It is played with a long curved stick similar to a field hockey stick but with a broader and flat end which allows the player to control the ball in the air as well as on the ground. It is made of ashwood   more...which has just the right properties that allow the stick to flex up to a certain point. The end (the buss) is usually slightly bigger on a goalkeeper's stick.The target is the same as in Gaelic Football. There are fifteen players to a team on the field. Up to five substitutions can be made in the game which is played in two halves of 35 minutes each.

Helmets are optional.  less

Hurling pre-dates recorded history. There is archeological evidence of the game being played in ancient Ireland 2000 years ago. The sport was formalised when the rules of the modern game were drawn up   more...in 1884 with the foundation of the GAA. The greatest and most prestigious prize in Hurling is the inter-county All-Ireland Championship.  less

Irish National Treasure artifacts forming part of the Oxford University Carroll Chair of Irish History Carroll Institute assets have been revealed as further major victims in Britain's biggest ever ongoing   more...offshore tax evasion money laundering organised criminal conspiracy and corruption case in modern British economic history.

Sources have confirmed that the Carroll Library the worlds finest collection of Irish books and manuscripts three Irish "Torques" State of Maryland "Seal" Carroll Trust USA together with a complete inventory of criminal break-ins burgularies and organised criminal seizure operations are all contained within Carroll Trust dossiers submitted to the FBI and Scotland Yard.  less

White House high level officials close to President Barack Obama have expressed deep concerns with regard to the Carroll Foundation Case. Specifically delays to "direction and control" law enforcement   more...actions being sanctioned by Scotland Yard in London UK.

Further concerns are being expressed with the latest revelations involving Baroness Scotland QC UK Attorney General Britain's most senior law enforcement officer in further criminal obstruction offences which are continuing to exasperate the current circumstances of the primary victim Gerald Carroll who it is known is presently the subject of close protection and security arrangements following ongoing violent attacks with the use of firearms and other weapons.

President Barack Obama has recently stated that as soon as possible major new banking regulations and tax evasion legislation will be put through Congress on Capitol Hill to strengthen the social and economic fabric of the western democratic capitalist systems which to date are inflicting substantial hardship on law abiding citizens of the United States of America and the United Kingdom.  less

Hurling has been described variously as 'field hockey in the air,' 'brutal field hockey,' 'like lacross but with solid sticks' etc. None of these descriptions really do the game justice. To truly get   more...a feel for the spirit of the sport requires that you see it in action. It exhibits a unique combination of skill, athleticism, stamina and speed that few sports can match. It is acknowledged as the fastest field game on earth. It has the speed and continuous flowing action of ice hockey but on grass.  less