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An ash guard, ashguard or hurling glove (Irish: miotóg chosanta) [1] is a fingerless protective glove used in the Gaelic sports of hurling and camogie, principally played in Ireland. Its purpose is to protect the hand from being hit by opponent's hurleys (or camogie sticks ) when catching the sliotar (ball) during play.
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This is chronological list of action films split by decade. Often there may be considerable overlap particularly between action and other genres (including, horror , comedy , and science fiction films ); the lists should attempt to document films which are more closely related to action, even if they bend genres.
Ireland's Gaelic Athletic Association is responsible for the putting together the annual All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the annual run of games between 14 of the top inter-county teams ...
The first Gaelic football and hurling rules were published by the fledgling Gaelic Athletic Association in 1885. These specified goalposts similar to soccer goals: for football 15 ft (4.6 m) wide and a crossbar 8 ft (2.4 m) high, while for hurling they were 20 ft (6.1 m) wide and a crossbar 10 ft (3.0 m) high.
Hurling is referenced in the works of James Joyce; he mentions it in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) [5] and Ulysses (1922). [6] Samuel Beckett's novel Murphy references hurling. [7] In Edna O'Brien's short story "Sister Imelda", the title character's brother is killed while returning home from a hurling match. [8] [9]
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (Sam Maguire Cup) – Tier 1 inter-county competition contested by teams of players selected from clubs within a county.Includes the Provincial championships and played on an initial group basis leading to play-offs.
Knattleikr (English: 'ball-game') was an ancient ball game played by the Vikings of Iceland.The term is also applied to a modern sport created by re-enactors, and now played at a few United States institutions as a college club sport, based on what is known about the historical game.