Why Irish Hurling Is the Fastest Game on Grass
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- čas přidán 5. 08. 2019
- Hurling is the national sport of Ireland. It’s the fastest game on grass. An ancient sport, it’s kind of like lacrosse, and it’s kind of like American football. But, really, it’s unlike any other sport. Hurling is uniquely Irish, and it takes strength, speed and stamina to play well. Danny Cullen is captain of his county’s team in northwest Ireland. He is descended from a long line of hurlers. For men like him, hurling isn’t simply a sport they play for fun. It’s about keeping an Irish tradition alive.
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Ah yes, Irish hurling is inspired by a luxury car brand
@@Biscuits2 yeah. Hurling, inspired by a luxury car brand.
Tom Foran grow up, why do you think we call american football american football
Hirmutav why r u gettin mad? Plus it’s called American football because there are different types of football it’s not like there Australian hurling and American hurling so it’s just called hurling ya spastic
@@valeuudiste4664 because normal foot ball is played with feet and American foot ball isn't even its all played with the hands, and normal football is more wide and known then that hand held shitet
A car brand that isn’t sold in Ireland
Sweet Jesus lads we made it on the channel, Go on lads
You play in his club?
32TAL🇮🇪💚💪
Up the rebels
oi oi boys
Who read that in an accent too😂
You take hockey, rugby, lacrosse and a bar fight, add a bit of Irish heritage and you get hurling
Except hurling was made around 3000 years ago
Lmao
Social Welfare Sammy hi, yeah, please shut up
@Kildare 07 You're from kildare what would you know about hurling
There should be cricket not rugby
Randomly watching this video and I realise this guy was my maths teacher in secondary school😂 Gowan danny!!!
What school did u go to
Sick, btw, since I’m not from Ireland, would secondary school be like middle school or jr high in America (6-8 or 7-8 in case you weren’t sure what grades middle school or jr high were)
@@subpar3462 high school
@@charliebyrne1898 st. pats navan
Rónán Ó Corráin alright thx for telling me, have a nice day :)
So many Irish lads here. Never seen any until this video. Also be glad hurling has helmets now because sweet Jesus we would all have no teeth
That's what ice hockey is for. :-)
Sure, helmets were only made a rule in the last ten years or so. Before that they were optional, and many people didn't use them
Can one be a lad if theyre not Irish?
@@jsilva7005 yes lad
Plus no brain cells😂😂
Ireland is just such a fascinating place
With out a doubt
Lots of leprechauns though.
Don’t forget the potatoes
@@tortle7118 You are not Irish unless you call them spuds
Thank you😄
I went to Ireland in 91 & watched a game between Kilkenny & Tipperary in a Dublin pub. The excitement was so raw, everyone was shouting, the sportsmanship was enthralling and I fell in love with the sport. Definitely never seen or heard anything of the same intensity. Afterward the streets were loaded with celebrating fans with such joy and pride. Thank you for making this video. ✨🌈🍀
August the 18th the final is on. Find yourself an Irish bar!!
I'm from thurles, tipp and kilkenny r our rivals but at the end of the day tipp AMD kilkemny r tthe best hurling teams, no doubt about it
@@cosmic1876 I was watching the semi final last year WATERFORD VS KILLKENNY one of the greatest comebacks ever I was just crying of joy We played so well for getting battered by Limerick but that's just hurling
people get aggressive with hurling lol
Ah yes Kilkenny vs Tipperary. An everlasting rivalry that goes on to this day. I’m from Tipperary myself.
Why is this sport not popular around the world?
Because Ireland doesn't invade half of the world
lol, true!
And because only the Irish are brave enough to play it
only irish people like the craic enough for this
degreatal because they couldn’t if they tried
its massive in New York lah
Jesus, going to Donegal to make a hurling vid....and now off to the Sahara to learn about rain......
😂😂😀
Bahaha
lol, ikr?!...when i saw this i thought it was going to be about county cork or something. xD
@Capyman or tipp
@@douglasharley2440 I'm a Dublin lad myself but it should be based in tip
1:22, the name “Sentanta” used to be the original name of Cu Chullin who was a great warrior from Ireland long ago.
CúChulainn is how it is spelled
Yes it is :)
Well duh
And Cu Chullin means " hound of chullainn" because setanta killed some poor lads dog and became his guard dog until he got another one
a mythical warrior
This was my father’s first love. Growing up in Cork, he played hurling as an amateur under the coaching of Christy Ring. My father spoke of his playing years with such fondness and joy. It was unfortunate that he didn’t live long enough to see his childhood game again at Yankee Stadium. He would have loved it! 😥
Holy sweet Mary and Joseph I nearly left the emmersion on I was so excited
Enda Hynes come over to my house to celebrate I’ll thro the kettle on
Tom Foran thanks lad I’ll bring Hurley’s
Enda Hynes Barry’s or Lyons
Tom Foran ooooo hard question......I’ll go with Barry’s
The most Irish thing in these coments
As an American Lacrosse player, I find the full-body dynamic of this really interesting and engaging. Lacrosse is much more focused on your mastery of the tool than it is anything else; you practice both hands with the stick, dodges with the stick, shot angles and spots with the stick, checks with the stick, etc. The way this encompasses the whole body, particularly the focus on hand play and working that into movement is awesome. Great stuff.
I was thinking the same thing it remind me of lacrosse especially the ground balls
Hurling takes a lot more skill than lacrosse lol
No comparison between lacrosse and hurling ffs!
I'm Irish and find it quite funny that there is subtitles on this
Edit:thanks for all the likes guys !!😀
It's not even that thick an accent either
For deaf people too. Without captions we are left out
I'm from Dublin and it just made me laugh probably because Americans might not be able to understand him
English wasn't my first language and this subtitle helps me a lot tho.
I do think that the subtitles were put in because of his accent. I didn't mean to offend anyone if I did
I went to Ireland 20 years ago and learned about Hurling. I had never heard of it. I also wondered why it wasn't more popular in America. It's a fast, violent, high scoring game. It's great!
I think it’s not played in America because it doesn’t involve guns.
I honestly don't know why Irish sports aren't popular at all in the States, considering yer massive Irish immigrant population
Like New York has a (not great) Gaelic team that plays in the All-Ireland, but that's about the biggest thing as far as I know.
@@rossteede399 brilliant
@@rossteede399 Yes, because all American sports (and according to the internet, just anything American) involves guns. Very clever.
@James Furey It's a shame that you feel that way. I was kind of hoping you would keep 'em. American hardcore liberals really are the worst of us. I've always wanted to come to Ireland. Unfortunately, it seems like the same types of problems are finding their way towards the EU and Australia as well, though.
This video didn't show how fast hurling can be. It was just a 4 minute story about a guy.
Go to 1:50
@@kylemyers971 doesn't look any faster than lacrosse or field hockey
@@jeffgayzose8129 lol funny
@@thebuzz2010 what's funny?
@@jeffgayzose8129 This video is mainly about the history of hurling. If you want to see how fast it is, you can watch any of the all Ireland finals on CZcams for free.
Thank you! Watching hurling in Ireland, with a knowledgeable guide, just got added to my bucket list.
Awwww! Setanta
Hang on, Donegal play hurling?
Lol
LMAO
A sure course we do. Would ya not know that sure?
😂 yeah but they arent too good
they are proper crap at hurling, shouldda got Joe Canning on it
I got a Great Big Story ad, on this video
Of people getting burning leaves shoved into there mouths? Cause that's what I got
I got the mochi story
Jefferson McGee I got the LEGO arm guy one
I got mixed up ones (many stories) in the ad
Same?? I want more of those and less uber and didi ads
Please do more stories about Ireland it makes us so happy😄😀😃🍀🍀☔☔⛅☁
i spent 10 days in dublin on a business trip in 2007, and randomly one night i happened to change the channel and there was HURLING being shown, and i was like "wtf?!"...lol, and then i was utterly hooked after 30 seconds, and watched like 4 hours, into the early morning. it was the munster championships, though i didn't know it at the time, and it was so amazing! the speed, and power, and skill, and bravery, it was the best sport i'd ever seen. back then they didn't wear helmets though, and they were *crackin'* each others' hands with their stick things, and just laying people out with hits. and then some dude would sprint 50m bouncing a ball on his stick, avoiding whacks from opponents, and then just rip a 50m pass to some other dude who'd grab it outta the air, spin, then laserbeam it into the goal and the crowd would go nits...shit was crazy! dopeass sport.
Haha I have a similar story, I came from France for 2 days on a business trip and was in my hotel watching some Irish TV channels and came across hurling.. i watched for so long! It’s an amazing sport I think it would do so well globally
@@LeMerch ikr?! it's such a cool sport, but i doubt that very many would play it here in the states...requires too much running, skill, and physical pain. lol, the first time somebody got their hand broken by a stick-smack, the karens would be out in-force.
I had the wonderful opportunity of being introduced to Irish Hurling by a player from the national team who went to Singapore where I was taking GCSEs and it was a blast. The balls hurt like hell ngl but it was so much fun and what an honour as well
Sorry, there is no Irish national hurling team because we gave no one else to play against😂
Who here's from Ireland 🙋♀️?
Cara 707 my grandmother is Irish and grandfather is Mexican
sly uzi that’s pretty cool
I'm Irish and I'm proud
Lol I'm from Northern Ireland do I count
Northern Ireland
This makes me miss home, can’t wait to go back home to Ireland but I do love living here in Australia 🇦🇺 🇮🇪
This game would really take off in Australia if it could gain some traction. It's a shame the growth of GAA sports abroad is left to expats and 2nd or 3rd generation of any country.
Traditions being kept alive, love to see it.
Lovely to finally have a video that tried to explain the passion involved in hurling, a video that shows how much of 'responsibility' it is for irish people to represent where they come from, the pride it brings to a community to have a good hurling team and to keep these beautiful traditions alive. Where I'm from every other pastime is overlooked apart from hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Irish dancing, and traditional Irish music. They are literally all that matters. There is a girl who lives near me who is on the irish woman's rugby team, and no one cares, they just look at her and dont see it as an achievement they just think of her as disloyal to her community and to her heritage.
Where tf do you live? I know some places are particularly big into their hurling but that's just a little overkill I'll be honest 😅
It's like hockey meets football meets tennis and I LOVE IT.
Mitesh Kumar yes and theres clubs all around the world
It's a lot harder and more phisical than them
As Jadon Statham said in the movie Blitz "this is a hurley from the Irish sport of hurling it's like a cross between hockey and murder"
*Jason
Wonderful i learn now a new sport Hurling i am never to old to see with Great Big Story something new a Big Great Thanks !!!!
oky i did not know the sport so for my it is new
Kinda forget to mention, this is full contact.
It’s brutal, but amazing
It's semi contact.
@@paraic9163 the junior b team wants a word with you
@@paraic9163 I've been closlined, and I'm only 12
@@shaneobrien7495 whats your point? Some idiot did something to you on the pitch that he shouldn't have. I assume it was a red card? People get badly fouled and injured in soccer too..
@@spritemultipack it's semi contact by definition. You can't tackle someone to the ground..
The clips with the soccer goal are not the normal goals , ball or pitch that is normally used , that game shown was an exhibition match with special rules played in America
So the goals are smaller? Hockey works similar to football and uses a very small goal. I was surprised that the game had football sized goals. I'd definitely like to learn more about the sport
Rajath Pai no the goals are like rugby uprights but with a net hit the ball between the two uprights and over the crossbar for 1 point, hit it under the crossbar into the net for 3 points (a goal) ... the goal is guarded by a goalkeeper they have a dangerous job as they haven’t much protection
@@rajathpai9573 Those goals and the pitch is not just for hurling its also for gaelic football ,because they are part of the same governing body and the clubs often have teams in both sports
Yup.. pretty poor effort of showing the sport in general. Even showing a Donegal match as the elite level is misleading
Much more interesting than cricket and football.
As an Indian some people might call me blasphemer
playing it as a kid and seeing it in this light makes me wana go out and have a few swings again.
Tremendous skill, coordination, passion, and the heart of traditional culture. Lovely. Much more interesting to me than lacrosse because it lacks the webbing on the stick. I think I could enjoy watching it, but never seen it in the states. Cricket and Gaelic football are too weird for me, but I quite like these hurler lads.
Learning stone walling is another way to preserve Irish Heritage. I once went to Mulranny for their Dry Stone Festival (held every May). We repaired an 800+yr old wall that had fallen down, and our repair should last for at least another 700+ years or so. Definitely making a mark on Ireland - connecting the past and the future.
Tats very impressive and interesting. Going to look it up . 👍Greets from Amsterdam
"Its raw and full of passion, everything Ireland is about"
I am glad the Hurling is getting the acknowledgement it deserves (though if there had been an additional bit highlighting camogie as well it would've been perfect)
Hurling and camogie are so similar there's no point actively distinguishing the two, the only major difference being one is 'guys hurling' and the other 'girls hurling'. Camogie is just the feminine irish version of hurling.
Aye next thing they need is Gaelic football
@@scuffednewt we all know that now we are not dumb
@@scuffednewt we know ye gobshite
never thought our sport would ever make it on this! :D
And they did a terrible job..
As an Irish American I didn't know about hurling until recently. I don't know how it is not more popular. It is insane! So much fun to watch. I will go the Irish Games before I die.
I’ve been waiting for this for years
I don't [know] why you have subtitles, [it's] quite clear what he's [saying].
It's the Gaelic language he's speaking though and not many understand it
people might not hear properly or not understand english well, for whom subtitles can be quite useful.
@@Faigh_as wtf... That's English unfortunately
Some of them are wrongly dictated aswell. Tbh it's kinda needed, that Donegal accent is rough.
@@banditcountry3232 is it o shit his accent is so strong
Wait woah woah woah I just got a ad about Great big story and I was watching great big story!
I’m Irish and find it funny that there is subtitles! Lads it’s a bit of crack playing hurling ya won’t be disappointed!
I feel so grateful that I was brought up around hurling and gaelic football despite living in Boston. My mom played on a football team out in Boston while I was still growing up which lead to me playing both sports up until my later teenage years. And always going to the pub with my dad to watch the All Ireland. It also helped having my mom be from Kerry (best gealic football county) and my dad from Galway (best hurling county)
I recall seeing some hurling on the telly (a final on World of Sport, maybe) many, many years ago. One lad got a hurley broken across his face (no helmets then) and hit the deck hard. He got up, shook his head a bit, spat the blood out and was running about like a spring lamb in moments. This isn't a game for the faint of heart or worry about getting a few knocks.
Everyone’s wearing helmets!!! Remember the days when some crazy lads would take to the field without them
@Soda King I know many 60 year olds who wore helmets....
Soda King go back to school and learn grammar
@@tacoblude8208 alright boomer
@@tacoblude8208 also Hurling is the fastest game on grass statistically
Its called Shinty. 😉
In 2018 I took a trip to Ireland and we got to play Hurling and learn about it and it was extremely fun!
The last time I went to Ireland, my father took me to an amateur hurling match in Carrigtwohill. I was able to watch a sport my father played in his youth. It made me appreciate more of how my family grew up.
Just saw this for the first time. Now, I'm a fan.
I was fascinated when i heard about Curling. Now i know there's Hurling too.
They should do a little documentary of the all Ireland final on Sunday!
Tip or the cats
I got an ad for great big story to watch great big story. An absolute win
Would love to hear more about how Genesis inspired this story.
This actually looks like an awesome sport
Greatest sport in the world. The biggest game we have in the sport, the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final is on this Sunday between Kilkenny and Tipperary. Watch that and you'll be converted.
@@finnantobin TIPP TIPP TIPP
Tipp won, as a Kilkenny fan I'm sad but all in all, an entertaining match
A sure tis
@@finnantobin I play lacrosse and as the guy mentioned seemed very similar, would love to try this seems fun.
Thank you for the subtitles.
the greatest channel on youtube.
Yes finally hurling made on the channel lads
And they did a terrible job..
@@paraic9163 Crying a bit much ain't ya
@@eclipsegfxable aw man that's a really funny comment.
Irish people are fascinating! :)
I grew up in Canada playing Lacrosse and Hockey. I had a pretty small frame so got tossed around quite a bit but loved it when I was not in pain. ....the older I got the bigger my teammates got ( and my adversaries ) and so I with regret was taken out of Lacrosse and I started boxing. I thought because I played hockey and such that I was in good shape. Nope. I got beat up for ten years but I loved it. Every one around you is getting beat up as well and you're finding a way to push through. That's how I relate to sports like hurling and really enjoy and respect it.
I love Ireland and anything related to Ireland ...GO on Lads
if someday you guys visit Jakarta Indonesia 🇮🇩 ... would love to see you then
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I like how they have to put brackets on some words for people that don’t understand their slang 😂😂😂
It was so weird. Every time he said "would be" they replaced it with "is"
It's not slang so much as dialect.
This looks cool!
This is new to me!! Nice to know it
On the bois never expected hurling a semi pro sport would be on this Chanel
Proud to be from Ireland 🇮🇪
It's fully amatuer
Im from malaysia and I love ireland
I hope this sport and culture will never be eroded by other sport. i really love something like this
Daud Aliyafie Well there is a concern about participation,but thats due to migration patterns from country to city more so than other sports. GAA sports which also include gaelic football aswell as hurling have been the most popular sports for 3 years according to surveys on 24% followed by football /soccer on 14% and rugby on 13%. Although the GAA is not just hurling the other sport Gaelic has become very boring with the dominance of dublin so logically hurling is largely responsible for the poularity of the GAA
the british have tried to exterminate our culture for the past 900 years, they failed everytime and is danny said here hurling and other GAA sports such as gaelic football keeps our irish identity alive.
Love it!
Its a good video. And the game seems more fun than cricket.. (runs away)
Better run better run outrun my bat
Yup just like lacrosse is more fun than baseball. Hurling is more fun than cricket.
Naa i think cricket is equal fun
They are opposite.
Hurling is break neck speed, and Highly skilled, blink and you will miss it,.
Cricket Takes 5 days to play.
I think for me cricket is more fun to play, hurling is more fun to watch
I got a unskippable great big story ad on this video
I SAW A GREAT BIG STORY AD ON A GREAT BIG STORY VIDEO!!!
i saw cork and the channel and i was like waiiiiiiiiiiittttttttt
Donegal in a video about hurling was the last thing I was expecting to see
Greatest sport on the planet
met many Irish people during Euro2012, great lads!
A very fascinating sport culture
Was disliked by 128 crumpet lovers
Can I just point out that my county, Limerick are the All-Ireland Champions 😎
Ye for the first time in how long
Wish I could say the same about hurling but atleast we won 6 all Ireland in a row.... or 5 I cant count know 😂😂😂😂
And did we need to know 💔
Amazing what JP's money can do😉
What amazing videos 🔌
I got a Great Big Story ad. ON A GREAT BIG STORY video.
When you get hit it hurls:)
ba dum tis
No.. You keep going
TheBandit 32 shur he didn’t say ya stop he just said it hurts
1:10 G'WAN LIMERICK!
Hurling is one of my favourite sports I love it
What a awesome sport
More stores about the Irish, It makes us Irish so happy
Up tipp
Up tipp
No matter what side yer on
Or what your political/ religious background is
I do feckin love this island of ours
Well said my man❤
I got a Great Big Story ad
While watching Great Big Story
When you create a mixture of cricket, football, hockey and tennis.
i like how it says G R A S S
Similar to lacrosse. It’s great to see ball and stick games from all over the world. An ancient form of battle.
One of the sports i would love to watch on tv
When mom wouldn’t let you learn to play lacrosse
way older than lacrosse
I can’t believe tip bet us 😭😭💜💛💜💛
Bullyhunter Junior I’m from cork but I was going for limerick unlucky
2 hurling final tickets want to swap for 2 football final tickets?
I remember playing this game when I was in school in NI
The fact they had to put subtitles on this video is as good as you speaking Irish mate.
Hurling is the best sport ever 💚
We make the Gaelic and hurling gloves from pakistan.
There is no hurling gloves
R.E.C there can be for goal keepers
@Soda King
That's were you are wrong!
Their is such a thing as a Hurling glove and completely different to the gloves gaelic footballers wear.
@Soda King
Two of the finest hurlers to ever grace the game both used a hurling glove. The legend that is DJ Carey and probably the finest hurler in the Country at present in the form of TJ Reid.
Impressed he knows what lacrosse is as an Irishman, brings a tear to my eye lol. I played back in my school days, some great times. New fan, I’ve been watching a lot of games on CZcams. My main question is do Ireland, and North Ireland play in the same league?
GAA is universal on the island
Marc yea there is it’s the UK side. I’m guessing guessing though over there it’s all just Ireland no matter what country since the island is named Ireland
Yes Northern Irish counties do take part, but they're very shit at it. Hurling just isn't popular up there, they all play Gaelic football instead, which is like hurling but with a football.
I just got a great big story ad on a great big story video
Sporty guys in skimpy shorts, what's not to like?
Bit of a creepy comment...
@@Silverag212 Lots of people like guys in skimpy shorts. If you don't then piss off.
@@mintysingularity wierdo
You're probably imagining what they'd look like without shorts. You're sitting there, imagining that, with a big smile on your face. Ya dirty fecker! lol
@@rat7703 why do you care so much? In any case, remember this the next time you or your m8s are oggling women and talking about their body parts and what you'd do to them.