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Hurl Or Hurley? 22 Of 32 Counties Say Hurl

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slash hook? Stmunnsriver (Wexford) - Posts: 2840 - 13/11/2020 12:44:15 2308317 Link
Replying To Doylerwex: "Hurley is very much a munster thing by my understanding" Think you're right. Growing up I never heard anyone call it a 'hurl' Thought it was hilarious first time I heard it.. skillet (Limerick) - Posts: 1056 - 13/11/2020 13:23:10 2308335 Link
Always heard it called hurl. It must be a regional thing. MicktheMiller (Offaly) - Posts: 421 - 13/11/2020 18:53:31 2308457 Link
Anyone I have known from Tipp calls it a hurl too. This voting process is a fraud. Me - I refer to it as my hatchet. StoreysTash (Wexford) - Posts: 1732 - 15/11/2020 13:25:27 2309127 Link
In Wicklow we say HURL Wicklowman (Wicklow) - Posts: 1138 - 15/11/2020 15:10:24 2309192 Link
As Ken Mc Heath said once that you Hurl with a Hurley! Good enough for me! Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 1898 - 15/11/2020 15:30:19 2309235 Link
Replying To Bon: "As Ken Mc Heath said once that you Hurl with a Hurley! Good enough for me!" McGrath Bon (Kildare)* - Posts: 1898 - 15/11/2020 19:14:36 2309522 Link
Replying To Wicklowman: "In Wicklow we say HURL" or weapon perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 15/11/2020 19:15:26 2309524 Link
Replying To perfect10: "or weapon" Great little country we live in where every young fella can run round the streets all day with one and not get arrested; ) Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 11715 - 16/11/2020 20:48:53 2310387 Link
I say Hurley, but I do sometimes say hurl for short DuhallowRed (Cork) - Posts: 267 - 17/11/2020 21:51:35 2310870 Link
Replying To DuhallowRed: "I say Hurley, but I do sometimes say hurl for short" I think that's the nub of the matter. keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 18/11/2020 09:54:46 2310945 Link
Replying To DuhallowRed: "I say Hurley, but I do sometimes say hurl for short" You can't just sit on the fence like that StoreysTash (Wexford) - Posts: 1732 - 18/11/2020 20:57:59 2311216 Link
The 'authorities' in the North called it an offensive weapon and on many occasions, particularly in the 70s and 80s fellas could find themselves lifted for having one. Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9696 - 18/11/2020 21:59:14 2311253 Link
Replying To perfect10: "or weapon" The club I'm from know what to do with a hurl boy. Not that long since we beat St Anne's in a Leinster Intermediate Semi Final... Dee O Keefe and Liam Og McGovern played too. Wicklowman (Wicklow) - Posts: 1138 - 18/11/2020 23:48:26 2311287 Link
Stick or hurl(Derry) christy sting (Derry) - Posts: 262 - 19/11/2020 00:42:20 2311292 Link
Replying To Wicklowman: "The club I'm from know what to do with a hurl boy. Not that long since we beat St Anne's in a Leinster Intermediate Semi Final... Dee O Keefe and Liam Og McGovern played too." Glenealy or Carnew, I'd imagine. keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 19/11/2020 14:24:25 2311416 Link
Replying To Ulsterman: "The 'authorities' in the North called it an offensive weapon and on many occasions, particularly in the 70s and 80s fellas could find themselves lifted for having one." Very true Ulsterman. GAA players had to it up with a lot of petty harassment in those times. MicktheMiller (Offaly) - Posts: 421 - 19/11/2020 16:54:48 2311485 Link
Replying To keeper7: "Glenealy or Carnew, I'd imagine." Having played 1 of those clubs, a weapon is indeed a good analogy. StoreysTash (Wexford) - Posts: 1732 - 19/11/2020 21:13:32 2311557 Link
Replying To StoreysTash: "Having played 1 of those clubs, a weapon is indeed a good analogy." I have to agree with you from previous experience too!!! Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 1898 - 20/11/2020 13:20:08 2311684 Link
Maybe he's a Bray Emmet's man so ;-) keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 20/11/2020 13:40:18 2311689 Link