,I take it your name is Jim - my wife and I are from South Africa,walked in Sept 2012 from St Jean de Port to Burgos and then spend 9 days touring the east part of Ireland - we left last year on the Sunday back to South Africa,when the final hurling game was played.It was only in Ireland that we learned about hurling,never new it before,but realised it has a massive follow in Ireland - we also treid to get last years final results but never managed.Let me know who won last year and this year and also tell me about your Camino - my email address is:kogga@webmail.co.za - keep well and God bless - Johann PretoriusWe'll arrive to Santiago on Sunday morning and, being from Cork, want to watch the game. Does anyone know of an Irish bar or elsewhere that might be screening the match live?
I remember an Irish pub in Santiago when I was there 10 years ago... but will they show the match?
Hardly worth the trouble of watching it without the glorious presence of Kilkenny and the Fiery combatativeness of Tommy Walsh and sublime greatness of King Henry being on show, I'm going for an 8 hour hike in the Burren instead.
Booooooooooo!!! This post is reason enough to have a 'dislike' button!!!
It's a team field sport and to describe it as a cross between aerial hockey and 'attack ballet' doesn't do it justice. It's fast, furious and fantastic the fact that it's played by warrior's (sorry players) ....who are amateur in the finest sense of that word makes it even better.
The All Ireland final between Cork and Clare ended in a draw so there is going to be an epic rematch......
Well, I'm glad I peeked in here to see this thread. I thought hurling was that sport where they dust off the ice with brooms and push little discs across the court. So I guess I should have to relinquish my Irish passport if I've never heard of it or seen it?
Well, I'm glad I peeked in here to see this thread. I thought hurling was that sport where they dust off the ice with brooms and push little discs across the court. So I guess I should have to relinquish my Irish passport if I've never heard of it or seen it?
Kilkenny is as Kilkenny does TheTinkerBell and shame on you wayfarer for posting a 'like'.
Not at all Laurie just have a look at this little video and if it stirs your blood at all your passport is officially validated...... Now that's what playing 'hard ball' is all about and wooden hurley (stick) and sliotar (ball-solid rubber centre leather coating) used in the game are pretty damn hard as well. Helmets, gum and face guards came in relatively recently (though as you can seen not all players use them) but I well remember when the mark of a seasoned player was a 'Hurlers gap'..... stretching from canine to canine!
Camogie is the name of the game when played by women.
The Scottish game of shinty shares the same roots as hurling and, when Scottish immigrants took the game with them to Nova Scotia, Shinty became one of the forebears of ice hockey.
P.S A sliotar can travel at 150km/93mph and as far as 110m/361 ft.....and you catch it in your bare hand
I'm not exactly sure how someone can catch a ball going 150 k an hour in their bare hands......
And thanks to this thread, I have checked my Irish passport only to see that it's going to expire and I need to start the renewal process!
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