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Forms of stick-and-ball games have been played in Ireland since at least the Early Middle Ages. References to iomáin and báire are found across early Irish law tracts, annals and poetry. The word 'hurling' appears first as 'horlinge' in the 1366 Statute of Kilkenny, which prohibited Gaelic Irish cultural practices in the English colony. [17]
A camogie team pictured in Waterford in October 1915 A camogie game in 1934. The name was invented by Tadhg Ua Donnchadha (Tórna) at meetings in 1903 in advance of the first matches in 1904. [12] The term camogie is derived from the name of the stick used in the game. Men play hurling using a curved stick called a camán in Irish.
Gaelic games (Irish: ... are a set of sports played worldwide, ... Hurling is a stick and ball game played by teams of 15 on a rectangular grass pitch with H-shaped ...
The ball, or sliothar was made of animal hair, and could be handled or carried on a wider stick (hurl) than used in the north. [9] The northern game was one of the common people, but the southern game was largely organized by the landlords who provided the hurling greens, picked the teams, typically of 21, and competed against each other for ...
Shinty (Scottish Gaelic: camanachd, iomain) is a team sport played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played mainly in the Scottish Highlands and among Highland migrants to the major cities of Scotland, but it was formerly more widespread in Scotland, [2] [3] [4] and was even played in Northern England into the second half of the 20th century [5] [4] and other areas in the world where ...
Hurley, with sliotar. A hurley or hurl or hurling stick (Irish: camán) is a wooden stick used in the Irish sports of hurling and camogie. [1] It typically measures between 45 and 96 cm (18 and 38 in) long with a flattened, curved bas (BOSS, "palm of hand") at the end.
A shillelagh (/ ʃ ɪ ˈ l eɪ l i,-l ə / shil-AY-lee, -lə; Irish: sail éille or saill éalaigh [1] [ˌsˠal̠ʲ ˈeːlʲə], "thonged willow") is a wooden walking stick and club or cudgel, typically made from a stout knotty blackthorn stick with a large knob at the top. It is associated with Ireland and Irish folklore.
Cammag (Manx pronunciation:) [1] is a team sport originating on the Isle of Man.It is closely related to the Scottish game of shinty and the Irish game of hurling.Once the most widespread sport on Mann, it ceased to be played in the early twentieth century after the introduction of association football and is no longer widely-played.