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Hurl Or Hurley? 22 Of 32 Counties Say Hurl

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slash hook?

Stmunnsriver (Wexford) - Posts: 1925 - 13/11/2020 12:44:15    2308317

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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: 710 - 13/11/2020 13:23:10    2308335

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Always heard it called hurl. It must be a regional thing.

MicktheMiller (Offaly) - Posts: 112 - 13/11/2020 18:53:31    2308457

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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: 864 - 15/11/2020 13:25:27    2309127

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In Wicklow we say HURL

Wicklowman (Wicklow) - Posts: 1057 - 15/11/2020 15:10:24    2309192

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As Ken Mc Heath said once that you Hurl with a Hurley! Good enough for me!

Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 979 - 15/11/2020 15:30:19    2309235

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Replying To Bon:  "As Ken Mc Heath said once that you Hurl with a Hurley! Good enough for me!"
*McGrath

Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 979 - 15/11/2020 19:14:36    2309522

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Replying To Wicklowman:  "In Wicklow we say HURL"
or weapon

perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3841 - 15/11/2020 19:15:26    2309524

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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: 1024 - 16/11/2020 20:48:53    2310387

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I say Hurley, but I do sometimes say hurl for short

DuhallowRed (Cork) - Posts: 140 - 17/11/2020 21:51:35    2310870

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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: 3868 - 18/11/2020 09:54:46    2310945

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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: 864 - 18/11/2020 20:57:59    2311216

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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: 9294 - 18/11/2020 21:59:14    2311253

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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: 1057 - 18/11/2020 23:48:26    2311287

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Stick or hurl(Derry)

christy sting (Derry) - Posts: 261 - 19/11/2020 00:42:20    2311292

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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: 3868 - 19/11/2020 14:24:25    2311416

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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: 112 - 19/11/2020 16:54:48    2311485

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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: 864 - 19/11/2020 21:13:32    2311557

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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: 979 - 20/11/2020 13:20:08    2311684

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Maybe he's a Bray Emmet's man so ;-)

keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 3868 - 20/11/2020 13:40:18    2311689

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