Hurling games in ireland

Over the years the game of Hurling has seen many great teams and challengers. Tipperary, where the game was first codified in the town of Thurles, were a major force during the s reaching six All Ireland Finals from to and winning all but one.

The next decade saw the dominance of two of the game's great contenders, Cork and Kilkenny. From to one of these two hurling superpowers where in the finals and the two met each other at Croke Park three times to compete in some of the game's most memorable matches. The Kilkenny Cats were winners on two of these occasions, in and , but Cork won in to make it three in a row for the Leesiders.

The s and s saw the rise of teams such as Limerick, Galway, Offaly and Clare who would challenge the dominance of the big three of Cork, Kilkenny and Tipperary. But in recent years the battle between the old enemies Cork and Kilkenny have been renewed. Of the seven All-Ireland Finals that were to take place between and , only one was not contested by either Cork or Kilkenny and the two have battled it out three times.

In Cork met Kilkenny in a game with it all to play; the Cats were chasing their first treble, while Cork wanted revenge for their defeat the previous year.

With both teams winning 28 titles each, this final was to be the decider. After a tight game Cork won to and went on to win the next year. The Geesala Festival was held in and includes horse racing, show-jumping and greyhound racing too. Native Games of Ireland. The most famous native sports are: hurling, camogie and Gaelic football. The pitch is metres long and metres wide. The match lasts for 70 minutes. Camogie Camogie is the female version of hurling and it has almost identical rules, the grass pitch is the same; the match lasts for 60 minutes.

Horse Racing Horse racing is a very deep rooted passion in Irish culture and it is often called "the sport of kings" because, in Celtic times, it was limited to "princes and sons of noblemen" according the "Brehon" law. Home Culture Sports. Playing Hurling Hurling is played between two teams of 15 players who are known as hurlers. Some of the basic rules for playing hurling are: The sliotar must be flicked up from the ground using the hurley. Picking it up by hand is not allowed.

Players cannot throw the sliotar by hand; it can be passed by hand slapping the sliotar to another player. Players must not take more than 4 steps with sliotar in hand. They can carry the sliotar on the base called bas of the hurley for more than 4 steps or pass it to another player. Passing the sliotar from one hand to another is not allowed. The obvious pushing, tripping, and jersey pulling is forbidden.

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