Tight as fuck. As most top hurling matches are. The league is unbelievable too.

There was literally no defending

I was at that shit and I was 6 and I still remeber it

Defiantly and the right team won up the banner

Your right

+Spaisekraft This is one the best sports around, and what a fucking match!

Spaisekraft I'm from clare !

Spaisekraft I

+James Brohan same only og's will remeber this (i was at it)

FaZe qu33nie nah everyone remembers this one of the best Hurling matches of all time og is 80s and 90s

You’re right

Amateur game and stadium...no players paid....the best field game in the world!

If you think watching it on tv is awesome you need to play in a match. I was forced to retire playing due to too many knee injuries I miss it big time all the training, physicality the buzz you get after scoring.

Clare won in 1914

100% lad

Fact

toughest bastards! hm

It is a common name in ireland

comes from "Conchobhair", meaning "lover of hounds"

John Connor from Terminator saved the human species. Never forget...

That's Cork for you

Jealousy much,yank? 😊

Awesome. I m from the USA and I just watch this sport for the first time .When I was Galway and Clifden. Loved it

This sport i so awesome. I wish I could some how watch this in america

Chad Bonsack people in the UK can now watch it so I think that it'll be airing in America soon enough!

Chad Bonsack any irish pub in america would televise these games :) the all ireland championship is over the summer months, the final in September

Niamh has the finals already been played

What football Gaelic, American or Soccer

Gaelic

jmfan11 cool

Slam Hannigan its in America, all over. I'm living in Madison, Wisconsin and we've a hurling team.

yes but its our sport like american football is played in europe btw its an amateur sport they dont get paid unlike hockey

Slam Hannigan its not fun or is it meant to be.....for a proper version watch 2014 final tipperary v kilkenny (drawn game)

+Mark Hannon Nobody owns a sport.

In ireland hurling is considered a symbol of irishness.The governing body the GAA promotes the culture of ireland as well as its sports.Its more than a sporting organisation.There is not an organisation quite like it any where in the world

lacrosse and hurling have a lot in common not really the style of play ,but in their origins.Both are native games thousands of years old shrouded in myth and legend and religion .Both were used as training and substitute for war.Ice hockey(as we call it) probably has its origins in this sport as well.

You are correct. The ultimate sport. What in Irish legend is called "The Game of the Gods".

its over 3000 years old

the game is also been played in Ireland with over 3000 years

well i have seen aussies comment on other videos that aussie rules is the best game in the world they should see this

stoneyquarter991 I'm Australian and I love hurling! I think it's a great shame that hardly anyone here would have a clue what it was. In Queensland, where I live it's all Rugby League, which is rubbish compared with Gaelic football.

Well hurling is our second sport .but there is parts of the country where its almost non existent.In my part of country its mostly gaelic football with an outpost of soccer in sligo town.Hurling although everybody knows it and respects it has only 5 clubs compared to 24 gaelic football and its part of the same association they should promote it.I don't see enough RL to comment ,but union is good though and is strong here.I would say there is some hurling clubs in queensland mostly irish,but im sure they will welcome all comers.

stoneyquarter991 Only five!? I would have thought there would be more than that.

ant4812 I believe stoney is talking about Sligo. Hurling is actually Ireland's first sport nationally. I live in Cork where there are dozens of hurling clubs and gaelic football clubs. Quite a few also manage both games. Hurlling is massive in Munster and Leinster. Football is bigger in Connaught and Ulster but even traditional football counties like Dublin have taken massive leaps in hurling in the last decade. Sligo would certainly be football orientated. Different areas of the country have different tastes but nationally, hurling is the bigger game. That's not meant to disparage football either, which is also huge.but I think there's something more romantic about hurling as it speaks to our ancient roots, back to Cuchulainn and the ancient Irish chieftains. We Irish like to think we have a warrior spirit and hurling embodies that spirit. It's a warrior's game, in fact according to some historians, that's how the game may have started, as a means to train warriors.

I can see pay for play coming,but intercounty players will still have to have full time jobs.The market in ireland is to small for a full time big money league.One of the reasons you have large crowds at championship games is because there are not many games if there was maybe 2 games every week the attendance average would be well done plus sponsorship and television money is never going to be big.Hurling for example only fills croke park once barring replays so I wouldn't lose sleep over it yet.In the celtic tiger era when attendance levels were much higher the irish independent did sums on it and reckoned it was possible even then the highest salary would be 20 000 euro for a top player.The crowds are much smaller since and sadly look like they are on the decline and such a scenario is not possible now.With so little money involved there as well to keep it amateur and probably will.

You speak good sense.

i completley agree

+Grainne Mhaol You can have local sports teams and big sports teams, you know. They're not mutually exclusive.

Their is no real division like that in hurling or gaelic football all players for their local clubs even if they play for the county team(highest level) .When the county season finishes the players go back and play with there clubs and even if that club is not a high ranking club,basically you play for where your born.Even then local clubs can win their county championship which qualifies them for the provincials and if they win that they have a chance to win the national competition at there grade. mcgoo

It has changed its just the goalie and the penalty taker and the penalty is taken from further out

Joaquim Baeta Stick games need a conflict for the ball.When there is sticks involved its likes warrriors going into battle so you have to have that intensity.Field hockey doesn't have that though its a good game hurling and hockey are much better.

What about lacrosse?

@@danielwright4987 🤡

Can I get a hell yeah!

No only Hurling AFL has become to toughie used to go all the time to the football but soon as they put extra rules then no good to much politics and media involved don’t get me wrong not a bad sport to watch but soon as these point were put into the game then no good. But the Hurling that sport is absolutely killer.

@@danielvecchi9939 Same with our sports in the USA, they are being destroyed by every modern deadly sin. I would rather watch a Highschool Soccer/Football match than any of our pro leagues in any sport. Wish we had hurling here in small leagues so we could go see a game in person.

@@johnliberty3647 what ashame here in Australia we have drug scandals politics sponsors that pay the players to high but anyway who do follow in Hurling what a ripper sport.

At county level, the season consists of a league competition starting in January and ending in March/April. Then the championship (a knockout style competition) is played from June to August. But with the pandemic things are different at the minute with the leagues finishing up over the next couple of weekends and the championship probably starting soon after. Just use www.gaa.ie/ for fixtures As for tv/streaming there’s GAA Go www.gaago.ie/ for people outside of Ireland

Actually looking at the fixtures the leagues are finishing up this weekend and championship starts next weekend

Adam Stiles it's a Irish game. just us Irish play it. but. some Americans now started at a beginner level

JesusChristSr yeah

It is

Darach Honan

There is a few clubs in England, you should have a look and see if there is a club near you..its the best game in the world

They are plenty of clubs in england mostly irish,but they need locals to keep it going.

we do theres loads of clubs I play mate I live in London

London and Warwickshire play in the lower tier championships and there are many clubs across the UK.

***** Lancashire started competing from this year as well. Britain currently has 84 clubs and 7 county teams.

Back in the late 80's and definitely in the 90's we got a fair bit of GAA broadcast here in the states. You had to hunt for it and it was primarily on cable channels no one cared for and at times no one was watching but it DID exist. As the networks got suckier here and the internet took over for video post 2002, the level dropped off in GAA coverage as it did for Aussie rules, which I'm also a huge fan of. I remember seeing the entire 1995 final as a young man LIVE in America on a Sunday and thinking that Clare that day and Anthony Daly in particular were awesome. I vowed then that I'd learn more and truly appreciate this lovely code. But you're right, we need more GAA in the states.

Try get the RTE player

David Michael There are a lot of clubs in the US already, most of them are made up of Irish players but some have mostly Americans. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Gaelic_games_clubs_outside_Ireland#North_America

YOU HAVE BASKETBALL

Adam Coady And?

+Adam Coady So what? Basketball is a hard thing to get into if you are of average height, and none of the other typical American sports look as awesome as this. Chalk me up as another American who would love to see this here in the U.S.

To play basketball you have to be black which is fine and good luck to them. This is a white ethnic game that goes back thousands of years on this island to the great legend of Cu Chulainn so let's keep it that way. That's true diversity. www.lashgoleor.ie/hurls_for_sale/cu_chulainn.html

Greatest hat trick I've ever seen

You do have it there

Yea and because the goal and points hold different values they are seperated :)

+laxfan727 Basically, the scoring is shown that way because it always has been (tradition!). But it's also nice to show off the goals: they're rare and impressive. And it gives people watching a little exercise in elementary arithmatic, which is no harm. TRiG.

I hope you got to see a game when you were here even if the big games are not till september.A munster final in pairc ui chaoimh would have been good though

stoney71 Sadly no, I didn't get to see a game. But now I have a reason to go back! Thanks Stoney!

wBryang Never been to a hurling game myself even though i am irish seen it on tv loads of times .Where i live gaelic football is more popular and have been to many games.

The ball is made of leather exterior and yes hurling and Gaelic football are played In northern Ireland

James Harrison thanks for the info 👍

Look at gaelic football it is like this but no helmets, hurleys and bigger balls that you kick I think its more simmilar

Haha, I have, and it certainly more similar :) I was thinking more the culture is more similar relative to Soccer or Gridiron

right :)

Yes i think hurling would suit the australian character more than Hockey(field).Actually the first attempt to standardise hurling was in australia.Gaelic football is mention as the originator of ozzie rules,but i think it was probably more hurling.

Hi Isaac, we don't keep percentages in the same way that you do with Baseball or Football. This game though demonstrated some top quality goal scoring. The number of goals scored here is very unusual.

Is there an equivalent of the save percentage stat for (non American) football?

its extremely hard to block something as small as the ball is and with a hurley { stick thing they hold}

Scott Leamy I figured. Do they even track saves as a stat?

No

It's already played in America, look up 'hurling in America' on KZfaq.

Seán Leahy Oh good. Thanks.

jamal woods they have experts fitness trainers so all of them are really really fit

It is.

yes

Very irish

in fact jimmy magee said it in the trailer to 101 great hurling scores that it is Ireland's 1st national sport

StFidjnr It is and it isn't,its the most passionately followed sport and it is entwined in irish history and mythology the way no other sport is except may be for gaelic football ,but to a lower degree.Its not however popular all over ireland just munster south leinster galway and the nationalists of antrim,but everywhere else its gaelic football or soccer and rugby in terms of participation and interest.It would have more than rugby,but way behind football and soccer.

***** technically yes, but it's a very loosely enforced rule. In reality it's more like running for 2-3 seconds instead of four steps.

John Collins Alright thanks :)

***** He actually took around 7 steps. Watch in slow motion (shift +

+Klautsche because its not enough to beat Cork you have to have a good few refs decisions going against them to really p1ss them off