Hurling (Irish: Iománaíocht/Iomáint), the Gaelic sport, is a prominent feature in popular culture. Hurling and Hollywood have long been linked. Several...
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Hurling (Irish: iománaíocht, iomáint) is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it...
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Adaptations of Moby-Dick (redirect from Moby-Dick in Popular Culture)
peg-legged Ahab-like captain aboard his ship The Pea-quad in chasing the giant shark, hurling harpoons made of toilet plungers. When the captain is supposedly...
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Hurley (stick) (redirect from Hurling stick)
A hurley or hurl or hurling stick (Irish: camán) is a wooden stick used in the Irish sports of hurling and camogie. It typically measures between 45 and...
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The history of hurling is long and often unclear, stretching back over three millennia. References to stick-and-ball games are found in Irish mythology...
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Sliotar (redirect from Hurling ball)
Sometimes called a "hurling ball", it resembles a baseball with more pronounced stitching. It is used in the Gaelic games of hurling, camogie, rounders...
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Hurling (Cornish: Hurlian) is an outdoor team game played only in Cornwall, England, played with a small silver ball. While the sport shares its name...
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Talos (redirect from Talos in popular culture)
Golden Fleece. As guardian of the island, Talos kept the Argo at bay by hurling great boulders at it. According to (pseudo-)Apollodorus, Talos was slain...
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The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised...
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Ireland is popular and widespread. A wide variety of sports are played throughout the island, with the most popular being Gaelic football, hurling, soccer...
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