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We Asked Bostonians What They Know About HurlingI went to Boston for a hurling tournament with plans to poke fun at the city’s heavy-handed claim to Irish heritage. Real Irishmen—tall ones, who are good at sports—would show up at the municipal manifestation of a St. Patrick’s Day parade and surely put to shame some drunken Massholes. ...

Hurling Is Hurling: An All-Ireland Championship Preview For The Blissfully IgnorantThe showcase event of the world’s most provincial sport takes place on Sunday in Dublin. A Galway squad takes on Waterford in the All-Ireland Hurling final, as Croke Park will be packed with a crowd of 80,000. In the U.S. or any nation other than Ireland, this matchup, and any hurling event, might h...

Hurling Loser Consoled By Opposing Fan Who Stormed Field To CelebrateHere’s a nice story from this weekend’s All-Ireland hurling semi-final replay between Kilkenny and Waterford. The latter’s Pauric Mahony had a “free” that could have tied the match for his team in the final minute; instead, it fell just short. Mahony—who had already scored nine points in the match—c...

Irish Hurlers Play Game In Fenway Park, Have A Big Ol' Brawl

Hurling is an Irish sport that is similar to field hockey, and because the people of Boston love Irish Shit, the teams from Galway and Dublin decided to have themselves a match in Fenway Park. And then they got to fightin’!...

Hurling Is A Sport, And Here's A Hurler Hurting Other Hurlers With His Hurley

This happened more than a week ago, but it slipped our attention, because hurling. That's right: hurling. It's an ancient Gaelic game that isn't quite lacrosse, isn't quite soccer, and isn't quite baseball. I'm not going to pretend I understand the rules, but I can tell you the video above is from...

When You Taunt A Lacrosse Hurling Opponent, You Might Get Kicked In The Balls

Accompanying the instant YouTube classic "Man getting kicked in the groin" is this description of the scene: "Man getting kicked in the balls after committing a foul and taunting other players." That pretty much sums everything up....