hurley

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A splintered hurley, a couple of calls for a trainer, a few shoulder bumps, and then several scrums that seem incidental to the ball.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2015

What happens in that pursuit is a fearless athleticism of stops and starts, feints and sprints, bangs and bruises, all with the wide-ended hurley stick used to balance, swing and block.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2015

They will cheer for neighbors, including 18-year-old Conor Whelan, who was on this very grass the night before, practicing and practicing his hurley moves, alone.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2015

Only three years ago, he was a sportswriter's hope for all-Ireland goalkeeper in Ireland's rough-&-tumble game of hurley.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then with a second throw he would cast his hurley so that it went a distance no shorter than the first throw.

From The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge by Dunn, Joseph