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Hurley or Hurl?

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  • 23-06-2010 1:54pm
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    comeraghs
    Registered Users Posts: 957 ✭✭✭


    now down in the Deise we call them "Hurleys" but I know that in parts of Kilkenny that they are called "Hurls",

    Where are you from & what are they called there?

    What do you call it? 207 votes

    Hurley
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    Hurl
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    Camán
    44%
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    #2
    listermint
    Registered Users Posts: 33,780 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Baile Atha Cliath - 'Hurls'


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    #3
    cson
    Registered Users Posts: 14,420 ✭✭✭✭cson


    No need to lengthen the word by 3 letters.

    Hurl is what she's called.

    Galway all the way. :cool:


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    #4
    Mr. Rager
    Registered Users Posts: 1,958 ✭✭✭Mr. Rager


    i think in galway its hurls but i could be wrong


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    #5
    GAAman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,370 ✭✭✭GAAman


    listermint wrote: »
    Baile Atha Cliath - 'Hurls'

    Was just about to say the same

    Although in west belfast they call them "Hurley Batons"


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    castie
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 3,807 ✭✭✭castie


    Hurley/Baton you mean :p


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    rebel girl 15
    Registered Users, Moderators, Education Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 15,247 Mod ✭✭✭✭rebel girl 15


    Hurley in Cork, hurl in Laois, Wexford and KK (have a friend from Laois, always calls them hurls :D) Couple of FB pages below, think hurley has more member at the moment!

    Its a hurley, not a hurl

    Its a hurl, not a hurley


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    GAAman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,370 ✭✭✭GAAman


    castie wrote: »
    Hurley/Baton you mean :p

    Nope [sic] "gaaman grab yer hurly baton and we go for a puc out"


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    DOC09UNAM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,305 ✭✭✭DOC09UNAM


    Does it matter?


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    #10
    Pjays
    Registered Users Posts: 213 ✭✭Pjays


    It's always been a hurl in KK.


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    #11
    DylanS09
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,640 ✭✭✭DylanS09


    Camán
    It's a hurl in Limerick..
    Hurley in Tipp(depends on what part actually). I call it a hurl anyways!


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    Chochese
    Registered Users Posts: 444 ✭✭Chochese


    Hurley, at least according to the GAA website. Then again, what would they know..... :rolleyes:
    The stick, or "hurley" (called camán in Irish) is curved outwards at the end, to provide the striking surface.


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    suitcasepink
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,842 Mod ✭✭✭✭suitcasepink


    Hurl
    Haha, me and Soccy must have killed each other over this many times. She just cant get it into her head its a hurley :)


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    cson
    Registered Users Posts: 14,420 ✭✭✭✭cson


    deise_girl wrote: »
    Haha, me and Soccy must have killed each other over this many times. She just cant get it into her head its a hurley :)

    Perhaps because it isn't.

    It's a hurl, the other version is a surf wear clothing company from California.


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    Dunnie1982
    Registered Users Posts: 309 ✭✭Dunnie1982


    Its Hurley, I personally hate the word Hurl when used to describe a Hurley. But i suppose it just depends on where you are from. I went to fas with a lad from Dublin who called them bogger sticks.


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    #16
    ardmacha
    Registered Users Posts: 7,476 ✭✭✭ardmacha


    Camán, this thread can't be serious!


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    #17
    grenache
    Registered Users Posts: 6,477 ✭✭✭grenache


    Hurl
    DylanS09 wrote: »
    It's a hurl in Limerick..
    Hurley in Tipp(depends on what part actually). I call it a hurl anyways!
    Never once heard it being called a hurl in Limerick. Its a hurley where i am.

    From what i can see, its a hurley in Munster (which is where the GAA and hurling's rules were formed i should remind you) and a hurl outside of Munster.


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    #18
    DylanS09
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,640 ✭✭✭DylanS09


    Camán
    grenache wrote: »
    Never once heard it being called a hurl in Limerick. Its a hurley where i am.

    From what i can see, its a hurley in Munster (which is where the GAA and hurling's rules were formed i should remind you) and a hurl outside of Munster.

    Ah well!
    Then I call it a hurl!:pac:


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    Browney7
    Registered Users Posts: 3,100 ✭✭✭Browney7


    It's Definitely a hurley in Limerick.


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    #20
    soccymonster
    Registered Users Posts: 9,553 ✭✭✭soccymonster


    Camán
    Browney7 wrote: »
    It's Definitely a hurley in Limerick.

    A hurley in Clare too.

    Dunno what possesses me to call it a hurl so :o


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    Bob_Harris
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    Camán
    Dunnie1982 wrote: »
    Its Hurley, I personally hate the word Hurl when used to describe a Hurley.

    It's Hurl, I personally hate the word Hurley when used to describe a Hurl.


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    #22
    An Citeog
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    Camán
    I've always referred to it as a hurl and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future!


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    #23
    Daysha
    Registered Users Posts: 4,908 ✭✭✭Daysha


    It's blatantly called a shtick.


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    #24
    bluejay14
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    Camán
    I seem to switch betweeh the two of them but mostly I would call it a hurl.


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    RichTea
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    soccymonster wrote: »
    A hurley in Clare too.

    Dunno what possesses me to call it a hurl so :o

    Was a hurl out in West Clare :eek:


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    run_Forrest_run
    Registered Users Posts: 6,402 ✭✭✭run_Forrest_run


    Camán
    hurl all the way..IMO hurley sounds like something you'd hear from a yummy mummy..way too pretentious and sounds very like 'hockey'.


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    soccymonster
    Registered Users Posts: 9,553 ✭✭✭soccymonster


    Camán
    RichTea wrote: »
    Was a hurl out in West Clare :eek:

    Stick with the football ;)

    Ah well like, most people around these parts call it a hurley anyways.


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    #28
    antoobrien
    Registered Users Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭antoobrien


    Camán
    Around Galway its hurl

    the only time i've ever heard of hurls being referred to as hurleys is when they are called 'hurley sticks' - usually by followers of the 'foreign sports'


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    #29
    looder
    Registered Users Posts: 1,238 ✭✭✭looder


    It's a hurley. . . and it's a band too, not a hoop!


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    Bob_Harris
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    Camán
    looder wrote: »
    It's a hurley. . . and it's a band too, not a hoop!

    Who the hell calls the band a hoop?


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    entropi
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 21,730 Mod ✭✭✭✭entropi


    antoobrien wrote: »
    Around Galway its hurl

    the only time i've ever heard of hurls being referred to as hurleys is when they are called 'hurley sticks' - usually by followers of the 'foreign sports'
    And here in Dublin alot of us call it a Hurley too, but doesn't mean we all follow those "foreign sports".

    I call it that due to my grandad calling it so, he was a South Tipp man...


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